COMPILED BY Gina Dionisio
The winners of the 2023 World Architecture Festival (WAF) have been announced and the list includes an honourable mention for an outstanding South African project in the Completed Buildings category.
This year, the prestigious World Building of the Year award went to Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio/Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group in China. Located in Jiangbei District, Ningbo City, Huizhen is a bold exploration of ‘efficiency-first’ campus design where time can be ‘wasted’ seriously. The boarding school campus is a ‘floating forest’ with classrooms hung in each corner of the forest and joined by meandering paths.
Locally, the Lapalala Wilderness School by Local Studio were highly commended with an honourable mention in the School category.
Here, in no particular order, are the winner’s from the 2023 Completed Buildings category:
Civic and Community
Taiwan – Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens by Chen-Yu Chiu and the team of Studio Cho in Turkey
Creative Re-use
Kaomai Museums and Tea Barn by PAVA architects in Thailand
Culture
Ravenscar House by Patterson Associates Architects in New Zealand
Display
Turrell Pavilion by Studio MK27 in the Maldives
House and Villa, sponsored by GROHE
Veil House by 5468796 Architecture in Canada
Office
Surat Diamond Bourse by Morphogenesis in India
Production, Energy and Logistics
THE COURTYARD CCR LAB by SANJAY PURI ARCHITECTS in India
School
Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio/Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group Co. Ltd in China
Sport
Quzhou Stadium by MAD Architects in China
Health
Victorian Heart Hospital by Architectus Conrad Gargett + Wardle in Australia
Religion
Santa Maria Goretti Church by Mario Cucinella Architects in Italy
Higher Education and Research
Boola Katitjin by Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley, Officer Woods Architecture, The Fulcru Agency and Aspect Studio in Australia
Hotel and Leisure, sponsored by GROHE
Lanserhof Sylt by ingenhoven associates in Germany
Mixed Use
Battersea Power Station by WilkinsonEyre in the UK
Retrofit
Vast Gallery & Artist Residency by Persian Garden Design Studio in Iran
Shopping
Shanghai Suhe MixC Worl by Kokaistudios in China
Transport
Elizabeth Line by Grimshaw in the UK
For the full list of winners of the Future Projects and INSIDE category, plus special awards winners, visit worldarchitecturefestival.com
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