Winners selected from 17 countries worldwide

The World Architecture Community (WAC) has announced the winners of the 52nd Cycle of the WA Awards 10+5+X, a global architecture award that recognizes excellence in architecture, student work, and interior design. This cycle features 35 winning projects from 17 different countries across the three categories: Architecture (Realised / Designed), Student, and Interior Design. ADF (NPO Aoyama Design Forum) continues to support this award as one of its media partners.

Poster image (from left to right): NaP architects' Series of "The Greenery Stacks"
(© NaP architects), Daria Yang Du's BOOM BURST—Art Omi Design Museum in
Hudson Valley (© Daria Yang Du), U-GA Architects' Urban Egg (© Nam Sang-in),
Studio J. Bridgland's Zoland · Emei (© Jonathan Leijonhufvud), Eduardo Martín
Martín's Loe Emotional. Housing In Nature (© Javier Callejas), Sanzpont
Arquitectura's MANA 88 (© Sanzpont Arquitectura), Duy Khoa Dang's Hue Imperial
Heritage Museum (© Duy Khoa Dang), Chí Toàn Nguyễn's Museum Of Steps - OC EO
Ancient Culture Museum (© Toàn Nguyễn).

Award-winning work

Architecture / Realised

In this category, projects by Studio J. Bridgland (China), Eduardo Martín Martín (Spain), and others were selected by honorary members. Additional projects such as those by Mind Architects (South Korea) and Chongqing Architectural Design Institute (China) were democratically selected by WAC community members.

• Zoland · Emei (China), Studio J. Bridgland
• Casa Mad (Costa Rica), Janine Schneider
• Urban Egg (South Korea), U-GA Architects
• Loe Emotional. Housing In Nature (Spain), Eduardo Martín Martín
• Linho House (Brazil), TETRO Architecture
• Gạo Lứt House (Vietnam), Noam Architecture
• Reconstruction of the New Riga Theatre (Latvia), Zaiga Gaile
• Cafe De Pearl (South Korea), Mind Architects
• 7 Houses, 5 Thickness (Turkey), OJAN Design Studio
• Chuanjiang Shipping Culture Park (China), Chongqing Architectural Design Institute

Architecture / Designed

Innovative unbuilt proposals were awarded in this category, including works by Sanjay Puri Architects (India), Razvan Barsan (Romania), and Momken Studio (Iran).

• MANA 88 (Mexico), Sanzpont Arquitectura
• BOOM BURST — Art Omi Design Museum (USA), Daria Yang Du
• Altaona Sports & Wellness Resort (Spain), Sanzpont Arquitectura
• The Greenery Stacks (Vietnam), NaP architects
• Mangifera Centre (India), Sanjay Puri Architects
• Dracula Land Arena (Romania), Razvan Barsan
• LanChe Eco Village (Vietnam), NaP architects
• Tuga Factory Building (Iran), Momken Studio
• SMC High Rise Office Campus (India), INI Design Studio
• Podgrica Museum District (Montenegro), A-Fact Architecture Factory

Architecture / Student

Award-winning student projects tackled themes ranging from cultural identity to urban transformation, with participants from Vietnam, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and more.

• My Nghiep Brocade Weaving Cultural Center (Vietnam), Huy Vo Doan Duc
• Terranova Nature Museum (Saudi Arabia), Ismail Darwish
• Blockade (Turkey), Berk Kandemir
• Saudi Heritage Commission Headquarters (Saudi Arabia), Mohammed Almohaimeed
• Another Transparency: Reimagining the Civic Core (USA), Meng An
• Museum Of Steps - OC EO Ancient Culture Museum (Vietnam), Chí Toàn Nguyễn
• HEALOW (Turkey), Ali Özgür Kaya
• Hue Imperial Heritage Museum (Vietnam), Duy Khoa Dang
• UNAXIS (Turkey), İbrahim Bayazıt
• Self-Sufficient Neighborhood: Sub-Loop (Turkey), Beyza Kaya

Interior Design / Realised

This category highlighted innovative interior projects from China, Turkey, and Nepal that explored the possibilities of residential and public space design.

• ARTCATION (China), Guoxi Fang
• Veranda Turgutreis House (Turkey), Sinem Serhatlı
• Shanker Group HQ (Nepal), Studio Symbiosis

ARTCATION, China, by Guoxi Fang (c) Weiren Huang

Shanker Group HQ, Nepal, by Studio Symbiosis (c) Sunny Shreshtha

Veranda Turgutreis House, Turkey, by Sinem Serhatlı (c) Fevzi Ondu

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