Düsseldorf-based practice Ingenhoven Architects has won first prize in a competition to design a new permanent home for the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, plus a cash award of €60,000.
The jury, chaired by Liesbeth van der Pol, chief government architect of the Netherlands, called the winning design a “happy building”, one that reflected the ICC’s values of transparency, communication and efficiency.
Danish practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen was awarded second place. Its design featured rows of square towers united on an open rectangular base, with views of the dunes and wetlands that surround the site. It receives €50,000.
Dutch practice Wiel Arets Architects was third, and receives €40,000.
A total of 19 entries, including designs by OMA, David Chipperfield Architects and Mecanoo, reached the final stage of the competition, which was organised by the ICC and the Netherlands’ Government Buildings Agency.
The ICC is expected to offer one of the winning practices a contract for the project on a 72,000sq m site.
The final design will be presented in 2010, and the building completed in 2014
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