AR March 2025: W Awards
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Suad Amiry | Anne Lacaton | HAT Projects | Nall McLaughlin Architects | dMFK Architects | Lynch Architects | Designing Motherhood | The MAAK | Organizmo | Syn | Al BordeEarlier this year, Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum was announced as the designer of the next Serpentine Pavilion. Zaha Hadid might have designed the first London pavilion in 2000, but she was followed by many men; it took another 18 years for the next sole female architect tobe commissioned. Frida Escobedo has since been followed bySumayya Vally, Lina Ghotmeh and now Tabassum.As the AR celebrates 10 years of co-organising the WAwards with the Architects Journal, we reflect on the past decade and how they have evolved. In 2016, the awards then known as Women inArchitecture focused on the work of lead female designers. In 2020, the awards were renamed and expanded to recognise the non-binary nature of gender. Then, in 2021, a new prize was introduced to make visible the contribution of architects who choose to work within practices rather than setting up their own. Twoyears ago, we added a prize celebrating research into gender and the built environment, acknowledging the many ways practitioners contribute to architectural culture.Gender is entangled with many threads, including the climate emergency. As Hlne Frichot explains in this issues keynote, there is a profound connection between the domination of women and minority groups and the domination ofnature. She suggests that an ecofeminist architect might instead be a materials nurse or an environmental housekeeper. The W Awards will continue to evolve as the role of architects must inevitably change.1519: W Awardscover (above) Ana MendietaIn the first iteration of her Silueta series (197377), Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta lies in a Zapotec grave, her body strewn with white flowers. Drawing together themes of ritual burial, death andfertility, the series invokes ecofeminist entanglements. Credit: Imgen de Ygul, 1973 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by DACS, courtesy Alison Jacquesfolio (lead image) Teresa MargollesMexican artist Teresa Margolles created Mil Veces un Instante (AThousand Times in anInstant) for Londons Trafalgar Square in 2024. Featuring face casts of 726 people from trans and non-binary communities inMexico and the UK, itdraws on Mesoamerican monuments to mourn the victims of violence against these groups. Credit: SOPA Images Limited / AlamykeynoteEcofeminist housekeepingHlne Frichotada louise huxtable prize for contribution to architecturereputationsSuad AmiryMahdi Sabbaghjane drew prize for architecture reputationsAnne LacatonJustinien Tribillonmj long prize for excellence in practicebuildingSunspotRebecca Kalbfell, HAT ProjectsKristina RapackibuildingSunspotRebecca Kalbfell, HAT ProjectsKristina RapackibuildingFaith MuseumJacqueline Stephen, Nall McLaughlin ArchitectsNile BridgemanbuildingVoysey HouseMathilda LewisdMFK ArchitectsJoe LloydbuildingWestminster Coroners CourtRachel ElliottLynch ArchitectsEllie Duffyprize for research in gender and architectureessayDesigning MotherhoodMichelle Millar Fisher, Amber Winick and collaboratorsAnna Livia Vrselmoira gemmill prize for emerging architectureportfolioAshleigh Killa, The MAAKJehan LatiefportfolioAna Mara Gutirrez, OrganizmoManon MollardportfolioSara Alissa and Nojoud Alsudairi, Syn ArchitectsRahel AimaportfolioMarialuisa Borja, Al BordeRmulo Moya Peralta
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