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This year’s exterior winner of Vanceva’s World of Color Awards (WOCA)—an international competition that recognizes architectural projects that use Vanceva interlayers for glass—is a museum expansion that is totally encased in an all-white glass façade. Like current and past winners of the competition, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston—Kinder Building in Houston exemplifies how magnificently glass can be incorporated into architectural design, according to the award organizers.
“The World of Color Awards grows larger each year it is held,” says Priya Kalsi, global market segment manager with Eastman, the manufacturer of the Vanceva Color System for laminated glass. “We’ve received some incredible entries this year. Architects and designers are continuously exploring and surprising us with their creative use of Vanceva color interlayers to create landmark buildings, special effects and moods in interiors, and even in wayfinding.”
“This year’s winner stunned the jury with the use of white interlayers,” adds Kalsi. “The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is unique, inventive and transforms the streetscape—and it only uses Vanceva Arctic Snow for its interlayers.”
A key requirement for entry in the international design competition is the use of Vanceva color interlayers in laminated glass configurations. Vanceva provides architects and designers with a palette that can be combined to create more than 17,000 transparent, translucent or solid colors.
An international jury of five industry professionals reviews the project submissions and awards are given for Exterior Division Winner, Interior Division Winner and four honorable mentions. Entries are judged on the creative use of glass with laminated color interlayers, aesthetics and degree of attention given to the overall benefits and technology of laminated glass.
Kinder Building—Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Photo: ® Richard Barnes
Winners
Exterior Division Winner: Kinder Building—Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Façade Contractor: Josef Gartner (Permasteelisa North America)
Glass Fabricator: ShenZhen ShenNanYi Glass Product Co. Ltd
Façade and Structural Engineer: Knippers HelbigAdvanced Engineering
Featured Product: Vanceva PVB in Arctic Snow
Kaleidoscope, Photo: ® CreatAR Images
Interior Division Winner: Kaleidoscope, Tianshu City, Gansu Province, China
Architect: SAKO Architects
Glass Laminator: Shanxi Jingfeng Glass Co. LTD
Featured Product: Vanceva PVB in red, orange, yellow, green and blue
EADA Business School, Photo: ® Jose Masterton
Honorable Mention: EADA Business School, Barcelona, Spain
Architect: CDB Arquitectura
Glass Laminator: Vidresif
Featured Product: Vanceva PVB in Sahara Sun, Sapphire Blue and Arctic Snow
Galerie Artem, Photo: © Guillaume Guerin
Honorable Mention: Galerie Artem, Nancy, France
Architect: Agence Nicolas Michelin and Associates (ANMA)
Glass Laminator: Ariño Duglass
Featured Product: Vanceva PVB in Coral Rose, Sapphire Blue, Aquamarine, Smoke Grey and Ruby Red
OSZO 44 – The Chromatic Circle of Johannes Itten, Photo: ® Matthias Riediger
Honorable Mention: OSZO 44 – The Chromatic Circle of Johannes Itten, Zurich – Küsnacht, Switzerland
Artist: Ritchie Riediger
Glass Laminator: FlachGlas
Featured Product: Vanceva PVB in Golden Light, Sahara Sun, Aquamarine, Coral Rose, Evening Shadow, Sapphire and Ruby Red
Taipei Performing Arts Centre, Photo: ® Chris Stowers
Honorable Mention: Taipei Performing Arts Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
Architect: Rem Koolhaas
Glass Laminator: Cricursa
Featured Product: Vanceva PVB in Shale Grey from the Earth Tones collection
