The World Architecture Festival (WAF) brings together architects, developers and material and technology manufacturers from all over the world every fall.
Both world stars (this year, Zaha Hadid with the Dongdaemun Design Park and Plaza complex, Norman Foster with the Lenbachhaus Museum, BIG bureau with the Danish Maritime Museum, and others) took part in the competition for the festival prize (this year, not too famous) workshops - only about 600 buildings from different parts of the world. Since the last three years the festival has been held in the “city of the future” - Singapore, and not in Barcelona, as it was at the beginning, the number of participants from Asia and Australia has increased there by an order of magnitude. By the way, three objects from Russia were shortlisted for awards in different nominations, although they were not marked with final awards: the Olympic Station, built in Sochi by Nikita Yavein's Studio 44, the competition project for the reconstruction of the Udarnik cinema (Blank Architects / John McAslan + Partners / Ralph Appelbaum Associates) and WOWHAUS Documentary Film Center.
The WAF award includes more than 30 nominations covering almost all types of buildings and areas of architecture: from a single-family apartment building to a hospital, from landscape to masterplan. The only strict condition is that the project at the time of participation in the competition should not be more than one and a half years old.
Introducing this year's winners.
"Building of the Year" / "Civil Projects and Society" / Chapel near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, bureau a21studio
The chapel is located in a new suburban area, devoid of public centers due to the economic crisis, and is also intended for exhibitions, conferences and other events.
Project for the Future / Competition Entries - Projects for the Future / Art Gallery in Greater Victoria (Canada), bureau 5468796 Architecture + number TEN architectural group
Small Projects / The Pinch Library in Yunnan Province, China, architects Olivier Ottevaere and John Lin, University of Hong Kong
Landscape / Canberra National Arboretum, Australia, Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Timber Construction / Alex Monroe Studio in London (UK), DSDHA
"Innovative Use of Color" / Faculty of Law and Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria), CRAB - Cook Robotham
"Student Project" / "Return - Repository of Natural Life", University of Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
"Old and New" / Rethinking the Traditional Tiered House in Shanghai, China, by Neri & Hu Design and Research Office
"Culture" / Danish National Maritime Museum in Helsingor (Denmark), BIG Bureau - Bjarke Ingels Group
Hotel and Leisure / Son La Restaurant (Vietnam), by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Villa / House in the Dunes (New Zealand) by Fearon Hay Architects
"Production, Energy and Recycling" / Lune de Sang Farm (Australia), bureau CHROFI
The former dairy farm has been converted into a tree nursery with valuable timber.
Pilot Project of the Future / Skyfarm Vertical Farm for Expo 2015 in Milan (Italy), Rogers Stirk Harbor + Partners and Arup
Educational Project of the Future / Faculty of Technology, FPT University near Hanoi, Vietnam, Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Housing of the Future / The Village Residential Complex (India) by Sanjay Puri Architects
Sport / Singapore Sports Center by Arup, DP Architects and AECOM
Public Health / The Cancer Corps of Prince Alfred's Chris O'Brien Lifehouse Sydney, Australia, HDR Rice Daubney
Transport / Scale upon Lane Bridge in Kingston upon Hull (UK), McDowell + Benedetti bureau
House / Mansion House for Trees in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
"Apartment house" / The Carve residential complex in Oslo (Norway), bureau A-Lab
Office / Liberty Place Sydney (Australia) by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (fjmt)
"Higher Education and Research" / Dalarna University Media Library in Falun (Sweden), ADEPT Bureau
Exhibition / Te Kaitaka (Cloak) Pavilion in Auckland, New Zealand, by Fearon Hay Architects
Schools / Chobham Academy London (UK), Allford Hall Bureau Monaghan Morris
Shopping / Marina complex in Yalikavak (Turkey) by EAA-Emre Arolat Architects
"Religion" / Church of the Ascension of the Lord in Seville (Spain), bureau AGi architects
"Culture - Future Projects" / Monument to Freedom of the Press (Brazil), Bureau Gustavo Penna Arquiteto
"Commercial and Multifunctional Development - Future Projects" / Dreamland Commercial Center in Ishafan (Iran), by Farshad Mehdizadeh Architects
Healthcare Future Projects / Expansion of Futian People's Hospital in Shenzhen, China, Leigh & Orange Bureau
"Leisure - Future Projects" / Museum-Hotel in Antakya (Turkey), EAA-Emre Amrolat Architects
House - Future Projects / Olive Grove House (Australia), Ian Moore Architects
"Offices - Future Projects" / Agashiyan Complex in Ahmedabad (India), Bureau Sanjay Puri Architects
Infrastructure - Future Projects / Linköping Central Station (Sweden), Sweco Central Architects (Metro Arkitekter) and Rundquist Arkitekter
"Masterplan - Future Projects" / Masterplan for the Northwest of Cambridge (UK), AECOM Design & Planning
