Design Miami announced this year’s winner of the Panerai Design Miami/ Visionary Award, and unlike the past three years, the award didn’t go to a person or firm. This year’s winner is the Mwabwindo School, a Zambia primary school project opening next year. Selldorf Architects, the New York firm led by principal Annabelle Selldorf, FAIA, is responsible for the design of the 175-student school developed by the nonprofit 14+ Foundation, which will incorporate a mural by artist Rashid Johnson and the Mwabwindo Series furniture collection by Swiss firm, Christ & Gantenbein.
Architect Peter Marino, FAIA, was the first winner of the award in 2014, followed by designer Yves Béhar and New York–based SHoP Architects. This year’s Design Miami will be held Dec. 6-10.
