World Architecture Festival 2025 Award Winners Announced…
The World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2025 took place between 12–14 November at the Miami Beach Convention Center, where this year’s award-winning projects were revealed.
Throughout the three-day program, architects and researchers from around the world presented their work, joined panel discussions, and contributed to conversations on contemporary architectural practice. The festival concluded with a closing dinner in Miami, during which the category winners and overall award recipients were announced.
Hearts & Minds | Architecture of Intellect and Emotion
The 2025 theme, Hearts & Minds, brought together sessions exploring the technical, conceptual, and sensory dimensions of architecture. Presentations addressed topics such as site analysis, programming, material choices, construction technologies, and spatial experience through an integrated and holistic framework.
Judges List | WAF 2025 Judges
WAFX 2025 Winners | WAFX 2025
WAF 2025 | Winners
Completed Buildings
Health
AGNES Kantonsspital Baden | Nickl & Partner Architekten Schweiz AG
Transport
Central Station | Woods Bagot in collaboration with John McAslan + Partners
Shopping
Central Nakhon Pathom | stu/D/O Architects
School
FK Kindergarten and Nursery | HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro
Sport
Hiwa, Recreation Centre | Warren and Mahoney + MJMA Architecture & Design
Housing
Isla Intersections Supportive Housing & Paseo | Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects
Culture
Shunde Yunlu Wetland Museum | Studio Link-Arc
House & Villa (Urban)
Lantern House | Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc
Higher Education & Research
Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | ARM Architecture
Display
Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 Japan Pavilion | NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD
Hotel and Leisure
Poodom Deqin Meri Hotel | BUZZ | Büro Ziyu Zhuang
Best Use Of Timber
Quinta De Adorigo Winery | Atelier Sergio Rebelo
Mixed Use
Republica | Marc Koehler Architects
House & Villa (Rural/Coastal)
Ridge House | Superkül
Retrofit
Sirius Redevelopment | BVN
Office
T3 Diagonal Mar Offices in Barcelona | Batlleiroig
Civic & Community
The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas | Fernando Menis
Creative Re-Use
Younghusband | Woods Bagot
Future Projects
Sport
Acclimated Sports + Multipurpose Hall | Avally Design Studio
Education
Canadian School | Sordo Madaleno
House
Dune House | Monk Mackenzie Architects
Infrastructure
Gelephu International Airport | BIG- Bjarke Ingels Group
Health
International Children’s Cnacer Research Centre | Adjaye Associates
Commercial Mixed-Use
LONE LUNG SPACE | Gayathri And Namith Architects
Culture
Qiddiya Performing Arts Centre | Tom Wiscombe Architecture
Competition Entries
Where Earth Remembered: An Axis of Heritage and Hope | Eade Va Ejra
Experimental
The Other City: Reimagining Gulf Labor Camps as Creative Campuses | design and more international
Leisure Red Development
Luana Farms | Plontur Group
Masterplanning
Smithfield Birmingham | Prior + Partners and Field Operations
Residental
The Perigon | OMA
Urban Design
Te Ara Tukutuku | LandLAB + SCAPE as part of Toi Waihanga design collective
Civic
Vancouver Aquatic Centre | MJMA Architecture & Design + Acton Ostry Architects
WAF Interiors
Workplace (Large)
Acciona Campus | Perkins&Will
Workplace (Small)
ADND SILO | ADND LLP
Residental
Angra House | Studio Arthur Casas
Bars & Restaurants
Apsara Cruise | Studio Locomotive
Education
BS Klim Op Zandbergen | Rosan Bosch Studio
Retail
Digikala Flagship Store | MARZ Design and Architecture
Public Buildings
Fractal Chapel at State Hospital Graz | INNOCAD architecture
Hotels
Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree | WOW Architects | Warner Wong design
Temporary / Meanwhile uses
Satah (सतह) is a Hindi and Sanskrit term that translates to | tHE gRID Architects
Special Prizes
Best Use of Color
Alibaba Xixi Tech Campus Landscape | ASPECT Studios
Best Use of Stone
Dialogue with Nature – Commune STORE | Atelier Global Limited
Hand-drawing
Dockyard X by Jason Wang
The American Beauty Prize
Isla Intersections Supportive Housing & Paseo | Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects
Best Use Of Timber
Quinta De Adorigo Winery | Atelier Sergio Rebelo
Best Use of Natural Light
Redhill Early Learning Center | Hubo Studio
WAFX Overall Winner
Regenerative Tree | NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD.
Student Charrette
Sponge of the Keys by University of Manitoba
Civic & Community
The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas | Fernando Menis
GROHE Water Prize
waterspaces’ by Rizoma del agua | led by researcher Diego Rivero Borrell
The Sustainability Prize
1265 Borregas | MGA | Michael Green Architecture, SERA Architects
Highly Commended
Public Buildings
Aatma Manthan Museum | Sanjay Puri Architects
Civic and Community
African Flow | Urbanitree
Sport
Arena León | HKS Architects
Production Energy & Logistic
Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant | Clancy Moore Architects
Education
Balvanam | Tezuka Architects
WAF Completed Buildings: Health
Canberra Hospital Expansion | BVN
Office
Casa BFF | OBR Open Building Research
WAF Completed Buildings: Transport
CBMAA Campus Parking | Marlon Blackwell Architects
Display
Chicken Hero Pavilion | RAD+ar
Sport
Club Cash | Gomez Platero Architecture & Urbanism
School
Cuizhu Foreign Language School | Studio Link-Arc
Infrastructure
Da Nang Waste-to-energy Plant | VO TRONG NGHIA (VTN Architects)
Creative Re-use
DOM-INO HUB | atelier tho.A
Culture
Fenix | MAD
Civic and Community
Gump’s CROSS | EKAR Architects
Education
Interdisciplinary Health and Community Services Simulation Centre | Stantec
WAF Interiors: Retail
Intrinsic | Chain10 Architecture & Interior Design Institute
Leisure Led Development
KIKLIO | K-Studio
Public Buildings
Klaipėda State Musical Theatre | MAMA Architects
Hotel & Leisure
Mandai Rainforest Resort | WOW Architects | Warner Wong Design
Creative Re-use
Meelpakhuis | Studio Akkerhuis
Competition Entries
Napoli Porta Est | Studio Egret West & Lombardini 22
House and Villa
Naxxar House | AP Valetta
Display
Netherlands Pavilion Expo 2025 Osaka | RAU Architects & Tellart
Experimental
Neural Palate Kueh | Artificial-Architecture, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Production Energy & Logistic
Orange County Sanitation District Headquarters | HDR Inc.
Commercial Mixed Use
458 Oxford Street | Pilbrow & Partners
Hotel & Leisure
Populus | Studio Gang
Patios House
Patios House | Studio mk27
Interiors: Hotels
Pulso Hotel | Studio Arthur Casas
Education
Quartet of Learning | MARZ Design and Architecture, ARSH4D STUDIO
WAF Completed Buildings: Production Energy and Logistics
QUINTA DE ADORIGO WINERY | Atelier Sergio Rebelo
Bars & Restaurants
Roast and Toast | tHE gRID Architects
Competition Entries
School of Fish | Perkins&Will
Mixed Use
The Singapore EDITION and Boulevard 88 | Safdie Architects
WAF Completed Buildings: Office
T3 Diagonal Mar Offices in Barcelona | Batlleiroig
Housing
Terrazas para la vida | Urbanitree
Culture
Tofino Fish Pier | Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc
Retrofit
Transamerica Pyramid Center | Foster + Partners
Workplace (Large)
Treyarch | Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
House & Villa (Urban)
Twin Lakes House | EKAR Architects
Higher Education & Research
University of Chicago John W. Boyer Center in Paris | Studio Gang
