Winner, BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY MEMORIAL Bhopal, India

announce new distinguished buildings and urban planning projects selected this year in the Museum's prestigious "International Architecture Awards®" program for 2007. The program was launched by the Museum in 2005 as a way in which to honor and celebrate the most outstanding architecture designed and built throughout the world.

BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY MEMORIAL Bhopal, India Architects: Mathew Ghosh Architects Pvt. Ltd.
BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY MEMORIAL Bhopal, India Architects: Mathew Ghosh Architects Pvt. Ltd. © Mathew Ghosh Architects Pvt. Ltd.

UNION OF ARCHITECTS OF RUSSIA
Moscow, Russia
February 26, 2007

  • Yury Gnedowskiy, President, Union of Architects of Russia, People's Architect of the Russian Federation
  • Vladimir Yudintsev, Architect
  • Georgiy Solopov, Architect
  • Alexander Larin, Architect
  • Andrey Kaftanov, Architect, Council Member, Union of International Architects (UIA)
  • Dimitriy Serebryakov, Architect
  • Andrey Osokin, Architect
  • Maria Kiernan, Architect, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland

The "International Architecture Awards" is curated and organized by Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine, Director/President, The Chicago Athenaeum and assisted by Lary L. Sommers, Director of Administration/Marketing, The Chicago Athenaeum, and Kieran Conlon of Ireland.

"The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. has organized this annual Museum program, "International Architecture Awards," as a way in which to draw significant world attention to new buildings and urban planning projects being built and designed globally by the best and most prestigious international architecture offices and design firms," states Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine.

"The wide geographic distribution of these awards attests to the importance of the program," Mr.
Narkiewicz-Laine adds. "There is no one, single program that brings together the latest cutting-edge international architecture today as one cohesive universal representation or platform for world design.
Our Museum is honored to provide a focus that allows an exploration and analysis for current stylistic directions and philosophical thinking that is apparent in contemporary design today."

"The program has a unique educational mission and public profile with the intent of promoting and celebrating the latest, most cutting-edge international design to a national and international audience," Mr. Narkiewicz-Laine continues...