Airports, Campuses, Passenger Stations, Sports,
Museums, Emporiums, Hotels, Restaurants
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE
A PRIX VERSAILLES INITIATIVE:
RECOGNISING THE “WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL” ACHIEVEMENTS
The "World's Most Beautiful” Achievements recognition, granted by the Prix Versailles, highlights the primary role of the Laureates in beautifying and improving the living environment.
These achievements, awarded each year by the Prix Versailles, are examples presented to the world, signs of exceptional architecture and design.
#BeautyEverywhere
AIRPORTS
CAMPUSES
PASSENGER
STATIONS
SPORTS
MUSEUMS
EMPORIUMS
HOTELS
RESTAURANTS
ABOUT THE PRIX VERSAILLES
Architecture and intelligent sustainability
Announced each year at UNESCO since 2015, the Prix Versailles is a series of architectural competitions that shine a light on the finest contemporary projects worldwide.
At the intersection between multiple disciplines, the members of the Prix Versailles World Jury are tasked with awarding twenty-four World Titles from among the Selected Sites – in the categories of Airports, Campuses, Passenger Stations, Sports, Museums, Emporiums, Hotels and Restaurants.
The Official List – which pays tribute to innovation, creativity, reflections of local heritage, ecological efficiency and the values of social interaction and participation, which the United Nations holds in high regard – is in line with the principles of intelligent sustainability, taking the projects’ ecological, social and cultural impacts into consideration.
“Dialogue and interconnections between the different aspects of the human environment – from ecology to social relations to culture – pave the way for intelligent sustainable development.
More than a mere goal, this offers a wonderful promise of the ability to meet the latest challenges facing the world today.”
Jérôme Gouadain
Secretary General of Prix Versailles
GEOGRAPHY
2017 - 2023
Number of World Titles per country (Top 20):
1 – United States
2 – China
3 – Australia
3 – France
5 – Qatar
5 – United Kingdom
7 – Japan
8 – Mexico
9 – Brazil
9 – Italy
9 – South Korea
9 – United Arab Emirates
13 – Morocco
13 – Netherlands
13 – Singapore
13 – Sweden
17 – Germany
17 – India
17 – Indonesia
17 – Switzerland
19
17
9
9
8
8
6
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2017 - 2023
Number of World Titles per Region:
40
24
6
24
27
20
AWA
Africa
and West Asia
CASC
Central America,
the South
and
the Caribbean
NA
North America
CAN
Central Asia
and
the Northeast
SAP
South Asia
and
the Pacific
EUR
Europe
2017 - 2023
World Titles – Countries of architects (head offices):
1 – United Kingdom
2 – France
2 – United States
4 – Australia
4 – Japan
6 – China
7 – Netherlands
8 – Mexico
9 – Brazil
9 – Switzerland
11 – Denmark
11 – Germany
11 – Singapore
11 – South Africa
11 – Sweden
16 – Canada
16 – Indonesia
16 – Italy
16 – South Korea
16 – Spain
21
19
19
9
9
8
6
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL
TOWARDS A CULTURAL RENAISSANCE OF THE ECONOMY
June 2020
With the Prix Versailles, architects, chefs, Nobel laureates in Economics, heads of international organisations call for a cultural renaissance of the economy.
“Architecture and design can help to reinvent an urbanized world which espouses ecology, sociability and beauty.”
VIDEOS
Ernesto Ottone Ramírez - Paris, UNESCO - 15 December 2021 Ernesto Ottone Ramírez - Paris, UNESCO - 15 décembre 2021
Ernesto Ottone Ramírez - Paris, UNESCO - 15 December 2021 Ernesto Ottone Ramírez - Paris, UNESCO - 15 décembre 2021
2019 Prix Versailles World Ceremony / Cérémonie mondiale du Prix Versailles 2019
Jérôme Gouadain - Paris, UNESCO - 12 September 2019 / Jérôme Gouadain - Paris, UNESCO - 12 septembre 2019
Lazare Eloundou - Paris, UNESCO - 12 September 2019 / Lazare Eloundou - Paris, UNESCO - 12 septembre 2019
CONTACT
SECRETARIAT OF PRIX VERSAILLES
10, avenue de Sceaux
78000 Versailles (France)
