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First winners announced at World Architecture Festival

Date posted: 22/10/08

The first eight category winners at the World Architecture Festival have been announced. 

They are as follows:

Civic
WINNER GZBICC - Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center, China, Buro II, Belgium
HIGHLY COMMENDED Hale County Animal Shelter, USA, Rural Studio, Auburn University, USA
HIGHLY COMMENDED Manchester Civil Justice Centre, UK, Denton Corker Marshall, UK
HIGHLY COMMENDED SOS Children's Village Community Center, USA, Studio Gang Architects, USA

Culture
WINNER Oslo Operahouse, Norway, SNØHETTA, Norway
HIGHLY COMMENDED Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Denmark, Tony Fretton Architects, UK
HIGHLY COMMENDED Theatre Agora, Netherlands, UNStudio, B+M, Netherlands

Energy, Waste and Recycling
WINNER Landscape Restoration of the Controlled Rubbish Dump "La Vall d'en Joan", Spain, Batlle & Roig Architects, Landscape Architect, Spain
HIGHLY COMMENDED Community Cooker/ Jiko ya Jamii, Kenya, Planning Systems Services Ltd, Kenya

Health
WINNER Centre pour le Bien-être des Femmes et la prévention des mutilations génitales féminines 'G.Kambou', Burkina Faso, FAREstudio, Italy
HIGHLY COMMENDED Clinique Sainte Marie, France, Lacombe - De Florinier, France
HIGHLY COMMENDED  Mornington Centre, Australia, Lyons, Australia
HIGHLY COMMENDED St. Olavs Hospital Neuro Centre, Norway, Narud - Stokke - Wiig AS, Arstad Architects, Niels Torp, Norway
HIGHLY COMMENDED The Richard Desmond Children's Eye Centre, Moorfields, UK, Penoyre & Prasad LLP, UK

Holiday
WINNER Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre, Canada, Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden Architects, Canada
HIGHLY COMMENDED C42 Citroen Flagship Showroom, France, Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, France
HIGHLY COMMENDED Gate and Canopy at Astir Palace, Greece, R. Sakellaridou + M. Papanikolaou & Associate Architects, Greece

Housing
WINNER Mountain Dwellings, Denmark, BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, Denmark
HIGHLY COMMENDED 141 viviendas VPP-SPT parcela 3.13 Carabanchel Madrid, Spain, BDU estudio de arquitectura and Morphosis, Spain
HIGHLY COMMENDED Adelaide Wharf, UK, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, UK
HIGHLY COMMENDED Parkrand, Netherlands, MVRDV, Netherlands

Learning
WINNER Universita Luigi Bocconi, Italy, Grafton Architects, Ireland
HIGHLY COMMENDED Kingsdale School, UK, dRMM, UK
HIGHLY COMMENDED Maosi Ecological Demonstration Primary School, China, Department of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Nature
WINNER Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum, USA, Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, USA
HIGHLY COMMENDED Red Ribbon, China, Turenscape (Beijing Turen Design Institute), China
HIGHLY COMMENDED The Freedom Park, South Africa, OCA, NBGM, South AfricaWINNER Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum, USA, Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, USA
HIGHLY COMMENDED Red Ribbon, China, Turenscape (Beijing Turen Design Institute), ChinaHIGHLY COMMENDED The Freedom Park, South Africa, OCA, NBGM, South Africa

Along with the nine category winners from tomorrow, these will go forward for consideration by the super-jury on Friday. There will also be an announcement of highly commended projects on Friday.

Paul Finch, Festival director, said: `I am delighted by the first day´s results. It shows what a wealth of architectural talent there is around the world.´

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