Australian architecture has been recognised on the world stage, with a total of eight Australian projects among the prize winners at World Architecture Festival (WAF).
WAF is the largest global live-judged awards for architects and designers. This year’s three-day event started on Thursday 29 November and ends today at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands.
Over the first two days of the festival, practices from around the world presented hundreds of shortlisted projects, with judges announcing winners at the end of each day.
In the Completed Buildings – Health category, Conrad Gargett (now merged with Architectus) and Wardle took out the top prize for their collaboration on Victorian Heart Hospital. Meanwhile, TERROIR was recognised for Resource Recovery Learning Centre in the Future Projects – Education category.
Inside World Festival of Interiors (Inside) also runs concurrently with WAF, and multidisciplinary practice SJB took out two awards in this program. The first award was for 19 Waterloo Street in the Residential (Single Dwelling) category. SJB was also named winner of the Temporary/Meanwhile Use category for Eucalyptusdom, a collaboration with Richard Leplastrier AO and Vania Contreras.
See the full list of Australian WAF winners below.
Category award winners – Completed Buildings
Health – Victorian Heart Hospital by Conrad Gargett (now merged with Architectus) + Wardle
Victorian Heart Hospital by Conrad Gargett (now merged with Architectus) + Wardle. Photo: Peter Bennetts
Higher Education and Research – Boola Katitjin by Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley, Officer Woods, The Fulcrum Agency and Aspect Studios
Boola Katitjin by Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley, Officer Woods, The Fulcrum Agency and Aspect Studios. Photo: John Gollings
Melbourne Holocaust Museum by Kerstin Thompson Architects was also highly commended in the Culture category, while Iron Creek Bay Farm Stay by Misho and Associates was highly commended in the Hotel and Leisure category.
Category award winners – Future Projects
Education – Resource Recovery Learning Centre by TERROIR
Resource Recovery Learning Centre by TERROIR
Health – Alexandria Health Centre by Warren and Mahoney
Alexandria Health Centre by Warren and Mahoney. Image: Warren and Mahoney
Category award winners: Inside – for best Interior
Residential (Single Dwelling) – 19 Waterloo Street by SJB
19 Waterloo Street by SJB. Photo: Anson Smart
Temporary/Meanwhile Use – Eucalyptusdom by SJB in collaboration with Richard Leplastrier AO and Vania Contreras
Eucalyptusdom by SJB in collaboration with Richard Leplastrier AO and Vania Contreras. Photo: Zan Wimberly
Health and Fitness – Murrenda Residential Aged Care Home by STH
Murrenda Residential Aged Care Home by STH. Photo: Chris Matterson
Workplace (Large) – M&C Saatchi by Woods Bagot
M&C Saatchi by Woods Bagot. Photo: Nicole England
Overall winners still to come
Today, on the final day of the festival, the prize winners across all 44 categories will compete for the ultimate accolades of World Building of the Year, World Interior of the Year, Future Project of the Year and Landscape of the Year.
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