Launched in WAF’s 10th year, WAFX celebrates international proposals which embrace cutting-edge design addressing major world issues. Ranging from tackling the climate emergency to building community resilience.
About the WAFX Prize
The WAFX Prize awards projects that best use design and architecture to tackle major world issues, including health, climate change, technology, ethics and values.
The winning projects are chosen by our judges from the WAF Future Projects shortlist with no additional cost or material needed from the entrant.
View the 2025 winners below, click on each project to learn more. All of the winners presented live on the Festival Hall Stage at WAF in Miami in 2025. The overall 2025 WAFX winner was announced at Gala Dinner on the final day of the festival.
WAFX 2025 Overall Winner
Overall Winner
Regenerative Tree by NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD
WAFX 25 Winners:
Building Technology
WAFX 25 Winners:
Carbon, Energy and Climate
WAFX 25 Winners:
Ethics and Values
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