ARCHITECTURAL FOCUS
T3 Diagonal Mar Offices in Barcelona by Batlleiroig in Spain was highly commended.
• Small Project of the Year: The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas by Fernando Menis in La Laguna, Spain
• Student Charette Prize, supported by Broadway Malyan: SPONGE OF THE KEYS by the University of Manitoba
• The Sustainability Prize, supported by ROCKWOOL: 1265 Borregas by MGA | Michael Green Architecture, SERA Architects in Sunnyvale, United States
• The GROHE Water Prize:’ waterspaces’ by Rizoma del agua in Chimalhuacán area, Mexico City, Mexico
Redhill Early Learning Center by Hubo Studio © Iwan Baan
The 40 Under 40 North America event was launched by World Architecture Festival in partnership with The Architect’ s Newspaper to celebrate 40 outstanding young architects from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Jason Wang was awarded a special prize for hand-drawing in the Architecture Drawing Prize
WAFX supported by Dyson The WAFX Prize overall winner has also been announced during the live festival. WAFX recognizes future projects that best use design and architecture to tackle major world issues, including health, climate change, technology, ethics, and values.
Michael Green Architecture, SERA Architects © Ema Peter Photography
Special Prizes
• The American Beauty Prize, supported by the Royal Fine Art Commission Trust: Isla Intersections Supportive Housing & Paseo by Lorcan O’ Herlihy Architects in Los Angeles, CA, United States CBMAA Campus Parking by Marlon Blackwell Architects in Bentonville, USA, was highly commended.
• Best Use of Colour: Alibaba Xixi Tech Campus Landscape by ASPECT Studios in Hangzhou, China Canberra Hospital Expansion by BVN in Canberra, Australia, was highly commended.
• Best Use of Natural Light, supported by VELUX: Redhill Early Learning Center by Hubo Studio in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Quinta De Adorigo Winery by Atelier Sergio Rebelo in Tabuaço, Douro Valley, Portugal was highly commended.
• Best Use of Stone, supported by Turkish Stones: Dialogue with Nature- Commune Store by Atelier Global Limited in Mount Wuyi, Fujian, China
• Best Use of Timber: Quinta De Adorigo Winery by Atelier Sergio Rebelo in Tabuaço, Douro Valley, Portugal
The winning project is Regenerative Tree, a nextgeneration skyscraper by Nikken Sekkei. The project is designed to reduce the whole life carbon cycle of the building by 40 % through measures including: structural optimisation to reduce the use of steel, biomimetic technology to improve the environmental performance of MEP systems, reimagined internal transit systems to reduce energy consumption, and flexible floor plans designed to accommodate diverse workstyles and changes of use across the building’ s lifecycle.
For more details on the 2025 World Architecture Festival winners, please visit: www. worldarchitecturefestival. com @ worldarchfest # WAF25
Regenerative Tree by NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD
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