World Architecture Festival 2025
Award Winners

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…

World Architecture Festival 2025
WAFX 2025 Winners

WAFX 2025 Award Winners Announced...

The WAFX Awards, presented as part of the World Architecture Festival (WAF), 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,…

World Architecture Festival 2025
The 2025 Special Prizes | Shortlist

The Special Prizes presented annually within the World Architecture Festival (WAF) aim to highlight creative, innovative, and impactful projects across diverse areas of architecture. These awards recognize outstanding achievements in categories such as material use, light and color integration, scale, aesthetic approach,…

World Architecture Festival 2025
Shortlist

WAF 2025 Shortlist Announced…
The shortlist for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2025, one of the world’s most prestigious architectural events, has officially been revealed!

This year’s shortlist includes 235 completed buildings, 157 future projects, and 64 interior designs, totaling over 460 outstanding entries…

World Architecture Festival 2025
Full List of Judges

The list of judges for WAF 2025 has been announced...World Architecture Festival (WAF), one of the most comprehensive platforms evaluating architectural production on a global scale, has announced the jury members for its 2025 edition. Bringing together outstanding projects in architecture and…

GAD | Global Architecture Development

For me, there is no significant difference between jury membership and project presentation, because both are about sharing the energy and creativity of WAF. We are all here, presenting our projects, our thoughts and approaches. What is really enjoyable is the real,…

Call For Entries
WAF & INSIDE 2022

World Architecture Festival and World Festival of Interiors 2022 is open for entries. The entry deadline for WAF is the 27th May 2022 and the entry deadline for INSIDE is 20th May 2022. World Architecture Festival will take place in Lisbon, from…

AHMM

Weston Street is the product of what we call "slow architecture" - it is the end result of several years of conversations and true collaboration with the client, Solidspace. The Alder Centre, meanwhile, is a small project but one with enormous personal…

Pearl Chee

I think Kampung Admiraly has a broad appeal because as developed societies all over the world age, they face the challenges of housing their growing elderly population in lifeaffirming communities. Kampung Admiralty is the prototype of a public housing development which offers…

Johan Carlsson

The project dealt with three challenging parameters of a UNESCO heritage site, a Tadao Ando building and Art Nouveau glass that required a sensitive and considered design including careful curation to create a response that valued and
contributed to the unique project aspects…

Heather Dodd

The project presents an alternative future for a 30-storey inner city tower building built in the late 1960s in the inner city of Johannesburg. Towers of this era, are striking symbols of corporate power and segregation and despite the ending of Apartheid…

Camilo Moraes

"Interesting project made the most of using local techniques and materials and creates a world that is conducive to the environment, whilst also forming a strong architectural definition."…