Piranesi Prix de Rome 2014

Adriatic Academy of Architecture and Archaeology Onlus

The 28th and 29th of August 2014 were dedicated to the XII Edition of the PIRANANESI PRIX DE ROME, a prestigious international competition of built architecture organized by the Adriatic Academy of Architecture and Archaeology in partnership with the Order of Architects of the Province of Rome.

The Spanish architect JOSE' IGNACIO LINAZASORO (San Sebastian, 1947) won the Lifetime Achievement Award. His works - including the Escuelas Pías Cultural Center in Lavapiés Madrid, the Cathedral Square in Reims, the Church of San Lorenzo in Valdemaqueda Madrid, the restoration of the Hospital del Rey in Melilla, the reconstruction of the Church of Santa Cruz in Medina del Rioseco in Valladolid - are admirable architectural projects of international renown. They each have an outstanding design approach and include both cultural buildings and archaeological sites.

Linazaroso joins Rafael Moneo (Spain) 2010, Guido Canali (Italy) 2011, David Chipperfield (UK) 2012 and Peter Eisenman (USA) 2013 in the list of winners of this high architectural distinction.

The nominations of the architects who entered the competition for the 2014 edition with the title "ARCHAEOLOGY DESIGN" are:

1 Tortelli e Frassoni, Brescia - Aula di Cromazio and the squares of the Basilica of Aquileia, Italy

2 Fabio Fornasar, Bologna - Allestimento Presso le Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy,

3 Isolarchitetti, Turin - Museum of Antiquity of Turin, Italy

4 Vincenzo Latina, Siracusa - Entrance Pavilion for Artemision, Siracusa, Italy

5 Aman Canovas Maruri, Madrid - Covering the archaeological area of Molinete, Cartagena, Spain

6 Sebastian Franco, Zaragoza - Daroca Archaeological Site, Spain

7 Gonçalo Byrne Arquitecto, Lisbon - Machado de Castro National Museum, Coimbra, Portugal

8 Toni Girones, Barcelona - Systematization of the archaeological area Can Taco' a Montmelo', Spain/ Information centre for the archaeological area of Cero' Ad Artesa de Segre, Spain

9 Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos, Madrid - Ceuta Public Library, Spain

10 Josep Mias Arquitectos, Barcelona - Systematization of the Banyoles Historic Centre, Spain

11 Mangado Asociados, Pamplona - Alava Archaeological Museum in Vitoria, Spain

12 Jose Maria Sanchez Architects, Madrid - Intervention in the area of Diana's Temple in Merida, Spain

13 Stefano Serpenti, Foggia - Valorization of Lucera Castle, Italy

14 Jun Aoki, Tokyo - Aomori Art Museum, Japan

15 Gaetano Renda, Palermo - Musealization of the Dome of Monreale complex, Italy

16 Benedetti Martino Associati, Rome - Temporary Gallery of the Colosseum Rome, Italy

17 Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes, Sion - St. Maurice Abbey Roofing, Switzerland

18 Lab Pap, Valladolid - Musealization of the archaeological area of Tiermes, Spain/ Musealization of the Roman Theatre of Colonia Clunia Sulpicia, Spain.