COMPILED BY Lindi Brownell Meiring
The annual World Architecture Festival will run from 16 – 18 November 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The shortlist has just been announced, so we decided to pick 17 of our favourite completed buildings from across all categories to share with you. We can’t wait to see who wins big this year!
1. Nakâra 4* Residential Hotel, Cap d’Agde, France
Category: Hotel and Leisure
Lead Architects: Jacques Ferrier Architecture
2. Akagane Museum, Niihama City, Japan
Category: Culture
Lead Architects: Nikken Sekkei
3. Fushengyu Hotspring Resort, Mianyang, China
Category: Hotel and Leisure
Lead Architects: Aim Architecture
4. HOUSE MM, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Category: House
Lead Architects: OHLAB / Oliver Hernaiz Architecture Lab
5. Messner Mountain Museum Corones, Plan de Corones, Italy
Category: Culture
Lead Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
6. Floating, Rizhao, China
Category: Display
Lead Architects: Kris Lin International Design
7. World Maritime University, Tornhuset, Malmö, Sweden
Category: Higher Education & Research
Lead Architects: Terroir & Kim Utzon Architecture
8. Romsdal Folk Museum, Molde, Norway
Category: Culture
Lead Architects: Reiulf Ramstad Architects
9. Naman Retreat Pure Spa, Danang, Vietnam
Category: Hotel and Leisure
Lead Architects: MIA Design Studio
10. The Red House, Auckland, New Zealand
Category: House
Lead Architects: Crosson Architects
11. MOCA Yinchuan, Yinchuan, China
Category: Culture
Lead Architects: waa (we architech anonymous)
12. Tin House, London, UK
Category: House
Lead Architects: Henning Stummel Architects
13. Waterway Terraces, Singapore
Category: Housing
Lead Architects: Aedas
14. The Void, Shinan, South Korea
Category: Mixed Use
Lead Architects: Hyunjoonyoo Architects
15. Montforthaus, Feldkirch, Austria
Category: New and Old
Lead Architects: Hascher Jehle Architektur
16. Novartis Building, Sydney, Australia
Category: Office
Lead Architects: HDR
17. Konieczny’s Ark, Brenna, Poland
Category: House
Lead Architects: Robert Konieczny – KWK Promes
For more information and to view more contenders across all categories, visit worldarchitecturefestival.com.
