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…
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,…
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 will take place from November 12 to November 14 at the Beach Convention Center in Miami. Experience live critique presentations from hundreds of renowned architects and up-and-coming designers. In addition to the awards, there will be keynote speeches,…
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…
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…
When you are a finalist, winning first place is a wonderful feeling for an architect; but being a finalist and having the opportunity to present your project there is like the Olympics. You may not win first place, but you shouldn't miss…
I have been thinking for a long time about how we can make different contributions to WAF. Because WAF stands out as a competition with the most carefully prepared preliminaries, prestigious awards and prestigious feedbacks among architectural competitions…
Various aspects of sustainability and social inclusion, which have been on the agenda in recent years, were again popular. I also saw that issues related to landscape and geography gained importance. I think the selection committee jury structure is becoming more and…
Kalyon Karapınar Central Control Building is a building realized through an architectural competition process. The conceptual proposal we first presented to the jury was then developed and constructed in its own context during the implementation phase…
We have been to the finals 4 times, 2009, 2012, 2018 and 2024... But we have participated in WAF from the beginning. Being in the finals this year with a hospital in Bursa is enough success for us... We first participated in…
Carbon-neutral design and carbon reduction methods, which have been prominent topics of the past years, were also among the most important issues this year. In addition, how the projects harmonize spatially and culturally with the geography where they are located was high…
IzQ is a project we have believed in wholeheartedly since day one. We felt that WAF, as one of the most prestigious events in the international architecture community, would be interested in IzQ for the renewed sense of publicness it brings to…
Holistic approach, Sensitivity to site and context including the community, Materiality and sustainability... Having performed the role before (2017 Berlin) I was familiar with the format. Online review of all submissions, and while in Singapore and first review online before the live…
The fundamentals of WAF have not changed very much: first, a major awards covering completed buildings, future projects, interiors and landscape; second, a thematic conference on the main stage; and third a parallel programme on the secondary stage; third, live presentations by…
As BAB, we are a young company in the sector that established its own roof 6 years ago. In our profession, which we have been passionately pursuing for nearly 17 years, we always maintain our energy and resilience with our belief in…
The discussions around land-use flexibility for new economic models stood out immensely for me. It’s fascinating how projects that addressed adaptability in urban spaces while balancing functionality and cultural identity scored higher…
We participated in WAF for the first time. I can explain why we didn't participate before and why we participated this year: We focused more on producing and working and we didn't pay much attention to the award programs, we neglected them…
WAF is a big organization with a high diversity of participants in terms of architecture and interior design. For this reason, being part of such a festival fulfills our brand's position in the market very well. Wherever it is in the world…
Being a WAF jury member was a great experience for me. I enjoyed meeting the jury members and learning their perspectives. The category I participated in as a jury member was INSIDE: Temporary/Meanwhile Uses. As an architect, I think taking part in…
We have been participating in WAF since 2008 as it is a platform where both innovative projects are showcased and inspiring ideas are discussed on a global scale. We have become a finalist for the fifth time so far with Prestige Mall…
The decision to participate in a prestigious platform such as WAF was a very important step to introduce ourselves to a wider audience in the design world and gain experience on a global level. The festival offers participants the opportunity to promote…
This year's World Architecture Festival took place from November 29 to December 1, 2023 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. At the WAF Awards, one of the world's largest international awards programs, visitors listened to keynotes, architectural presentations and leading voices in…
Sharing on the WAF platform is very valuable in terms of evaluating design approaches and criteria among global best practices. Meeting/exchanging ideas with participants from different regions is a mentally and professionally nourishing period where everyone has the opportunity to get away…
If we wanted to describe this structure with human characteristics, we would say that it is respectable, strong, friendly, sharing, social, fun, hardworking, hospitable, frugal and a little modest and a little cool. Whether it is a person or a building with…
I guess the processes experienced in countries with bureaucratic bottlenecks, and the solutions tried to be found by designers in these difficult conditions, and the successful results obtained can be impressive…
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,…
Taiwan – Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens…
Tabanlıoğlu Architects…
The World Architecture Festival [WAF] is the largest global award event for architects and designers and one of the most comprehensive architectural gatherings. I think its most unusual and interesting feature is that it is almost ‘live-judged’.…
World Architecture Festival 2025 will take place from November 12 to November 14 at the Beach Convention Center in Miami. Experience live critique presentations from hundreds of renowned architects and up-and-coming designers. In addition to the awards, there will be keynote speeches,…
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…
I keep myself at a distance from the mass presentation environments or the award programs that architecture offices have paid to participate. In other words, the proposition and selection of prominent projects in the environment by independent jury or critics or 3rd…
We participated in WAF with the hotel of the congress center we built in Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the project has been shortlisted in the category of "Hotel and Leisure". The main content of the project is a congress…
In collaboration with PDG Architects and Antepe, Antalya Local Products Bazaar is designed for Antalya Metropolitan Municipality. At first glance, we can talk about the Taurus Mountains that surround Antalya and the strength of the metaphorical form that we used in the…
It is the first hospital with this capacity that received LEED Platinum, so that feature would attract the attention of the jury. Having a place in nature and art elements in a densely populated area with many constraints, and a design by…
The Department Store design concept draws on the existing building's history, location and heritage, as well as a desire to create a new way of working and engaging with the community around us. Our response is particular to the building and its…
Ataturk Culture Center was selected for Cultural Identity as it has been a focal point for the city since the building was constructed in the 1960s and was redeveloped after it burned down in 1970. Tabanlioglu's design evaluated by indicating that the…
More than a specific detail, what we would highlight from the project of the Scenic Path Along the Former Gypsum Mines in Igualada is the global way to approach landscape projects. The philosophy with which we always work, and that in this…
3XN designed the Olympic House around four key objectives: sustainability, movement, transparency, and flexibility. The transparency and flow of the design is intended to facilitate and encourage interaction, communication and knowledge sharing among the staff. A hallmark of 3XN's design, the facade…
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…
The North / South Line is a project that has been 20 years in the making. The new metro connects the north to the south of Amsterdam, creating a fast route for commuters, tourists and local residents. Benthem Crouwel Architects designed seven…
"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."…
Solar panels above the highway offer an alternative for solar panel fields that take over valuable land in densely populated areas. At the end of 2018, NUON / Vattenfall adopted the concept that was developed already in 2015 and became the principal…
We hoped to expand the festival with our move to Amsterdam and this worked. The number of entries to our awards scheme increased to a record number, and we had a record number of delegates, attendees and
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