The wait is finally over. Wallpaper have announced the winners of their Design Awards 2018.
The judging panel, a collaboration of experts across their field including Ethiopian model Liya Kebede, had their work cut out for them.
Our very own Zeitz Mocaa museum was shortlisted under Best New Public Building and won a joint award with Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Marrakech.
“Grand gestures define Cape Town’s new Zeitz MOCAA. As a much-heralded cultural waypoint, the vast converted grain silos are proving to be a key draw on the city’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront,” says Wallpaper.
“Heatherwick Studio has made typically bold strokes at the building’s heart, making elaborate cuts into the structure’s concrete cylinders to form a towering, quasi-organic atrium,” they concluded.
See the list of winners below:
Best new hotel
Santa Clara 1728, Lisbon
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Designer of the year
Philippe Malouin
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Best domestic design
Coffee mill, by Michael Anastassiades, for Carl Auböck and Sigmar London
Best City
Mexico City
Best new public building
Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, by Heatherwick Studio
Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Marrakech, by studio KO
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Best new private house
Ghat house, Chile, by Max Núñez Arquitectos
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Best new restaurant
Maison du Danemark, Paris
Best women’s fashion collection
Simone Rocha
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Best men’s fashion collection
Alexander McQueen
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Life enhancer of the year
‘Dot’ braille smartwatch, by Dot
Best new grooming product
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