Kamra tal-Periti is proud to announce the fourth edition of Premju Emanuele Luigi Galizia.
The awards are the profession’s platform to recognise quality and ambition in shaping the built environment. They offer Periti the opportunity to present works that respond to the challenges of their time with skill, relevance, and care.
Emanuele Luigi Galizia: A Legacy
A civil engineer and architect, Emanuele Luigi Galizia held the office of chief perito, responsible for all the government’s public works. His work, with its dedication to form, function, and a fluid response to the surrounding landscape, can be seen all around Malta, and extend beyond style and into design, technical prowess, and public consideration.
We express our sincere appreciation to Robert Galea-Naudi B.Sc (Hons) M.Sc MRTPI for providing information and images, and for granting access to photograph personal items of Emanuele Luigi Galizia from the Francis Galea-Naudi photo archive and collection.
Evolving from Chamber of Architects, Kamra tal-Periti supports members of the Perit profession to excel in the practice of their profession, provide support to all Periti, regulate the profession and raise the public profile of the Perit by safeguarding ethical and professional standards.
I+A design studio have been appointed the creative director for Premju Galizia 2025. Their work treads the boundary between art, design, and architecture, with every completed piece serving as its own narrative on the state of its surroundings
This year’s edition focuses on categories shaped by Malta’s current realities and the built responses they have prompted. In carrying the name of Emanuele Luigi Galizia, the awards ask us to consider:
What would Galizia do?
An award recognising projects that sensitively revive historic buildings through clear, respectful design and thoughtful integration of new uses and materials.
An award recognising exemplary conservation that safeguards Malta’s built heritage through research, material authenticity, and precise, respectful interventions.
for buildings that speak to Malta’s densification crisis, and supports building design that addresses the fraught relationship between daily living and the growing population.
for projects that define the identity of the Maltese single-family home of our time, focusing on how architecture shapes every day living through structure, detail, and tone.
for high-quality workspaces that are created to maximise wellbeing, focus, and adaptability and address the diversified working landscape and the nature of contemporary work.
for projects that shape a visitor experience around wellness and spatial storytelling, prioritising visitor connection to places of quality tourism.
for public-sector or state projects that reflect public value and prioritise community experience in a period of growing social distance.
for green spaces that offer a public environment for rest, social gathering, and ecological support within the built environment and address the community desire for more greenery in Malta.
An award recognising engineering works that enhance Malta’s built environment through rigour, innovation, and civic purpose, setting benchmarks in safety, sustainability, and resilience.
for younger members of the profession that embody the ethos of the Perit, and recognises their body of work and organisational capacity towards the growth of the profession.
for unrealised projects that show strong spatial thinking and architectural prowess, working around Malta’s unique built environment development.
elebrating individuals, firms, or institutions that epitomise leadership, advocate for the Periti community and contribute to the shaping of the built environment in Malta.
to recognise significant and outstanding contributions to the Perit profession with innovation, leadership, and enduring influence.
The Presidential Award is the highest honour in the field, recognising projects that excel in design innovation, environmental responsibility, social inclusivity, and cultural significance.
