Spotlight on World Architecture Festival 2024 Shortlist Announced

The 2024 shortlist of the World Architecture Festival has just been announced ahead of this year’s in-person event at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from November 6th to 8th.
A panel of 175 international judges comprising Peter Cook, Nigel Coates, and Mario Cucinella reduced 800 entries to a shortlist of over 480 projects from more than 350 practices across 71 countries. This is the most extended, diverse list of entrants—33 categories, including residential and transport to retrofit—to date. More than 30 more awards are due later this month in the WAFX category, increasing the suspense for the shortlisted finalists.

Completed Buildings:

1. Abrahamic Family House | Adjaye Associates

• Architects: Adjaye Associates
• Country: United Kingdom
• Area: 6500 m²
• Year: 2023
• Photographs: Dror Baldinger, Arwa Alhati

2. 27 Eccleston Place | Buckley Gray Yeoman

• Architects: Buckley Gray Yeoman
• Country: United Kingdom
• Year: 2023
• Photographs: Dirk Lindner 

3. National Portrait Gallery | Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell

• Architects: Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell
  
• Country: United Kingdom
• Year: 2023
• Photographs: OlivierHess.com

4. Laboratory for Explorative Architecture & Design Ltd. | MemutAR 竹旋幻居

• Architects: MemutAR 竹旋幻居
  
• Country: Hong Kong
• Year: 2023

5. Almana Hospital | Almana Group

• Architects: Almana Group
• Country: Saudi Arabia
• Year: 2023
• Photographs: Alwaleed Alfuzaia

6. Holt Watters Field Camp | Colorado Building Workshop

• Architects: Colorado Building Workshop
• Country: United States
• Year: 2023
• Photographs: Rick Sommerfeld, Rob Cleary 

  

  

  

7. Artyzen Singapore | ONG&ONG

• Architects: ONG&ONG
• Country: Singapore
• Year: 2023

8. Al Suave | 5 Patas al Gato / Pepe Cabrera Homes

• Architects: 5 Patas al Gato / Pepe Cabrera Homes
• Country: Spain
• Year: 2023
• Photographs: Topofilia Studio

9. House of Cycles | RT+Q Architects

• Architects: RT+Q Architects
• Country: Singapore
• Year: 2024
• Photographs: Masano Kawana

10. 443 Queen St | WOHA

• Architects: WOHA 
• Country: Australia
• Year: 2024
• Photographs: Cieran Murphy and Christopher Frederick Jones

11. Clerys Quarter | Henry J Lyons

• Architects: Henry J Lyons 
• Country: Ireland
• Year: 2023
• Photographs: Donal Murphy, Aerial

12. 150 Holbornn | Perkins+Will

• Architects: Perkins+Will
• Country: United Kingdom
• Year: 2023
• Photographs: Luke Hayes, Timothy Soar

13. Foundry,Royal Thai Naval Dockyard | Naval Public Works Department

• Architects: Naval Public Works Department
• Country: Thailand
• Year: 2024
• Photographs: Naval Public Works Department

14. Shenzhen Women & Children’s Center | MVRDV

• Architects: MVRDV
• Country: Netherlands
• Year: 2024
• Photographs: Xia Zhi

15. Avinya Academy | DesignOne

• Architects: DesignOne
• Country: Sri Lanka
• Year: 2023
• Photographs: Ramitha Watareka

16. Sunita Shekhawat Flagship Store and Gallery | One Design (INCLS)

• Architects: Studio Lotus
• Country: India
• Year: 2024
• Photographs: Ishita Sitwala

17. National Rugby Training Centre | Blight Rayner Architecture

• Architects: Blight Rayner Architecture
  
• Country: Australia
• Year: 2023
• Photographs: Christopher Frederick Jones

18. Architectural Design Of Liangzi Island Off-island Pier, Rational and Emotional | UAO Design

• Architects: UAO Design
• Country: China
• Year: 2024
• Photographs: Yilong Zhao