Architect Rafiq Azam wins LEAF award
Bangladeshi architect Rafiq Azam has won the Emirates Glass Leading European Architects Forum (LEAF) Award 2012 for his SA residence project. Rafiq's SA residence project, a three-storey building in the shape of a square and made from only cast concrete, won the award in the 'Residential building of the year (multiple occupancy)' category, said a press release yesterday. The award ceremony was held at the four Seasons Park Lane Hotel in London recently. “This is great honour for me as well as for my country to receive this prestigious award. The philosophy of Lalon inspired me while designing this building,” said Rafiq. The LEAF Awards programme is an annual event of Leading European Architects Forum. Other nominations in the category included Studio Daniel Libeskind with Reflections at Keppel Bay, Singapore, Gonzalo Mardones Architecture Studio with Ignacia Apartments at Santiago, Chile and Tabanlioglu Architects with Loft Gardens in Levent, Istanbul.
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