
COMPILED BY Lindi Brownell Meiring
The annual World Architecture Festival is back with its awards shortlist of some of 2018’s most iconic buildings.
The winners, which includes the overall winner of World Building of the Year, will be announced at the Festival, to be held from 28 to 30 November 2018 in Amsterdam.
Below is a selection of 22 stand-out examples from this year’s Completed Buildings category.
Civic and Community: Kieran Timberlake, US Embassy in London, London, United Kingdom
Image: Richard Bryant via kierantimberlake.com
Civic and Community: ONG&ONG, Heartbeat @ Bedok, Singapore, Singapore
Image via: ong-ong.com
Culture: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, Zhuhai Opera House, Zhuhai, China
Image via: syeint.com
Culture: Rojkind Arquitectos, Foro Boca Concert Hall, Boca Del Río, Mexico
Image: Jaime Navarro via rojkindarquitectos.com
Culture: Dorte Mandrup, Wadden Sea Centre, Ribe, Denmark
Image via: dortemandrup.dk
Display: Grimshaw, Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, Miami, United States of America
Image: Robin Hill via grimshaw.global
Higher Education and Research: Zaha Hadid Architects, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre KAPSARC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Image: Hufton+Crow via zaha-hadid.com
Hotel and Leisure: 70F architecture, Hof van Duivenvoorde, Voorschoten, Netherlands
Image via: 70f.com
Hotel and Leisure: KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS, Kanda Terrace, Tokyo, Japan
Image via: keyoperation.com
House: Austin Maynard Architects, King Bill, Melbourne, Australia
Image: Maynard Swalwell via maynardarchitects.com
House: Bernardes Arquitetura, Peninsula House, Guarujá, Brazil
Image: Fernando Guerra via bernardesarq.com
Housing, Small Scale: TDCoffice, Saba Residence, Tehran, Iran
Image via: tdcoffice.com
Housing, Large Scale: RT+Q Architects, Fennel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Image via: rtnq.com
Mixed-use: Fluid Motion Architects, Ava Center, Tehran, Iran
Image via: fma-co.com
New and Old: Heatherwick Studio, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
Image: Iwan Baan
Office: Aedas, Lè Architecture, Taipei, Taiwan
Image: Terrence Zhang via aedas.com
Office: stu/D/O Architects Co., Inter Crop Group Headquarter, Bangkok, Thailand
Image: stu-d-o.com
Religion: Plano Humano Arquitectos, Chapel Our Lady of Fátima, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Image via: planohumanoarquitectos.com
Sport: Chiangmai Life Architects, Bamboo Sports Hall at Panyaden International School, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Image via: bamboo-earth-architecture-construction.com
Transport: aLL Design, Pioneer Village, Toronto, Canada
Image via: all-worldwide.com
Villa: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, Two-In-One House, Ekeberglia, Norway
Image: Ivar Kvaal via reiulframstadarchitects.com
Villa: Crosson Architects, DNA House, Coromandel, New Zealand
Image via: crosson.co.nz
View the full shortlist at worldarchitecturefestival.com. You can also view last year’s shortlist and winners.