 | This article needs to be updated.(July 2022) |
This is a list of awards, winners and commendations awarded by the international World Architecture Festival (WAF).
| This article needs to be updated.(July 2022) |
This is a list of awards, winners and commendations awarded by the international World Architecture Festival (WAF).
In 2008, all winners were award winners. In 2009 and later, only 5 of the winners were declared award winners.
The list is compiled from the official websites of the World Architecture Festival and World Buildings Directory. Where there was a discrepancy between the information on the project page and the winner list from WAF, the information from the WAF list was used. All names are spelled as in the WAF list; links may, therefore, lead to articles with different spellings. In some cases, the projects were renamed after receiving the award. The note to the list contains a link to the project page with the World Buildings Directory and is sorted in the same sequence as in the winner lists published by the World Architecture Festival. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
| Picture | Year | Award | Category | Project name | Location | Architect | Architect location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Award winner | Civic | GZBICC – Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center |  China, Guangzhou | BURO II – CITIC |  Belgium (Brussels – Guangzhou) & Belgium | |
 | 2008 | Award winner | Culture | Oslo Operahouse |  Norway, Oslo | Snøhetta | Norway |
| 2008 | Award winner | Energy, Waste & Recycling | Landscape Restoration of the Controlled Rubbish Dump "La Vall d'en Joan" |  Spain, El Garraf | Batlle & Roig Architects | Spain (Esplugues de LLobregat) | |
| 2008 | Award winner | Health | Centre pour le Bien-être des Femmes et la prévention des mutilations génitales féminines 'G.Kambou' |  Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou | FAREstudio |  Italy (Rome) | |
| 2008 | Award winner | Holiday | Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre |  Canada, Osoyoos | Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden Architects | ||
 | 2008 | Award winner | Housing | Mountain Dwellings |  Denmark, Copenhagen S | BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group | Denmark (Copenhagen N) |
 | 2008 | Award winner Building of the Year | Learning | Universita Luigi Bocconi | Italy, Milan | Grafton Architects |  Ireland (Dublin 2) |
 | 2008 | Award winner | Nature | Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum |  United States, Seattle | Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism | United States (New York) |
 | 2008 | Award winner | New & Old | Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian Institution | United States, Washington D.C. | Foster + Partners | |
| 2008 | Award winner | Office | Duoc Corporate Building |  Chile, Santiago | Sabbagh Arquitectos | Chile (Santiago) | |
| 2008 | Award winner | Pleasure | Sheep Stable |  Netherlands, Almere | 70F Architecture | Netherlands (Almere) | |
 | 2008 | Award winner | Production | BMW Welt – Event, Exhibition and Automobile Delivery Center |  Germany, Munich | Coop Himmelb(l)au Wolf D. Prix & Partner ZT GmbH |  Austria (Vienna) |
 | 2008 | Award winner | Religion & Contemplation | Dornbusch church | Germany, Frankfurt | Meixner Schlüter Wendt Architekten | Germany (Frankfurt am Main) |
| 2008 | Award winner | Sport | Sports Hall Bale |  Croatia, Bale | 3LHD Architects | Croatia (Zagreb) | |
 | 2008 | Award winner | Shopping | K:fem |  Sweden, Stockholm | Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB | Sweden |
 | 2008 | Award winner | Private House | Final Wooden House |  Japan | Sou Fujimoto Architects | Japan (Nakano) |
 | 2008 | Award winner | Transport | Nordpark Cable Railway | Austria | Zaha Hadid Architects |  United Kingdom (London) |
 | 2009 | Award winner: World Building of the Year | Culture, Completed Buildings | Mapungubwe Museum and Interpretive Centre [7] |  South Africa | Peter Rich Architects | South Africa (Johannesburg ) |
 | 2009 | Award winner: Future Project of the Year | Cultural, Future Projects | Spanish Pavilion for 2010 Expo Shanghai | China | Miralles Tagliabue EMBT | Spain (Barcelona) |
| 2009 | Award winner: Interiors and Fit Out Overall Winner | Interiors and Fit Out – Retail (small) | Corian Super-Surfaces Showroom | Italy, Milano | Architect Amanda Levete Architects | United Kingdom (London) | |
 | 2009 | Award winner: Structural Design of the Year | Structural Design – Spans (e.g. bridges, stadiums, big sheds) | ARENA ZAGREB | Croatia, Zagreb | Architect UPI-2M | Croatia |
| 2009 | Award winner: Student design competition | Student design competition: Distressed Cities, Creative Responses | AECOM Design + Planning Urban SOS |  India, Mumbai | Sabrina Kleinenhammans, a graduate at MIT | United States, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Civic and community | Emergency Terminal Zagreb | Croatia, Zagreb | Produkcija 004 | Croatia (Zagreb) | |
 | 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Display | CAGES FOR MACAWS IN THE PALM GROVE OF BARCELONA ZOO | Spain, Barcelona | Batlle & Roig Architects | Spain (Esplugues de LLobregat) |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Health | TELETON TAMPICO |  Mexico, Tampico | Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos | Mexico (Distrito Federal) | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Holiday | Restaurant Tusen | Sweden, Ramundberget | Murman Arkitekter ab | Sweden (Stockholm) | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | House | Klein Bottle House |  Australia, Rye | McBride Charles Ryan | Australia (Prahran) | |
 | 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Housing (inc mixed use) | The Met |  Thailand, Bangkok | WOHA |  Singapore (Singapore) |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Landscape | The Adaptation Palettes: Regenerative Landscape Design | China, Tianjin | Kongjian Yu – Turenscape | China (Turenscape) | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Learning | The Pearl Academy of Fashion, Jaipur | India, Jaipur | Morphogenesis | India (New Delhi) | |
 | 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | New and old | TKTS Booth / Redevelopment of Father Duffy Square | United States, New York | Choi Ropiha, Perkins Eastman and William Fellows/PKSB Architects | Australia (Manly), United States and United States |
 | 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Office (inc mixed use) | Unileverhaus | Germany, Hamburg | Projektarbeitsgemeinschaft Behnisch Architekten | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Production, energy and recycling | Bodegas Protos | Spain, Valladolid | Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners | London ( United Kingdom) | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Shopping (inc mixed use) | Havaianas |  Brazil, São Paulo | Isay Weinfeld | Brazil (São Paulo) | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Sport | Berry Sports Hall | Australia, Berry | Allen Jack+Cottier | Australia (Sydney) | |
 | 2009 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Transport | Bras Basah Mass Rapid Transit station | Singapore, Singapore | WOHA | Singapore (Singapore, ) |
 | 2009 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Commercial | Statoil Hydro office | Norway, Oslo | a-lab | Norway (Oslo) |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Competition entries | Szentendre Cemetery |  Hungary, Szentendre | Architects A4 Studio, A4 Studio Kft | Hungary (Budapest) | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Education | Malama Learning Center | United States, Kapolei | Eight Inc. | Singapore (Singapore) | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Experimental projects | Mobile Performance Venue | Norway | Various Architects AS | Norway | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Health | Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital |  United Arab Emirates, Dubai | Architects Studio Altieri Spa and Studio Altieri International | Italy (Thiene) and United Arab Emirates | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Infrastructure, Future Projects – Masterplanning | THINKING BEYOND THE STATION: AGUASCALIENTES CITY SUBURBAN TRAIN, MEXICO | Mexico, Aguascalientes | RVDG arquitectura+urbanismo | Mexico City ( Mexico) | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Landscape | East London Green Grid | United Kingdom, London | Design for London | United Kingdom | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Masterplanning | Our city – our urban spaces | Denmark, København V | Entasis | Denmark (Copenhagen) | |
| 2009 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Holiday Resort Mero Beach Dominica | Mero Beach project Dominica |  Dominica | BURO II | ||
| 2009 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | Civic and community | Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Synagogue | United States, Evanston | Ross Barney Architects | United States (Chicago) | |
| 2009 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | Civic and community | La Cisnera Community Centre | Spain, Arico | GPY Arquitectos | Spain (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) | |
| 2009 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | Health | St Jozef community health center | Netherlands, Deventer | One Architecture | Netherlands (Amsterdam) | |
 | 2009 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | House | Chen House |  Taiwan, Sanjhih | C-Laboratory |  Finland (Turku) |
| 2009 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | House | Sliding House | United Kingdom, Suffolk | RMM | United Kingdom (London) | |
 | 2009 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | Health, Landscape | Maggie's Centre London | United Kingdom, London | Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners | United Kingdom (London) |
 | 2009 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | Office (inc mixed use) | Ironbank |  New Zealand, Auckland | RTA Studio | |
 | 2009 | Commendation, Future Projects | Commercial | Kuggen | Sweden, Gothenburg | Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB | Sweden |
| 2009 | Commendation, Future Projects | Commercial | Top Code | Italy, Imola (Bologna) | Lelli & Associati Architettura and Cristofani Architetti | Italy (Faenza) and Italy | |
| 2009 | Commendation, Future Projects | Experimental projects | Timber Stadium | United Kingdom | RMM | United Kingdom (London) | |
| 2009 | Commendation, Future Projects | Education, Future Projects – Infrastructure, Future Projects – Masterplanning | Grangegorman Masterplan | Ireland, Grangegorman | Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners / DMOD | ||
| 2009 | Commendation, Future Projects | Residential | 360º Building | Brazil, São Paulo | Isay Weinfeld | Brazil (São Paulo) | |
| 2009 | Commendation, Future Projects | Residential | Digby Road | United Kingdom, London | Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects | United Kingdom (London) | |
 | 2009 | Commendation, Interiors and Fit Out | Culture, Interiors and Fit Out – Culture and civic, New and old | The Great North Museum | United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne | Farrells | United Kingdom (London) |
 | 2009 | Commendation, Structural Design | Spans (e.g. bridges, stadiums, big sheds), Structural Design – Timber | Richmond Olympic Oval Roof | Canada, Richmond | Cannon Design | |
| 2009 | Commendation, Structural Design | Civic and community, Interiors and Fit Out – Bars and restaurants, Structural Design -Spans (e.g. bridges, stadiums, big sheds) | wNw Bar |  Vietnam, Binh Duong | Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd. | Vietnam (Hochiminh City) | |
 | 2010 | Award winner: World Building of the Year and winner of category culture | Culture | MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts | Italy, Rome | Zaha Hadid Architects | United Kingdom (London) |
| 2010 | Award winner: Future Project of the Year | Masterplanning, Future Projects | The Arc |  Palestine, Occupied | Suisman Urban Design | United States (Santa Monica) | |
 | 2010 | Award winner: Interiors and Fit Out Overall Winner | Interiors and Fit Out – Offices | ANZ Centre | Australia, Melbourne | Hassell | |
 | 2010 | Award winner: Structural Design of the Year [10] | Structural Design – Glass (where used structurally) | Medieval & Renaissance Galleries | United Kingdom, London | MUMA | United Kingdom (London) |
| 2010 | Award winner: Student design competition | Student design competition: Campus Catalyst Project | AECOM Design + Planning Urban SOS |  Haiti, Port-au-Prince | Robin Bankert, Michael Murphy, Caroline Shannon and Joseph Wilfong, a graduate at MIT | United States, University of Harvard | |
 | 2010 | Award winner: The Art and Work Award for Buildings Designed to Display Art [11] | Structural Design – Glass (where used structurally) | Medieval & Renaissance Galleries | United Kingdom, London | MUMA | United Kingdom (London) |
 | 2010 | Award winner: ONCE Foundation Award for Accessibility (Two joint winners) | Sport | Aviva Stadium | Ireland, Dublin | POPULOUS in association with Scott Tallon Walker | |
| 2010 | Award winner: ONCE Foundation Award for Accessibility (Two joint winners) | Civic and community, Health | West Vancouver Community Centre | Canada, West Vancouver | Hughes Condon Marler Architects | Canada (Vancouver) | |
 | 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Civic and community | City of Justice | Spain, Barcelona | David Chipperfield Architects and b720 Arquitectos | United Kingdom (London) & Spain |
 | 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Display | Spanish Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010 | China, Shanghai | Miralles Tagliabue (EMBT) & Benedetta Tagliabue | Spain (Barcelona) |
| 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Health | Brain and Mind Research Institute – Youth Mental Health Building | Australia, Camperdown | BVN Architecture | Australia (Sydney) | |
 | 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Holiday | Alila Villas Uluwatu, Bali Indonesia |  Indonesia, Bali | WOHA | Singapore (Singapore) |
| 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | House | A Forest for a Moon Dazzler |  Costa Rica, Playa Avellanas | Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architect | United Kingdom (London) | |
 | 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Housing (inc mixed use) | Pinnacle @ Duxton | Singapore | ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism | Singapore (Singapore) |
| 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Landscape | Shanghai Houtan Park | China, Shanghai | Turenscape | China (Beijing) | |
 | 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Learning | School of the Arts, Singapore | Singapore, Singapore | WOHA | Singapore (Singapore) |
| 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | New and old | DDB Office |  Turkey, Istanbul | Erginoglu&Calislar | ||
| 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Office (inc mixed use) | Vali-Asr Commercial-Office Building |  Iran, Tehran | RYRA Studio | Iran (Tehran) | |
| 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Production, energy and recycling | Yevlakh Seed Industry Campus |  Azerbaijan, Yevlakh | TOCA | Turkey (Istanbul) | |
| 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Shopping (inc mixed use) | YAMAHA GINZA | Japan, Ginza, Chuo-ku | Nikken Sekkei Ltd | ||
 | 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Sport | Soccer City, National Stadium – 'The Melting Pot' | South Africa, Johannesburg | Boogertman + Partners (in association with Populous) | South Africa (& United Kingdom) |
 | 2010 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Transport | The Helix Bridge | Singapore | Cox Rayner Architects & Architects 61 | Australia (Brisbane) & Singapore |
| 2010 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Commercial, Future Projects | OFFICES' 63 | India, Gurgaon | Sanjay Puri Architects Pvt. Ltd. | India (Mumbai) | |
| 2010 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Competition entries, Future Projects | Dance and Music Centre | Netherlands | Aedas |  Hong Kong (Quarry Bay) | |
| 2010 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Cultural, Future Projects | CONCERT HALL JORDANEK IN TORUN |  Poland, Torun | Menis Arquitectos | ||
| 2010 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Education, Future Projects | Sabah Al-Salem University – Kuwait University City, College of Education |  Kuwait, Kuwait City | Perkins+Will & Dar Al Handasah | United States (New York) &  Lebanon | |
| 2010 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Experimental Projects, Future Projects | No project awarded as overall winner | ||||
| 2010 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Health, Future Projects | Kuwait Children's Hospital | Kuwait, Kuwait City | AGi Architects SL | Spain (Madrid) | |
 | 2010 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Infrastructure, Future Projects | West Kowloon Terminus | Hong Kong | Aedas | Hong Kong (Quarry Bay) |
| 2010 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Landscape, Future Projects | No project awarded as overall winner | ||||
| 2010 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Residential, Future Projects | No project awarded as overall winner | ||||
 | 2010 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | Display | Danish Pavilion – Shanghai World Expo 2010 | China, Shanghai | BIG | |
| 2010 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | House | Townhouse, Landskrona | Sweden, Landskrona | Elding Oscarson | Sweden (Stockholm) | |
| 2010 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | Housing (inc mixed use) | Barking Central | United Kingdom, Barking | Allford Hall Monaghan Morris | ||
| 2010 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | Office (inc mixed use) | Middelfart Savings Bank | Denmark, Middelfart | 3XN | Denmark (Copenhagen) | |
 | 2010 | Commendation, Completed Buildings | Sport | Aviva Stadium | Ireland, Dublin | POPULOUS in association with Scott Tallon Walker | |
| 2010 | Commendation, Future projects | Cultural, Future Projects | CONCERT HALL JORDANEK IN TORUN | Poland, Torun | Menis Arquitectos | ||
| 2010 | Commendation, Interiors and Fit Out | Culture and civic, Interiors and Fit Out | The Academy | Australia, Docklands | BVN Architecture | ||
| 2010 | Commendation, Interiors and Fit Out | Offices, Interiors and Fit Out | One Shelley Street – Macquarie Group | Australia, Sydney | Clive Wilkinson Architects & Woods Bagot | United States & Australia | |
| 2010 | Commendation, Structural Design | Structural Design | No project highly commended | ||||
 | 2011 | Award winner: World Building of the Year | Office (inc mixed use) | Media-ICT | Spain, Barcelona | Cloud 9 | Spain (Barcelona) |
 | 2011 | Award winner: Future Project of the Year | Infrastructure, Future Projects | Hanimaadhoo International Airport |  Maldives | Integrated Design Associates Limited | Hong Kong (Hong Kong) |
 | 2011 | Award winner: Structural Design of the Year | Structural Design – Towers | Eight Spruce Street | United States, New York | Gehry Partners, LLP | |
| 2011 | Award winner: ONCE Foundation Award for Accessibility | Culture | Museum of Memory and Tolerance | Mexico, Mexico City | Arditti+RDT/arquitectos | Mexico ( Mexico) | |
 | 2011 | Award winner: People's Choice Award, by OpenBuildings | Culture | Memorial house Todor Proeski |  North Macedonia, Krushevo | Syndicate studio | North Macedonia (Skopje) |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Civic and community | Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church | United States, Springdale | Marlon Blackwell Architect | United States (Fayetteville) | |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Culture, New and old | SHIMA KITCHEN | Japan, Tonosyotyo | Architects Atelier Ryo Abe | Japan (Tokyo) | |
 | 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Display | Norwegian Wild Reindeer Center Pavilion | Norway, Hjerkinn | Snøhetta | |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Health, Landscape | rehabilitation centre Groot Klimmendaal | Netherlands, Arnhem | Architectenbureau K van Velsen BV | Netherlands (Hilversum) | |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Holiday | Raas Jodhpur | India, Jodhpur | The Lotus Praxis Initiative, Lotus Design Services & Praxis Inc | India | |
 | 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | House | Small House | Australia, Sydney | Domenic Alvaro | Australia (Sydney) |
 | 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Housing (inc mixed use) | 8 House | Denmark, Copenhagen | Bjarke Ingels Group | Denmark |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Landscape | A Mother River Recovered—The Sanlihe Greenway | China | Turenscape | China (Beijing) | |
 | 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Learning | Sainsbury Laboratory | United Kingdom, Cambridge | Stanton Williams | United Kingdom (London) |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | New and old | PUZZLE PIECE | Spain, TM. de Telde | Romera y Ruiz Arquitectos | Spain (Las Palmas de GC) | |
| | 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Office (inc mixed use) | Media-ICT | Spain, Barcelona | Cloud 9 | Spain (Barcelona) |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Production, energy and recycling | WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY FROM VALLÈS OCCIDENTAL IN VACARISSES (BARCELONA) | Spain, Vacarisses | Batlle & Roig Architects | Spain (Esplugues de LLobregat) | |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Shopping (inc mixed use) | Decameron | Brazil, São Paulo | Studio MK27 | Brazil (São Paulo) | |
 | 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Sport | SPEEDSKATING STADIUM INZELL – MAX AICHER ARENA | Germany, Inzell | BEHNISCH Architekten | Germany (Munich) |
 | 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Transport | Kurilpa Bridge | Australia, Brisbane | Cox Rayner Architects | Australia (Brisbane) |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | House | InBetween House | Japan, Karuizawa | Koji Tsutsui & Associates | Japan (Tokyo) | |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Commercial, Future Projects & Experimental projects, Future Projects | Wadi Rum Resort |  Jordan | Oppenheim Architecture + Design | United States (Miami) | |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Competition entries, Future Projects & Cultural, Future Projects | Glacier Discovery Walk | Canada, Jasper National Park | Sturgess Architecture | Canada (Calgary) | |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Cultural, Future Projects | Zhang Da Qian Museum | China, Neijiang | Miralles Tagliabue EMBT | Spain (Barcelona) | |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Education, Future Projects, Masterplanning, Future Projects | Women's Opportunity Center |  Rwanda, Kayonza | Sharon Davis Design | ||
| 2011 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Experimental projects, Future Projects | The Tower of Nests | China, Shanghai | Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture AB | Sweden (Göteborg) | |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Health, Future Projects | Binh Chanh Pediatric Hospital | Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City | VK, 2050 A+P & Nhat My | Belgium (Roeselare), Vietnam & Vietnam | |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Landscape, Future Projects | Shoreline Walk | Lebanon, Beirut | Gustafson Porter | ||
 | 2011 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Masterplanning, Future Projects | West Kowloon Cultural District Conceptual Plan | Hong Kong | Rocco Design Architects Ltd | Hong Kong (Hong Kong) |
| 2011 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Residential, Future Projects | Wafra Living | Kuwait | AGi Architects | Spain | |
 | 2012 | Award winner: World Building of the Year | Display | Cooled Conservatories at Gardens by the Bay | Singapore | Wilkinson Eyre Architects | United Kingdom (London) |
 | 2012 | Award winner: Future Project of the Year, Landscape | Landscape (Projects), urban (Completed designs) | Kallang River Bishan Park | Singapore | Atelier Dreiseitl | |
| 2012 | Award winner: Future Project of the Year | Masterplanning | Msheireb – Heart of Doha |  Qatar, Doha | AECOM, London (UK), Adjaye Associates (UK), Allies and Morrison (UK), Eric Party Architects (UK), Gensler ( United States), HOK ( United States), John McAslan and Partners (UK), Mangera Yvars Architects (UK), Mossessian & Partners (UK), Squire and Partners (UK) | United Kingdom & United States | |
 | 2012 | Award winner: Student Team of the Year | Student Team of the Year from University of Ferrara in Italy | In the Core of Renaissance Architecture | Italy, Ferrara | Daniele Pronestì, Daniele Petralia, Stefano Nastasi | Italy (Ferrara) |
| 2012 | Award winner: Director's Prize | New and Old | Plaza España in Adeje | Spain, Tenerife | Menis Arquitectos SLP | Spain (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) | |
 | 2012 | Award winner: Small Project Award | Transport | Marina Bay Station | Singapore | Aedas, Quarry Bay & Aedas Pte Ltd (Station Architect) | Hong Kong & Singapore |
| 2012 | Award winner: Small Project Award | Office | Office for an Advertising Film Production Company | India, Bangalore | SJK Architects | India, Mumbai | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Civic and community | SALORGE / TOWN COMMUNITY |  France, Pornic | Atelier Arcau | France (Vannes) | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Culture | Liyuan Library | China, Beijing | Li Xiaodong Atelier | China (Beijing) | |
 | 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Health | The Royal Children's Hospital | Australia, Melbourne | Billiard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Higher education/research | University of the Arts London Campus for Central Saint Martins at King's Cross | United Kingdom, London | Stanton Williams | United Kingdom (London) | |
 | 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Hotel/leisure | Victoria Tower | Sweden, Kista | Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB N/A | Sweden |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | House | Stacking Green | Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City | Vo Trong Nghia Architects | Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Housing | Martin No 38 | Singapore, Singapore | Kerry Hill Architects Pte Ltd | Singapore (Singapore) | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | New and Old | Plaza España in Adeje | Spain, Tenerife | Menis Arquitectos SLP | Spain (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) | |
 | 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Office | Darling Quarter | Australia, Sydney | Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp | Australia (Sydney) |
 | 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Production/energy/recycling | Sony Corporation Sony City Osaki | Japan, Tokyo | Nikken Sekkei | Japan |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Schools | Binh Duong School | Vietnam, Binh Duong | Vo Trong Nghia Architects | Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Shopping | Xtra-Herman Miller shop in shop | Singapore, Singapore | P.A.C | Singapore (Singapore) | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Shopping | T-Site | Japan | Klein Dytham Architects | Japan (Shibuya-ku) | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Sport | FAZENDA BOA VISTA | GOLF CLUBHOUSE | Brazil | Isay Weinfeld | Brazil (São Paulo) | |
 | 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Transport | Bodrum International Airport | Turkey | tabanlioglu architects | Turkey (Istanbul) |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Villa | Shearer's Quarters | Australia, North Bruny Island | John Wardle Architects | Australia (Collingwood) | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Competition entries, Future Projects | Perry Park | Australia, Alexandria | Hassell | ||
| 2012 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Culture, Future Projects | Beijing Artist Village Gallery Project | China | Aedas, Aedas Beijing Limited | Hong Kong (Quarry Bay) & China | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Education, Future Projects, Masterplanning, Future Projects | AGU City Campus | Turkey, Kayseri | EAA-Emre Arolat Architects | Turkey (1. Levent) | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Experimental, Future Projects | Man-Built Islands Dongqian Lake Concept Design | China, Ningbo | Hassell | ||
| 2012 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Health, Future Projects | Rigshospitalet – The North Wing | Denmark, Copenhagen | 3XN, Aarhus Arkitekterne & Nickl & Partner Architechten | Denmark (Copenhagen), Denmark & Germany | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Future Projects | House, Future Projects | C3 House | New Zealand, Wānaka | RTA Studio | New Zealand (Auckland) | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Infrastructure, Future Projects | Tianjin Binhai Transport Interchange – Public Domain | China, Tianjin Binhai New District | Hassell | ||
| 2012 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Leisure led development, Future Projects | Gunoot Eco Resort |  Oman, Oman | Dar SSH International Engineering Consultants, California Institute of Earth Architecture & SSH International | Kuwait (Kuwait), United States, & Kuwait | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Mixed use, Future Projects | JST Product Complex | Japan, Tsuyama | Osamu Morishita Architect & Associates | Japan (Osaka-shi) | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Office, Future Projects | 120 Fenchurch Street | United Kingdom, London | Eric Parry Architects | United Kingdom (London) | |
| 2012 | Category Winner, Future Projects | Residential, Future Projects | TERASA 153, MONTENEGRO | Serbia and Montenegro | Sanjay Puri Architects Pvt. Ltd. | India (Mumbai) | |
| 2013 | Award winner: World Building of the Year, not yet awarded | category | name | country, city | architect | country (city) | |
| 2013 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings, not yet awarded | category | name | country, city | architect | country (city) | |
| 2013 | Category Winner, Future Projects, not yet awarded | category | name | country, city | architect | country (city) | |
| 2023 | Category Winner, Completed Buildings | Hotels & Leisure | Lanserhof Sylt | Germany, Sylt | ingenhoven associates | Germany, Inzell |
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings, including skyscrapers, and sustainable urban design. A non-profit organization based at the Monroe Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States, the CTBUH announces the title of "The World's Tallest Building" and is widely considered to be an authority on the official height of tall buildings. Its stated mission is to study and report "on all aspects of the planning, design, and construction of tall buildings."
Arup is a British multinational professional services firm headquartered in London that provides design, engineering, architecture, planning, and advisory services across every aspect of the built environment. It employs about 17,000 people in over 90 offices across 35 countries, and has participated in projects in over 160 countries.
Ken Yeang is an architect, ecologist, planner and author from Malaysia, best known for his ecological architecture and ecomasterplans that have a distinctive green aesthetic. He pioneered an ecology-based architecture, working on the theory and practice of sustainable design. The Guardian newspaper (2008) named him "one of the 50 people who could save the planet". Yeang's headquarters is in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) as Hamzah & Yeang, with offices in London (UK) as Llewelyn Davies Ken Yeang Ltd. and Beijing (China) as North Hamzah Yeang Architectural and Engineering Company.
The World Architecture Festival (WAF) is an annual festival and awards ceremony, one of the most prestigious events dedicated to the architecture and development industries. The first four events were held in Barcelona, from 2008 to 2011, at which point the festival moved to Singapore for four years. Since 2016, host cities have included Berlin and Amsterdam. It is the only event where around 550 shortlisted architects present their projects live in crit rooms to a judging panel. One of these projects is awarded the World Building of the Year title. Each year the World Architecture Festival publishes a list of the winners of the awards on their official website.
Aedas is an architectural firm founded by the Welsh architect Keith Griffiths. Aedas has eleven international offices and provides services in architecture, interior design, urban design, masterplanning and graphic design. It was established in 2002.
The MIPIM Architectural Review Future Projects Awards is an award program for unbuilt or incomplete projects spanning across eight categories. It is organised and awarded annually by the MIPIM, the international property market in Cannes, France, in cooperation with the monthly international magazine Architectural Review. Since 2002, the awards have been presented at MIPIM.
Kris Yao is a Taiwanese architect, and the founder and head architect at KRIS YAO | ARTECH in Taipei and Shanghai.
Malcolm Fraser is an architect from Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the founder of Malcolm Fraser Architects, a firm of architects based in the Old Town of Edinburgh from 1993. The company entered liquidation on 21 August 2015 and Fraser worked with Halliday Fraser Munro Architects before setting up anew with Robin Livingstone as Fraser/Livingstone Architects in January 2019.
Gerkan, Marg & Partners (gmp) is an international architectural company based in Hamburg, Germany. The company was founded in 1965 by Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg, and now has more than 300 employees in 13 offices. In the same year the architectural practice took part in an international competition with an anonymus entry. Their design for the Berlin Tegel Airport was able to win the first prize, thus garnering the company international recognition. This achievement cemented the practice's standing in the world of architecture and paved the way for further success. The company is currently being headed by the two founders alongside their executive partners.
WOHA is a Singaporean multinational architectural industrial design firm. First established in 1994 by Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell, its name is derived from the initial letters of the founders’ surnames. Based out of Singapore, the firm has built and designed dozens of projects throughout the Asia-Pacific, including residential towers, public housing estates, mass transit stations, hotels and cultural institutions.
Muhammad Rafiq Azam is a Bangladeshi architect who is principal architect at Shatotto Architecture.
Michel Mossessian is a French architect of Armenian origin, based in London, UK.
Bjarke Ingels Group, often referred to as BIG, is a Copenhagen, New York City, London, Barcelona, Shenzhen, Oslo and Los Angeles-based group of architects and designers operating within the fields of architecture, product and landscape design, engineering and planning. The office is currently involved in a large number of projects throughout Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. As of 2023, the company employs 700+ people.
5468796 Architecture is a Winnipeg-based architecture firm founded in 2007.
The year 2013 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Tierra Design is a design studio headquartered in Singapore. The firm's main focus is landscape architecture.
Ronald Lu & Partners is a Hong Kong architecture and interior design firm founded by Ronald Lu in 1976. The practice provides architecture, interior design and master planning services in various sectors including culture and community, education, mix-used, commercial, residential, hotel and retail and transit-oriented development.
Sergei Tchoban is a German Architect and artist working in various cities in Europe. He is managing director of the architectural firm TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten and founder of the Tchoban Foundation, which has been based in the Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin, built for this purpose, since 2013. He is a member of the Association of German Architects (BDA) and the architectural associations in Hamburg and Berlin. Tchoban is the recipient of architectural awards and a participant in various architectural exhibitions.
Ross Barney Architects is an architectural firm founded in 1981 by Carol Ross Barney in Chicago, Illinois.
Parkroyal Collection Pickering, Singapore is a luxury hotel located in the Central Area, Singapore, owned by Singaporean investment / property development company UOL Group.
The notes to the list contain a link to the project page with World Buildings Directory, and are sorted in the same sequence as in the winner lists published by the World Architecture Festival.
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