African Design Magazine October 2014 | Page 83

Feature: WAF 2014 The winners of each category are put forward to vie for the coveted World Building of the Year award, presided over by the festival’s ‘super-jury’, with the presentation of the award being the culmination of WAF 2014. place at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands between October 1 - 3, 2014. WAF has three central pillars of activity: a wide-ranging conference programme, featuring keynote lectures, dozens of expert-led talks and seminars from thoughtleading architects and designers from across the globe; the world’s largest annual awards programme in which practices from around the world compete across 28 award categories for global recognition; and three festival halls where all award entries are displayed in a unique awards gallery and where sponsors and suppliers can interact with delegates, make new contacts and showcase their services and products. AD The Tent by a21studio (Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam) The Pinch by the Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong (Zhaotong, China) africandesignmagazine.com 83