RAIC Journal: Design and social relevance meet in $100,000 international prize
Tezuka Architects? Fuji Kindergarten, 2017 Moriyama RAIC International Prize winner.
The Moriyama RAIC International Prize is unique in Canada, and indeed the world, for its emphasis on how great architecture transforms society.
It was launched in 2013 by celebrated architect Raymond Moriyama FRAIC CM, in collaboration with the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the RAIC Foundation. The RAIC will soon launch a call for submissions for the third edition of the prize.
The award is unique for its size ? $100,000 for a single work of architecture ? but above all for its intention. The building must have a transformative impact, demonstrating humanistic values of respect and inclusivity and creating environments for the well-being of all people. (Full criteria and requirements can be found at moriyama.raic.org.) ?This award, hopefully, will be about more than beautiful architecture,? Moriyama explained in 2014. ?I want it to recognize qualities of inclusion, equality, true democracy.?
Brian MacKay-Lyons (MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, Halifax) was on the jury for the first Moriyama RAIC International Prize and was a finalist for the second. ?The award has succeeded and gained credibility,? he says, ?by focusing on strong architectural design. On the 2014 jury, we wanted to make sure that the prize recognized great architecture coupled with social purpose.?
Li Xiaodong of China was the first winner, for a modest library in Beijing?s periphery that had a tre...
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