Design Prize 2017

MAAT wins International Design Award. The architectural design of MAAT, developed by Amanda Levete (AL_A), won the Design Prize 2017, attracted by designboom and Abitare. Dedicated to visual art, new media, architecture and technology, the 7,000-square-meter MAAT is the new home of contemporary Portuguese culture. With a flexible interior design, capable of integrating future exhibitions, and a dynamic tile facade that reflects the surrounding landscape, the museum acts as a bridge between the rich traditional history and the rapid growth of the country. MAAT is even defined by designboom and Abitare as a "powerful, sensitive and low-key building that explores the convergence of these three distinct fields" (art, architecture and technology). Design Prize is an annual award celebrating excellence on a global scale - individuals or groups, events, exhibitions, facilities, institutions, public spaces, research projects and studies and activities that have had a significant impact on the design industry in the last year.