Peter Rich wins World Building of the Year award for Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in S. Africa
The Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre by Peter Rich was clearly the most architecturally and psychologically powerful project.
Miralles Tagliabue EMBT wins top future project award for Shanghai Expo pavilion
EMBT’s Spanish Pavilion for Shanghai is a simultaneously logical, charming and clever extrapolation of the Spanish sense of dance.
Zagreb Arena by Upi-2m wins structural award.
The Arena Zagreb by Upi-2m was the outright winner of this year’s structural design category for its simple, elegant and efficient structural concept.
World Building winner calls for architects to serve the community
Peter Rich, the winner of the second World Building Award, has called for architects to serve a broader section of society.
Architects get set for Copenhagen
Understanding the amount of carbon that is tied up in buildings, exploring new materials and discouraging home ownership are three ways that architects can help ameliorate climate change, according to speakers in the last session of WAF, entitled ´Road to Copenhagen.´
Barcelona´s brightest think in new ways
For Cecilia Tham and Maria Solé Bravo of Barcelona-based CO:DE collective design, creative thinking should be about much more than just producing a predetermined object such as a building.
Press Centre
- WAF09 List of all Winners and Highly Commended
- WAF09 World Building of the Year
- WAF09 Future Project of the Year
- WAF09 Interior Design of the Year
- WAF09 Structural Design of the Year
- WAF09 Student Competition Winner
- WAF09 Category Winners - Future Projects
- WAF09 Category Winner - Civic and Community
- WAF09 Category Winner - Culture
- WAF09 Category Winner - Display
- WAF09 Category Winner - Health
- WAF09 Category Winner - Holiday
- WAF09 Category Winner - House
- WAF09 Category Winner - Housing
- WAF09 Category Winner - Landscape
- WAF09 Category Winner - Learning
- WAF09 Category Winner - New and Old
- WAF09 Category Winner - Office
- WAF09 Category Winner - Production, Energy and Recycling
- WAF09 Category Winner - Shopping
- WAF09 Category Winner - Sport
- WAF09 Category Winner - Transport
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