The Architecture Prize of the Province of Styria will be awarded for the 21st time, with prize money of € 10,000. The purpose of the prize foundation is to promote contemporary, high-quality architecture in Styria. The Architecture Prize of the Province of Styria is awarded following a public call for entries and the decision of a curator. The prize is awarded to an building erected in Styria within the last 2 years.
Indira van 't Klooster was appointed curator for the Architecture Prize of the Province of Styria 2023 by the Provincial Government of Styria. She is is the director of the Amsterdam Architecture Center (Arcam), which explores the current urban tasks, design challenges, transitions and ambitions that will impact the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region (and beyond) in the coming years. Earlier she headed the editorial team of A10 new European architecture Cooperative (2016). Her books include Forty and Famous - 10 interviews with successful young European architects (Amilcar Publishers, 2016) and Reactivate! Innovators of Dutch architecture (Valiz, 2013). She has been part of many architectural events and juries all over Europe, including the Hungarian Media Architecture Prize, the Young Italian Architects Award, the Estonian Architect of the Year Award, the Dutch Maaskant Prize and the Scottish Doolan Prize. In 2017, she was a fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna, researching utopian communities in Europe. She also hosts Architecture Now, a recurring live event in Pakhuis de Zwijger that focuses on all sorts of topics in architecture worldwide. She graduated as an architectural historian at the University of Amsterdam.
The implementation of the Architecture Prize of the Province of Styria is entrusted to the HDA – House of Architecture in Graz.
