WAFX 2023 Prize: 10 future projects tackling today’s global issues

WAFX 2023 Prize: sandstorm absorbent skyscrapers, a project rethinking oil rigs in a sustainable perspective, rainwater-harvesting cooling facades, and more.
WAFX 2023 Prize: sandstorm absorbent skyscrapers, a project rethinking oil rigs in a sustainable perspective, rainwater-harvesting cooling facades, and more.
The World Architecture Festival 2023 shortlist includes a mosque designed by a woman, a submerged stadium, a tree-like energy station, and more.
Terra – The Sustainability Pavilion by Grimshaw Architects at Expo 2020 Dubai features a forest of giant solar panel-clad e-trees following the sun like sunflowers, a thriving garden challenging desert environment and underground exhibition spaces thermally isolated with a smart earth roof system.
Europe’s highest skyscraper twisting like a flame, a high-tech spaceship-looking stadium. a ‘prismatic’ airport inspired by snowflakes’ crystalline patterns, street art sanctuaries and a post-modern sleeping districts. Exploring the architecture of contemporary St Petersburg.
A layered trefoil-shaped building, a garden nested under an upside-down architecture and a bloom of solar-powered towers: BIG, Foster+Partners and Grimshaw Architects unveiled winning designs for major pavilions at Dubai Expo 2020.