Institute of Architects of Zimbabwe Announces Winners of 2022 Architecture Awards

Harare, 9 April 2022. The Institute of Architects of Zimbabwe announced the winners of its 2022 Zimbabwe Architectural Awards on April 8, at the Cresta Lodge-Sango Conference Centre. The awards honored 20 projects that exemplify the best in contemporary architecture and highlight the many ways buildings and spaces can improve lives. When selecting this year's winners, the 23- IAZ member jury evaluated overall design achievement, considering a sense of place, purpose, history, and environmental sustainability.

There were 96 entries for the 11 architecture categories at this year's competition, which was sponsored by various players in the built environment. The Lifetime Achievers award went to renowned retired Architect George Fleet who served over 60 years in the industry. Architect Fleet is behind some of the notable buildings in Harare such as Mutual Gardens, Causeway Building, Runhare House, Anchor House amongst others.

On the sidelines of the awards program, IAZ president Architect Tsitsi Dzvukamanja said, “These awards attest to our profession’s inventiveness, imagination, beauty and multiplicity.

“Collectively, this year’s awarded works exhibit the richness, intelligence, viscerality, complexity, individuality and delight of which Zimbabwean architecture is capable.” she added.

Elsewhere in the awards, Architectural Planning Studio and Architexture Spatial Design also took home numerous accolades in the various categories. The Emerging Architect Award was won by Architect Bokanibuhe Munodawafa & Architect Hazvinei Sakupwanya for their Law Chambers Project.

The winners are: