World Architecture Festival and Awards, WAF

The World Architecture Festival is dedicated to celebrating, sharing and inspiring outstanding architecture. It is the only architecture event where keynote talks from the industry’s most influential figures sit alongside live judging presentations from over 500 award finalists plus global networking and an international product exhibition.

Held in Amsterdam this year, the WAF awards sit at the heart of the festival, the only global awards programme where architects present their completed buildings and future projects live to a panel of internationally renowned judges and delegates from around the world. This year there are more award finalists to see, more presentations and prizes to be received, more delegates to network and more fringe activity than ever before. From presentations in the crit rooms, to conference sessions, to exclusive Amsterdam tours, plus multiple social events, now is your chance to book your festival ticket to enjoy all WAF has to offer!

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World Architecture Festival 2017 - Delegate Highlights

The World Architecture festival is a three-day event for architects and interior design professionals. WAF is where the world architecture community meets to celebrate, learn, exchange ideas and be inspired.

Watch the delegate highlight video to discover what WAF is truly like and to gain inspiration for your 2018 visit!

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2018 Keynote speakers

Across two stages, the World Architecture Festival programme will present key-notes, discussions and debates led by world-renowned architects who will look at some of the most critical challenges facing the architecture and design industry.

Sir David Adjaye, Adjaye Associates

Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang

Rem Koolhaas, OMA

Li Xiaodong, Li Xiaodong Atelier, Tsinghua University School of Architecture

View the 2018 keynote speakers

2018 Super Jury

Natalie de Vries

Sir David Adjaye OBE

Manuelle Gautrand

Frederick Cooper Llosa

Li Xiaodong

View the 2018 Judges

This was a real eye opener and a brilliant event in that everything happening around the world is brought to a single event. I was really impressed with the topics and speakers especially on how architecture see's the future of the world and the global issues that are being addressed.

Gansen Govender, Senior Project Manager, GHD

Winning the award is a great encouragement for what we have done, for refreshing ourselves, our architecture. After WAF, we have been well-known from around the world and it gives us chances to meet and talk to different people, this is very important to us, especially when we are always searching for doing something new.

Sanjay Puri, Founder, Sanjay Puri Architects

WAF is a wonderful mix of theory and the reality of everyday practice in the presentations, the jury-comments, the lectures, the debates and exhibitions. The excursions, parties and joined dinner offer excellent opportunities to network. WAF is the most inclusive cross-border event on the architectural horizon!

Brigitte Van Bakel, Principal Architect, Am

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