Shaped like giant rocks embedded in the ground, The Holy Redeemer Church provides a generous civic space in an area long in need of one. Inside, rough forms, textured surfaces and filtered light create an atmosphere of quiet introspection.
From a playful puzzle tower in Albania to a sky temple of travel in Bhutan and an ‘architecture of generosity’ in Vietnam, we’ve selected ten Future Projects shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival.
The 2025 World Architecture Festival shortlist features a sustainable resort camouflaging into the Saudi Desert, NYC Police Stations in dialogue with the neighbourhood, a Portuguese winery blending seamlessly into the vineyards, and the renovation of a San Francisco iconic tower.
The new Darlington Public School in Sydney “has a strong connection with Aboriginal culture,” which is embodied in the redesign.
Hong Kong’s first speakeasy and a canopy house in the Brazilian jungle feature among the interior design projects featured in the shortlist of the 2024 Inside World Festival of Interiors.
Slender House by Spaces Architects@KA is a home for a family of five that occupies a 6x18m site in a vibrant neighbourhood in Delhi, India. The project features an eclectic facade; inside staggered cut-outs and strategically placed skylights foster connections among family members.
The World Architecture Festival announced the winners of the WAFX 2024 Prize. We selected seven human-based projects, including a gasometer turned into a green residential tower and a stacked vertical neighbourhood.
The World Architecture Festival WAF 2024 shortlist features a vertical garden hotel, a university building wrapped in robotically woven fibres, and more.
The Inside World Festival of Interiors 2023 shortlist features a terrace restaurant in Istanbul, the new V&A Photography Centre in London, and a furniture showroom in a former textile warehouse in Beijing.
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.
Conceived as a vertical village, the Quay Quarter Tower won the World Building of the Year Award 2022 at the 15th World Architecture Festival.
Some of the boldest, most beautiful, and most innovative projects from around the world were revealed on the World Architecture Festival – WAF 2022 shortlist. The event will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from November 30 to December 2.
2019 Best Architecture. Zaha Hadid Architects’ giant starfish-shaped airport in Beijing and Thomas Heatherwick’s architectural sculpture in New York, but also a former locomotive hangar turned into an indoor urban plaza and an inclusive LGBT Center in L.A. are among our favourite architectures of the year.
Lochal Library by Civic Architects hosts co-working spaces, conference rooms, education spaces and a large city hall thrive in a former locomotive hangar in the Netherlands.
Traditional craftsmanship is contrasted against modern detailing in the JCA Living Lab apartment in Taipei.
WAF 2019: prominent World Architecture Festival is set to land in Amsterdam from 4-6 December featuring works by major world architects such as Buro Ole Scheeren, Zaha Hadid Architects, Rafael Viñoli Architects and more…
10 shortlisted architectures at the Future Project Award 2019: an ambitious reimagining of Cape Town’s city bowl, a kinetic bridge for Auckland’s waterfront and more.
Tokyo’s populated office blocks, spiraling observation towers from above and clever reflections at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London are among 24 finalists for The Architectural Photography Awards 2019.
World Architecture Festival – WAF 2019 shortlist shows how architects can build a more sustainable future… Starting from a subterranean museum, a treehouse and an eco-airport indoor bio-diversity garden with a 40-metre indoor waterfall.
JAC Studios’ Yumin Art Nouveau Collection is a poetic glass exhibition nested within the elegant interiors of the Tadao Ando-designed Genius Loci building on the coastal landscape of Phoenix Jeju in South Korea.
A tropical rainforest thrives on top of WOHA Architects’ Kampung Admiralty complex which combines community spaces, housing for the elderly, medical facilities, retail, restaurants, and cafes all shared within a single ventilated structure.
An Art-Deco carriage on the Orient Express a molecular pharmacy, a LEGO house and upside-down interlooping escalators… 10 of the best projects at 2018 INSIDE World Festival of Interiors.
Foster & Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, BIG and OMA are among the shortlisted studios competing at the World Architecture Festival Awards 2018.
World Architecture Festival announces the 20 finalists for The Architectural Photography Awards 2018 including images of The Hive at Kew Gardens, Milan Duomo, Asif Khan’s pitch black pavilion for the PyeongChang winter Olympics and Foster + Partners’ Bloomberg headquarters in London.
In the wake of a devastating earthquake, architecture students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong updated traditional building technologies to support Guangming villagers to build anti-seismic and sustainable homes with affordable materials.
Manta rays, whale sharks and shells from the reefs inspired WOW Architects’ St. Regis Maldive Vummuli Resort which aims to raise awareness on sustainability and pays homage to local craftsmanship.
Suzhou Chapel by Neri and Hu features undulating brick walls leading to a floating white box which glows at night.
A butterfly pavilion, Airbnb headquarters and fancy hotels from the Maldives to Singapore. 2017 World of Interiors announces the finalists for this year awards.
Tetsuya Matsumoto’s Cutting Edge Pharmacy in Japan reflects patients’ trust in advanced medicine with a welcoming and essential architecture and linear interiors.
