Eight winning architecture projects have been announced at the Dezeen Awards ceremony in London, with The Storefront Theater by Matthew Mazzotta taking the overall Architecture Project of the Year prize.
Mazzotta's modest project, which also won the Rebirth Project of the Year category, creates retractable theatre seating in a disused storefront in Lyons, a small town in Nebraska that has witnessed the decline of its main street shopping district.
The Storefront Theater by Matthew Mazzotta also topped the Rebirth Project of the Year category"This poetic and powerful project has generated the most interesting conversation and has got us the most excited," said the Dezeen Awards architecture master jury.
"Architecture is for the community and this is the project that serves the community the most." House in Miyamoto by Tato Architects won the House of the Year categoryThe House of the Year category was won by House in Miyamoto by Tato Architects, which features a multi-level interior where furniture doubles as circulation.
"This project questions the way we think about sections in a house and how privacy plays a role in today's homes," the judges said. "It explores how we can share spaces with other people in a new and contemporary way."
Dongziguan Affordable Housing by Gad Line+ Studio is Housing Project of the YearHousing Project of the Year went to Dongziguan Affordable Housing by Gad Line+ Studio.
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