2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge Press Room
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Architecture for Humanity and AMD are pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge: Digital Inclusion. The global design competition invited architects, designers and others to develop sustainable designs for technology facilities in communities that lack access to computing power. The competition received 566 registered entries from 57 countries. The winners, including one overall competition winner and two regional site winners, were determined by an international review board of jurors comprised of architects, technologists, and community members. The overall competition winner and Africa challenge site winner is The Global Studio of Seattle, WA, USA, for its design of a technology media lab and recording studio for SIDAREC, located in an informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya. |
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Regional Site Winners |
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Africa Challenge
First Place Winner: The Global Studio: Stephanie Ingram, Geoff Piper, Matthew Sullivan, Ashley Waldron Location: Seattle, WA, USA |
First Place Winner: Max Fordham, LLP (Gwilym Still, David Hawkins, Bertie Dixon and Thomas Bailess) + Nick Lawrence |
South America Challenge First Place Winner: Igor Taskov, ChunSheh Teo, Heather Worrell |
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Finalists |
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Honorable Mentions |
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Honorable Mentions Milinda Pathiraja, Ganga Ratnayake Sri Lanka and Australia Joao Pedro Torres Brazil Tokyo Science University Chiba, Japan ARCHIsquad Zagreb, Croatia Joseph Sarkodie Sheffield, UK Ben Addy London, UK |
Honorable Mentions
Kilian Mattitsch + Walter Kräutler Vienna, Austria Souman Barua, Tim Green + Robert Rickey Cardon, UK Birinchi + Sanjit Roy India + USA Luke Perry, Matthew Bitterman + Nicolette Mastrangelo Berkeley, CA, USA Zach Olczak, Rob Bratton Memphis, TN, USA |
Honorable Mentions
Jason Bentley, Eric Ellis + Shawn Button, Roman Fry Boulder, CO, USA Veronica Reed and Tannya Pico Quito, Ecuador Hee-Yun Kim, Mark Mangapora and Jason RobertsNew York, NY Janak Alford + Jacqueline Che Ottowa, Canada Tatsuya Iwata + Sung-Joon Kim Chicago, IL |
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