Nikken Sekkei-designed Tadawul Tower, Suvarnabhumi International Passenger Terminal II Win International Architecture Awards
A pair of Nikken Sekkei designed projects have won prestigious honors at the International Architecture Awards (IAA) 2024.
Tadawul Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Suvarnabhumi International Passenger Terminal II, located in Bangkok, Thailand, took home IAA awards, respectively, in the SKYSCRAPERS/HIGH RISES and BRIDGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE categories. Nikken Sekkei was sole architect on the Tadawul project, and shared the accolades with co-architect Duangrit Bunnag Architect Limited (DBALP), a Bangkok-based firm, on the airport terminal project.
Tadawul Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Suvarnabhumi International Passenger Terminal II, located in Bangkok, Thailand, took home IAA awards, respectively, in the SKYSCRAPERS/HIGH RISES and BRIDGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE categories. Nikken Sekkei was sole architect on the Tadawul project, and shared the accolades with co-architect Duangrit Bunnag Architect Limited (DBALP), a Bangkok-based firm, on the airport terminal project.
Suvarnabhumi International Passenger Terminal II
Winner BRIDGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Undertaken on a mandate from Airport of Thailand (AOT), Suvarnabhumi International Passenger Terminal II was designed under a “forest” theme to enable visitors to “rediscover” Thailand from an ecological perspective. The unusual plan elegantly expresses the look of a Thai tropical forest by replacing conventional expensive long-span terminal roof structure with two prominent modular grids that cover some 348,000 square meters. It is the first airport design in the world to embody a natural tropical ecological system within a man-made architecture.
Client：Airport of Thailand
Architect：Duangrit Bunnag Architect（DBALP）, Nikken Sekkei
Undertaken on a mandate from Airport of Thailand (AOT), Suvarnabhumi International Passenger Terminal II was designed under a “forest” theme to enable visitors to “rediscover” Thailand from an ecological perspective. The unusual plan elegantly expresses the look of a Thai tropical forest by replacing conventional expensive long-span terminal roof structure with two prominent modular grids that cover some 348,000 square meters. It is the first airport design in the world to embody a natural tropical ecological system within a man-made architecture.
Client：Airport of Thailand
Architect：Duangrit Bunnag Architect（DBALP）, Nikken Sekkei
Tadawul Tower
Winner SKYSCRAPERS/HIGH RISES
With its sharp angles, sleek façade and creative interior spaces, the 200-meter Tadawul Tower carries national significance for Saudi Arabia, as it forms the centerpiece of the nation’s new King Abdullah Financial District. It hosts the Saudi Stock Exchange, banks and financial institutions, and is expected to become a hub of the Middle East economy. The facility’s data center, stock trading engine and prominent ground floor public data display are all unprecedented regional features.
Client：Tadawul Real Estate LLC.
Architect：Nikken Sekkei
With its sharp angles, sleek façade and creative interior spaces, the 200-meter Tadawul Tower carries national significance for Saudi Arabia, as it forms the centerpiece of the nation’s new King Abdullah Financial District. It hosts the Saudi Stock Exchange, banks and financial institutions, and is expected to become a hub of the Middle East economy. The facility’s data center, stock trading engine and prominent ground floor public data display are all unprecedented regional features.
Client：Tadawul Real Estate LLC.
Architect：Nikken Sekkei
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The IAA awards ceremony was held on September 21 in Athens, Greece. Nikken Sekkei attendees included Design Fellow Takamori Yamazaki and Global Business Department GM Jan Henckens. An exhibition of the award-winning projects is also being held at The European Centre in Athens from September 20 to October 6.
The International Architecture Awards are organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press, Ltd.
The International Architecture Awards are organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press, Ltd.
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From left, Takamori Yamazaki and Jan Henckens(Nikken Sekkei)、Duangrit Bunnag(DBALP)
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From left, Ioannis Karalias (EuropeanCentre), Takamori Yamazaki and Jan Henckens(Nikken Sekkei)、Mamdouh Attia（Formaly with Nikken Sekkei）
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The European Centre, Athens hosts Spt.20- Oct.6 exhibition.
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