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Thirty-four exemplary future projects which address major architectural issues facing society and the planet have been announced as winners of this year’s World Architecture Festival WAFX Awards, across eight key categories. The 2023 WAFX shortlist celebrates international proposals which embrace design vision and innovation to address major world opportunities and challenges, ranging from pushing the use of smart technology and building reuse, to addressing the issue of an aging population and tackling the climate emergency.
View the full list of the WAFX Award winners here, and download press images here.
The WAFX Award winners are all selected from entries to the Future Projects category in the WAF Awards Program, for their ambition and scope in response to today’s most pressing global issues. This is ahead of the live event which this year will take place in Singapore, at Marina Bay Sands, from 29 November - 1 December.
View the full shortlist, including the WAF Future Projects categories here.
This year’s WAFX categories are: Ageing and Health, Building Technology, Carbon Climate and Energy, Cultural Identity, Ethics and Values, Re-Use, Smart Cities, and Water. The 2023 category winners range from an island centred around medical services in Dubai and an off-grid mixed-use tower in the United States, to rethinking oil rigs as sustainable, offshore data centres in the United Kingdom and an exhibition hall celebrating local bamboo craft in China.
Paul Finch, Director of the World Architecture Festival, comments:
‘Thinking about better futures is part and parcel of the World Architecture Festival programme. We are delighted with the quantity and quality of projects which are looking at the biggest problems facing the world, and which are addressing them in a truly constructive way’.
WAF represents the world’s biggest live judged architectural awards programme, where all finalists present their projects to a panel of judges at the international festival. The 34 WAFX winning projects will present on the Festival Hall Stage at WAF, and the overall WAFX winner will be announced live during the festival, alongside other accolades including World Building of the Year, Landscape of the Year, Future Project of the Year and Interior of the Year.
Press can apply for an Official Press Pass to attend the World Architecture Festival here.
The WAFX 2023 Category Prize Winners are:
Ageing and Health
Building Technology
Carbon Climate and Energy
Cultural Identity
Ethics and Values
Re-Use
Smart Cities
Water
WAF returns to Singapore for its 16th edition after the global community of architects and designers last met at Marina Bay Sands in 2015. This follows previous editions of the festival in Lisbon, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Berlin. In addition to the unique live-judged awards programme and crit presentations, this year’s event will include a live events programme and keynote talks from an international panel of speakers.
For more details on the 2023 World Architecture Festival and the WAF Awards please visit: www.worldarchitecturefestival.com @worldarchfest #WAF23 #INSIDE23
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About World Architecture Festival (WAF)
www.worldarchitecturefestival.com www.insidefestival.com
World Architecture Festival and INSIDE World Festival of Interiors will take place at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from November 29 – December 1, 2023.
WAF is where the world architecture community meets to celebrate, learn, exchange, and be inspired.
WAF is the world’s largest annual, international, live architectural event. It includes the biggest international architectural awards programme in the world, dedicated to celebrating excellence via live presentations to an audience of high-profile delegates and international juries.
The 2023 World Architecture Festival (WAF) comprises:
- Events programme and keynote talks
- Live judging of finalists’ projects
- Gallery of all award entries
- Exhibition area
- Networking and social events including partner fringe events
- Gala dinner announcing the overall winners
Inside World Festival of Interiors runs alongside WAF, with its own awards and conference programme. Delegates have access to both events.
WAF and Inside are organized by EMAP, publishers of The Architectural Review and The Architects’ Journal.
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Ageing and Health
Alexandria Health Centre by Warren and Mahoney
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Ageing and Health
Dubai Healthcare City by Kalbod Studio
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Ageing and Health
PHRC - Poona Hospital and Research Centre by Mandviwala Qutub and Associates
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Building technology
Absorbent Sand Storm Skyscraper by Kalbod Studio
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Building technology
Affordable biobased houses by UArchitects/Misak Terzibasiyan
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Building technology
Biogenic Construction by CINARK - Center for Industrial Architecture, The Royal Danish Academy
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Building technology
ChongZhou Bamboo Weaving Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall, China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Corp. Ltd by Wang Yao
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Building technology
Fisher and Paykel Global Headquarters by RTA Studio
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Building technology
Preservation and Regeneration of a “Tulou” in Nanjing County by UrbanFabric
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Building technology
The Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation by Grafton Architects with Modus Studio
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Building technology
The BRIJ by CRAB Studio
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Carbon, Climate & Energy
Taikoo Green Ribbon by Arup
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Carbon, Climate & Energy
The Ellinikon Park by SASAKI
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Carbon, Climate & Energy
The Probiotic Tower by Design and more international
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Cultural identity
Jain Cultural Centre by Mandviwala Qutub and Associates
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Cultural identity
Montreal Holocaust Museum by KPMB Architects + Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker Architecture
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Cultural identity
Musee International du Vodun by Koffi & Diabate Architectes
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Cultural identity
Nora Mosque and Community Center by EAA - Emre Arolat Architecture Nora Mosque and Community Center, EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture Nora Mosque and Community Center, EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture
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Ethics and Values
Makery at Second Street by SANALarc
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Ethics and Values
Pangasinan Barangay Centers by Buensalido Architects
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Ethics and Values
The Homes of Homes by ABaD Architects, Cross Architecture
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Ethics and Values
We!park by Shma Company Limited
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Re-use
Ecodistrict laMercedes in Barcelona by Batlleiroig Architects
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Re-use
Kinmen County Central Library and Art Museum by JJP Architects and Planners
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Re-use
Rethinking Oil Rigs - Offshore Data Centres by Arup
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Re-use
Sinterbecken by Metaform
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Smart Cities
Diatom City by Desitecture
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Smart Cities
Green City Kigali by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
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Smart Cities
Punggol Digital District by WOHA Architects PTE LTD
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Smart Cities
Shenzen Airport East Integrated Transport Hub by Grimshaw
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Water
ANTIOQUIA MUNICIPAL RIVER PARKS by Gobernacion De Antioquia - Juan Pablo Lopez - Sebastian Monsalve
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Water
Digging for Light (Ganats villa) by Kalbod Studio
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Water
HydroSKIN - Façade for Urban Rainwater Retention and Evaporative Cooling by Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK)
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Water
Micro Colony by UArchitects/Misak Terzibasiyan
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