Recently, A’s Design Award Committee released the 2015-2016 period winners on their website. Professor Zhou Qi from Southeast University won the award in category of Architecture, Building and Structure Design with his architecture design: People's Daily HQ Office in Beijing.
As the only award-winning work from china mainland, this high-rise building has been one of the most important constructions in Beijing since 2008 Olympic Game, which is located in the heart of Beijing's CBD. We try to do something which will be a creative, contemporary and modern, but also reflect our culture and tradition. The streamline body is shaped by cutting an ellipsoid with three hyperboloids, which there is no dead point for all view angles. We use glazed terracotta to cover the 3D round shapes, which is traditional Chinese material. The form of the High-rise building comes from Chinese character People, corresponding to the title of the media People's Daily. The triangular plan is transformed from the structure of the character People. And the material used on outer supporter is glazed terracotta, which comes from roof of traditional Chinese temples.
A' Design Award and Competition is the worlds' largest design competition awarding best designs, design concepts and products & services. In a world where there are millions of products and designs launch each year, the award was born out of the desire to underline the best designs and well designed products. The award-winning products and designs are highlighted to the international public via the A' Design Award Gala-Night and Exhibition in Italy.
A' Design Award and Competitions are organized and awarded annually in a wide range of categories. The are categorized into several subcategories: Industrial Design Competitions; Furniture Design Competition, Packaging Design Competition, Lightning Design Competition, Toy Design Competition, Digital Devices Competition, Vehicle Design Competition, Home Appliances Design Competition, Medical and Scientific Design Competition. Architectural Design Competitions; Architectural Design Competition, Interior Design Competition. Graphic Design Competitions: Interface Design Competition, Graphic Design Competition, Computer Graphics and 3D Model Design Competition. Meta Competitions: Social Design Competition, Idea Design Competition and Meta Design Competition Technical and R&D Based Competitions: Engineering and Technical Design Competition, Material and Texture Design Competition. Photography and Cinema Competitions: Photography and Photo Manipulation Design Competition, Movie and Animation Design Competition, Other Important Competition Categories: Fashion Design Competition Food and Culinary Design Competition, Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Design Competition and the Unexpected Design Competition.
