Architectural Excellence LIVE

The world's largest festival and live awards for the global architecture community: debate, learn and be inspired
全球建筑设计最大节日及奖项盛典：辩论，学习，启发。

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3-5 October 2012
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

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Global Inspiration for Architects: Awards. Gallery. Exchange. Seminars. Talks. Fringe.
Winner of World Building of the Year 2010, MAXXI: Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, Italy, Zaha Hadid Architects.

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World Architecture Festival - where architects fall in love with architecture all over again.
Winner of Display Project of the Year 2011 Norwegian Wild Reindeer Center Pavilion, Hjerkinn, Norway, Snøhetta.

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Celebrate architectural excellence with your heroes, peers, collaborators and clients from across the globe.
Winner of World Building of the Year 2008, Universita Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy, Grafton Architects.

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WAF has nearly 30 diverse categories including completed buildings, landscapes, future and small projects.
Winner of Future Project of the Year 2009 and Display Project of the Year 2010, Spanish Pavilion for the 2010 Expo Shanghai, Shanghai, China, Miralles Tagliabue EMBT.

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WAF is your passport to the international architecture scene.
Winner of World Building of the Year 2009, Mapungubwe Interpretation Center, Limpopo, South Africa, Peter Rich Architects.

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The leading figures in global architecture critique the shortlisted entries, live.
Winner of Future Project of the Year 2011, Hanimaadhoo International Airport, Maldives, Integrated Design Associates.

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Showcase your work at the world's largest annual, global architectural festival
Winner of World Building of the Year 2011, Media-TIC, Barcelona, Spain, Cloud 9 Architects.

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Live inspiration: talks, debates, seminars, screenings and discussions
Hear about Gardens by the Bay, Singapore from Architects Wilkinson Eyre and Grant Associates in the Renew talks at WAF 2012, and then see them for yourself! (image © Craig Sheppard)

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Win at WAF to transform your career and join the ranks of the architectural elite who are proud owners of a WAF award
Winner of World Building of the Year 2011, Media -TIC, Barcelona, Spain, Cloud 9 Architects

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Experience Singapore's most spectacular hotel and latest landmark, Marina Bay Sands.
Hear the inside track from the man behind the design, Moshe Safdie.

Entries close in...

WAF judging

Watch the highlights from the shortlist judging day 2011 and see what the jury are looking for in your entries.

Tips from our judges on entries

Hear Shane O'Toole from the WAF 2011 shortlisting day talk about what he looks for in entries.

Live inspiration: talks, debates, seminars, screenings and discussions.

Site visits, architecture tours, discussion forums, masterclasses!

Find out more here

2011 winners catalogue

Download our winners catalogue to see all our fantastic winners from 2011.

2011 winners catalogue

What do past delegates think?

It was a well organised and really inspiring event!

Armin Stocker
Architect - S.DREI Architektur, Austria

WAF and Figueras party at Clerkenwell Design Week
23 May 2012

If you would like to attend the WAF and Figueras launch party at Clerkenwell Design Week, London, on 23 May 2012 please RSVP to Jade Glover or call +44 (0)20 7728 3902 and enquire about full information.

2012 judges

Leading figures in global architecture critique the entries live in Singapore.


Click here to see the full line up of WAF's international jurors »

What happens when you win a WAF award?

After winning at WAF we received invitations for collaborations from different countries including Qatar, Kuwait, Turkey and Russia, establishing Knowledge Transfer Contracts. The news that Media-ICT had won World Architectural Festival was broadcasted on television, published in the press and featured in over 30 articles on the internet.

Mila Moskalenko, Project Architect, Cloud 9 Architects, winners of World Building of the Year for the Media-ICT building, Barcelona

Click here to read the full case study with Cloud 9 architects on how it feels to win World Building of the Year 2011.


Watch all the highlights of WAF 2011

From seminars to parties, crits to the awards gallery and exhibition, see all that WAF has to offer.



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2012 entry brochure

Your guide to entering the WAF awards including our jury, seminars, what happens when you win and much more.

2012 entry brochure

2012 programme preview

2012 programme preview

2012 partnership opportunities brochure

World Architecture Festival: Where 2000 architects meet you, your products and your services. Download the sponsorship and exhibition guide to see how you can be involved.

2011 partnership brochure

Paul Finch's blog

Read Letter from London

An interview with Herman Hertzberger

Herman Hertzberger

Herman Hertzberger, the renowned Dutch architect, received this year's Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, presented in London in February. Rob Gregory talked to him on behalf of WAF.

@Worldarchfest twitter

Our hashtag for this years event is #waf2012


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