This is the third year that Protek has hosted this round table debate. We find it invaluable, as it allows us to connect with leading architects and to better understand the design choices that they are making, and what is driving those choices in terms of creating more energy-efficient buildings.

WM Protek AB has led the way in the sustainable debate in the built environment, sponsoring the Architectural Review MIPIM Future Projects Awards, first in the Offices category and, for the past two years, the Tall Buildings category.

The Future Project Awards specifically recognise the role that design quality plays in the creation of successful developments. This is not just a matter of designing a good building, but also thinking about how it works in the urban context. It is thinking in a holist way, analyzing how a building can give to, rather than take from, its environment.

Equally the human condition is an integral part of the urban landscape and this concept sits well with the protek philosophy that is focused on systems that encompass energy saving components and designs to provide an attractive, flexible and healthy indoor environment.

Savings in energy costs and maintenance, savings in construction costs for the property developer and design freedom for the architect, thereby providing a healthy and sustainable environment for the end user, are at the core of the expertise and service that has been developed by Protek over the past twenty year’s.

These Awards have been accompanied by a series of round table debates, with contributions from some of the worlds leading architects, designers and property experts. The following links give you an oppoprtunity to get a feel for some of the issues covered by the debates.

Q. What do all these locations have in common?

Ajman, Dubai, UAE; Mumbai, India; London, Birmingham, Daventry, UK; Wongl, Austria; Mai Kolachi, Pakistan; Sydney, Australia; Moscow, Russia; Copenhagen, Denmark; Kiev, Ukraine; Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Guangzhou, China; Beruit, Lebanon; Santa Fe, Mexico; Accra, Ghana; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Nicosia, Cyprus; Jurong East, Duxton, Singapore; Busan, North Korea; Warsaw, Poland; Prague, Czech Republic; Seoul, Incheon, Korea; Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, USA; Doha, Qatar; Maslak-Istanbul, Turkey; Riga, Latvia; Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herezegovina.

A. Over the past two years they have been some of the locations for the MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Tall Buildings Awards.

WM Protek has been privileged to be the sponsor of the MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards (tall buildings category) which recognize the role that design quality plays in the creation of successful developments. This is not just a matter of designing a good building, but also thinking about how it works in its urban (or sometimes rural) context: it is about thinking in a holistic way, analyzing how a building can give to, rather than take from, its environment.

2009

Perkins+Will
Kempinski Hotel & Serviced Residences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
For Al-lssa Real Estate Development Company.

Highly Commended: Nabil Gholam Architecture and Planning
For SkyGate, Beirut, Lebanon.

Commended: SPACE, Juan Carlos Baumgartner
For Efizia Tower, Santa Fe, Mexico, for Efizia Tower.

2008

Winner: Gary Haney/Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York
For the Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait.

Commended: FXFowle International
For the Marina and Beach Towers, Dubai, UAE.

(Photograph JB presenting the Award)

Commended: Kohn Pedersen Fox
For the Heron Tower, London UK, for Heron International.