by Brianna Crandall — October 21, 2013—The World Architecture Festival in Singapore, billed as the largest annual festival and live awards program for the global architecture community, recently presented awards across 29 categories, honoring architectural excellence in completed buildings, landscape projects and future projects. The Shortlist 2013 is available on the Festival site, as are all of the WAF entries since 2008.
The Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki in New Zealand, designed by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT) and Archimedia, captured the overall World Building of the Year Award. The project also won the Culture award in the WAF Completed Buildings category.
The National Maritime Museum of China, designed by Cox Rayner Architects, was chosen as the Future Project of the Year. The project also won both the Competition Entries and Culture awards in the Future Projects category.
The 2013 World Architecture Festival awards are:
Completed Buildings
- Civic and Community: Women’s Opportunity Centre, Rwanda, by Sharon Davis Design
- Culture: Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, by FJMT and Archimedia
- Display: Denmark’s Aquarium—The Blue Planet, by 3XN
- Health: Rush University Medical Center New Hospital Tower, USA, by Perkins+Will
- Higher Education/Research: University of Exeter: Forum Project, U.K., by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
- Hotel/Leisure: citizenM London Bankside, U.K., by Concrete
- House: Meditation House, Lebanon, by MZ Architects
- Housing: 28thStreet Apartments, USA, by Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc.
- New and Old: Conversion of the Palais Rasumofsky, Austria, by Baar-Baarenfels Architects
- Office: Statoil Regional and International Offices, Norway, by a-lab
- Production/Energy/Recycling: A Simple Factory Building, Singapore, by Pencil Office
- Religion: sancaklar mosque, Turkey, by EAA-Emre Arolat Architects
- Schools: Fontys Sports College, Netherlands, by Mecanoo International
- Shopping: Emporia, Sweden, by Wingårdh Arkitektkontor
- Sport: Splashpoint Leisure Centre, U.K., by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
- Transport: Sydney Cruise Terminal, Australia, by Johnson Pilton Walker Architects
- Villa: Namly House, Singapore, by CHANG Architects
Landscape Projects
- Completed Designs—Urban: The Australian Garden, Australia, by Taylor Cullity Lethlean + Paul Thompson
Future Projects
- Commercial Mixed-Use: New office in Central London, U.K., by Allford Hall Monagh
- Competition Entries: National Maritime Museum of China, by Cox Rayner Architects
- Culture: National Maritime Museum of China, by Cox Rayner Architects
- Education: The Urban School in Elsinore, Denmark, by EFFEKT
- Experimental: White Collar Factory, U.K., by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- Health: New Sulaibikhat Medical Center, Kuwait, by AGI Architects
- House: The Left-Over-Space House, Australia, by Cox Rayner Architects
- Infrastructure: Brisbane Ferry Terminals Post-Flood Recovery, Australia, by Co
- Leisure-Led Development: Singapore Sports Hub, by Singapore Sports Hub Design
- Masterplanning: Earls Court Masterplan, U.K., by Farrells
- Office: Selcuk Ecza Headquarters, Turkey, by tabbanlioglu architects
- Residential: Siamese Blossom, Thailand, by Somdoon Architects
Previous winners of the World Building of the Year Award include Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, by Grant Associates; Media-ICT, Barcelona, Spain, by Cloud 9 Architects; and Mapungubwe Interpretation Center, Limpopo, South Africa, by Peter Rich Architects. Winners’ Case Studies from past years are available with a quick registration on the World Architecture Festival site.
