WINNERS: World Architecture Festival 2015

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The winners of the world’s best buildings have been announced at this year’s World Architecture Festival, held in Singapore from 4 – 6 November.

The overall winner for World Building of the Year went to Singapore-based residential development, The Interlace (which we featured here).

Browse our gallery above to view the award-winning projects. Below, in no particular order, you’ll also find a list of the world’s best completed buildings for 2015.

  • Civic & Community: Cam Thanh Community House, Vietnam (1+1>2 International Architecture JSC)
  • Display: Brazil Pavilion at Milan Expo 2015, Italy (Arthur Casas / Marko Brajovic)
  • Higher Education & Research: Toho Gakuen School of Music, Japan (Nikken Sekkei)
  • House: Saigon House, Vietnam (a21 Studio)
  • Housing: The Interlace, Singapore (OMA / Ole Scheeren)
  • Mixed-Use: Casba, Australia (Billard Leece / SJB Architects)
  • Office: HIGO, Japan (Nakayama Architects)
  • Shopping: Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu, China (The Oval Partnership)
  • Culture: Soma City Home for All, Japan (Klein Dytham Architecture)
  • Health: Walumba Elders Centre, Australia (iredale pedersen hook architects)
  • Hotel & Leisure (sponsored by Grohe): Lanserhof, Lake Tegern, Germany (Ingenhoven Architects)
  • New & Old: Courtyard House Plugin, China (People’s Architecture Office)
  • Production, Energy & Recycling: Fabrica de Oliva, Uruguay (Marcelo Daglio Arquitectos)
  • Religion: Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Qatar (Mangera Yvars Architects)
  • Schools: Ballet School, Russia (Studio 44 Architects)
  • Sport (sponsored by Figueras): San Mamés Stadium, Spain (Azcárate (ACXT-IDOM))
  • Transport: Fulton Center, USA (Grimshaw / Arup / James / Carpenter / HDR / Page Ayres Cowley)

Read more about the World Building of the Year 2015.