WAFX 2025 Winners Announced…
The WAFX Awards, presented as part of the World Architecture Festival (WAF), one of the most prestigious events in the global architecture and construction industry, celebrate visionary, unbuilt projects that aim to shape the cities of tomorrow.
Each year, WAFX highlights designs that demonstrate innovation, sustainability, and a strong social impact, offering professionals an inspiring outlook on future trends and creative solutions.
Held annually under the umbrella of the World Architecture Festival, WAFX continues to honor unbuilt projects that offer forward‑looking visions. In doing so, it provides industry professionals with an inspiring perspective on new trends and creative solutions.
WAF 2025 Shortlist
WAF 2025 Judges
WAFX 2025 | Categories & Projects
Ageing and Health
Echoes of the Void
Segmento Urbano
Doswell Nexus Recovery Center
HKS inc.
VA El Paso Heathcare Center
HKS Architects (SmithGroup + HKS Joint Venture)
Health Centre – Polo de Saúde de Évora
CLOU architects
Building Technology
Bond Redux
5468796 Architecture Inc.
Regenerative Tree
NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD
Floating School
UArchitects / Misak Terzibasiyan
Carbon, Energy & Climate
Da Nang Waste-to-energy Plant
VO TRONG NGHIA (VTN Architects)
Viet Tri House
VO TRONG NGHIA (VTN Architects)
Project Rise
Lumenis, HKS Architects
Cultural Identity
Islamic World District Grand Mosque Complex
Pinnacle Design Studio
The Woodson African American Museum of Florida
STORYN Studio for Architecture
Gelephu International Airport
BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
Te Ara Tukutuku
LandLAB + SCAPE as part of Toi Waihanga design collective
Digital Worlds
Neural Palate Kueh (Tasting Architecture with AI)
Artificial-Architecture, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Rio AI City
Hyphen
Ethics and Values
Hatay Masterplan
Foster + Partners
Canadian School
Sordo Madaleno
Nested Arc, Creative Community no. 1
Form4 Architecture
Food
Kamdhenu (“कामधेनु”) : “Divine Cow” symbolizing Abundance.
tHE gRID Architects
Power & Justice
The Other City: Reimagining Gulf Labor Camps as Creative Campuses
design and more international
Shahrzad Mixed-Use Building
Boozhgan Architecture Studio
Re-use
ONE – The Living Archive
Rawasem Architecture Workshop
The Truman Brewery
Buckley Gray Yeoman
Nova (The New School Museum)
FractalView Studio
Cologne Art Tower, TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten GmbH
TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten GmbH
Smart Cities
Jieyang City Strategic Masterplan and Huilai County Concept Plan and Urban Design
Morrow Architects and Planners
