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Fernando Menis wins World Building of the Year 2025 for The Holy Redeemer Church
The World Architecture Festival has named The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas in La Laguna, Spain as World Building of the Year 2025, alongside major winners in interiors, future projects and landscape.
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Leading the architectural charge
fjcstudio leads by design and the practice’s Melbourne studio is making quite the impact on the built landscape of Victoria.
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Entries open as WAF heads to Miami
Following Singapore last year, the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2025 is moving to the US for the first time in its 18-year history.
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Football, architecture and landscape design in Mexico
Set within a regular grid constructed using local materials and traditional techniques, Sordo Madaleno’s seven-hectare site is a veritable football campus.
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Winners from the 2024 World Architecture Festival
Another Sydney project has taken out the top prize this year in Singapore, with a wide range of other winnings works from around the world.
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World Architecture Festival: Day One winners from Singapore
Fresh from Singapore, the first round of winners from day one of the World Architecture Festival have been announced.
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Warming up for WAF: Shortlist announced for Singapore 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 World Architecture Festival has just been announced, with some standout nominees from our region.
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Q&A: Hassell and Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project at WAF
Hassell recently presented its gigantic Metro Tunnel Project at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) alongside collaborators Weston Williamson and RSHP. We spoke to Hassell principal Ingrid Bakker about the scale of the work and what’s driving the design.
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Towards a golden age of Australian architecture?
On the eve of 2024, our new editor, Timothy Alouani-Roby, addresses an exciting yet provocative open letter to the Australian architecture community on the opportunities of an era.
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Meet the design brains behind GROHE SPA at the World Architecture Festival
At the 2023 World Architecture Festival, we caught up with Antoine Besseyre Des Horts, leader at LIXIL Global Design, Asia to hear about the latest at GROHE.
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“Free of all distractions”: The serene Boatyard Hotel
Set by a tranquil lake in China, this hotel by WJ Studio aims to transport the guest away from the stresses of modern city life.
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AIA Gold Medallist Kerstin Thompson at the World Architecture Festival
Timothy Alouani-Roby caught up with the Melbourne-based architect at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) after her AIA Gold Medal speech.
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Five insights from Australian designers at the 2023 World Architecture Festival
We asked prominent designers travelling to Singapore a simple question: what does Australian design bring to WAF? Here are the five main topics that came up.
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China and Sydney provide global standouts in the WAF winners list
After three days of crits, talks and presentations, the full winners of the 2023 World Architecture Festival have been announced.
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Winners at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore
The 2023 World Architecture Festival (WAF) features no less than 44 category prizes – find out about the winners and commendations from days one and two here.
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2023 Architecture Drawing Prize winners revealed: A fusion of tradition and innovation
This year’s winning drawings in three categories – hand-drawn, digital and hybrid, will be showcased at World Architecture Festival in Singapore from 29 November to 1 December 2023.
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These 4 ‘big ideas’ will shape architecture in 2023
Fresh from her trip to the World Architecture Festival in Lisbon, Fender Katsalidis’ Nicky Drobis outlines four big ideas that will shape architecture in 2023.
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Which Indo-Pacific Projects Won at WAF 2019?
With China, Hong Kong, Australia and India counted in the top five countries entering the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in 2019, it’s no surprise to see many projects from the Indo-Pacific region winning some of the top gongs. Here we look at all of them.
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WOHA’s Kampung Admiralty Is WAF World Building Of The Year 2018
The one-stop integrated complex designed for Singapore’s ageing population claimed the title of World Building of the Year at this year’s World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam.
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Chinese University of Hong Kong Project Wins WAF 2017 ‘World Building of the Year’
A prototype house for post-earthquake conditions tops a global list of contenders at the World Architecture Festival 2017.
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Singapore Studio Produce Workshop Wins ‘INSIDE World Interior of the Year’
Go team! The prowess of designers in the Asia Pacific region was validated – once again – at a global level this week with the announcement of the award winners at the INSIDE World Festival of Interiors.
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A Prize For the Love of the Drawing
When was the last time you drew with a pencil rather than a mouse? The World Architecture Festival has announced that a hand-drawn and digitally conceived hybrid has won its inaugural Architecture Drawing Prize.
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Of Paramount Importance
It’s official: the world’s best-designed workspace is tucked away in the quiet, historic back-alleys of Sydney’s Surry Hills.
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This Year’s Best Architectural Works
The wait is finally over. Find out which projects came out on top at this year’s World Architecture Festival 2016.
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15 Singapore Projects Shortlisted For WAF 2016 Awards
A skyscraper defined by a massive vertical garden, mass housing of futuristic forms, and repurposed heritage monuments – here are some of the Singapore-based projects that made it to the prestigious World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards shortlist this year.
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The Top 10 Stories Of 2014
It’s been another eventful year in design here in Singapore and the region. As 2014 draws to a close, we roundup the most popular stories to make the headlines as voted by you, our reader.
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3 Stunning Hong Kong Projects Make the INSIDE Finals
A restaurant in the basement of a bank, a cinema and a home with edge have been shortlisted for the INSIDE awards.
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WAF Unveils the Best in Architecture
The shortlist for the World Architecture Festival Awards 2014 is out. See who will be vying for the top accolades, including “World Building” and “Future Project” of the Year.
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INSIDE Awards 2014: Recognising the Best Interiors
The INSIDE Awards is back this year from 1 to 3 October at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands. Deadline for entries is 30 May 2014.
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WAF Awards 2014: The Search is On
The World Architecture Festival Awards returns this year from 1 to 3 October at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands. Deadline for entries is 30 May 2014.
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Singapore Sports Hub Bags A Win at World Architecture Festival
The project gets the prize for ‘Best Future Projects Leisure-Led Development Building’ at the international festival in Singapore. The winners from another 14 award categories on the first day have been announced.
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Waf Collection from Hive
Hive release the simple, wooden table and pendant lamps of Waf Collection