International Committee of Architectural Critics
Abbreviation | CICA |
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Formation | October 26, 1978 |
Type | NPO |
Purpose | architecture criticism |
Headquarters | Paris |
President | Prof Joseph Rykwert, United States |
Parent organization | International Union of Architects |
Website | www.cicarchitecture.org |
The International Committee of Architectural Critics (French: Comité International des Critiques d'Architecture, Spanish: Comité Internacional de Críticos de Arquitectura - CICA) is a non-profit organization of international architecture critics, and was founded in Mexico City on October 26, 1978, during the 13th World Kongress of the Union internationale des architectes (UIA). The CICA is headquartered nearby the UIA in Paris. Paris was also the residence of Pierre Vago, who was head of the organization for years. The seat of the secretary was originally located in Buenos Aires, residence of Jorge Glusberg, but can be transferred per decret to any other place worldwide according to the residence of the chairmen.
Founding members of the CICA were Pierre Vago, Bruno Zevi, , ,[1] , Jorge Glusberg, , Julius Posener and others.
CICA awards[]
All awards of the association were originally called CICA Award. Since 2003 they have been named after the foundation members. The CICA Book Award was the first award of the CICA and was awarded at the 14th UIA World Congress in 1981.
CICA special awards were awarded to the (CABP) and to Springer-Verlag for the "World Architecture: A Critical Mosaic 1900-2000" series.
- Selected prize winners in alphabetical order
- (Finland); CICA Pierre Vago Award for Architectural Journalism 2003
- Marco Casagrande; for conceptual and artistic architecture [2]
- Alan Colquhoun
- Roger Connah
- William Curtis
- Arthur Drexler; first winner of the CICA Award for a Preface or Introduction to an Exhibition Catalogue
- Elizabeth Farrelly
- Geoffrey Jellicoe
- and Kenneth Frampton; first winners of the CICA Prize for Journalism
- David Leatherbarrow; CICA Bruno Zevi Book Award
- Mohsen Mostafavi; CICA Bruno Zevi Book Award
- Manfredi Nicoletti; first winner of the CICA Book Award
- (Netherlands); CICA Pierre Vago Award for Architectural Journalism 2011
- Terence Riley/Barry Bergdoll; CICA Julius Posener Award 2003 for an architectural exhibition catalogue text
References[]
- ^ Mildred Schmertz obituary; Architectural Record
- ^ [1] Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine - Premios Bienal de Arquitectura y CICA Buenos Aires International Biennial of Architecture
- Architecture organizations
- International organizations based in France
- Critics associations
- Organizations based in Paris
- 1978 establishments in France