GKA take first prize in Varna

George King Architects travelled to the city of Varna last week to attend an event announcing the winners of the EFFIX Pavilion International Design Contest. GKA’s Shell Pavilion received first place honours ahead of Ice Crystal Curtain by Yusuke Kinoshita and Daisuke Sekine from France, and Cultural Constellation Project by Desislava Parlapanska from Bulgaria

The competition was organised by Devnya Cement and the Varna Design Forum. GKA will now travel to Devnya Cement’s i.lab Research Centre in Italy to develop the design, prior to its installation in Varna’s Sea Garden in 2017.