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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.
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.
Download our winners catalogue to see all our fantastic winners from 2011.
What do past delegates think?
WAF is exciting and dynamic and is a showcase for some of the most inspiring pieces of architecture in the world today. Rider Levett Bucknall’s sponsorship of this event not only reflects the importance we place on our relationships with architects but it provides an amazing backdrop for us to learn more about how we can continue to support the profession in delivering the very best in global design for a world that will be fit for our future.
Lance Taylor
CEO - Rider Levett Bucknall, United Kingdom
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.
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
From seminars to parties, crits to the awards gallery and exhibition, see all that WAF has to offer.
Enter World Architecture Festival awards 2012 to:
Join the ranks of the architectural elite who are proud owners of a WAF award including Zaha Hadid Architects, Snøhetta, Bjarke Ingels Group, Studio MK27, David Chipperfield Architects and Foster + Partners.
Be a part of the world’s largest live crit. Present to, and receive live feedback and applause from, WAF’s esteemed international jurors, including; Neil Denari, Mok Wei Wei, Sir Peter Cook, Ivan Harbour, Marcio Kogan, Sou Fujimoto, Kongjian Yu, Kerry Hill, Lyndon Neri and Edouard Francois.
Showcase your work at the world’s largest annual, global architectural festival - every single entry is exhibited in our awards gallery to be viewed by more than 2000 visitors from over 65 countries and will remain permanently on www.worldbuildingsdirectory.com, the definitive guide to global architecture.
Make your name on the global stage by increasing your visibility in the world’s leading design and mainstream press. WAF generates 3000 news articles in over 65 countries and over 150 journalists attend annually.
Win a WAF and prove your talent to peers and clients alike. Display a WAF trophy in your office to cement your status as a leading global architect.
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.
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.
