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22-1703: The selection process is carried out in two stages. Each Nordic country is represented through its selection committee. The task of the committees is to select the best objects in their respective countries or by their countrymen abroad. The committees choose freely from those objects that had been carried out during the period October 1, to September 30, the year before. The winner is chosen by an international jury. Building: Mountain Dwellings , Ørestad , Copenhagen Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group / Julien de Smedt , Denmark. Building: Ørestad College , Ørestad, Copenhagen Architect: 3xN Architects , Denmark Tautra Maria Convent, Tautra , Norway Architect: Jensen & Skodvin, Norway Building: VM Houses , Ørestad , Copenhagen Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group / Julien de Smedt , Denmark. Cristal Bar by Katrin Olina Petursdóttir. Iceland. Client: Zenses Xile by Mats Karlsson, Sweden Baron House, Ystad, Sweden Architect: John Pawson Ltd Client: Fabien Baron and Malin Ericson Design: Plopp by Oskar Zieta Client: Hay. Denmark Design: Nobody Chair by Komplot Design , Denmark Client: Hey , Denmark Design: North Tiles by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Client: Kvadrat , Denmark The jury consisted of Chairman Marcus Fairs (the man behind Icon and Dezeen ), Manuelle Gautrand , Sean Griffiths and Dirk Wynants . The jury consisted of chairman Detlef Rahe (internationally renowned architect and designer), Hans Ibelings (editor and publisher of

44-422: A Swiss -manufactured, ski lift -style inclined elevator moves along the wall of the garage. Each level's hallway is enclosed and encased in painted metal both on the interior and exterior, colored according to floor in the same hues used in the main space. The sloping roof is covered with a single layer of 80 penthouses . Each apartment has an L-shaped floor plan and a terrace and small garden outside, located on

66-472: A coordinated scheme of plants, which will make the colours and the appearance of the mountain slope change according to the changing seasons. The building has an extensive watering system which collects rainwater and uses it for automatically watering the roof gardens during dry periods. For special occasions, the urban space of the parking garage is used for events and parties, such as the closing party of Copenhagen Distortion in 2008. A public staircase on

88-465: A media bullpen located on pit lane for interviews. The INDYCAR NTT IndyCar Series does not use a podium at either the Indianapolis 500 or at Texas Motor Speedway . The Indy 500 has a long tradition of the winning driver and team celebrating in victory lane, while Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage has stated that victory lane should be reserved for the winner of the race. The series uses

110-411: A representative of the team that won the race will also be present at the podium, with a fourth podium step, trophy and champagne. In many forms of motorsport, the three top-placed drivers in a race stand on a podium for the trophy ceremony. In an international series, the national anthem of the winning driver, and the winning team or constructor may be played over a public address system and the flags of

132-403: A sloping podium for the residential units to sit on, maximizing sunlight and views, the central garage space also serves as an atrium containing the building's circulation, affording the only access to the apartments. A set of metal stairs climb through the main space over the parking lot, providing access to the hallways across suspended industrial-looking metal-clad concrete connections, while

154-521: A type of podium can be used to honor the top three competitors in events. In the modern Olympics a tri-level podium is used. Traditionally, the highest platform is in the center for the gold medalist . To their right is a lower platform for the silver medalist , and to the left of the gold medalist is a lower platform for the bronze medalist . At the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics , the Silver and Bronze podium places were of equal elevation. In many sports, results in

176-445: A verb instead of noun is controversial. The New York Times wrote on the very subject of the correct use of the word podium during its Winter Olympic coverage in 2010. The winner stands in the middle, with the second placed driver to their right and the third place driver to their left. Also present are the dignitaries selected by the race organisers who will present the trophies. In some motorsport events, including Formula One ,

198-574: A word derived from πούς ( pous , "foot", with a stem pod- ). Podiums were first used at the 1930 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games ) in Hamilton, Ontario and subsequently during the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Podiuming has become a slang term for finishing a contest within the first three places. The use of the word podium as

220-469: Is a platform used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. In architecture a building can rest on a large podium. Podiums can also be used to raise people, for instance the conductor of an orchestra stands on a podium as do many public speakers . Common parlance has shown an increasing use of podium in North American English to describe a lectern . In sports,

242-455: Is a building in the Ørestad district of Copenhagen , Denmark , consisting of apartments above a multi-story car park . The building was designed by the Danish architectural practice PLOT ( BIG + JDSA ). The apartments scale the diagonally sloping roof of the parking garage, from street level to 11th floor, creating an artificial, south facing 'mountainside'. Each apartment has a " backyard " on

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264-491: The drivers will often spray Champagne over each other and their team members watching below, a tradition started by Dan Gurney following the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans race. The drivers will generally refrain from spraying champagne if a fatality or major accident occurs during the event. Also, in countries where alcohol sponsorship or drinking is prohibited, alcoholic beverages may be replaced by other drinks, for example rose water . The term has become common parlance in

286-525: The drivers' countries are hoisted above them. The recordings are short versions of the national anthems, ensuring the podium ceremony stays within its allocated time. Should a driver experience problems with his car on a slow lap in Formula One, that driver is transported to the pit lane via road car by the Formula One Administration security officer. Following the presentation of the trophies,

308-683: The magazine A10 - new European architecture), Lorraine Farrelly (acting head of the School of Architecture at the University of Portsmouth) and Johan Valcke (one of the founders of Design Flanders). Deyan Sudjic (chairman), Ellen van Loon , Johanna Grawunder, Patricia Urquiola . Detlef Rahe (chairperson), Hélène Binet , Peter Cook , Kristin Feireiss, Satyendra Pakhale Mountain Dwellings Mountain Dwellings ( Danish : Bjerget )

330-548: The media, where a driver may be said to "be heading for a podium finish" or "just missing out on a podium" when he is heading for, or just misses out on a top three finish. The NASCAR Cup Series , the highest level of stock car racing in the United States, does not use a podium in post-game events or statistics. Instead, the winning team celebrates in victory lane , and top-five and top-ten finishes are recognized statistically. Those finishing second to fifth are required to stop in

352-450: The outside allows the general public to "climb" the mountain, and a local mountain climbers’ association will soon install a climbing wall at the back of the building, near the peak. Mountain Dwellings is featured in the parkour documentary "My Playground". 55°38.115′N 12°34.975′E  /  55.635250°N 12.582917°E  / 55.635250; 12.582917 Podium A podium ( pl. : podiums or podia )

374-466: The parking garage depict a 3,000 m photorealistic mural of Himalayan peaks. The parking garage is protected from wind and rain by huge shiny aluminium plates, perforated to let in light and allow for natural ventilation. By controlling the size of the holes, the sheeting was transformed into the giant rasterized image of Mount Everest . The picture is based on a photo commissioned from a Japanese Himalaya photographer, though it had to be stretched to fit

396-498: The proportions of the site. The interior walls of the car park are decorated with a series of murals by the French street artist Victor Ash , depicting scenes of wildlife such as moose and wolves standing atop 'automobile mountains' of wrecked cars. The roof gardens are edged by elevated flowerbeds in the shape of planter railings , designed to block the view to neighbouring, lower-level apartments. They are planted according to

418-407: The roof of the in-front, lower-level apartment. The design is inspired by suburban rowhouses developments. The L-shape floor plan in combination with a small courtyard was inspired by Jørn Utzon 's Kingo Houses north of Copenhagen. The facades of the apartments towards the gardens are clad in untreated wood to increase the organic and calm feel of the setting. The northern and western facades of

440-495: The roof of the property in front and below it. The resulting courtyard penthouses are an attempt to balance "the splendours of the suburban backyard with the intensity of an urban lifestyle". Throughout the building, it plays on a mountain metaphor as well as the clash between the urban vibe of the interior parking space as well as the surroundings and the peaceful and organic hillside. The parking garage contains parking spots for 480 cars. The space has up to 16 m high ceilings, and

462-481: The top three of a competition are often referred to as podiums or podium finishes. In some individual sports, podiums is an official statistic , referring to the number of top three results an athlete has achieved over the course of a season or career. The word may also be used, chiefly in the United States, as a verb, "to podium", meaning to attain a podium place. The word podium derives from Latin , which in turn borrowed it from Ancient Greek πόδιον ( podion ),

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484-419: The underside of each level of apartments is covered in aluminum painted in a distinctive colour scheme of psychedelic hues which, as a tribute to Danish 1960s and '70s furniture designer Verner Panton , are all exact matches of the colours he used in his designs. The colours move, symbolically, from green for the earth over yellow, orange, dark orange, hot pink, purple to bright blue for the sky. Besides being

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