▏World Architecture Festival 2023 Winners Announced
▏The first award winners of the 2023 World Architecture Festival have been announced, following Day One of live presentations at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, in which hundreds of shortlisted projects were presented by practices from around the world. Amongst today’s category award winners of the world’s largest international live-judged architectural event are MAD Architects, Woods Bagot and Nextoffice, Studio of Architectural Research & Design, who won across three individual categories.
Civic and Community: Taiwan – Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens by Chen-Yu Chiu and the team of Studio Cho in Turkey
Creative Re-use: Kaomai Museums and Tea Barn by PAVA architects in Thailand
Culture:Ravenscar House by Patterson Associates Architects in New Zealand
Display: Turrell Pavilion by Studio MK27in the Maldives
House and Villa, sponsored by GROHE: Veil House by 5468796Architecture in Canada
Housing, sponsored by GROHE: 547 West 47th Street – The West Residential by concrete Amsterdam in United States
Office: Surat Diamond Bourse by Morphogenesis in India
Production, Energy and Logistics: THE COURTYARD CCR LAB by SANJAY PURI ARCHITECTS in India
School: Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio/Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group Co. Ltd in China
Sport: Quzhou Stadium by MAD Architects in China
▏The second round of award winners of the 2023 World Architecture Festival have been announced, following of live presentations at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, in which hundreds of shortlisted projects were presented by practices from around the world. Amongst today’s category award winners of the world’s largest international live-judged architectural event there were six projects from Australia and four projects each from Iran and the United Kingdom.
COMPLETED BUILDINGS
Health:Victorian Heart Hospital by Conrad Gargett (now merged with Architectus) + Wardle in Australia
Religion: Santa Maria Goretti Church by Mario Cucinella Architects in Italy
Higher Education & Research: Boola Katitjin by Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley, Officer Woods, The Fulcrum Agency and Aspect Studios in Australia
Hotel & Leisure, sponsored by GROHE: Lanserhof Sylt by ingenhoven associates GmbH in Germany
Mixed-Use: Battersea Power Station Phase Two by WilkinsonEyre in United Kingdom
Retrofit: Vast Gallery & Artist Residency by Persian Garden Studio in Iran
Shopping: Shanghai Suhe MixC World by Kokaistudios in China
Transport: Elizabeth Line by Grimshaw in the United Kingdom
▏The judges of the Completed Buildings categories reflected on the considered and beautiful articulation of this year’s projects. Overall, they were impressed with the timeless quality, spatial composition and technical resolutions.
Judges felt that many of the winning projects were city-changing with thoughtful responses to historical elements including preservation of found architecture, retrofitting and change of use – all making a significant contribution to their locales.
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