Brunel Awards

The 2005 Brunel Awards competition is arranged by DSB and The Watford Group and is an architecture and design award where entries may only be made by public and private heavy railway companies and operators.

The event took place on 14 September 2005 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

20 railway companies from 13 countries had entered a total of 159 projects. This year, the Jury presented 9 Awards and 19 Commendations and a special Brunel Jury Prize for Excellence in Corporate Design to a railway company or organisation.

The aim of the Award is primarily to promote design and railway architecture. The Awards should promote aesthetic quality, customer orientation and sustainability across all sectors of the rail industry. Furthermore, the Award should underscore the rail mode as an indispensable transport mode with inherent economic and environmental advantages, and also draw attention to the role which the railways play in securing and enhancing the standard of living and quality of life that we all have come to take for granted.  

The Brunel Award is named after the noted British railway engineer, inventor and architect Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859). He founded and built the famous Great Western Railway between London and Bristol.

International Jury
A distinguished jury composed of internationally respected professionals evaluated the submitted projects. The members of the jury were:

  • Jan Christiansen, City Architect, Deputy Director, Copenhagen Municipality (Chairman of the Jury)
  • Dorthe Mandrup-Poulsen, Architect, Denmark
  • Uli Huber, Architect, Switzerland
  • Jacob Heiberg, Director, Norsk Form, Norway
  • Jörg Schlaich, Engineer, Managing Director, Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, Germany
  • Bodil Busk Laursen, Director Kunstindustrimuseet, Denmark
  • Mads Kofod, Managing Director, Bornholmstrafikken, Denmark
  • Bjørn Nørgaard, Artist, Denmark

Category 1- Architecture Award:

  • Entry ID 118- Zug Station, Switzerland SBB
  • Entry ID 111- Bern-Wankdorf, Switzerland SBB
  • Entry ID 141- Aix en Provence TGV Station, France SNCF
  • Entry ID 077- Zaragoza Delicias Station, Spain
  • Entry ID 087- Baden Station, Austria OBB
  • Entry ID 065- Pavijoenkap Zwolle, Netherlands Prorail

Commendation:

  • Entry ID 140- Train stop in Tosses, Spain, ADIF
  • Entry ID 113- Muntelier-Lowenberg Station, Switzerland SBB
  • Entry ID 103- Northwest line stations, Denmark, DSB
  • Entry ID 063- Barendrecht Station, Netherlands, Betouve Line
  • Entry ID 115- Langenbold Station, Switzerland SBB
  • Entry ID 004- Minatomirai Station, Japan JR TT
  • Entry ID 102- Flintholm Station, Denmark DSB S-Train/National Rail etc.
  • Entry ID 149- Paris Nord Espace Transilien, France SNCF
  • Entry ID 024- Saitama-Shintoshin Station, Japan JR East
  • Entry ID 038- Papa Railway Station, Hungary MAV

Category 2- Graphics, Industrial design and Art Award:

  • Entry ID 120- Zug Station, Turell light installation, Switzerland SBB
  • Entry ID 106- Venus in Valby sculpture, Denmark DSB
  • Entry ID 058- “Northern window to the world” – JR tower art project at Sapporo Station, Japan JR Hokkaido

Commendation:

  • Entry ID 105- Uniforms, Denmark DSB
  • Entry ID 076- Full color LED departure display, Japan JR East
  • Entry ID 057- LCD Display – Fonts and Layouts, Germany DB

Category 3- Technical Infrastructure and Environment
Award:
None

Commendation:

  • Entry ID 020- Centenari Bridge, Spain FGC Catalunya Railways
  • Entry ID 122- Landscaping at Brunnmaten, Switzerland SBB
  • Entry ID 123- National Maintenance Center in Geneva, Switzerland SBB
  • Entry ID 099- New typologies for signal boxes, Austria OBB
  • Entry ID 108- Køge Bugt Service Center, Denmark DSB S-Train

Catagory 4- Rolling Stock
Award:
None

Commendation:

  • Entry ID 128- Electric low floor multiple unit FLIRT, Switzerland SBB

Jury's Special Prize:
Switzerland SBB -20 entries
The SBB entries were very consistent on all levels while remaining varied in design. The SBB has maintained its high quality standards for decades and works with the best architects. They choose different architects whom preserve a regional attitude in their architecture.
There was a consensus in the jury to award this prize to the SBB. (Uli did not vote and was not present during the discussion)

For more information and further details see complete programme available for download below.

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