International architecture award for the Michaelsberg Abbey, Germany, by meyerschmitzmorkramer (FOTO)

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The Architecture MasterPrize 2018 (AMP) was awarded three times to
a German architecture firm - meyerschmitzmorkramer: The Michaelsberg
Abbey, located near Siegburg in the heart of Germany in close
proximity to Cologne, won in two categories, and the interior design
for the Noerr Law Office in Düsseldorf also received the coveted
award.

Every year, the most outstanding buildings in the world are
selected. The Architecture MasterPrize 2018 demonstrated in Los
Angeles how issues related to the refurbishment of historic
buildings, urban planning or interior design can be intelligently
solved and what buildings of the future may look like. In 2018, two
projects by the internationally active architecture firm
meyerschmitzmorkramer were recently awarded the renowned Architecture
MasterPrize (AMP): the carefully renovated former abbey on St.
Michael's Mount in Siegburg as well as the interior design concept
for Noerr, a corporate law firm in Düsseldorf.

The prize honours buildings that set standards, show extraordinary
features, and overcome boundaries. The Michaelsberg Abbey conference
centre, a monastery building carefully renovated by
meyerschmitzmorkramer, even received the Architecture MasterPrize in
two categories: in Heritage Architecture as well as in Hospitality
Architecture. The historic Michaelsberg Abbey, characterised by its
material quality, content, and sensitive approach, was already
acknowledged with two coveted MIPIM Awards in Cannes this year - an
award that was presented to a German office for the first time in
France.

Caspar Schmitz-Morkramer, architect and founder of
meyerschmitzmorkramer: "The Michaelsberg Abbey deserves this
attention because it is a special project. It showcases how exciting
it is to deal with historic buildings and that architecture in
clamorous times does not have to be subject to all trends
simultaneously. We didn't want to create a stylistic gimmick, but a
clear building that combines tranquillity and spirituality with
architecture".

A second project by meyerschmitzmorkramer from Germany also
impressed the jury: the interior completion for the Noerr Law Firm in
Düsseldorf. It was awarded the Architecture MasterPrize in the
Interior Design category as one of the best workplaces.

The expert jury of the Architecture MasterPrize is composed of
esteemed members. This year, architects such as Ben van Berkel, UN
Studios, institutions such as Yale University or the Harvard Graduate
School of Design selected the best entries from 68 countries in 41
categories in the fields of architecture, interior design, and
landscape design. Meanwhile, the AMP is one of the most respected
architectural awards and sets worldwide standards for architecture
and design.

About meyerschmitzmorkramer: Shaping the future is
meyerschmitzmorkramer's passion and profession, for both the design
of new districts and when revitalising existing properties. Today,
the office, which was founded in 2004, employs about 170 people at
its branches in Cologne, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich,
Palma de Mallorca, and Bucharest. The team working with the partners
Holger Meyer and Caspar Schmitz-Morkramer develops solutions for new
buildings and individual conversion of existing ones as well as
interior design concepts. The projects range from urban planning,
residential and offices buildings to retail outlets, conference
centres, schools, hospitals, and cultural buildings.

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