2024-12-22T03:15:13-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150334308/architecture-s-state-of-the-union-reflections-on-the-2022-world-architecture-festival Niall Patrick Walsh 2023-01-05T06:00:00-05:00 >2023-09-06T10:46:09-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d1/d11ccbc26b88acd8ed2d47758fe2fda5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>From November 30th through December 2nd, 2022, the <a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/2140961/world-architecture-festival" target="_blank">World Architecture Festival</a>&nbsp;(WAF) held its first physical event in three years. The annual festival, adapting to an online format during the COVID-19 pandemic, is regarded as one of the most critical events in the global architectural calendar, from <a href="https://bustler.net/news/tags/world-architecture-festival/974" target="_blank">identifying award-winning projects</a> from over 700 candidates around the world to facilitating debates, discussions, and critiques on the built environment, and the forces entwined within it. Below, <em>Archinect&rsquo;s</em> Niall Patrick Walsh reflects back on his visit to the 2022 edition of the festival, held in Lisbon, Portugal.</p>