ASCER (The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers’ Association) has announced the 22nd edition of the Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture and Interior Design, a long established programme aiming to highlight national and international projects that make important and innovative use of ceramic tiles manufactured in Spain.
Renowned for the high standard of the winning projects and the composition of the judging panel, the awards are highly regarded among professionals in the field of architecture and design.
The judging panel will be chaired by architect Carme Pinós and made up of experts from the fields of architecture and design: Inma Bermúdez of Studio Inma Bermúdez, Jesús Olivares of COR Asociados Arquitectos, Gracia Cardona, director of the magazine DiarioDesign and Susana Babiloni, director of the College of Architects of Castellón.
The Awards offer a total prize fund of €35,000 and are divided into three categories: The two main categories, Architecture and Interior Design, are awarded €15,000 each, while the third category, Final Degree Project, encourages entries from architecture students and is worth €5,000.
The window for submitting projects for the 22nd Awards is now open with a deadline of Wednesday 18th October 2023. Entries are welcomed from anywhere in the world, the only requirement is that the projects include Spanish ceramic tiles.
The judging panel sits in early November and winners and special mentions will be announced in December. The Awards will be given out a special ceremony at the Cevisama Tile Fair in Valencia in February 2024.
The competition rules and entry form are available on the Awards website at www.tileofspainawards.com where images, plans and details of the winning projects from the previous editions can also be downloaded. Interviews with previous winners can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ascercomunicacion
The winners of the last edition of the Ceramic Awards were: in the architecture category, "Social housing in Ibiza", by Estudio de Arquitectura Ripoll-Tizón; first prize in interior design went to "Ávila. Planning an empty space" by ALL AROUND LAB; and in the category for students, Marta Millanes Sánchez of the Toledo School of Architecture was recognised for the project "Rampant architecture. The town and the home".
Visit www.tileofspainawards.com for more information