The Bergbau Museum in Bochum has won the Iconic Award ‘Winner’ 2013 and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam received the Iconic Award ‘Best of Best’ 2013, both in the category Public/ Architecture. The Iconic Awards, initiated by the German Design Council, is the first international architecture and design competition that takes the interaction between disciplines in consideration.
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The awards will officially be handed out during the Expo Real in München this October.
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