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The shortlist for the 2023 World Architecture Festival (WAF) was announced on 10 July ahead of the live event which will take place in Singapore (held at Marina Bay Sands) from 29 November to 1 December.
The list celebrates the best new completed buildings and landscapes as well as the most inspiring future architectural concepts, across 33 categories, ranging from residential, to cultural, to creative re-use.
China Hangzhou E-sports Centre by Central-South Architectural Design Institute (photo: ZHENG SHI)
On the final day of the festival, category winners from across all 44 category prizes will go head-to-head for the ultimate accolades of World Building of the Year, Landscape of the Year, Future Project of the Year, and Interior of the Year. A host of special prizes, including WAFX, which celebrates imaginative cutting-edge designs addressing major world issues, will also be awarded to projects from the main shortlist.
This year’s finalists span the globe, with the top 10 shortlisted countries including Singapore, Thailand, China, Japan, Australia, India, Iran, Canada, the UK and the US.
They range from major world architects including Foster + Partners, UNStudio, Grimshaw Architects, MAD Architects, WilkinsonEyre, Safdie Architects and Nikken Sekkei. Many smaller practices will also be on stage, live pitching against the big names.
Panda Tower by Shanghai United Design Group © SIMON
The international judging panel consists of more than 140 industry experts from 43 countries. They include Lily Jencks, Nigel Coates, Rafiq Azam, Albert Williamson-Taylor, Tracy Meller, Jason Bruges, Annette Fisher, Roland Schnizer and Issa Diabaté.
National University of Singapore School of Computing (COM3) by LAUD Architects (Completed Buildings – HE and Research) ©Finbarr Fallon
For more details on the 2023 World Architecture Festival and the WAF Awards visit: www.worldarchitecturefestival.com
