New building in the Alps
New building in the Alps is the name of an architecture award for contemporary buildings and projects in the Alps .
Beginnings
In the early summer of 1989, the Tourist Office in Sesto , a tourist town with 1,800 inhabitants and 5,000 beds in the South Tyrolean Dolomites , organized the “Sesto Culture” initiative for the first time under its President Wilhelm Rainer. Its objective, conceived as a forum, was to offer guests and locals alike the opportunity to reflect on the relationship between man and nature , between urban and rural areas and the relationship between architecture and alpine nature under the heading of “cultural tourism” .
In the summer of 1990 on the occasion of the "Architecture, Nature and Technology" event and the necessary research, a certain degree of difficulty was found in locating newer buildings. From the subsequent discussion between the responsible organizers and speakers, the idea of an architecture prize for “New Building in the Alps” developed, which was first awarded in 1992 and finally endowed in 1999 with an amount of 20 million lire (today approx. 10,000 euros) has been. The aim of the award is to track down exemplary buildings and projects, on the one hand to promote contemporary building in the Alps and, on the other hand, to make modern architecture accessible to a broad public as an important cultural concern.
Award winners
- Roland Gnaiger (1992).
- Peter Märkli (1995).
- Peter Zumthor (1999).
- Jürg Conzett (1999).
- Valerio Olgiati (1999).
- Gion A. Caminada (2006).
- Rainer Köberl and Astrid Tschapeller (2006).
- Valerio Olgiati (2006).