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WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL AWARDS 2014 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
A Buddhist temple in Singapore, an
invisible eco-tourism resort in Turkey, a
maritime museum in Copenhagen and
the new masterplan for Gatwick Airport
are among the projects that have been
shortlisted for the World Architecture
Festival (WAF) awards 2014 – the world’s
biggest architectural awards programme.

Taking place at this year’s seventh
annual World Architecture Festival, the
WAF awards 2014 have attracted entries
from more than 50 countries. The festival
organisers, i2i Events Group, received
entries from across the globe, from

countries such as Costa Rica and Kuwait,
to Japan and Jordan.
The organisers have seen a huge
increase in entries from Asian countries,
with projects in China, Malaysia and
Vietnam up on last year by 87%, 71%
and 140% respectively. The geographic
spread of entries on the shortlist is further
complemented by the variety of projects,
from an opera house in Italy, to a variety of
health facilities in Australia and a chapel
in Brazil.
Buildings designed by established
global practices such as Zaha Hadid
Architects, OMA, Foster & Partners, BIG,
Woods Bagot, KPF, Farrells, Perkins &
Will and Aedas, feature in the shortlisted
entries. Practices will compete across 27
individual award categories, spanning
completed buildings, landscape projects
and future projects, presenting their
shortlisted designs live to international
judging panels and delegates at this
year’s festival.
For the first time, this year’s festival will
have a separate small projects category as
the judges wished to highlight design skill
which had a disproportionate relationship
to the physical size of a project.

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Paul Finch, WAF Programme Director
said: “From small structures to industrial
complexes, the breadth of projects
shortlisted this year reveals the diversity
and strength of global architectural
design. It also demonstrates the
creativity and tenacity of the international
architectural community in creating these
truly remarkable schemes.”
The 2014 festival is being held in
Singapore for the third time, taking place
between 1 – 3 October. The winners
of each future project and completed
building category are put forward to
compete for the coveted World Building
or Future Project of the Year award,
presided over by the festival’s ‘super-jury’,
with the presentation of the award being
the culmination of WAF 2014.
This year’s ‘super jury’ comprises a
selection of the world’s leading architects
and designers, led by renowned British
architect Lord Richard Rogers. Rogers will
be joined on the super-jury by:
• Rocco Yim (Hong Kong)
• Julie Eizenberg (USA)
• Enric Ruiz Geli (Spain)
• Peter Rich (South Africa)
www.worldarchitecturefestival.com

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