New Beijing Poly Plaza, Beijing, China
Winner: Brian Lee, AIA, Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP
Award: Honor Award for Architecture

The client sought to create a new landmark headquarters complex that, through its quality and mix of public and commercial uses, would establish a civic presence in Beijing and symbolize the company’s public mission. The program includes the client’s headquarters, leasable office space, retail, restaurants, and the Museum, which houses one of the country’s most important collections of antique bronzes and Buddhas. The building’s simple, monolithic triangular form responds to its location on a prominent intersection along Second Ring Road, near the Forbidden City. The form is based on an L-shaped floor plan that cradles a dramatic atrium.

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