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2018 World Architecture Festival Concludes, Naming Overall Winners

By Justin Chan
World Architecture Festival

Building of the Year Award: Kumpung Admiralty in Singapore by WOHA Architects

Photo © Patrick Bingham Hall, Darren Soh, Lim Weixiang

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Future Project of the Year: Medellin River Parks in Colombia by Sebastián Monsalve Arquitectura and Juan David Hoyos

Photo © Alejandro Arango

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Small Project of the Year: Piedras Bayas Beachcamp in Chile by Camilo Moraes

Photo © Alejandro Galvez and Cristina Ananias

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Use of Color Prize: Pálás cinema in Ireland by dePaor

Photo © David Grandorge and Peter Maybury

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Glass Future Prize: Tour Montparnasse in Paris by Studio Gang

Photo © Studio Gang

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Landscape of the Year: Pedestrian path along the Gypsum Mines in Barcelona by Batlle I Roig Arquitectura

Photo © Jordi Surroca

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Use of Certified Timber Prize:  International Sydney House in Australia by Tzannes

Photo © Guthrie Project

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December 4, 2018

The 2018 World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam has drawn to a close, naming a slate of overall winners. First held in Barcelona in 2008, the three-day event celebrates projects around the world while raising important issues in the profession. This year’s theme touched on architectural identity. A jury of over 130 judges—including David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates, Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang, and Rem Koolhaas of OMA—reviewed more than 500 projects from 57 countries, before a jury of five narrowed the list down to 12 overall winners. The Building of the Year award—the festival’s highest honor—went to Singapore-based WOHA Architects for its work on Kampung Admiralty, a mixed-use retirement village in the firm’s home country, marking the third time the prize has gone to a project from Singapore. London firm WilkinsonEyre previously won the award in 2012 for the Cooled Conservatories at Gardens by the Bay, while OMA and Buro Ole Scheeren were recognized in 2015 for their collaboration on the residential complex The Interlace.

Other overall winners at this year’s festival included:

  • Future Project of the Year: Medellin River Parks / Botanical Park Master Plan in Colombia by Sebastian Monsalve + Juan David Hoyos
  • Small Project of the Year: Piedras Bayas Beachcamp in Chile by Camilo Moraes
  • Use of Color Prize: Pálás cinema in Ireland by dePaor
  • The Amsterdam Prize: North South Line in Amsterdam by Benthem Crouwel Architects
  • Glass Future Prize: Tour Montparnasse in Paris by Studio Gang
  • INSIDE World Interior of the Year: Yumin Art Nouveau Collection in South Korea by JAC Studios
  • Landscape of the Year: Pedestrian path along the Gypsum Mines in Barcelona by Batlle I Roig Arquitectura
  • Architectural Photography Award: Pawel Paniczko for his images of the Long Museum West Bund in Shanghai by Atelier Deshaus
  • Use of Certified Timber Prize: International House Sydney in Australia by Tzannes
  • WAFX Award: Beloit College Powerhouse in Wisconsin by Studio Gang
  • WAF Research Programme Water Prize: Ciudades Auto-Sostenibles Amazónicas by PUCP and UCL’s Development Planning Unit

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