As lead designer, architect Viggo Haremst was invited to receive the ‘Architecture of the Year’ award on behalf of Henning Larsen Architects for their design of the Batumi Aquarium at the IDA ceremony on May 15th.
At the end of the evening, IDA also announced Henning Larsen Architects as ‘Designer of the Year’ – a surprise announcement which favoured Henning Larsen Architects and the Batumi project over 600 participants in five categories. The 'Designer of the Year' award is the highest honor given by IDA.
In addition to winning the ‘Designer of the Year’ award and the 'Architecture of the Year' award for Batumi Aquarium, Henning Larsen Architects also received a Silver for Spiegel Headquarters in Hamburg and Bronze for Palacio de Congresos in Lanzarote.
The International Design Awards exists to recognize, celebrate and promote legendary design visionaries and to uncover emerging talent in architecture and design.
In connection with this year’s awards ceremony the IDA Competition Director, Jade Tran, stated: “The work (of Henning Larsen Architects) is truly exceptional, and through a difficult jurying process, the design was chosen as the best in its field.”