Architects from around the world expand the possibilities of contemporary tapestry through fifteen designs for Phoenix Central Park designed by John Wardle Architects and Durbach Block Jaggers.
Abhinay H Satam + Shristi D Rawat (India) Madeleine Gallagher, Julie Lee, Georgina de Beaujeu + Lis de Vries (Australia) Michael Chapman (Australia)
Voting for the $1000 People's Choice Award has closed. The winner of the People's Choice Award will be announced on Tuesday 7 December 2021.
The Tapestry Design Prize for Architects encourages innovation and visionary thinking by challenging architects to design contemporary tapestries. Since 2015 the prize has fostered exciting new creative dialogues between architects and tapestry weavers and received over 500 tapestry design submissions.
The fifteen finalists were selected by an expert judging panel comprising of Cameron Bruhn (chair), Brook Andrew, Diane Jones, Valerie Kirk, Dimmity Walker and John Wardle. 141 tapestry designs were received from 23 countries, including; Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia, Canada, Croatia, France, India, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States of America.
The TDPA 2021 is generously supported by Metal Manufactures Limited, Architecture Media, Creative Victoria, City of Port Phillip and the Envelope Group.
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