Dedalo Minosse International Prize for Commissioning a Building 2005 2006

On its sixth edition, the Dedalo Minosse Prize, promoted by the Associazione Liberi Architetti ALA - Assoarchitetti and the international architectural review l'ARCA, together with the sponsor Caoduro Lucernari, has already become one of the most important architectural awards in the world, with the strength of its peculiarity of being targeted at the client rather than the architect.

Free registrations are open to both private and public clients from all Countries.

The commissioned works must have been designed by a professional architect or building engineer and been effectively completed in the last five years.

The prize has been included in the Regione of Veneto's programme for contemporary architecture enhancement.

There are 4 main awards and other special awards given by the review l'ARCA, Caoduro Lucernari and by other Patron Bodies and Sponsors.

A special section is devoted to Italian architects and another one to young architects or rather to Clients who commissioned works to under 40 professional architects.

The Jury, still in progress, is made up as follows:

Stanislao Nievo, writer and environmentalist, as Chairman; Paolo Caoduro, main sponsor of the Prize; Cesare Maria Casati, Chief-editor of the international architectural review ' l'ARCA'; Bruno Gabbiani, president