Having been selected for Architectural Digest's 'Works of Wonder 2024' list and subsequently featured in National Geographic's 'Best of the World' rankings, Istanbul Modern has now received another prestigious award.
The new museum building, designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop—founded by Renzo Piano—was the winner in the cultural architecture category at the 'Building of the Year' awards, which have been organized for 15 years by ArchDaily, one of the world's leading architecture platforms.
DETERMINED BY READERS
The awards, presented by ArchDaily in 15 categories, are determined by the platform's readers based on the qualities of the nominated projects and how they benefit the community in their respective locations.
The cultural architecture category, which focuses on museums and cultural-arts institutions worldwide, features the most remarkable structures built that year.
MANY BUILDINGS HAVE WON THE AWARD
Buildings that have received this special award since 2009 include significant cultural structures from around the world, such as the Expo Dubai Brazil Pavilion, United Arab Emirates (2023), designed by Ben-Avid, JPG.ARQ, and MMBB Arquitetos; the MoAE – Museum of Art Education, Ningbo, China (2021), designed by Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira; the Yves Saint Laurent Museum, Marrakech, Morocco (2020), designed by Studio KO; the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa (2018), designed by Heatherwick Studio; and the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany (2017), designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
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