The award ceremony took place on November 29 in the new Izvestia-Hall concert hall, located on Pushkinskaya Square in the Izvestia publishing house.
The Urban Awards are presented in 29 nominations that cover all segments of residential urban real estate in Moscow, the Moscow Region and St. Petersburg - from economy class complexes to elite club houses. The architectural design of the objects, their innovativeness, the quality of construction, and even negotiability are assessed separately. One of the most notable nominees this year was
The Art House residential complex in Tessinsky Lane, which has repeatedly received professional awards as a project and is now, at last, almost completed. At the Urban Awards'2012, he also nominated in two nominations: "Residential complex of the year (elite class) and" Residential complex with the best architecture ", and the award was eventually awarded as" The most discussed project of the year. " Its author, architect Sergei Skuratov, was named "Architect of the Year".
In total, more than 220 projects have been submitted to the award's organizing committee this year. Applications for participation were collected for almost six months, and in mid-November, all nominees submitted their presentations to the expert committee. And if the best projects were identified by the jury on the eve of the solemn ceremony, then five key nominations - "Architect of the Year", "Realtor of the Year", "Developer of the Year", "Best Elite Real Estate Agency" and "Person of the Year" - were "played out" directly in " Izvestia-Hall ". All the guests of the evening took part in this final vote - more than 350 people, who determined the main characters of the evening. The title “Person of the Year” was awarded to Maria Litinetskaya (“Metrium” company), Blackwood was recognized as “The best luxury real estate agency”, Est-a-tet and FGC “Leader” were named “Realtor of the Year” and “Developer of the Year” respectively.
The full list of Urban Awards 2012 winners is published on the award website.
A. M.
