World Architecture Festival facts for kids

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) is a big yearly event for architects and designers. It's known as one of the most important events in the world for showing off amazing buildings and designs. Paul Finch and Jeremy Melvin started WAF to show off cool building projects. It's now the biggest yearly event of its kind!

WAF is special because it has a live awards program. Architects who are chosen get to show their projects to a panel of judges. They do this in special "crit rooms." The festival also has talks and chances for people to meet and share ideas. One of the projects shown then wins the 'World Building of the Year' award.

History of WAF

The World Architecture Festival first happened in 2008. It was created to celebrate and share great architecture from all over the world. The first four festivals, from 2008 to 2011, were held in Barcelona, Spain.

After that, the festival moved to Singapore for four years. Since 2016, it has been held in cities like Berlin, Germany, and Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Awards Program

2010 Award winner: ONCE Foundation Award for Accessibility (Two joint winners) Category: Sport. Aviva Stadium, Ireland, Dublin by Populous in association with Scott Tallon Walker

Each year, over a thousand building projects are entered into the WAF competition. More than 550 of these projects are chosen to be shown live at the festival. Architects pay a fee to enter their projects, which can be either "Future Projects" (designs not yet built) or "Completed Buildings" (buildings that are finished).

They travel to the festival location to present their chosen project to a group of judges. The festival does not pick who submits projects; anyone can enter. In 2011, a sister event called INSIDE Festival was added. This event focuses on interior design and happens at the same time and place as WAF.

WAF also keeps a list of all past and present projects that have been entered. This list is called the World Buildings Directory.

Award Categories

Projects can be entered into different award groups: Completed Building, Future Project, Landscape, or Inside (for interiors).

• COMPLETED BUILDINGS
  • Civic and Community
  • Creative Re-use
  • Culture
  • Display
  • Health
  • Higher Education and Research
  • Hotel and Leisure
  • House and Villa
  • Housing
  • Mixed-Use
  • Retrofit
  • Office
  • Production, Energy and Logistics
  • Religion
  • School
  • Shopping
  • Sport
  • Transport

• FUTURE PROJECTS
  • Civic
  • Commercial Mixed-Use
  • Competition Entries
  • Culture
  • Education
  • Experimental
  • Health
  • House
  • Infrastructure
  • Leisure-led Development
  • Masterplanning
  • Office
  • Residential

• LANDSCAPE PROJECTS

• INSIDE (INTERIORS)
  • Bars and Restaurants
  • Education
  • Health and Fitness
  • Hotels
  • Public Buildings
  • Residential (housing, more than one dwelling)
  • Residential (single dwelling)
  • Retail
  • Temporary/Meanwhile uses
  • Workplace (Large)
  • Workplace (Small)

Award Winners

Each year, the World Architecture Festival shares a list of all the award winners on its official website.

Annual Festivals

WAF holds a yearly event for architects, designers, and suppliers to meet, learn, and discover new things. It's a chance for architects to show their projects and ideas. They highlight new designs, ways to build sustainably, and different cultures in architecture. The festival wants to encourage new ideas in building, celebrate great projects, and start important talks about how we build our world.

The 2008 Festival

2008 Culture of the Year: Oslo Opera House, Norway, by Snøhetta

The first World Architecture Festival took place from October 22 to 24, 2008, in Barcelona. Paul Finch was in charge of the program. A very important part of the festival was the awards. Buildings finished between January 2007 and June 2008 could enter.

There were 722 entries from 63 countries, competing in 17 categories. After a first selection, 224 projects from 43 countries were chosen. All the chosen architects showed their work during the festival. The winners then competed for the top award, the World Building of the Year.

Famous architects like Norman Foster, Stefan Behnisch, Robert Stern, and Zaha Hadid were among the 40 judges. About 1,900 visitors from 70 countries came to the festival.

In 2008, the 'World Building of the Year' award went to Bocconi University in Italy, designed by Grafton Architects.

Gallery of some of the 2008 winners

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  New building with the Aula Magna In the background: 2008 'Building of the Year, Learning: Universita Luigi Bocconi, Italy, by Grafton Architects

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  2008 Housing of the Year: Mountain Dwellings, Denmark by Bjarke Ingels Group

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  2008 Nature of the Year: Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum, USA, by Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism

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  2008 Production of the Year: BMW Welt, Germany by Coop Himmelb(l)au

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  2008 Transport of the Year: Nordpark Cable Railway Stations, Austria by Zaha Hadid Architects

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  2008 Award winner, New & Old: Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian Institution, United States, Washington D.C. by Foster + Partners

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  2008 Award winner, Shopping: K:fem, Sweden, Stockholm by Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB

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  2008 Award winner, Private House: Final Wooden House, Japan by Sou Fujimoto Architects

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  2008 Award winner, Culture: Oslo Opera House, Norway, by Snøhetta

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  2008 Award winner, Religion & Contemplation: Dornbusch-Church, Germany, Frankfurt, by Meixner Schlüter Wendt

The 2009 Festival

The second World Architecture Festival was held in Barcelona from November 4 to 6, 2009. Projects from 67 countries took part in the competition. A total of 272 projects were chosen in 15 categories.

A group of architects and industry experts from around the world judged the 45 awards. The winners of the 15 completed building categories then competed for the 'Building of the Year' award. Three new sections were added for 2009: Interiors and Fit-out, Structural Design, and Future Projects.

In 2009, 1,507 architects from 71 countries came to Barcelona for the festival.

Awards 2009

• World Building of the Year: Mapungubwe Interpretation Center in South Africa by Peter Rich Architects
• Future Project of the Year: Spanish Pavilion for 2010 Expo Shanghai in China by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT
• Interiors and Fit Out Overall Winner: Corian Super-Surfaces Showroom in Italy, Milano by Architect Amanda Levete Architects
• Structural Design of the Year: Arena Zagreb in Croatia, by Zagrebby Architect UPI-2M
• Student design competition: AECOM Design + Planning Urban SOS in India, Mumbai by Sabrina Kleinenhammans, a graduate at MIT

Gallery of some of the 2009 winners

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  2009 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Housing (inc mixed use) The Met, Thailand, Bangkok by WOHA

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  2009 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, New and old, TKTS Booth / Redevelopment of Father Duffy Square, USA, New York by Choi Ropiha, Perkins Eastman and William Fellows/PKSB Architects

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  2009 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Office (inc mixed use) Unileverhaus, Germany, Hamburg by Projektarbeitsgemeinschaft Behnisch Architekten

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  2009 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Transport, Bras Basah Mass Rapid Transit stationSingapore, Republic of, Singapore by WOHA

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  2009 Commendation, Completed Buildings, Health, Landscape, Maggie's Centre London, United Kingdom, London by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

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  2009 Commendation, Structural Design, Spans (e.g. bridges, stadiums, big sheds), Structural Design - Timber: Richmond Olympic Oval Roof, Canada, Richmond by Cannon Design

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  2009 Commendation, Completed Buildings: Ironbank (Auckland), New Zealand, by RTA Studio

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  2009 Commendation, Future Projects: Kuggen, Sweden, by Wingårdh arkitektkontor AB

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  2009 Award winner: Future Project of the Year, Cultural, Future Projects, Spanish Pavilion for 2010 Expo Shanghai in China by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT

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  2009 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Display: Cages for Macaws in the Palm Grove of Barcelona Zoo, Spain, Barcelonaby Batlle & Roig Architects

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  2009 Category Winner, Future Projects, Commercial: Statoil Hydro office, Norway, Oslo by a-lab

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  2009 Commendation, Completed Buildings, House: Chen House, Taiwan, Sanjhih by C-Laboratory

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  2009 Commendation, Interiors and Fit Out Culture, Interiors and Fit Out - Culture and civic, New and old: The Great North Museum, United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne by Farrells

The 2010 Festival

2010 Category Winner: Completed Buildings, Transport, The Helix Bridge, Singapore, by Cox Rayner Architects & Architects 61

The third World Architecture Festival was held in Barcelona from November 3 to 5, 2010. It was the biggest and most complete festival of its kind that year. More than 500 entries from 65 countries competed in 15 main categories and over 20 smaller sections.

The festival had 5 award sections, 42 categories, and more than 100 types of buildings. Projects could be entered from April 2 to July 9, and the chosen list was announced in late August. The selected projects were then shown at the festival.

Awards 2010

• World Building of the Year: MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Italy, Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects
• Future Project of the Year: The Arc in Palestinian Territory, Occupied by Suisman Urban Design
• Interiors and Fit Out Overall Winner: ANZ Centre in Australia, Melbourne by Hassell
• Structural Design of the Year: Medieval & Renaissance Galleries in United Kingdom, London by MUMA
• Student design competition: Campus Catalyst Project AECOM Design + Planning Urban SOS in Haiti, Port-au-Prince by Robin Bankert, Michael Murphy, Robin Bankert, Michael Murphy, Caroline Shannon and Joseph Wilfong, University of Harvard
• The Art and Work Award for Buildings Designed to Display Art: Medieval & Renaissance Galleries in United Kingdom, London by MUMA
• ONCE Foundation Award for Accessibility (Two joint winners): Aviva Stadium in Ireland, Dublin by Populous in association with Scott Tallon Walker
• ONCE Foundation Award for Accessibility (Two joint winners): West Vancouver Community Centre in Canada, West Vancouver by Hughes Condon Marler Architects

Gallery of some of the 2010 winners

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  2010 Award winner: World Building of the Year and winner of category culture: MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Italy, Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects

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  2010 Award winner: Interiors and Fit Out Overall Winner, Interiors and Fit Out of the Year: ANZ Centre, Melbourne by Hassell

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  2010 Award winner: Structural Design of the Year, Structural Design - Glass (where used structurally): Medieval & Renaissance Galleries, United Kingdom, London by MUMA

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  2010 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Display: Spanish Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010, China, Shanghai by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT & Benedetta Tagliabue, Miralles Tagliabue EMBT

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  2010 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Holiday: Alila Villas Uluwatu, Bali Indonesia, Indonesia, Bali by WOHA

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  2010 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Housing (inc mixed use): Pinnacle @ Duxton, Singapore, Republic of by ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism

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  2010 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Learning: School of the Arts, Singapore, Singapore, Republic of, Singapore by WOHA

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  2010 Category Winner: Completed Buildings, Transport, The Helix Bridge, Singapore, by Cox Rayner Architects & Architects 61

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  2010 Category Winner, Future Projects, Infrastructure, Future Projects: West Kowloon Terminus, Hong Kong by Aedas

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  2010 Commendation, Completed Buildings, Display: Danish Pavilion - Shanghai World Expo 2010 in China, Shanghai by BIG

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  2010 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Civic and community: City of Justice, Spain, Barcelona by David Chipperfield Architects and b720 Arquitectos

The 2011 Festival

2011 Transport of the Year: Kurilpa Bridge, Brisbane, Australia, by Cox Rayner Architects

The fourth World Architecture Festival was held in Barcelona from November 2 to 4, 2011. More than 700 projects were entered for the competition. Over 1,300 people attended the awards ceremony. The competition was open for entries from April 1 to June 30, 2011.

The jury in 2011 included famous architects like Michael Sorkin, Ben van Berkel, and Zaha Hadid. The opening night was held in a building called Media-ICT, which later won the 'World Building of the Year' award. This top award was chosen from the 16 completed buildings that won their categories.

Awards 2011

• World Building of the Year: Media-ICT in Spain, Barcelona by Cloud 9
• Future Project of the Year: Hanimaadhoo International Airport in Maldives by Integrated Design Associates Limited
• Structural Design of the Year: Eight Spruce Street in United States of America by Gehry Partners, LLP
• ONCE Foundation Award for Accessibility: Museum of Memory and Tolerance in Mexico, Mexico City by Arditti+RDT/arquitectos
• People's Choice Award, by OpenBuildings: Memorial house Todor Proeski in Macedonia, Krushevo by Syndicate studio

Gallery of some of the 2011 winners

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  2011 Award winner: World Building of the Year, Category, Completed Buildings: Office (inc mixed use): Media-ICT, Spain, Barcelona by Cloud 9

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  2011 Award winner: Structural Design of the Year, Structural Design - Towers: Eight Spruce Street, United States of America by Gehry Partners, LLP

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  2011 Award winner: People's Choice Award, by OpenBuildings Culture: Memorial house Todor Proeski, Macedonia, Krushevo by Syndicate studio

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  2011 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Housing (inc mixed use): 8 House, Denmark, Copenhagen by Bjarke Ingels Group

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  2011 Category Winner, Completed Buildings: Learning: Sainsbury Laboratory, United Kingdom, Cambridge by Stanton Williams

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  2011 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Sport: SPEEDSKATING STADIUM INZELL - MAX AICHER ARENA, Germany, Inzell by BEHNISCH Architekten

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  2011 Category Winner, Future Projects, Masterplanning, Future Projects: West Kowloon Cultural District Conceptual Plan, Hong Kong by Rocco Design Architects Ltd

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  2011 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Display: Norwegian Wild Reindeer Center Pavilion, Norway, Hjerkinn by Snøhetta

The 2012 Festival

2012 Award winner: Future Project of the Year, Landscape (Projects), urban (Completed designs): Kallang River Bishan Park, Singapore by Atelier Dreiseit

The fifth World Architecture Festival moved to Singapore at Marina Bay Sands and was held from October 3 to 5, 2012. The festival awards were sometimes called "The Architectural Oscars" back then. At the time, WAF was the biggest global architectural awards program. Paul Finch was still the director of the festival.

There were over 700 entries from more than 60 countries. Awards were given in 33 categories, and 301 entries were chosen. The projects were judged after a presentation during the festival.

The jury for the 'World Building of the Year 2012' included famous names like Ben van Berkel, Moshe Safdie, and Peter Cook. Over 1,800 architects, designers, and press from more than 60 countries attended.

Awards 2012

• World Building of the Year: Cooled Conservatories at Gardens by the Bay in Republic of Singapore by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
• Future Project of the Year, Landscape: Kallang River Bishan Park in Republic of Singapore by Atelier Dreiseitl
• Future Project of the Year: Msheireb - Heart of Doha in Doha, Qatar by AECOM, London (UK), Adjaye Associates (UK), Allies and Morrison (UK), Eric Party Architects (UK), Gensler (USA), HOK (USA), John McAslan and Partners (UK), Mangera Yvars Architects (UK), Mossessian & Partners (UK), Squire & Partners (UK)
• Student Team of the Year: In the Core of Renaissance Architecture by Daniele Pronestì, Daniele Petralia, Stefano Nastasi - University of Ferrara (IT)
• Director's Prize: Plaza España in Adeje in Spain, Tenerife by Menis Arquitectos SLP
• Small Project Award (Transport): Marina Bay station in Republic of Singapore by Aedas, Quarry Bay & Aedas Pte Ltd (Station Architect)
• Small Project Award (Office): Office for an Advertising Film Production Company in India, Bangalore by SJK Architects

Gallery of some of the 2012 winners

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  2012 Award winner: World Building of the Year, Display: Cooled Conservatories at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, Republic of by Wilkinson Eyre Architects

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  2012 Award winner: Small Project Award, Transport: Marina Bay station, Singapore, Republic of by Aedas, Quarry Bay & Aedas Pte Ltd (Station Architect)

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  2012 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Health: The Royal Children's Hospital, Australia, Melbourne by Billiard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart

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  2012 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Hotel/leisure: Victoria Tower, Sweden, Kista by Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB N/A

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  2012 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Office: Darling Quarter, Australia, Sydney by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp & FJMT

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  2012 Category Winner, Completed Buildings, Transport: Bodrum International Airport, Turkey by tabanlioglu architects

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  2012 Award winner: Student Team of the Year from University of Ferrara in Italy: In the Core of Renaissance Architecture, Italy, Ferrara

The 2013 Festival

The sixth yearly WAF was held in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands from October 2 to 4, 2013. Over 2,100 architects and designers from 68 countries attended. WAF happened at the same time as the INSIDE World Festival of Interiors. The entries competed in 29 award categories. These were grouped into completed buildings, landscape projects, and future projects.

More than 300 projects from 50 countries made the official list of chosen projects for 2013. The festival was organized by the i2i Events Group.

The main jury included Ken Yeang, Patrick Bellew, Jeanne Gang, Dietmar Eberle, and Ken Tadashi Oshima.

Awards 2013

• World Building of the Year: Auckland Art Gallery in New Zealand by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp, fjmt + Archimedia - Architects in Association.
• Future Project of the Year: National Maritime Museum of China by Cox Rayner Architects.
• INSIDE World Interior of the Year: Carrer Avinyó, Barcelona, Spain by David Kohn Architects

Gallery of some of the 2013 winners

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  2013 World Building of the Year Culture & Culture - Galleries: Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp + Archimedia - Architects in Association

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  Landscape Projects - Completed designs Category winner: The Australian Garden, Cranbourne by Taylor Cullity Lethlean + Paul Thompson

The 2014 Festival

The seventh yearly WAF was held in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands from October 1 to 3, 2014. More than 2,000 people attended the event.

Awards 2014

• World Building of the Year Winner: the Chapel / Vietnam / a21studio
• Completed Buildings:
  • House: House for Trees / Vietnam / Vo Trong Nghia Architects
  • Housing: The Carve / Norway / A-Lab
• Office: Liberty Place / Australia / Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
• Higher Education & Research: Dalarna Media Library / Sweden / ADEPT
• Display: Te Kaitaka 'The Cloak' / New Zealand / Fearon Hay Architects
• Schools: Chobham Academy / UK/ Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
• Shopping: Yalikavak Marina Complex / Turkey / EAA-Emre Arolat Architects
• Religion: La Ascension del Señor Church / Spain / AGi architects
• New and Old: Rethinking the Split House / China / Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
• Civic & Community: the Chapel / Vietnam / a21studio
• Culture: Danish Maritime Museum / Denmark / BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
• Hotel and Leisure: Son La Restaurant / Vietnam / Vo Trong Nghia Architects
• Villa: Dune House / New Zealand / Fearon Hay Architects
• Production Energy and Recycling: Lune de Sang Sheds / Australia / CHROFI
• Sport: Singapore Sports Hub / Singapore / Singapore Sports Hub Design Team
• Transport: Scale Lane Bridge / UK / McDowell+Benedetti

The 2015 Festival

The eighth yearly WAF was held in Singapore at Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre from November 4 to 6, 2015.

• World Building of the Year: The Interlace, by Office for Metropolitan Architecture
• Future Project of the Year: Vancouver House, by Bjarke Ingels Group
• Landscape of the Year: Yanweizhou Park
• Small Project Prize: Lidingövallen
• AkzoNobel's Prize for Colour in Exterior Architecture: ONS INCEK Showroom & Sales Office
• Student Charrette Winner: School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
• Religion Winner: Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Education City, Doha by Mangera Yvars Architects

The 2016 Festival

The ninth yearly WAF was held in Berlin, Germany from November 16 to 18, 2016.

• World Building of the Year: National Museum in Szczecin - Dialogue Centre Przełomy, Szczecin, Poland by KWK Promes
• INSIDE World Interior of the Year: Black Cant System - Heike fashion brand concept store, Hangzhou, China by AN Design
• Future Project of the Year: South Melbourne Primary School, Melbourne, Australia by Hayball
• Landscape of the Year: Kopupaka Reserve, Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus
• Small Project of the Year: The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture, ZCB Bamboo Pavilion, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
• Civic and Community Award: The Library at Willesden Green

The 2017 Festival

The tenth yearly WAF was held in Berlin, Germany from November 15 to 17, 2017.

• World Building of the Year: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Post-earthquake reconstruction/demonstration project of Guangming Village, Zhaotong, China
• INSIDE World Interior of the Year: Produce.Workshop, Fabricwood, Singapore
• Future Project of the Year: Allen Jack+Cottier Architects and NH Architecture, Sydney Fish Markets, Sydney, Australia
• Landscape of the Year: Turenscape, Peasants and their Land: The Recovered Archaeological Landscape of Chengtoushan, Lixian County, China
• Small Project of the Year: Eriksson Furunes + Leandro V. Locsin Partners + Jago Boase, Streetlight Tagpuro, Tacloban, Philippines
• Completed Buildings:
  • House: Vo Trong Nghia Architects, Binh House, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Housing: Marc Koehler Architects, Superlofts Houthaven, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Production, Energy & Recycling: Slash Architects and Arkizon Architects, The Farm of 38-30, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
  • Sport: HKS, U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, United States of America
  • School: Andrew Burges Architects, East Sydney Early Learning Centre, Sydney, Australia
  • Civic & Community: Eriksson Furunes + Leandro V. Locsin Partners + Jago Boase, Streetlight Tagpuro, Tacloban, Philippines
  • Culture: Heneghan Peng Architects, The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, Palestine
  • Office: Nikken Sekkei, Co Op Kyosai Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
  • New & Old: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Post-earthquake reconstruction/demonstration project of Guangming Village, Zhaotong, China
  • Display: Alison Brooks Architects, The Smile, London, United Kingdom
  • Transport: Grüntuch Ernst Architects, Transformation Chemnitz Central Station, Chemnitz, Germany
  • Hotel & Leisure: Cong Sinh Architects, Vegetable Trellis, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Shopping: ACME, Victoria Gate, Leeds, United Kingdom
  • Health: Ntsika Architects, Westbury Clinic, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Mixed Use: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Westminster Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom
  • Religion: Waugh Thistleton Architects, Bushey Cemetery, Bushey, United Kingdom
  • Higher Education & Research: C.F. Møller Architects, Maersk Tower, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Villa: Irving Smith Architects, Bach with Two Roofs, Golden Bay, New Zealand

The 2018 Festival

The eleventh yearly WAF was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from November 28 to 30, 2018.

• World Building of the Year: WOHA Architects - Kampung Admiralty, Singapore, Singapore
• Future Project of the Year: Sebastian Monsalve + Juan David Hoyos - Medellin River Parks / Botanical Park Master Plan, Medellin, Colombia
• INSIDE World Interior of the Year: JAC studios - Yumin Art Nouveau Collection, Phoenix Jeju, South Korea
• Landscape of the Year: Batlle i Roig Arquitectura - Pedestrian Path along the Gypsum Mines, Barcelona, Spain
• Small Project of the Year: Camilo Moraes - Piedras Bayas Beachcamp / Atacama Desert, Chile
• The Amsterdam Prize: Benthem Crouwel Architects - North South Line / Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Glass Future Prize: Studio Gang - Tour Montparnasse, Paris, France
• Completed Buildings:
  • House: David Leech Architects - A house in a garden - 81 Hollybrook Grove, Dublin, Ireland
  • Small Scale Housing: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris - Weston Street, London, United Kingdom Completed Buildings
  • Large Scale Housing: SANJAY PURI ARCHITECTS - The Street, Mathura, India
  • Production, Energy & Recycling: Parviainen Architects - Länsisalmi Power Station, Vantaa, Finland
  • Sport: Koffi & Diabaté Architectes - Gymnasium, Blaise Pascal High School, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  • School: Tezuka Architects - Muku Nursery School - Fuji City, Japan
  • Civic & Community: CHROFI with McGregor Coxall - Maitland Riverlink, Maitland, Australia
  • Culture: Conrad Gargett - The Piano Mill, Stanthorpe, Australia
  • Office: INNOCAD Architecture - C&P Corporate Headquarters, Graz, Austria
  • New & Old: Heatherwick Studio - Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Display: Arkitema Architects and Professor Christoffer Harlang - Hammershus Visitor Centre, Allinge, Denmark
  • Transport: Grimshaw - London Bridge station, London, United Kingdom
  • Hotel & Leisure: SeARCH - Hotel Jakarta, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Shopping: NIKKEN SEKKEI - Shanghai Greenland Center / Greenland Being Funny - Shanghai, China
  • Health: Temporary association AAPROG – BOECKX. – B2Ai - Hospital AZ Zeno, Knokke, Belgium
  • Mixed Use: WOHA Architects - Kampung Admiralty, Singapore, Singapore
  • Religion: Spheron Architects - Belarusian Memorial Chapel, London, United Kingdom
  • Higher Education & Research: Alison Brooks Architects - Exeter College Cohen Quadrangle, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Villa: KieranTimberlake - High Horse Ranch, Northern California, United States of America
• Future Buildings:
  • Civic: BAAD Studio - The Sunken Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes of Cabetican, Bacolor, Philippines
  • Commercial Mixed-use: Aedas - Taichung Commercial Bank Headquarters Mixed-Use Project, Taiwan
  • Competition Entries: Nextoffice - Sadra Civic Center, Sadra, Iran
  • Culture: Studio 44 Architects - Museum of the siege of Leningrad, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Education: Warren and Mahoney Architects with Woods Bagot - Lincoln University and AgResearch Joint Facility, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Experimental : KANVA - Imago, Montreal, Canada
  • Health : Allford Hall Monaghan Morris - The Alder Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • House : Nextoffice - Guyim Vault House, Shiraz, Iran
  • Infrastructure: Monk Mackenzie + Novare – Thiruvalluvar, Kanyakumari, India
  • Leisure Led Development : BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group - Audemars Piguet Hôtel des Horlogers, Le Brassus, Switzerland
  • Masterplanning : Sebastian Monsalve + Juan David Hoyos - Medellin River Parks / Botanical Park Master Plan, Medellin, Colombia
  • Office: 3XN Architects - Olympic House - International Olympic Committee HQ, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Residential: Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos - Amelia Tulum, Tulum, Mexico

The 2023 Festival

• World Building of the Year: Huizhen High School, China by Approach Design Studio/Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group
• Future Project of the Year: The Probiotic Tower, Egypt by Design and More International
• World Interior of the Year: 19 Waterloo Street, Australia by SJB
• Landscape of the Year: Benjakitti Forest Park: Transforming a Brownfield into an Urban Ecological Sanctuary, Thailand by TURENSCAPE, Arsom silp Community and Environmental Architect

Completed Buildings

Future Buildings

Inside

The 2024 Festival

• World Building of the Year: Darlington Public School, Sydney, Australia by fjcstudio

World Buildings Directory

The World Buildings Directory (browse directory) is the official list of all past and present projects that have been part of WAF.

You can look through the directory using these categories:

• ARCHITECT
• WAF YEAR
• AWARD STATUS
• AWARD CATEGORY

See also

In Spanish: World Architecture Festival para niños

• List of World Architecture Festival winners