Archetech Issue 80 2025 | Page 7

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This year’ s 235 shortlisted completed buildings include everything from a New York film studio to the 2025 World Expo pavilions.
The 2025 shortlist sees project entries from the world’ s leading practices – including Bjarke Ingels Group, Foster + Partners, Studio Gang, Grimshaw, Nikken Sekkei, Mario Cucinella Architects, and Perkins & Will, go up against those by some of the world’ s most exciting emerging studios. Within this year’ s shortlist, practices from America are the most highly represented, with China, UK, Australia, India, Canada, Singapore, UAE, Turkey, and Japan also in the top ten.
This year’ s 235 shortlisted completed buildings include everything from a New York film studio to the 2025 World Expo pavilions. The 157 future projects shortlisted include a new airport for Athens and a giant telescope enclosure in Chile. The 64 shortlisted interiors range from a rainforest hotel in Singapore to a noodle bar in Chongqing, while the 12 shortlisted landscapes include a public plaza in the middle of London’ s Canary Wharf and a wildlife eco park in Bhabua, India.
PUZZLE TIRANA by NOA, Co-Author- Atelier4 Photo: © NOA, Atelier4
One Zaabeel by NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Photo: © Hufton + Crow
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