Sheikh Saeed Bin Mohammed distributes ThyssenKrupp Architecture Awards

Fernando Donis from Netherlands, who won the first prize for his entry "Dubai Frame," was awarded $100,000, following an international jury selecting 926 design proposals for a Tall Emblematic Structure for Dubai.

The awards were distributed in the presence of Mr. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy, Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality, Mr. Javier Del Pozo, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Elevator Southern Europe, Africa and Middle East and Dr. Olaf Berlien, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Technologies.

The competition, held under the auspices of the International Union of Architects, saw 4,900 architects from 108 countries participate to design the new Emblem structure for Dubai.

The $50,000 second prize was awarded to Luo Siwei from China for the "Magic Mirror" proposal and three teams were awarded $20,000 each as the third prize winners. In third place were teams led by Alejandro Rios of Spain who proposed "The Mirage", a team, led by Ferran Yusta of the Netherlands and Marta Pozo of France, which presented the "Big Beam" and Canadian Hongbo Lu, residing in China, who proposed a structure entitled "The Flying Colors of Dubai."