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An imaginative design for the extension to the inner-city Sendim Cemetery in Matisinhos, Portugal wins young architect Jose Cadilhe first prize in the 2006 Phoenix Awards International Competition. Preliminary ideas were drawn up by Jose in 2005 when he was still a student in Porto, and won him Premier Award Total Concept category second prize last year. Extending the plans and drawings for the whole project with fellow architect Emanuel Fontoura has now won the duo the 2006 Premier Award first prize of £1,000, sponsored by Bridge Insurance Brokers Ltd, a commemorative plaque created and donated by T E Tilley Stonemasons, of Brighton, Sussex, UK together with certificated. Awards assessors praised the 'good, clear presentation' of the work, which included a good general area site plan showing how the immense improvement in public space provision with a low level courtyard and roof-top garden is in-keeping in Matosinhos where funeral processions are still a very common practice and where ther cemetery is often seen as a place for meeting and prolonged visits and permanency in its interior - justified by the strong tradition and the population's relationship with and close proximity to the sea. Contact: José Cadhile: 00 351 - 96 641 88 23
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PORTUGUESE ARCHITECTS WIN THE PREMIER PHOENIX CEMETERY DESIGN AWARD
The Phoenix Awards Scheme is a truly international competition attracting entries from all over the world for the design of memorials in their environment, as a place set aside for the commemoration of the dead after cremation or burial, and is internationally acclaimed for raising awareness of burial places and commemoration in the community.
It aims to stimulate and encourage better design of cemeteries and memorials and in particular, places of commemoration after cremation, and encourages new ideas to get away from routinely extending current patterns and systems.
