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Neri&Hu Award | Neri&Hu Won the Best Large Firm in the annual Architizer A+Firm AwardsJanuary 2021

Neri&Hu won the Best Large Firm in the annual Architizer A+Firm Awards announced today, together with Junshan Cultural Center designed by Neri&Hu selected as Finalist in the Architecture - Hospitality category and Special Mention in the Architecture - Cultural category.

Architizer A+Firm Awards is the largest awards program focused on promoting and celebrating the year’s best architecture and products. Its mission is to nurture the appreciation of meaningful architecture in the world and champion those products that are integral to bringing great buildings to life.

“Inhabitants are spared the boredom of following the same streets every day…the network of routes is not arranged on one level, but follows instead an up-and-down course of steps, landings, cambered bridges, hanging streets. Combining segments of the various routes, elevated or on ground level, each inhabitant can enjoy every day the pleasure of a new itinerary to reach the same places.”

– Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

Junshan Cultural Center is located just outside of Beijing in the midst of the undulating mountain ranges and meandering rivers near the Miyun Reservoir. Drawing inspiration from its context, the architecture combines traditional northern architecture with contemporary architectural language and transforms into a new interpretation of architectural expression. The building quietly rises out of the water as a brick mass with carved out spaces for programs interlocked with gardens that blur the boundary between inside and outside.

Please click here for more information about the Blueprint Awards 2020.