Architectural Design Award “World Architecture Community Awards” Announces its 41st Cycle Winners

World Architecture Community has announced the winners of WA Awards 10+5+X 41st Cycle in Architecture and Interior Design sections. WA Awards presents 43 different winning projects from 18 different countries with a fantastic mix of building types, spanning from China to Mexico, Spain to Austria. ADF (NPO Aoyama Design Forum) has continuously supported the award as one of the media partners.

Top image (from left to right): Top image (from left to right): Mirai House Of Arches by Sanjay Puri (© Dinesh Mehta), Canteen of Hangzhou Vocational & Technical College, China by UAD (courtesy of UAD), A Field of Otherness by Lang XU (courtesy of Lang XU), Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum and Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum by Can Zhang (courtesy of Can Zhang), KD45 by Studio Symbiosis (courtesy of Studio Symbiosis), BILKENT IN 2121: The Courtyard by Mehmet Doruk Topkaya (courtesy of Mehmet Doruk Topkaya), Vanke Design Commune Front Hall And Auditorium — “Floating Path” by Jingjing Wang (courtesy of Jingjing Wang), Iconic Mosque by Play Architecture (courtesy of Play Architecture)

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.

WA Awards 10+5+X 41st Cycle Architecture/Realised category

In the Architecture/Realised category, UAD won the WA Award with 2 projects: Canteen of Hangzhou Vocational & Technical College from China and Supporting Office Building For Municipal Maintenance In Qianjiang New Town in China, which have been selected by the Votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles in the Architecture/Realised category.

Studio Symbiosis's KD45 in India won the WA Award in the 41st Cycle in Realised category. Image courtesy of Studio Symbiosis

Canteen of Hangzhou Vocational & Technical College was also selected democratically, through the Votings of WAC Community Members. In addition, Caramel architekten's House Rock in Austria and Sanjay Puri's Mirai House Of Arches in India, Davood Boroojeni Office's Kia Lab in Iran, Studio Symbiosis's KD45 in India are among the winners of the 41st Cycle in the Realised category.

Mirai House Of Arches, India by Sanjay Puri Architects

CATEGORY WINNERS FULL LIST 

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

• Canteen of Hangzhou Vocational & Technical College, China by UAD
• Jijiadun Village Conference Center, Kunshan, China by Yang Yan
• Supporting Office Building For Municipal Maintenance In Qianjiang New Town, China by UAD
• Zhengzhou Civic Activity Center, China by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT Co., Ltd.
• KD45, India by Studio Symbiosis
• The Tree Pavilion, Vietnam by Aplus Architects
• House Rock, Austria by Caramel architekten
• Mirai House Of Arches, India by Sanjay Puri Architects
• Kia Lab, Iran by Davood Boroojeni Office
• Optimizing Building Energy Retrofits Through Cyber-Physical Adaptive Spaces, Artificial Intelligence, and Occupants’ Biosignals, United States by Mona Ghandi

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

• Canteen of Hangzhou Vocational & Technical College, China by UAD
• Zhengzhou Civic Activity Center, China by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT Co., Ltd.
• Kia Lab, Iran by Davood Boroojeni Office
• Optimizing Building Energy Retrofits Through Cyber-Physical Adaptive Spaces, Artificial Intelligence, and Occupants’ Biosignals, United States by Mona Ghandi
• GLASS-BLOCK HOUSE, Vietnam by ROOM+ Design & Build

WA Awards 10+5+X 41st Cycle Architecture/Designed category

In Architecture/Designed category, Farzan Shamasblou's Dr. Hessabi Cultural Centre in Iran, Lang XU's A Field of Otherness in China, Qutub Mandviwala's Diagnostic Centre At Bikaner in India won the WA Awards, which have been selected by the Votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles and selected democratically, through the Votings of WAC Community Members.

Lang XU's A Field of Otherness in China won the WA Award in the 41st Cycle in Designed category. Image courtesy of Lang XU

Moreover, Zhejiang Qingkun Architecture & Planning Design Co., Ltd.'s Bijie Real Blue Center Commercial Street in China, PT Architecture Design's Concept Planning of Shenzhen Hongfa Yuejian Park in China have been selected by the Votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles and selected democratically, through the Votings of WAC Community Members.

Bijie Real Blue Center Commercial Street, Image Credit : Zhejiang Qingkun Architecture & Planning Design Co., Ltd. ， Bijie Hengtai Qingkun Real Estate Co., Ltd.

CATEGORY WINNERS FULL LIST 

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

• Dr. Hessabi Cultural Centre, Iran by Farzan Shamasblou
• A Field of Otherness, China by Lang XU
• Bijie Real Blue Center Commercial Street, China by Zhejiang Qingkun Architecture & Planning Design Co., Ltd.
• Diagnostic Centre At Bikaner, India by Qutub Mandviwala
• Iconic Mosque, India by Play Architecture 
• Concept Planning of Shanghai Nuogang Science Park, China by PT Architecture Design
• Station under the lake, China by Liu Jinrui
• Concept Planning of Shenzhen Hongfa Yuejian Park, China by PT Architecture Design
• Inverted House, Iran by Mahtab Hasani
• Yanbu - Tourism Activation Centre, Saudi Arabia by Baca Architects

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

• Dr. Hessabi Cultural Centre, Iran by Farzan Shamasblou
• A Field of Otherness, China by Lang XU
• Bijie Real Blue Center Commercial Street, China by Zhejiang Qingkun Architecture & Planning Design Co., Ltd.
• Diagnostic Centre At Bikaner, India by Qutub Mandviwala
• Concept Planning of Shenzhen Hongfa Yuejian Park, China by PT Architecture Design

WA Awards 10+5+X 41st Cycle Architecture/Student category 

In Architecture/Student category, Mobina Mirzaei's Shariati College Hall in Iran, Hamza Mucahit Unlu's Traces of the Identity in Turkey, won the WA Awards in the Student category, which have been selected by the Votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles and selected democratically, through the Votings of WAC Community Members.

Mobina Mirzaei's Shariati College Hall in Iran won the WA Award in the 41st Cycle in Architecture/Student category. Image courtesy of Mobina Mirzaei

Moreover, Mehmet Doruk Topkaya's BILKENT IN 2121: The Courtyard in Turkey and Lena Lahalih's Palestinian Cinematecture: Recapturing Reality via Architecture Narrative in Palestine, Polin Chuang's Future Village in Taiwan are also among the winners of the 41st Cycle in the Student category.

Future Village, Taiwan by Polin Chuang

CATEGORY WINNERS FULL LIST 

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

• Shariati College Hall, Iran by Mobina Mirzaei
• BILKENT IN 2121: The Courtyard, Turkey by Mehmet Doruk Topkaya
• Palestinian Cinematecture: Recapturing Reality via Architecture Narrative, Palestine by Lena Lahalih
• Reuse the Greenhouse and Wine warehouse, Russia by Silviya Al Ubed
• DUL- DULI ISLAND INTERPRETATION CENTER, Jordan by Ruqaya Hani
• Traces of the Identity, Turkey by Hamza Mucahit Unlu
• Future Village, Taiwan by Polin Chuang
• WIN-WIND ENERGY, France by Sidoine TAKAM
• CODE RED, Turkey by Behiye Sezin Genç
• Life Light, Iran by Sajjad Navidi

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

• Shariati College Hall, Iran by Mobina Mirzaei
• Traces of the Identity, Turkey by Hamza Mucahit Unlu
• Topographic Voids, Colombia by Juan Ramirez
• A HIPPIE LIVING ON THE OLD PARKING GARAGE, Germany by Manh Hoan Dao
• Rayhanat Al Samaa Mosque, Saudi Arabia by Mohammed Al-Nisafi

WA Awards 10+5+X 41st Cycle Interior Design/Realised category 

In the Interior Design/Realised category, Can Zhang's Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum and Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum from China, LAPIS BUREAU's RED Club in China, Jingjing Wang's Vanke Design Commune Front Hall And Auditorium — “Floating Path” in China won the WA Awards, which have been selected by the Votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles and selected democratically, through the Votings of WAC Community Members.

RED Club, China by LAPIS BUREAU

Moreover, Hihope Zhu's Chengdu BMW Experience Center in China, Gao Long's Changqing Xuelinfu Community Activity Center in China and Ivana Lukovic's Luminous Minimal Refurbishment in Greece are also among the winners of the 41st Cycle.

Can Zhang's Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum And Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum from China won the WA Award in the 41st Cycle in Interior Design/Realised category. Image courtesy of Can Zhang

CATEGORY WINNERS FULL LIST 

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

• Vanke Design Commune Front Hall And Auditorium — “Floating Path”, China by Jingjing Wang
• MG PENTGARDEN, Mexico by Ulises Omar Zuniga Garcia
• Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum and Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, China by Can Zhang
• Chengdu BMW Experience Center, China by Hihope Zhu
• Charisma Lounge, Iran by Mojtaba Mirhosseini
• RED Club, China by LAPIS BUREAU
• TMN Lobby, Spain by sanzpont arquitectura
• Chongqing Tiandi Shark Restaurant, China by IGIG DESIGN
• Luminous Minimal Refurbishment, Greece by Ivana Lukovic
• Changqing Xuelinfu Community Activity Center, China by Gao Long

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

• Vanke Design Commune Front Hall And Auditorium — “Floating Path”, China by Jingjing Wang
• Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum and Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, China by Can Zhang
• Charisma Lounge, Iran by Mojtaba Mirhosseini
• RED Club, China by LAPIS BUREAU
• Changqing Xuelinfu Community Activity Center, China by Gao Long

42nd Cycle of WA Awards is Now Open for Submission

With this announcement, we want to also remind you that the 42nd Cycle of WA Awards is now open for submissions. You can submit your entries before 24 October 2022. If you also want your project to get the recognition it deserves, make sure to participate before the deadline is over.