2011美国建筑奖揭晓 中国三项目获奖
9月1日，一年一度的美国建筑奖（AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS FOR 2011）隆重揭晓。该奖项被认为是全美最负盛誉的建筑作品奖，由芝加哥ATHENAEUM建筑与设计博物馆和欧洲建筑设计艺术和城市研究中心组织。作为2011年全美最杰出的项目，45个获奖作品由6位杰出评委从来至世界各地的400入围作品中选出，并授予“美国建筑奖”的殊荣。中国有三个项目获此殊荣，它们分别是以俞孔坚教授领衔的北京土人设计的上海后滩公园、STEVEN HOLL设计事务所设计的深圳万科中心和SOM 设计的重庆金融中心大厦。
“ 竞争异常激烈，结果令人叹为观止。” 主办方如此表述本次评奖过程。
“美国建筑奖”是上海后滩公园继2010年获得全美景观设计杰出奖和世界建筑节“世界景观奖”之后，获得的又一国际权威奖项。该项目是上海世博园的一部分，位于黄埔江边，原址是一片工业棕地。北京土人通过生态设计，利用景观的生态过程将劣五类水净化为三类水，并将棕地改造成了多种生物的栖息地和优美宜人的城市公园。其设计展示了一种以生态系统服务为目的的全新的公园设计理念，建成后获得广泛关注。
据悉，所有获奖项目将于阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯国际建筑双年展中展出。
北京土人景观与建筑规划设计研究院：上海后滩公园 
STEVEN HOLL设计事务所：深圳万科中心 
SOM：重庆金融中心大厦
THREE PROJECTS FROM CHINA WON THE BEST NEW ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR 2011
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 the winners of the prestigious American Architecture Awards for 2011 were announced. Three projects from china including SHANGHAI HOUTAN PARK by Turenscape leading by Professor Kongjian Yu won this prestigious award. The other two winners from China are HORIZONTAL SKYSCRAPER VANKE CENTER at Shenzhen, China by Steven Holl Architects and CHONGQING RIVER TOWER by SOM
The American Architecture Awards is organized annually by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, The American Architecture Awards are the highest and most esteemed recognition for the best new building design produced by leading architects, urban planners, and landscape architects in the United States.
The 45 selected projects and the architecture firms behind them represent exceptional work by architects practicing in the United States in four categories: interiors, architecture, un-built work and urban design. Each winning project was chosen for its exemplary originality, highest aesthetic criteria, and contribution to the Green movement. The criteria used by the jury included design quality, program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness and technique. Projects had to be completed by architects/designers as of 2009, including practitioners either practicing or having offices in the United States.
All winning work for 2011 will be exhibited at, “New World Architecture,” which takes place at the XIII BA11-International Biennial of Architecture Buenos Aires. The exhibition takes place at Centro Cultural Recoleta at Jun in 1930 (C.P. 1113) Buenos Aires.
