Miķelis Putrāms
Chairman of the jury. Architect, certified passive house designer, co-founder of the architectural firm MADE arhitekti, winner of the Latvian Architecture Award 2023 Grand Prix. Putrāms has worked at the architectural firms Plot and B.I.G. in Denmark. He has lectured at European universities and architectural forums and has been a jury member of numerous architectural competitions. MADE arhitekti places a strong public emphasis, the office is setting the bar high in Latvia regarding the future building standards through the use of materials with low embodied energy, the creation of a healthy indoor environment and a focus on energy efficiency. The firm has been awarded the LAGB Grand Prix for the Saldus School of Music and Art (2012), and the Daile Theatre Square (2023). It was also awarded LAGB for a timber office building in Lizums in 2023. The firm’s works have been nominated three times for the Mies van der Rohe Award. The Pitraga Pietura project has been shortlisted for the New European Bauhaus Prize (2024).