On the 16th of October Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat was awarded the prestigious Russian Best Building Award for his Chess Club building in Khanty-Mansiysk at the Zodchestvo festival.
Best Building Awards is an open public competition in construction and architecture. The prize is awarded annually to the best projects of architecture, made by professional architects and developers and builders incarnate. The Jurors elaborated on their decision to award Erick van Egeraat; “Erick van Egeraat’s Chess club building is an enchanting architectural work which adds quality to the Khanty-Mansiysk region and beyond. It is an example for the architectural potential Russia has to offer in the years to come”.
Directly after completion the 5.000 sq. meter Chess-club building in Khanty-Mansiysk hosted the 2010 Chess Olympics. Erick van Egeraat worked closely with the municipality of Khanty-Mansiysk and its main benefactor Gazprom in realizing this extraordinary building.