Awards for good buildings in the city of Zurich

The awards for good buildings in the city of Zurich are since 1947 as architectural awards the City of Zurich awarded. In award periods of initially three and then five years, buildings from 1945 to 2010 have been honored in a total of 16 judges. A total of 192 buildings had been awarded by 2010. On September 15, 2016, the awards for the best buildings from 2011 to 2015 were presented for the 17th time in the Zurich City Hall.

After a monetary award was initially awarded, today the prize is not associated with monetary or material benefits, but a plaque and a certificate are awarded. A total of 153 awards were given in the first 50 years of the award up to 1995. No figures are available about the share of the total construction activity, however, as an example of the award period from 1968 to 1971, the city council's minutes say: “In accordance with the guidelines, 120 new buildings from a directory drawn up by the building construction department had to be carried out by the Judged by the jury. " Eleven buildings were then awarded during this period.

The history of the award goes back to 1943, when, on the occasion of the expansion of the city's literature award into an art award with various categories, the Federation of Swiss Architects suggested creating an architecture award as well. Funded by the city architect Steiner , the prize was then decided by the local council in February 1947 and awarded for the first time.

literature

Bauamt II der Stadt Zürich (Ed.): 50 years of awards for good buildings in the city of Zürich . gta Verlag, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-85676-063-6 .
Office for Urban Development (Ed.): Award for good buildings from the City of Zurich 2011–2015 . Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-905384-19-2 .

Web links

Website of the award on the website of the City of Zurich
All excellent buildings since 1947

supporting documents

↑ In the first award period, however, some older structures were also included, starting in 1940.
↑ Counted on the website: Gute Bauten der Stadt Zürich , accessed on February 19, 2014.
^ Award for good buildings by the City of Zurich - City of Zurich. In: www.stadt-zuerich.ch. Retrieved June 28, 2016 .
↑ Initially, CHF 10,000 per prize was donated, see Public Art Care . In: The work . tape 35 , appendix issue 2, 1948, p. 23 ( online ).
^ Bauamt II der Stadt Zürich (ed.): 50 years of awards for good buildings in the city of Zürich. gta Verlag, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-85676-063-6 . P. 132
^ Inge Beckel: "Casual and true to scale." On the chronology of the awards for good buildings in the city of Zurich. In: Bauamt II der Stadt Zürich (Ed.): 50 years of awards for good buildings in the city of Zürich. gta Verlag, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-85676-063-6 . P. 23

[1] In the first award period, however, some older structures were also included, starting in 1940.

[2] Counted on the website: Gute Bauten der Stadt Zürich , accessed on February 19, 2014.

[3] Award for good buildings by the City of Zurich - City of Zurich. In: www.stadt-zuerich.ch. Retrieved June 28, 2016 .

[4] Initially, CHF 10,000 per prize was donated, see Public Art Care . In: The work . tape 35 , appendix issue 2, 1948, p. 23 ( online ).

[5] Bauamt II der Stadt Zürich (ed.): 50 years of awards for good buildings in the city of Zürich. gta Verlag, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-85676-063-6 . P. 132

[6] Inge Beckel: "Casual and true to scale." On the chronology of the awards for good buildings in the city of Zurich. In: Bauamt II der Stadt Zürich (Ed.): 50 years of awards for good buildings in the city of Zürich. gta Verlag, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-85676-063-6 . P. 23