Archetech Issue 44 2019 | Page 10

Photo credit Darren Soh WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL 2019 SHORTLIST HERALDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL 2019 Architects grapple with some of the world’s most pressing challenges in the twelfth edition of the World Architecture Festival, the world’s biggest architectural awards programme, which has announces its shortlist. Following the establishment of ‘Architects Declare’ a collective of some of the most renowned practices who have come together to announce a state of climate emergency, this year’s World Architecture Festival shortlisted entries include designs that demonstrate how buildings can play a major role in a more sustainable future. Amongst the shortlist is an eco-airport in Singapore designed by Safdie architects centred around a 15,000m 2 state-of-the-art, indoor public garden, which features a 40-metre indoor waterfall falling through the centre of a doughnut-shaped glass roof, alongside 3,000 trees and 100,000 shrubs from around the globe. Dortheavej