Dartford Judo Club, The Maggie’s Centre at Kirkcaldy, Fife, the Urban Oasis in Birmingham, The Museum of Liverpool and new The Young Vic Theatre in London are among ten buildings in the UK competing to win a prestigious LEAF Award, one of the highest accolades in the architectural and design sector.

Zaha Hadid and Make are among the British architects and designers with projects on the shortlist along with international names such as SOM and Woods Bagot (see full shortlists below).

There were, in total, nearly 150 entries from 33 countries for the Awards which cover 11 different categories. Among the international projects on the shortlist are the Levent Loft in Istanbul, Turkey; the Watercube in Beijing, China; MobileLife Campus in Wolfsburg, Germany and the Setre Chapel in Kobe, Japan.

Now in its fourth year, the LEAF Awards recognise and reward excellence within the architectural and design fields with architects from all over the world eligible to enter. Former winners have included: America’s Cup Foredeck Building, Valencia, Spain; The Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada and The Green Building, Manchester, UK.

This year the highly competitive Awards have attracted a record number of entries, all of an exceptional standard, resulting in a high calibre finalist list for the Awards Night.

Winners will be announced at a black-tie dinner on 29 November 2007 at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London hosted by Maxwell Hutchinson, a past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and renowned architect and TV and radio broadcaster. With more than 300 leading industry figures set to attend, it promises to be the social and networking highlight of the architectural calendar.

Peter Murray, Chairman of the judges for the LEAF Awards, Chairman of Wordsearch and founding director of the London Architecture Biennale said: “These prestigious architectural awards figure highly in the architectural calendar. They not only recognise the impact but also the innovation and practical development that has gone into the thinking behind these cutting edge buildings.”

“The standard of entries for this year’s Awards has been exceptionally high and provided us with a very difficult decision in selecting a shortlist. This year’s finalists cover a truly international geographical spread and include large and smaller projects by both well-known and up and coming architects and designers.”

Simona Kastly, Project Director for the LEAF Awards, said, “With this exciting shortlist, the glamorous Awards Dinner promises to be an evening not to be missed.”

The finalists are:

THE LEAF NEW BUILD OF THE YEAR (BUILT)

Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany – Ben van Berkel/UNStudio
The Maggie’s Centre, Fife Scotland – Zaha Hadid Architects
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA – Steven Holl Architects
School for Art and Art History, Iowa, USA - Steven Holl Architects
New British Embassy, Sana’a, Yemen - Design Engine Architects
Setre Chapel, Kobe, Japan - Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects & Associates

THE LEAF NEW BUILD OF THE YEAR (IN DESIGN)

Sponsored by Vogue UK

SCA, Scala Tower, Denmark, Copenhagen - Bjarke Ingels Group
REN, People’s Building, Shanghai, China - Bjarke Ingels Group
MTN, The Mountain Dwellings, Copenhagen, Denmark - Bjarke Ingels Group
Levent LOFT, Istanbul Turkey - Tabanlioglu Architecture
ARB Bank, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Gary Haney, Skidmore, Owings & Merill
Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait - Gary Haney, Skidmore, Owings & Merill
Porsche Design Tower I & II, Dubai, UAE – Office for Metropolitan Architecture

THE LEAF PUBLIC BUILDING OF THE YEAR (BUILT)

Dartford Judo Club, Dartford, England – Make Architects
Mobile Life Campus, Wolfsburg, Germany – Henn Architekten
Chocolate Museum, Toluca, Mexico – Michel Rojkind
Lohring Underground Station, Bochum Germany – Rubsamen & Partner. Architekten BDA Ingenieure
Young Vic Theatre, London, England – Haworth Tompkins (Architects)

THE LEAF PUBLIC BUILDING OF THE YEAR (IN DESIGN)

Sponsored by RAK Ceramics

Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool, England – 3XN Architects
Watercube, National Swimming Centre, Beijing, China –, PTW Architects
Corby Hub – Hawkins/Brown, Corby UK
St Paul’s Information Centre, London, England – Make Architects
Chethams School of Music, Manchester, UK – Stephenson Bell Architects


THE LEAF STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF THE YEAR

Opus, Dubai,UAE – Omniyat Properties
Damac Heights, Dubai UAE – Damac Properties
Kensington Oval, Kensington Barbados – Arup Associates


THE LEAF INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN AWARD

Sponsored by Sikkens

Home Coulture, Berlin, Germany – Franken Architekten
Cosmogril, Munich, Germany - Franken Architekten
Restaurante Arola, Madrid, Spain – Vidal y asociados Arquitectos
Unilever House, London, UK – Kohn Pedersen Fox associates International
Multifaith Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Moriyama & Teshima Architects
Qantas First Lounge, Sydney, Australia – Woods Bagot

THE BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY AWARD

Sponsored by Hewlett Packard

Loyola Information Commons and Digital Library, Chicago, USA – Solomon Cordwell Buenz
Urban Oasis, Birmingham, UK – Chetwoods

THE BEST MATERIAL SUPPLIER TO THE ARCHITECTURAL INDUSTRY AWARD

Challenor Pavillion (Kensington Oval), Kensington, Barbados – EDM Spanwall Facades Ltd
Sir John Lyon House, London, UK – EH Smith


THE BEST ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Electrolux

City Central Tower 1, Adelaide, Australia – Woods Bagot
New British Embassy, Sana’a Yemen – Design Engine Architects


THE LEAF YOUNG ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Hill McGlynn

Ribera del Duero Wine HQ, Burgos, Spain – Estudio Barozzi Veiga SL
House on the Outskirts of Cairo, Mansoureya, Egypt – Shahira H. Fahmy Architects
Pyramids Heights Compound (A Villa), Giza plateau, Egypt - Shahira H. Fahmy Architects


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