Spanning 30 categories and including architects in over 40 countries the WAF shortlist is the definitive compendium of global architectural excellence in 2014. The WAF awards are the only global architectural awards where you can actually hear directly from all of the shortlisted entrants. Festival attendees can watch presentations from every single shortlisted architect and also find out what the judges think of each project.

Commercial Mixed-Use - World Architecture Festival

Vanke Jiugong Mixed-Use Development ,Spark,China © Spark

• Vanke Jiugong Mixed-Use Development,SPARK,China

• Agashiyan ,Sanjay Puri Architects,India

• Hengqin International Financial Center,Aedas,China

• Wellness Center,Blank Architects,Russia

• Isfahan Dreamland Commercial Center,Farshad Mehdizadeh Architects,Iran

• 500 Broadway,Koning Eizenberg,United States

• Nansha JinZhuWan Comprehensive Development,Ronald Lu & Partners,China

• Takson Plaza,Ronald Lu & Partners,China

• Hong Kong Arcology SkyScraper,Studio Cachoua Torres Camilletti,Hong Kong S.A.R.,China

• Halaskargazi Mixuse,Tabanlioglu Architects,Turkey

• Straume Town Centre,Haptic Architects,Norway

• Qianhai Mixed-Use Development,TFP Farrells Limited,China

• Mapletree Minhang Business City & VivoCity,Aedas,China

• Rive Droite,ATELIER ARCAU,China

Competition Entries - World Architecture Festival

Crashing Waves, Tongyeong Concert Hall,Form4 Architecture,South Korea © Form4

• Z15,TFP Farrells Limited,China

• Shanghai Shibei Hi-Tech Service District Plot 4,SPARK,China

• Orange Shelter Project,PHL Architects,Indonesia

• Crashing Waves, Tongyeong Concert Hall,Form4 Architecture,South Korea

• Sanguine Lily: 1916 Centenary Chapel at Glasnevin Cemetery,Form4 Architecture   Ireland

• Glass Butterfly,Form4 Architecture,Denmark

• Redevelopment of Island School,Ronald Lu & Partners,Hong Kong S.A.R., China

• "Udarnik" Centre for Contemporary Arts , Moscow,BLANK ARCHITECTS /JOHN MCASLAN + PARTNERS/ RALPH APPELBAUM ASSOCIATES,Russia

• ITO Passage & Public Square,Tabanlioglu Architects & NSMH,Turkey

• Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,5468796 Architecture + number TEN architectural group Canada

• Shanghai Planetarium,Perkins + Will,China

• A Museum of Civilisations,GM Architects,Lebanon

• Return - The storage of natural life,Ho Chi Minh University of Architecture,Vietnam

Culture(Completed Buildings) - World Architecture Festival

Danish Maritime Museum,BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group,Denmark © BIG

• Akiha Ward Cultural Center,Chiaki Arai Urban and Architecture Design,Japan

• Danish Maritime Museum,BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group,Denmark

• OSU Postal Plaze Gallery,Elliott + Associates Architects,United States

• Bombay Arts Societ,Sanjay Puri Architects,India

• Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre,Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp,Australia

• Garangula Gallery,Fender Katsalidis Mirams Architects,Australia

• Library of Birmingham integrated with the Repertory Theatre,Mecanoo,United Kingdom

• Dongdaemum Design Plaza,Zaha Hadid Architects,South Korea

• Opera Florence,ABDR Architetti Associati,Italy

• Lenbachhaus Museum,Foster + Partners,Germany

• Acoustic Shells,Flanagan Lawrence,United Kingdom

Culture(Future) - World Architecture Festival

Bergama Cultural Center,EAA-Emre Arolat Architects,Turkey © EAA

• HINDU TEMPLE,SANJAY PURI ARCHITECTS,India

• Bergama Cultural Center,EAA-Emre Arolat Architects,Turkey

• MAU Religious Complex,EAA-Emre Arolat Architects,Turkey

• Renovation of Tianjin Textile Mill,Tianhua Architecture Planning & Engineering,China

• Sugar Mill Chapel,AMZ ARQUITETOS,Brazil

• The Bamboo Playhouse,Eleena Jamil Architect,Malaysia

• Dakar Congress Center,Tabanlioglu Architects,Senegal

• NANJING LIGHT HOUSE,Archiland Consultant International,China

• Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre,SSH,Kuwait

• FREEDOM OF THE PRESS MONUMENT,Gustavo Penna Arquiteto & Associados,Brazil

Display(Completed Buildings) - World Architecture Festival

Te Kaitaka 'The Cloak',Fearon Hay Architects,New Zealand Image:fearonhay.com

• Te Kaitaka 'The Cloak',Fearon Hay Architects,New Zealand

• Buk Seoul Museum of Art, SeMA,Samoo Architects & Engineers,South Korea

• Christchurch Botanic Gardens Centre,Patterson Associates,New Zealand

• Cellular Tessellation,Abedian School of Architecture, Bond University,Australia

Education - World Architecture Festival

Karura Forest Educational Centre,Boogertman + Partners Architects,Kenya Image:designindaba.com

• FPT Technology Building,Vo Trong Nghia Architects,Vietnam

• The Cam An communal house,Vo Trong Nghia architects,Vietnam

• SDS SCHOOL,SANJAY PURI ARCHITECTS,India

• Karura Forest Educational Centre,Boogertman + Partners Architects,Kenya

• Children square Iguatemi,studio mk27,Brazil

• METU Research Center,EAA-Emre Arolat Architects,Turkey

• Spiral School in Manila,Tezuka Architects,Philippines

• Syracuse University Energy Campus,Rogers Partners Architects + Urban Designers,United States

Experimental - World Architecture Festival

Bubbles,Orproject,China Image:gizmag.com

• Bubbles,Orproject,China

• IDE [Instant Domestic Enclosure] PROJECT,Architecture Project,Philippines

• Flux City,Desitecture,United Arab Emirates

• Skyfarm,Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Arup Associates,Italy

Health(Completed Buildings) - World Architecture Festival

HEALTH CITY NOVENA,SURBANA INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS PTE LTD AND BROADWAY MALYAN ASIA PTE LTD,Singapore Image:broadwaymalyan.com

• Hisham A. Hamad Alsager Cardiac Center,AGi architects,Kuwait

• HEALTH CITY NOVENA,SURBANA INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS PTE LTD AND BROADWAY MALYAN ASIA PTE LTD,Singapore

• The Extension of The People's Hospital of Futian, Shenzhen, China,Leigh & Orange ,China

Higher Education And Research - World Architecture Festival

Jockey Club Innovation Tower,Zaha Hadid Architects,Hong Kong S.A.R., China Image:urdesign.it

• Australian PlantBank,BVN Donovan Hill,Australia

• Medical Science 2, University of Tasmania,Lyons,Australia

• University of Paris IV-Sorbonne's Clignancourt Centre,GPAA,France

• Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Administration Information Building,Aedas,China

• Aula Medica,Wingårdh Arkitektkontor,Sweden

• Dalarna Media Library,ADEPT,Sweden

• Manchester School of Art,Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios,United Kingdom

• Vol Walker Hall & the Steven L Anderson Design Center,Marlon Blackwell Architect,United States

• Jockey Club Innovation Tower,Zaha Hadid Architects,Hong Kong S.A.R., China

• THE 82 BANK LEARNING CENTER,NIKKEN SEKKEI,Japan

• Deakin University, Burwood Highway Frontage building,Woods Bagot,Australia

• Library and Learning Centre, University of Economics,Zaha Hadid Architects,Austria

• Sustainable Industries Education Centre - Tonsley Tafe,MPH Architects,Australia

• Departments Of Law And Central Administration,  Vienna University of Economics and Business,Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau,Austria

• Abedian School of Architecture, Bond University,Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau,Australia

• Griffith University: Rescuing the Declining Campus,Cox Rayner Architects,Australia

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