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The World Architecture Festival, held in Berlin from 16 to 18 November 2016, has released its list of the world’s most impressive buildings for the year.
This year, the World Building of the Year award went to Poland’s National Museum in Szczecin’s Dialogue Centre Przelomy by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes.
We previously featured 17 of our favourites from the accomplished shortlist here.
Below, in no particular order, you’ll find the winners in the Completed Buildings category.
- Mixed-Use: Malmö Live, Sweden (Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects)
- Display: The Waterfront Pavilion, Australia (Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp)
- House: House MM, Spain (OHLAB / Oliver Hernaiz Architecture Lab)
- Office: The Zig Zag Building, UK (Lynch Architects)
- Culture: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland (Robert Konieczny, KWK Promes) (also named World Building of the Year)
- Housing: Aluminium Tip, France (Babin+Renaud)
- Schools: German School Madrid, Spain (Grüntuch Ernst Architekten)
- New and Old: Beyazit State Library, Turkey (Tabanlioglu Architects)
- Civic and Community: Salburua Civic Centre, Spain (IDOM)
- Production Energy And Recycling: Floating Fields, China (Thomas Chung)
- Shopping: Crystal Houses, Netherlands (MVRDV)
- Higher Education & Research: Investcorp Building for Oxford University’s Middle East Centre, UK (Zaha Hadid Architects)
- Sport: Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre, Canada (HCMA Architecture + Design)
- Health: Nötkärnan, Sweden (Wingårdh Arkitektkontor)
- Transport: #LightPathAKL, New Zealand (Monk Mackenzie Architects + LandLab)
- Hotels & Leisure: Fushengyu Hotspring Resort, China (Aim Architecture)
- Religion: St.Trinitatis Church, Germany (Schulz und Schulz)
To view a list of 2015’s award-winning buildings, click here. For more information, visit worldarchitecturefestival.com.
