2024-11-21T15:38:01-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150272801/sou-fujimoto-big-studio-v-architecture-and-3deluxe-among-category-winners-of-2021-wafx-awards Katherine Guimapang 2021-07-06T21:07:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fa/faf7792fda45c6909a4c4eb52054c498.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/" target="_blank">World Architecture Festival Awards (WAFX Award)</a> has announced 12 project initiatives that aim to address "some of the world&rsquo;s most pressing challenges." The 2021 awards program celebrates project proposals from across the world tackling today&rsquo;s global issues, ranging from pandemic control and the climate emergency to social equity, cultural identity, aging populations, and food supply.</p> <p>The Festival shares: "The WAFX Award winners are all selected from entries to the Future Projects category in the WAF Awards Program, for their ambition and scope. This year&rsquo;s category winners include a fast installation modular hospital for epidemic prevention, a floating eco-campus off Manhattan Island, a grand prototype smart transportation city from Bjarke Ingles and Toyota, a zero-carbon office development in central London, the world's first high-rise data center in Shanghai, and a new eco-tourism typology at Cagbalete Island, Philippines."</p> <p>The overall WAFX winner will be announced at the 20...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150236692/world-architecture-festival-reveals-full-program-for-wafvirtual Sponsor 2020-11-09T09:00:00-05:00 >2020-11-06T13:23:38-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e9/e98b65d8008501872ff1fe93e032dc89.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><strong><em>The post is brought to you by <a href="http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/wafvirtual" target="_blank">World Architecture Festival (WAF)</a></em></strong></p> <p>We are delighted to reveal the WAFVirtual Program. Keynote speakers will include; <strong>Ben van Berkel </strong>of UNStudio, <strong>Sir David Adjaye </strong>of Adjaye Associates, <strong>Anuradha Mathur </strong>of University of Pennsylvania, <strong>Dilip da Cunha </strong>of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, <strong>Ralph Johnson </strong>and <strong>Jean Mah </strong>of Perkins&amp;Will, <strong>Ole Scheeren </strong>of B&uuml;ro Ole Scheeren, <strong>Vicente Guallart </strong>of Guallart Architects and <strong>Jeanne Gang </strong>of Studio Gang.&nbsp;</p> <p>Taking place on the 30 November &ndash; 4 December 2020, the worldwide architectural community will engage in a week of live content, special prizes, talks, panel discussions and networking opportunities with peers and our WAF partners. <strong><a href="http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/wafvirtual" target="_blank">Registration is FREE</a>.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>A series of talks will discuss pressing international topics including living with pandemics and winning new business in a post-Covid world, as well as looking at the very latest developments in product design, technical innovation, and emerging architects.&nbsp;</p> <p>There wi...</p>