ASCER Announces Call for Entries for 16th Edition of Awards

Castellón, Spain, July 20, 2017-ASCER (the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers’ Association) has announced a new edition of the Tile of Spain Architecture, Interior Design and Final Degree Project Awards.

The panel of judges for this 16th edition of the awards is made up of professionals working in the architecture and design sectors. The ultimate aim of the Tile of Spain Awards is to promote the use of Spanish ceramic tiles in architecture and interior design (both in Spain and abroad). The awards are sponsored by Endesa, Vodafone, Port Authority of Valencia and CESCE.

Spanish architect Iñaki Ábalos (chairman for this edition) is founder of the international study of architecture Abalos + Sentkiewicz and has got an extensive and professional career, as well as an extensive experience in the teaching field, being currently Professor at ETSAM and resident professor and Chair of Department of Architecture at the GSD of Harvard, where ASCER has a collaboration through the Network of Ceramic Chairs. The panel of judges also includes Ángela García de Paredes (Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos); Víctor Navarro (Langarita-Navarro); Bak Gordon, Portuguese architect; Moisés Puente (2G’s editor); designer Martín Azúa and Ramón Monfort, from Castellón Architects Professional Association.

Registrations are open and the project submission deadline is October 24, 2017.

The awards have a prize fund of 39.000 euros distributed among three categories. The two main categories are Architecture and Interior Design, each with a cash prize of 17.000 euros. The main entry requirement is that the projects feature ceramic tiles made in Spain.

The third category is the Final Degree Project, targeting students of architecture and with a cash prize of 5.000 euros. The panel of judges are also entitled to give two special mentions in each category.