The 2A Continental Architectural Awards is an architecture award, organized by 2A Magazine to recognize and honor an individual or a group’s contribution to the world of architecture.

Award categories

The award is presented under eight categories #Residential #Commercial (Office & Business, Retail, and wholesale, Production) #Public (Sport & Leisure, Education, Hospitality, Culture, Mixed Use, Health, #Religion, Civic, Transportation), and community-based projects #Urban Projects, Rural Projects, Landscape & Public Spaces (including squares and streets) #Old and New (Reuse and adaptation, Renovation, Restoration, Regeneration) #Interior Architecture #Future Projects / Innovative Designs

History

2015

The first Award event was held in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, with the

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

being the main Academic partner. The other technical partners were The

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Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul Bilgi University () is a private university founded in 1996, located in Eyüpsultan, Istanbul, Turkey. The university has four campuses in Istanbul: SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Dolapdere, and Kozyatağı. History The university was ...

and Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism of Iran. Its theme was “The Emergence of Contemporary Architecture in Asia.” The Jury members consisted of Sinan Mert Sener,

Seung H-Sang Seung H-Sang () is a South Korean architect who studied at Seoul National University and Technische Universitaet in Wien. After working for Kim Swoo-geun from 1974 to 1989, he established his own office IROJE architects&planners in 1989. Seung ...

, Romi Khosla, and Yavuz Selim Sepin.

2016

The second 2A Continental Architectural Award event was held at

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

in association with

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna () is a public art school in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 1688 as a private academy, it is now a public university. The academy is also known for twice rejecting admission to a young Adolf Hitler in 1907 and 1908. ...

. This year’s theme was “Innovative Architecture in Asia.” The Jury consisted of some fine architects including Volkwin Marg,

Nasrine Seraji Professor Nasrine Seraji-Bozorgzad AA Dipl FRIBA, is an Iranian-born French-British architect. She is a 2011 recipient of the Knight of the Legion of Honour, an Officier of l'Ordre national du Mérite and l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Early ...

, Wolfgang Tschapeller, Murat Tabanlıoğlu,

Françoise Fromonot Françoise Fromonot (born 1958) is a French architect and architectural critic. Born in Paris, she qualified as a at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette and received a Diploma of Profound Studies in architectur ...

and Hiromi Hosoya. Iranian Winners: Moein Jalali, Hooman Balazadeh, Sara kalantari, Ehsan Hosseini & Elham Geramizadeh, Wael Al Awar, DCA, Cui kai + Wang Ke Yao, Hamid Mirmiran, Kazuhiro Kojima,

Wolf D. Prix Wolf Dieter Prix is an Austrian architect. In 1968 he co-founded the architects' cooperative Coop Himmelb(l)au, which has an international reputation as an important representative of deconstructivism. Life Early life Wolf Prix's father ...

2017

The 2017 2A Awards event took place in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

and was themed “Innovative Architecture in Various Continents.” Seated on the Jury were renowned architects Ulrike Lauber, Hubert Neinhoff, and

Sergei Tchoban Sergei Tchoban (German: Sergej Tschoban; born 9 October 1962) is a German Architect and artist working in various cities in Europe. He is managing director of the architectural firm TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten and founder of the Tchoban Foundation, w ...

2018

The awards ceremony was held at Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia with the theme "Innovative Contextual Architecture in Asia and Europe". Jury composed of

Carme Pinós Carme Pinós Desplat (born 1954) is a Spanish architect. Biography Pinós graduated Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB) in Barcelona in 1979 and returned to the school in 1981 to study Urbanism. From 1982 on she form ...

, Yoko Okuyama,

Abbas Gharib Abbas Gharib (Persian language, Persian: عباس غزیب) (Tehran, Iran, 16 June 1942 – Verona, Italy, 6 February 2025) was an Iranian architect based in Italy. He is an influential figure in the research, practice, and teaching of post-contem ...

, Willy Müller and Ali Basbous. Iranian Winners: Moein Jalali, Reza Mafakher, uillermo Vazquez Consuegra, Wolf D.Prix, Yawar Jilani & Mahboob Khan, Paloma Baquero Masats & Juan Serrano Garcia, Bruno Rechner

2019

The awards for Asia-Oceania, Europe, Africa, South Central, and North America was held at

Polytechnic University of Madrid The Technical University of Madrid or sometimes called Polytechnic University of Madrid (, UPM) is a public university, located in Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1971 as the result of merging different Technical Schools of Engineering and Arc ...

under the theme "Innovative Contextual Architecture in the Continents".

2020

The award was organised online due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. Jury members included

Bahram Shirdel Bahram Shirdel is an Iranian architect internationally known as one of the most influential architects dealing with the interdisciplinary field of architecture and science as well as Fold/Folding Architecture. Jeffrey Kipnis, Greg Lynn, Peter Eis ...

, Silja Tillner, Donald Bates, Antoine Guiraud and Asako Yamamoto.

Administration

Ahmad Zohadi Ahmad Zohadi () is an Iranian architecture scholar, publisher and researcher. Currently, he is the CEO and editor-in-chief of architectural magazine 2A Magazine. He is also the founder and chief editor of ''‘Architecture & Construction’'', a ...

is the founder, organizer and director of 2A Continental Architectural Awards organised since 2015. He is the CEO and editor-in-chief of 2A Magazine, also the founder and chief editor of ''‘Architecture & Construction’'', a persian quarterly magazine, published since 2003, and distributed in Iran.

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