The Forum AID Award was a Nordic architecture and design award, given annually by the Swedish magazine Forum AID. AID is an acronym for the three subject matters of the magazineâÂÂarchitecture, interior design, and designâÂÂand also the three categories of the award. It was given to the designers of the best building, interior design, and design in the Nordic countries that year. The award was founded in 2004 and was presented at a ceremony in Stockholm
The selection process was carried out in two stages. Each Nordic country was represented through its selection committee. The task of the committees was to select the best objects in their respective countries or by their countrymen abroad. The committees chose freely from those objects that had been carried out during the period October 1, to September 30, the year before. The winner was chosen by an international jury.
Building: Mountain Dwellings, ÃÂrestad, Copenhagen<br />Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group/Julien de Smedt, Denmark.
Building: ÃÂrestad College, ÃÂrestad, Copenhagen<br />Architect: 3xN Architects, Denmark
Tautra Maria Convent, Tautra, Norway<br /> Architect: Jensen & Skodvin, Norway
Building: VM Houses, ÃÂrestad, Copenhagen<br />Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group/Julien de Smedt, Denmark.
Cristal Bar by Katrin Olina Petursdóttir. Iceland. Client: Zenses
Xile by Mats Karlsson, Sweden
Baron House, Ystad, Sweden Architect: John Pawson Ltd Client: Fabien Baron and Malin Ericson
Design: Plopp by Oskar Zieta<br /> Client: Hay. Denmark
Design: Nobody Chair by Komplot Design, Denmark<br /> Client: Hey, Denmark
Design: North Tiles by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec<br /> Client: Kvadrat, Denmark
The jury consisted of Chairman Marcus Fairs (the man behind Icon and Dezeen), Manuelle Gautrand, Sean Griffiths and Dirk Wynants.
The jury consisted of chairman Detlef Rahe (internationally renowned architect and designer), Hans Ibelings (editor and publisher of the magazine A10 - new European architecture), Lorraine Farrelly (acting head of the School of Architecture at the University of Portsmouth) and Johan Valcke (one of the founders of Design Flanders).
Deyan Sudjic (chairman), Ellen van Loon, Johanna Grawunder, Patricia Urquiola.
Detlef Rahe (chairperson), Hélène Binet, Peter Cook, Kristin Feireiss, Satyendra Pakhale