World Architecture Festival Awards 2018 Shortlist, RAI Amsterdam, Buildings, Architects
World Architecture Festival 2018 Shortlist
WAF Amsterdam, The Netherlands: International Architectural Prize News
30 Jun 2018
World Architecture Festival Awards 2018 Shortlist
World Architecture Festival Reveals 2018 Awards Shortlist
A research centre in Riyadh, a village lounge in rural China and a mosque without a minaret in Iran are among the projects shortlisted in the World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards 2018 ? the world?s biggest architectural awards programme.
WAF will reconvene for its eleventh edition in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 28-30 November this year. This is the first time the event has been hosted in the Dutch capital, following previous editions in Barcelona, Singapore and Berlin. The 2018 awards programme received more than 1,000 entries for the first time, with numbers up 20 per cent compared with 2017. Architects and designers generated 536 shortlisted entries across 81 countries.
Chinese practices submitted the most projects from any country, with 76 per cent more than last year. This reflects the significant level of ongoing development in East Asia and Oceania, with Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore also ranking highly. In Europe, the UK was again well represented, with Turkey also featuring prominently. In tandem with the event being hosted in Amsterdam, the organisers received a record number of Dutch entries, with projects including housing, transpor...