The Three-day Festival to See over 460 Live Pitches from the 2025 Finalists in front of over 160 International Judges

The first award winners of the 2025 World Architecture Festival (WAF) have been announced at Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida. Today has seen shortlisted projects from around the world compete for 22 award categories within Completed Buildings, Future Projects, and Interiors. Award winners include WOW Architects, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, Batlleiroig and Perkins&Will.

Category Award Winners: COMPLETED BUILDINGS  

Civic and Community

• The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas by Fernando Menis in La Laguna, Spain 
• African Flow by Urbanitree in Yaoundé, Cameroon was highly commended.

The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas by Fernando Menis
Photo credit: © Roland Halbe, Simona Rota, Hisao Suzuki

Creative Re-use

• Younghusband by Woods Bagot in Melbourne, Australia 
• DOM-INO HUB by atelier tho.A in Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam, and Meelpakhuis by Studio Akkerhuis in Leiden, Netherlands were highly commended. 

Younghusband by Woods Bagot
Photo credit: © Nose To Tail

Culture

• Shunde Yunlu Wetland Museum by Studio Link-Arc in Foshan, China
• Fenix by MAD in Rotterdam, Netherlands was highly commended.

Shunde Yunlu Wetland Museum by Studio Link-Arc
Photo credit: © Tian Fangfang, Arch-Exist

House & Villa (Urban) 

• Lantern House by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc in Vancouver, Canada
• Twin Lakes House by EKAR Architects in Bangkok, Thailand was highly commended.

Lantern House by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc
Photo credit: © Ema Peter Photography

House & Villa (Rural/Coastal)

• Ridge House by Superkül in Grey County, Ontario, Canada
• Naxxar House by AP Valletta in Naxxar, Malta was highly commended.

Ridge House by Superkül
Photo credit: © doublespace photography

Housing supported

• Isla Intersections Supportive Housing & Paseo by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects in Los Angeles, CA United States
• Terrazas para la vida by Urbanitree in Barcelona, Spain was highly commended.

Isla Intersections Supportive Housing & Paseo by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects
Photo credit: © Eric Staudenmaier

Office

• T3 Diagonal Mar Offices in Barcelona by Batlleiroig in Barcelona, Spain
• Casa BFF by OBR Open Building Research in Milan, Italy was highly commended.

T3 Diagonal Mar Offices in Barcelona by Batlleiroig
Photo credit: © Oriol Gómez

Production, Energy and Logistics

• Quinta de Adorigo Winery by Atelier Sergio Rebelo in Tabuaço, Douro Valley, Portugal
• Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant by Clancy Moore Architects in Arklow, Ireland, and Orange County Sanitation District Headquarters by HDR Inc. in Fountain Valley, California were highly commended.

QUINTA DE ADORIGO WINERY by ATELIER SERGIO REBELO
Photo credit: © Fernando Guerra / FG + SG

Retrofit

• Sirius Redevelopment by BVN in Sydney, Australia
• Transamerica Pyramid Center by Foster + Partners in San Francisco was highly commended.

Sirius Redevelopment by BVN
Photo credit: © Bryn Donkersloot

School

• FK Kindergarten and Nursery by HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro in Nagasaki City, Japan
• Cuizhu Foreign Language School by Studio Link-Arc in Shenzhen, China was highly commended.  

FK Kindergarten and Nursery by HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no shiro
Photo credit: © Ryuji Inoue

Shopping

• Central Nakhon Pathom by stu/D/O Architects in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand 
• Gump's CROSS by EKAR Architects in Bangkok, Thailand was highly commended. 

Central Nakhon Pathom by Stu/D/O Architects
Photo credit: © W Work Space, Jinnawat Borihankijanan

Sport

• Hiwa, Recreation Centre by Warren and Mahoney + MJMA Architecture & Design in Auckland, New Zealand
• Club Cash by Gómez Platero Architecture & Urbanism in Montevideo, Uruguay was highly commended.

Hiwa, Recreation Centre by Warren and Mahoney + MJMA Architecture & Design
Photo credit: © Scott Norsworthy

Category Award Winners: FUTURE PROJECTS 

Civic

• Vancouver Aquatic Centre by MJMA Architecture & Design + Acton Ostry Architects in Vancouver, Canada  

Vancouver Aquatic Centre by MJMA Architecture & Design + Acton Ostry Architects
Photo credit: MJMA Architecture & Design + Acton Ostry Architects

Infrastructure

• Gelephu International Airport by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group in Gelephu, Bhutan
• Da Nang Waste-to-energy Plant by VO TRONG NGHIA (VTN Architects) in Da Nang, Vietnam was highly commended.

Gelephu International Airport by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
Photo credit: © BIG

Leisure-Led Development

• Luana Farms by Plontur Group in Calaca City, Batangas, Philippines
• KIKLIO by K-Studio in Corinthian Gulf, Greece was highly commended.

Luana Farms by Plontur Group
Photo credit: Plontur Group

Masterplanning

• Smithfield Birmingham by Prior + Partners and Field Operations in Birmingham, United Kingdom

Smithfield Birmingham by Prior + Partners and Field Operations
Photo credit: © Lendlease, Prior+Partners, FieldOperations, DavidKohnArchitects, HaworthTompkins, dRMM, BellPhillipsArchitects, InterventionArchitecture, MineshPatelArchitects, EastsideProjects,Cityscape

Sport

• Acclimated Sports + Multipurpose Hall by Avally Design Studio in Davao City, Philippines
• Arena León by HKS Architects in Leon, Mexico was highly commended.

Acclimated Sports + Multipurpose Hall by Avally Design Studio
Photo credit: Avally Design Studio

Urban Design

• Te Ara Tukutuku by LandLAB + SCAPE as part of Toi Waihanga design collective in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, New Zealand

Te Ara Tukutuku by LandLAB + SCAPE as part of Toi Waihanga design collective
Photo credit: LandLAB + SCAPE as part of Toi Waihanga design collective

Category Award Winners: INTERIORS

Hotels

• Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree by WOW Architects | Warner Wong design in Singapore
• Pulso Hotel by Studio Arthur Casas in São Paulo, Brazil was highly commended. 

Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree by WOW Architects | Warner Wong design
Photo credit: © Aaron Pocock

Workplace (Large)

• ADND SILO by ADND LLP in Mumbai, India 

ADND SILO by ADND LLP
Photo credit: © PHX INDIA & Sohaib Ilyas

Workplace (Small)

• Acciona Campus by Perkins&Will in Madrid, Spain
• Treyarch by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris in Los Angeles, United States was highly commended.

Acciona Campus by Perkins&Will
Photo credit: © Timothy Soar

World Architecture Festival (WAF)

World Architecture Festival will take place at Miami Beach Convention Center from 12 - 14 November 2025. Situated in the heart of South Beach and the iconic Art Deco District. WAF is where the world architecture community meets to celebrate, learn, exchange and be inspired.