DSR, 6a and Chris Hildrey vie for award
By Jim Dunton2019-09-11T06:00:00
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Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s flexible New York arts venue The Shed is pitched against a project to aid the homeless by UK architect Chris Hildrey and 6a Architects’ MK Gallery in this year’s Designs of the Year competition.
The Design Museum awards, which count David Adjaye and Zaha Hadid among past winners, span architecture, fashion, consumer products and transport with an overall victor picked from category winners.
As well as DSR’s US$475m The Shed, this year’s architecture category includes Hildrey’s Proxy Address project, which aims to use the addresses of empty properties to help homeless people access vital public services.
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