Today at 5:00 p.m., the award ceremony for the winners of the 4th edition of the Oscar Niemeyer Award for Latin American Architecture will take place. Held as part of the 18th Buenos Aires International Architecture Biennale, the event will feature a lecture by the grand prize winner, Laurent Troost.
In August, the jury—comprising Loreto Lyon, Alejandro Beals, Giancarlo Mazzanti, Felipe Leal, Cristine Muniz, and Ana María Valenzuela—announced its decision, with the top three spots recognizing the work of architects from Brazil and Mexico:
Laurent Troost is a Belgian architect based in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, and the founder of Laurent Troost Architectures. He holds a master's degree in Architecture and Urbanism from ISAIVH in Brussels (2001) and a postgraduate degree in Geography and Cities from Escola da Cidade in São Paulo (2011). His practice has recently stood out in several international competitions and awards, including the Oscar Niemeyer Award, the Dezeen Awards, the Architecture MasterPrize, and the IAI Most Creativity Award. In addition to his practice, Troost served as Director of Urban Planning for Manaus City Hall from 2013 to 2020 and has since worked as a consultant for the World Bank Group.
This article was written by Fabian Dejtiar. The translation is powered by AI.
