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World Architecture Festival Awards reveals 2022 shortlist

2022-07-14T14:11:00-04:00

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has just unveiled the annual shortlist of new projects for this year's return to an in-person competition.

Competing under the theme of Together, the 420 total projects will vie for the live-judged festival’s 43 category prizes and culminating World Building, Future Project, Interior, and Landscape of the Year awards at the three-day event, which kicks off in Lisbon on November 30th. A new International Building Beauty Prize has been added for the 2022 cycle as well.

This year’s expanded shortlist includes projects from Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, MVRDV, and a host of other large international firms, in addition to a number of lesser-known and small projects hailing from countries like Portugal, Thailand, Finland, and Malaysia.

WAF Program Director Paul Finch said: “The number and quality of entries this year has been very encouraging, and we are looking forward to meeting in-person to carry out category judging," referencing th...

Atelier tao+c's Capsule Hostel and Bookstore is the 2021 World Interior of the Year

2021-12-03T20:03:00-05:00

In culmination of the two organization's shared annual awards program, the World Architecture Festival and INSIDE Festival of Interiors have just named the Capsule Hostel and Bookstore in Qinglongwu, China as the 2021 winner of the World Interior of the Year prize.

The design features a 20-person hostel and community bookstore space inserted into a 232-square-meter (2,500-square-foot) stone house set amongst the richly forested landscape of Zhejiang Province.

Image © Su Shengliang

Atelier tao+c's intention was to explore the idea of a “building within a building” by transforming the former mountainside residence into a combination of different competing uses with the particular challenge of ensuring privacy for the hostel guests while enacting a workable network of wayfinding for customers of the bookstore.

Image © Su Shengliang

Judges commended the project for its “sensitive and inventive remodeling of a modest traditional building in a remote setting,” stating that it was “a cross ...

BIG's CopenHill waste-to-energy ski slope named World Building of the Year 2021

2021-12-03T18:52:00-05:00

It doesn't happen every day that a large piece of urban infrastructure is crowned the globe's best new building design, but at today's closing ceremony of the annual World Architecture Festival, one industrial facility reigned supreme over a shortlist of 200 noteworthy new buildings: CopenHill, the illustrious waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen also known as Amager Bakke, has been declared the World Building of the Year 2021.

Representing the Production, Energy & Recycling category, the Bjarke Ingels Group-designed project vastly expands the definition (and expectation) of an energy-sector facility, featuring a ski slope, hiking trail, and green terrains on its roof, sporting the world's tallest artificial climbing wall on its vertical facade as well as hosting a rooftop bar, cross-fit area, and a viewing plateau of the city.

Photo: Rasmus Hjortshoj/Courtesy of WAF.

WAF Program Director Paul Finch praised the way CopenHill "addresses the role of architecture in the new world of recy...

View images of the best shortlisted timber projects from the 2021 World Architecture Festival

2021-09-07T19:00:00-04:00

In preparation for the "world's largest annual, international, live architecture event," the World Architecture Festival recently announced its shortlists for the best new buildings, landscapes, and interior projects from around the globe. As media partners of the WAF 2021 Awards, Archinect is showcasing this year's shortlisted projects.

Continuing with the Festival's awards program announcements, following is this year's shortlist for the WAF Certified Timber Prize. According to Ben Gunneberg, CEO of Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC): "It is inspiring to see the large variety of buildings in the finals, benefitting from the use of certified timber in so many ways. While some of the architects chose timber for its flexibility and robustness, others appreciate its natural look and the positive effects it has for people, climate, and the planet."

Eight shortlisted projects have been selected from a series of submissions from 13 countries and 28 architects an...

View images of the best new interior projects from the World Festival of Interiors: Inside 2021 shortlist

2021-07-26T19:49:00-04:00

The World Festival of Interiors (Inside 2021) is the sister festival to the renowned World Architecture Festival. As media partners of the WAF 2021 Awards, Archinect showcased a selection of shortlisted projects for this year's World Architecture Festival awards program. According to the World Festival of Interiors, "this year's shortlist consists of over 100 of the very best designed interior projects by some of the world's foremost design and architecture firms across more than 20 countries."

Covering 11 categories ranging from hotels, workplaces, homes, and restaurants, all shortlisted projects and design teams will "go on to compete in the live-judging in front of a panel of industry experts and an audience of their peers at the festival in Lisbon," explains the Festival.

Clockwise from top left: Ya Space! By PIG Design; A Train Station As An Epoch by Faber Group; Smart Design Studio by Smart Design Studio; Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects. Images courtesy of INSIDE Shortlist 202...

View the best new buildings and landscapes in this year's World Architecture Festival Awards shortlist

2021-07-21T16:48:00-04:00

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) announced its 2021 shortlist highlighting the best buildings and landscapes that have been completed around the world between 2019–2021. Recognized as the world's most extensive architectural awards program, this year's shortlist consists of 200 projects selected from 732 entries from 55 countries.

The theme for the 2021 edition of the festival is Resetting the City: Greening, Health, and Urbanism, and the awards attracted submissions across 20 completed buildings and landscape categories; an "increase of 44% in submissions from 2019's edition of the festival."

Clockwise: Al Hosn Masterplan by Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi; Eden by Heatherwick Studio; Chinese Culture Exhibition Center by Qingdao Tengyuan Design; Majara Residency by ZAV Architects. Images courtesy of WAF

According to WAF: "The architects and designers behind each shortlisted project will compete for category prizes live at WAF in December. Presentations of the short...

Sou Fujimoto, BIG, Studio V Architecture, and 3deluxe among category winners of 2021 WAFX Awards

2021-07-06T21:07:00-04:00

The World Architecture Festival Awards (WAFX Award) has announced 12 project initiatives that aim to address "some of the world’s most pressing challenges." The 2021 awards program celebrates project proposals from across the world tackling today’s global issues, ranging from pandemic control and the climate emergency to social equity, cultural identity, aging populations, and food supply.

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’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."

The overall WAFX winner will be announced at the 20...

World Architecture Festival Reveals Full Program for WAFVirtual

2020-11-09T09:00:00-05:00

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We are delighted to reveal the WAFVirtual Program. Keynote speakers will include; Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, Sir David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates, Anuradha Mathur of University of Pennsylvania, Dilip da Cunha of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Ralph Johnson and Jean Mah of Perkins&Will, Ole Scheeren of Büro Ole Scheeren, Vicente Guallart of Guallart Architects and Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang.

Taking place on the 30 November – 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. Registration is FREE.

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.

There wi...

Take a look at LocHal Public Library, the 2019 World Building of the Year, and other World Architecture Festival winners

2019-12-06T19:44:00-05:00

And it's a wrap at the 2019 World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam. After three busy days of project presentations and jury deliberations, the annual global architecture industry event culminated in a glamorous gala dinner at the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam's former stock exchange building, where the winners of various category and other top awards were announced.

The biggest anticipation of the night, of course, was reserved for the 2019 World Building of the Year title which happened to stay within the Netherlands with the selection of LocHal Public Library in Tilburg and its design team Civic architects (lead architect), Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, and Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse.

World Building of the Year 2019: LocHal Public Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands by Civic architects (lead architect), Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse © Ossip Architectuurfotografie

"LocHal was a former locomotive hangar dating from 1932, transformed into a...

2019 World Interior of the Year awarded to J.C. Architecture's regenerated JCA Living Lab in Taipei

2019-12-06T19:17:00-05:00

Described as a “laboratory for future living”, the JCA Living Lab by J.C. Architecture is a regenerated Japanese Colonial residential house in Taipei that preserves its past while accommodating the modern-living needs of its occupants. Today, the project was announced as the 2019 World Interior of the Year at the INSIDE World Festival of Interiors in Amsterdam, following a final showdown between the nine category winners that were revealed yesterday. The JCA Living Lab won the Residential category.

Local craftspeople were brought in when needed and recycled elements were also incorporated into the design. The house combines traditional craftsmanship with modern detailing, like the hanging circular light in the living room, against a backdrop of preserved materials. A roof skylight shapes a path that acts as a guide for the entire house.

JCA Living Lab by J.C. Architecture. Photo © Kuo-Min Lee.

The configuration of the house was designed to be adaptable. Communal spaces like a kitchen...

WOHA's Kampung Admiralty is crowned World Architecture Festival Building of the Year for 2018

2018-11-30T19:31:00-05:00

Marking the end of the World Architecture Festival, the winner of the 2018 World Building of the Year was presented to Kampung Admiralty by WOHA Architects. Having also won the award for the Commercial Mixed - Completed Projects, the firm can now add this prestigious award to their repertoire of accolades.

World Building of the Year Winner: Kampung Admiralty in Singapore by WOHA Architects Image credit: Patrick Bingham-Hall, Darren Soh, Lim Weixiang

Known for their approach and passion in integrating social and environmental principles to their projects, Kampung Admiralty is a shining example of the firm's execution and methodology toward a high-density, high-amenity mini-city. Located in Northern Singapore, the building is comprised of community spaces, housing for the elderly, medical facilities, retail, restaurants, and cafes all shared within a single ventilated structure featuring a tropical rainforest roof.

World Building of the Year Winner: Kampung Admiralty in Singapore by ...

2018 World Interior of the Year awarded to JAC STUDIOS' Yumin Art Nouveau Collection

2018-11-30T19:30:00-05:00

The Yumin Art Nouveau Collection by Danish practice JAC STUDIO was crowned the 2018 World Interior of the Year, marking the end of another INSIDE World Festival of Interiors. The last two days saw this year's nominated designers face off in a live competition at RAI Amsterdam in hopes to be named one of the 10 category winners.

After one final round of presentations by the category winners, the jury awarded the coveted grand prize to the Yumin Art Nouveau Collection for “its crafted sensitivity, to both the building and the Gallé glass to which the museum [is] dedicated”.

Photo credit: Yoonsung Choi, Jeongyoun Hong, Mathias Kromann Rode.

The Yumin Art Nouveau Collection is housed inside the elegant interiors of the Tadao Ando-designed Genius Loci building, which is located on the coastal landscape of Phoenix Jeju in South Korea. The Collection is a permanent exhibition of delicate glass produced during the Art Nouveau movement between the 1870s to 1940s by prominent artists like Émi...

The world’s most influential architects and commentators will discuss ‘Performance’ at this year’s World Architecture Festival

2017-09-15T12:22:00-04:00

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Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, the World Architecture Festival has revealed its speaker line up for the 2017 event taking place at the Arena Berlin for the second time from 15-17 November.

A collection of world-class architects will come together to speak at the event including Pierre de Meuron, Alison Brooks, Rafael Viñoly and Charles Jencks.

This year’s programme responds to the Festival’s theme, ‘Performance’, and will include speeches, discussions and debates examining the topic of performance from the perspectives of housing, public spaces, festivals, cultural institutions and new technologies.

Program highlights include:

Performance as space, time and architecture

Rafael Viñoly is a former super-jury chair and keynote speaker at WAF
How does the concept of performance apply in his varied work?
How projects range from the Tokyo Forum complex including a temporary mobile performance space he is designing in ...

WAF 2017 announces "Performance" as theme for this year's festival

2017-04-21T03:00:00-04:00

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The only global festival that combines awards, live judging, conferences and networking, the World Architecture Festival, has announced "Performance" as the theme for its tenth anniversary edition.

The notion of "performance" in architecture will be central to this year's World Architecture Festival seminar programme. Plus, the architectural tours will also be focused on "performance," with visits to Berlin's top performance venues including Hans Scharoun's Berlin Philharmonie, which inspired the concept of listening to music in the round when it opened in 1963.

Revealing the theme for 2017, WAF Programme Director, Paul Finch, commented: "This year we will examine the multiple aspects of "performance" that architecture has to embrace: aesthetic, technical, economic, and psychological.

We will be discussing buildings designed for performance – for example, theaters and concert halls – but also the role that buildings play in th...

Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes and Hayball among big winners in 2016 World Architecture Festival

2016-11-18T18:44:00-05:00

The 2016 World Architecture Festival has come to a close. After a final round of presentations and jury critiques for the Day One and Two category winners, the National Museum in Szczecin in Poland made it to the top as the ninth recipient of the coveted World Building of the Year. Designed by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes, the museum joins previous winners like The Interlace by OMA/Ole Scheeren in Singapore and a21studio's The Chapel in Vietnam.

During the Friday awards gala dinner, other winning announcements included South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball for Future Project of the Year, while the Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus scooped Landscape of the Year. Last but not least, the Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture won Small Project of the Year for their ZCB Bamboo Pavilion.

WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes

Jury chair David Chipperfield cited the National Museum as an “optimistic...

The 2016 World Architecture Festival Day One winners

2016-11-16T19:50:00-05:00

Returning to Berlin after four years in Singapore, the 2016 World Architecture Festival is in full swing. Over 2,000 architects and design enthusiasts flock to the two-day event to watch the live competition unfold before their eyes, as architecture teams go head-to-head to be crowned as either World Building, Landscape, or Future Project of the Year on November 18.

As always, the competition attracts a high caliber of projects all vying to win big. Day One ended with the announcement of the Completed Building and Future Project category winners. Check out the projects below — and be on the lookout for the Day Two winners tomorrow!

COMPLETED BUILDINGS

↓ HOUSING/House of the Year: House MM by OHLAB/Oliver Hernaiz Architecture Lab

↓ CIVIC + COMMUNITY: Salburua Civic Center by IDOM

↓ CULTURE: National Museum in Szczecin by Robert Konieczny-KWK Promes

↓ DISPLAY: The Waterfront Pavilion by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp

↓ HOUSING: Aluminium Tip by Babin + Renaud

↓ MIXED USE: Malmö Live by schmidt h...

2016 INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors shortlist highlights

2016-07-22T15:25:00-04:00

If you're all about staying updated on the most talented interior designers around the globe, look out for the INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors. Returning this fall, the just-as-popular sister event to the World Architecture Festival recognizes some of the most outstanding projects in the international interior design scene from the last 12 months.

Most recently, INSIDE revealed a competitive shortlist of 63 projects. Get a glimpse of some of the projects below:

Bar & Restaurants: MARU | Taipei, Taiwan by Chen Interior Design

Creative Re-use: Riverside Centre | Brisbane, Australia by K.P.D.O.

Hotels: Grand Hyatt Playa del Carmen Spa | Playa del Carmen, Mexico by Sordo Madaleno y Asociodos SC

Office: MIDWEST INLAND PORT FINANCIAL TOWN | Xi'an, China by Hallucinate

Civic: METEOR CINEMA | Guangzhou, China by One Plus Partnership Limited

Office: Auer | New Taipei City, Taiwan by X-Line Design Co. Ltd.

Hotels: Ovolo Woolloomooloo | Sydney, Australia by HASSELL

Residential: SP Penthouse | São P...

Last chance to submit your World Architecture Festival 2016 entries!

2016-06-08T12:57:00-04:00

Only a few days left to submit your work to the anticipated World Architecture Festival 2016! Entries are due this Friday, June 10.

After four successful years in Singapore, WAF is making its way back to Europe in Berlin. The festival will take place on November 16-18 inside the Arena Berlin, which was previously used as Franz Ahrens’ historic former bus depot.

WAF and the INSIDE World Festival of Interiors (its co-located and just-as-popular sister event) are expected to attract more than 2,000 leading architects and designers worldwide for three days full of conference programs, awards, exhibitions, and fringe events. The World Architecture Festival competition is unique in that it everyone has a chance to win. Attendees will get to witness live presentations and critiques from talented architects and designers who come from all around the globe.

Set in the historically and architecturally rich German capital, the World Architecture Festival 2016 is expanding its fringe program, with...

World Architecture Festival 2016 – last chance to enter your work!

2016-05-17T19:06:00-04:00

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The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced that this year’s event will take place at the Arena Berlin in Germany from 16-18 November.

Returning for its ninth edition, and following four successful years in Singapore, the Festival returns to its European roots and will be housed in Franz Ahrens’ historic former bus depot, now known as Arena Berlin.

WAF and its co-located sister event INSIDE World Festival of Interiors, will welcome more than 2,000 of the world’s leading architects and designers to the city for three days of conference programmes, awards, exhibitions and fringe events.

The German capital provides the perfect cultural backdrop for the world’s largest annual celebration of architecture. Berlin’s eclectic and constantly evolving cityscape owes much to the city’s turbulent history, and features an assortment of architectural styles, from Prussian Classicism through National Socialist design to Postmodernism...

Take a peek inside the mesmerizing Hotel Hotel, the 2015 World Interior of the Year

2015-11-06T20:35:00-05:00

Floating fragmented pieces of reclaimed timber energize the lobby space of the charmingly named Hotel Hotel, located in the blossoming precinct of NewActon in Canberra, Australia. Designed by Australian practice March Studio, the hotel was recently named World Interior of the Year at the INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors in Singapore's Marina Bay Sands.

Coinciding with the World Architecture Festival, INSIDE highlights the most outstanding projects in the international interior design scene. This year's competition started out with over 100 nominations that were narrowed down to nine category winners. After the nine teams vied for the overall-winning title in one final round of presentations, Hotel Hotel scored the prize at the end of the day.

Hotel Hotel is part of a wider scheme that includes offices, private residential apartments, cafes, and a cinema. A grand staircase at the center of the two-floor hotel draws in guests to the building's other main areas, which feature more rec...

OMA/Ole Scheeren, BIG, DinellJohansson among top winners at World Architecture Festival 2015

2015-11-06T13:48:00-05:00

In the blink of an eye, the World Architecture Festival held another successful competition in Singapore. Since the event kicked off this past Wednesday, 2,000 architects from around the globe gathered at Marina Bay Sands to witness more than 300 finalist teams give project presentations to the super jury for a chance to win. For 2016, WAF will make its way back to Europe in Berlin.

After the Day 1 and Day 2 category winners faced off in one last round of presentations, the jury deliberated the overall winning projects, which were announced during a gala dinner at Marina Bay Sands. For starters, OMA/Ole Scheeren's The Interlace housing project scooped up the World Building of the Year 2015 title, while BIG won Future Project of the Year with the Vancouver House.

Have a look at the overall winning projects.

↓ World Building of the Year: The Interlace in Singapore by OMA + Buro Ole Scheeren.

↓ Future Project of the Year: Vancouver House by BIG

↓ Small Project Prize: Lidingövallen in Sweden...

Who will win World Building of the Year? World Architecture Festival 2015 continues with announcement of Day 2 winners

2015-11-05T18:38:00-05:00

Day Two of the World Architecture Festival Awards 2015 in Singapore just concluded with the announcement of 14 more category winners in the Completed Buildings and Future Projects sections. There's no surprise that these projects are as competitive as the Day 1 winners.

All the WAF Awards winners have been revealed, but the competition isn't over yet! During the final day of the festival tomorrow, the teams will face off in one last round of live presentations and project critiques with the super jury. The jurors will then select one Future Project of the Year and of course, the overall-winning World Building of the Year 2015.

Take a gander at the Day 2 winners:

COMPLETED BUILDINGS

↓ Schools: Ballet School | Russia. Designed by Studio 44 Architects.

↓ Religion: Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies | Qatar. Designed by Mangera Yvars Architects.

↓ Health: Walumba Elders Centre | Australia. Designed by Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects.

↓ Hotel & Leisure: Lanserhof, Lake Tegern | Germany. Designe...

Get a glimpse of the first set of World Architecture Festival 2015 winners

2015-11-04T20:36:00-05:00

The 2015 World Architecture Festival is back at the Moshe Safdie-designed Marina Bay Sands in Singapore once again. During the two-day event, which started today and concludes on November 6, attendees get to witness the competition unfold before their eyes as they watch architecture teams from around the world present their projects and listen to critiques from the "super jury". The 2015 super jurors include Peter Cook (UK), Sou Fujimoto (Japan), Benedetta Tagliabue (Spain), Charles Jencks (UK/US), Kerry Hill (Singapore) and Manuelle Gautrand (France).

The competition is anyone's game, with this year's shortlist rounding up 338 projects across 31 categories from architects based in 46 countries — including works from renowned firms. Day One of the event concluded with the announcement of 15 category winners, and more winning projects will be revealed tomorrow.

Here are the winners so far. Do any of them catch your eye?

Completed Buildings:

↓ HOUSE: Saigon House | Vietnam. Designed by a2...

The World Architecture Festival + INSIDE live competitions return to Marina Bay Sands this November

2015-06-25T08:59:00-04:00

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) is preparing for another eventful year at the Moshe Safdie-designed Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on November 4-6. Architects, designers, and clients from around the world gather to witness the happenings of the live architecture competition and form connections with some 2,000 of their fellow attendees. Needless to say, the competition attracts a number of stellar projects from today's leading designers, so it's anyone's game.

For 2015, the WAF shortlist boasts 338 projects across 31 categories from architects based in 46 countries.

From top to bottom: Fulton Center by Grimshaw; Cardedeu by EMC Arquitectura; Nanyang Technological University by Heatherwick Studio; Ribbon Chapel by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Co. Ltd.

During the event, WAF competitors will get the chance to interact and hear critiques from the 2015 ‘super jurors’: Sir Peter Cook (UK), Sou Fujimoto (Japan), Benedetta Tagliabue (Spain), Charles Jencks (UK/US), Kerry Hill (Singapore) and...

Award entries for the World Architecture Festival close this Friday

2015-05-19T17:00:00-04:00

The entry deadline for all WAF entries is this Friday. Submit your completed or future projects in to one or more of the 31 categories open for entries.

Entry Deadline: Friday May 22
Cost to enter: $930 USD per entry

Enter now

Why enter?

WAF and INSIDE finalists will receive more exposure and media coverage than ever before, providing you with the chance to reach new markets and gain new commissions.

Reach new markets and clients through WAF’s global PR coverage – last year finalists were featured on the BBC, CNN, MSN and Yahoo as well as our media partners including Archinect, Dezeen, ArchDaily and The Architects Newspaper
Increase your online visibility by being permanently listed on the worldbuildingsdirectory.com
Overall winners will feature in exclusive filmed interviews on Dezeen which receives 2.1million unique visitors per month
New for 2015 - all winners will receive a V2.Com gift certificate for one press kit distribution worth $1,525
New for 2015 - all shortlisted projects will be...

Sir Peter Cook, Sou Fujimoto and Benedetta Tagliabue – announcing the first of WAF's 70 strong jury

2015-05-07T09:00:00-04:00

The WAF awards are unique and are the only awards to enter if you want to receive critical feedback in person from our international jurors.

Be part of the world’s largest live crit. All shortlisted entrants present live at World Architecture Festival in Singapore in front of respected critics, architects, clients and associated practitioners. Enter to receive professional feedback, benchmark your work and exchange with your peers and WAF’s global network.

WAF has over 70 judges who all attend the festival and critique your work. There are 31 award categories open for entries and each. Each category has its own expert judging panel who will watch presentations from every shortlisted architect live at the festival.

The final closing date for entries is May 22.

Archinect readers can use promo code ARCHINECT10 to get 10% off their submission fee. Click here to enter now.

The ‘Oscars of architecture’: World Architecture Festival opens call for entries

2015-04-29T13:00:00-04:00

The annual World Architecture Festival Awards, the ‘Oscars of architecture’, is now open for entries. The awards will be celebrated at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Singapore this November, following three days of intensive live presentations and judging.

Entries are now invited from architects and designers for the 2015 edition of what is the biggest architectural awards program in the world. The awards are expected to attract more than 750 entries, about half of which will be shortlisted, in 31 categories. Reduced early bird rate ends May 1 and the final closing date for entries is May 22. Shortlisting takes place in early June.

Shortlisted entrants will compete for category prizes on the first two days of the three-day Festival, which takes place in the Suntec Centre on November 4, 5 and 6. On the final day, category winners present again to ‘super-juries’ of experienced and respected judges, who decide on the World Landscape, Future Project and Completed Building of the...

Joyce Wang Studio’s MOTT32 in Hong Kong wins World Interior of the Year 2014

2014-10-03T19:30:00-04:00

Joyce Wang Studio's MOTT32, an underground bank vault-turned-restaurant in Hong Kong, scooped up the World Interior of the Year 2014 award today at the Marina Bay Sands. The "super jury" of the INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors competition nominated 60 interior design projects worldwide, which were then narrowed down to nine category winners. When deciding upon the World Interior of the Year out of the category winners, the jury unanimously decided on MOTT32.

The 10-person team of Joyce Wang Studio explored Hong Kong culture's past and present in transforming the former storage facility, which housed expensive family heirlooms for wealthy Chinese immigrants, into the MOTT32 restaurant. The dining space has remnants of forgotten heirlooms, Chinese propaganda, and industrial accents that double as furniture and light fittings.

Learn more about the project on Bustler.

Previously:
INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors 2014 reveals first five category winners
Second set of winners announced for INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors 2014

a21studio, 5468796, Cook Robotham and others win big at this year's World Architecture Festival

2014-10-03T13:47:00-04:00

The World Architecture Festival 2014 at the Marina Bay Sands closed on a festive note with the final top-prize winners being announced during a gala dinner and awards ceremony on October 3...The WAF "super jury" awarded the overall winning World Building of the Year award to The Chapel in Vietnam designed by Vietnamese architecture firm a21studio. Three projects in Victoria, Canada, Australia, and China also won major top awards, and two Inaugural Prizes were given.

World Building of the Year: The Chapel, Vietnam, designed by a21studio

Future Project of the Year: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada, designed by 5468796 Architecture + number TEN architectural group

Landscape Project of the Year: National Arboretum Canberra, Australia, designed by Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Tonkin Zulaikha Greer

Small Project of the Year: The Pinch, China, designed by Olivier Ottevaere and John Lin, The University of Hong Kong

INAUGURAL PRIZE WINNERS
Colour Prize: Departments of Law and Central Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, designed by Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau

Wood Excellence Prize: Alex Monroe Studio, Snowfields, UK, designed by DSDHA

Learn more about each project on Bustler.

World Architecture Festival 2014 - Day 2 winners

2014-10-02T17:29:00-04:00

The winning announcements continue with Day 2 of the World Architecture Festival 2014, currently happening at the Moshe Safdie-designed Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. In the second day of the international live competition event, a total of 13 winners were awarded in additional categories for the main sections of Completed Buildings and Future Projects.

Have a peek at some of the Day 2 winners below.

Pictured above - Completed Buildings - Culture: Danish Maritime Museum, Denmark, by BIG

↓ Completed Buildings - Civic and community: The Chapel, Vietnam, by a21studio

↓ Completed Buildings - Transport: Scale Lane Bridge, United Kingdom, by McDowell+Benedetti

↓ Future Projects - Residential: The Village, India, by Sanjay Puri Architects

↓ Future Projects - Experimental: Skyfarm, Italy, by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Arup Associates

See more of the winning projects on Bustler.