{"id":19160,"date":"2017-05-15T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/2017-aawards-gala-recap\/"},"modified":"2018-04-23T16:41:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T20:41:07","slug":"2017-aawards-gala-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/inspiration\/industry\/2017-aawards-gala-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Architectural Legends and Emerging Heroes Unite at the 2017 A+Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the final moments of last Thursday night\u2019s A+Awards<\/a> gala, Lifetime Achievement Award\u2013winner Odile Decq<\/a> summed up her personal motivation in making the world\u2019s best architecture today.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, architecture is to take a position on complex situations, expose yourself to the world, take risks and have the appetite to discover the unknown,\u201d she said. \u201cWe must accept what is different, resist the standardization of production and constantly question to expand the implicit limits given today \u2026 This is how architecture can help the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week marked the fifth year of Architizer\u2019s annual gala for the A+Awards, the world\u2019s largest architecture awards program that welcomes firms of all shapes and sizes to submit their best projects for public voting and peer review by over 400 of the most esteemed luminaries<\/a> in the industry. This year\u2019s event was held at the glamorous Highline Stages in Manhattan, where Architizer rolled out the red carpet for all our winners and guests, including the six special honorees<\/a> of the evening. Architizer\u2019s CEO Marc Kushner hosted the celebration.<\/p>\n