World Architecture Community Awards 40th Cycle Winners

World Architecture Community has announced the winners of WA Awards 10+5+X 40th Cycle in Architecture and Interior Design sections. WA Awards presents 43 different winning projects from 17 different countries with a fantastic mix of building types, spanning from China to Italy, Turkey to United Arab Emirates. In short, the winning countries can be listed as Vietnam, China, India, Sri Lanka, Italy, United States, Kazakhstan, Iran, Mexico, Turkey, Moldova, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, Greece, France, Germany, Japan. ADF (NPO Aoyama Design Forum) has continuously supported the award as one of the media partners.

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from left to right: Striatus bridge by ZHA (© naaro), Brick Lattice House by Srijit Srinivas (© Justin Sebastian), Binh House by VTN Architects (© Hiroyuki Oki, Quang Dam), Museum of Life by Davood Boroojeni Office (© Peno Visualization Studio), Infinitus Plaza by ZHA (© Liang Xue), DE Bodrum Museum by Alper Aytaç (© Ivabox), Chasing Light by AD ARCHITECTURE (courtesy of AD ARCHITECTURE), Super-Hydro-City! by Chester Goh (courtesy of Chester Goh).

WA Awards 10+5+X 40th Cycle Architecture/Realised category

In Architecture/Realised category, Zaha Hadid Architects won the WA Award with 2 projects: Infinitus Plaza from China and Striatus 3D-printed bridge in Italy, which have been selected by the Votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles in Realised category and selected democratically, through the Votings of WAC Community Members.

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Zaha Hadid Architects' Striatus bridge in Italy won the WA Award in the 40th Cycle in Realised category. Image © naaro

In addition, VTN Architects' Binh House in Vietnam and Srijit Srinivas' Brick Lattice House in India, ROOM+ Design & Build's TREE-HOUSE in Vietnam, Damith Premathilake's Holiday Retreat At Diyathalawa in Sri Lanka are among the winners of the 40th Cycle in the Realised category. 

Category Winners Full List 

Selected by the votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles (10 projects)

Selected democratically, through the votes of community members (+5 projects)

WA Awards 10+5+X 40th Cycle Architecture/Designed category

In Architecture/Designed category, Studio Symbiosis' Amar Villa in India, Alper Aytac's DE Bodrum Museum in Turkey, Davood Boroojeni Office's Museum Of Life in Iran won the WA Awards, which have been selected by the Votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles in Designed category and selected democratically, through the Votings of WAC Community Members.

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Alper Aytac's DE Bodrum Museum in Turkey won the WA Award in the 40th Cycle in Designed category. Image © Ivabox

Moreover, Yazgan Design Architecture's Courtyard Villa in Kazakhstan, Aplus Architects' Tiny Club House in Vietnam have been selected by the Votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles in Designed category and selected democratically, through the Votings of WAC Community Members.

Category Winners Full List 

Selected by the votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles (10 projects)

Selected democratically, through the votes of community members (+5 projects)

WA Awards 10+5+X 40th Cycle Architecture/Student category 

In Architecture/Student category, Faisal Hossain's Celebrating Tea in Bangladesh, Ceren Erguler's Transnational Intersection in Turkey, Chester Goh's Super-Hydro-City! in China, Shafaq Qamar's ASCENSION: An Elevated Urban Realm in United Arab Emirates won the WA Awards in the Student category, which have been selected by the Votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles in Designed category and selected democratically, through the Votings of WAC Community Members.

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Chester Goh's Super-Hydro-City! in China won the WA Award in the 40th Cycle in Architecture/Student category. Image courtesy of Chester Goh

Moreover, Myrto Lada's Connection VII: New Additions At The Research Center ‘Demokritos’ in Greece and Keren Shi's FRACTURE OF REVIVAL - Civic Campus Of Brick Library in United States are also among the winners of the 40th Cycle in the Student category. 

Category Winners Full List 

Selected by the votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles (10 projects)

Selected democratically, through the votes of community members (+5 projects)

WA Awards 10+5+X 40th Cycle Interior Design/Realised category 

In Interior Design/Realised category, Bo Zhang's LAIPIC Exhibition Hall from China, AD ARCHITECTURE's Da Dong Gastro Esthetics in China, SALONE DEL SALON's Yung Zing Tung Copper Culture Gallery in China won the WA Awards, which have been selected by the Votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles in Designed category and selected democratically, through the Votings of WAC Community Members.

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Bo Zhang's LAIPIC Exhibition Hall from China won the WA Award in the 40th Cycle in Interior Design/Realised category. Image courtesy of Bo Zhang

Moreover, Masahiro Yoshida's Goodman Amenity Space and KAMA-ASA Shop in Japan are also among the winners of the 40th Cycle. 

Winners Full List

Selected by the votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles (10 projects)

Selected democratically, through the votes of community members (+5 projects)

Selection Criteria

The competition has 2 selection criteria; One by the Votes of its official jury, composed of honorary members and previous' cycle winners, delivering 10 awards, in each of the three categories (Realised, Designed and Student). 

Another by the Votes of WAC's registered members who decide to Vote, which makes the +5, a totally democratic selection.

In a category, if there are less than 15 submissions in total, in that case, 2/3 of the submitted projects that have the higher votes by the cycle's official jury and 1/3 of the submitted projects that have the higher votes by the registered members are awarded.

41st Cycle of WA Awards is Now Open for Submission

The 41st Cycle of WA Awards is now open for submissions until 8 July 2022.