A Threshold has been announced as the winner of the AR Emerging awards 2024, along with Chen Donghua Architects who have been highly commended, and Material Cultures who have won the Peter Davey PrizeIndia-based practice A Threshold has been named the winner of the 2024 AR Emerging awards, receiving a 5,000 prize. Selected from a shortlist of 15 standout practices, the practice was chosen by an esteemed panel of judges, including previous AR Emerging finalist Geir Brendeland, Bahrain-based architect and curator Noura Al Sayeh-Holtrop, and architect and educator Adrian Lahoud.Subterranean Ruins by A ThresholdCredit:Edmund SumnerThe jury praised A Thresholds ability to educate their clients, circumventing private briefs to produce public projects. This practice has a point of view that is rooted in its local context and the traditions of India.Subterranean Ruins by A Threshold. Credit: Edmund SumnerChen Donghua Architects were highly commended by the judges, who highlighted the practices attention to shade a powerful idea in the context of global heating. The judges praised the way the practice works with economical means and lightweight structures to achieve maximum effect, bringing a sense of poetry into everyday life.Nanhai primary school extension by Chen Donghua Architects. Credit: Wu SimingCredit:Wu SimingMaterial Cultures have been awarded this years Peter Davey Prize a prize presented to the editors choice. Material Cultures commitment to decarbonising building practices has never been more important or urgent, explains Manon Mollard, editor of The Architectural Review. The studio attends to the wider ecology of architecture: the landscapes from which building products are created, the pedagogy of construction techniques as well as material research.Wolves Lane Centre by Material Cultures. Credit: Henry WoideCredit:Henry WoideThe winners of the awards, announced today (Thursday 14 November) at Arups offices in London, received a trophy made of 100 per cent recycled materials, designed by The New Raw a Rotterdam-based design studio who transform plastic waste into sustainable products using both robotics and craftsmanship.Credit: The New RawProfiles of all this years shortlisted practices have been published in AR November 2024: click hereto buy a copyThe AR Emerging awards 2024 are sponsored by2024-11-14AR EditorsShare AR November 2024Buy Now