The twelfth edition of annual World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced winners for the Future Project of the Year 2019, Landscape of the Year, The Small Project of the Year, The Best Use of Certified Timber, The Use of Colour Prize and more. The WAF 2019 has been held in Amsterdam between December 4-6, 2019. 

World Architecture Community is the official media partner of this year's WAF and INSIDE Festival, a sister festival of WAF.

Besides The World Building of the Year Award and The World Interior of the Year, the WAF has crowned other projects in different categories mentioned above. See WAF Day 1 Winners and DAY 2 Winners here. 

See other winning projects at this year's World Architecture Festival:

Image © ADEPT, KARRES EN BRANDS, Doug & Wolf

The Future Project of the Year 2019: THE CONNECTED CITY Oberbillwerder by ADEPT and KARRES EN BRANDS together with Transsolar, Büro Happold, Kraft.

The Future Project of the Year 2019, which celebrates the best of the world’s architecture that is yet to be completed, was awarded to THE CONNECTED CITY Oberbillwerder designed by ADEPT and KARRES EN BRANDS together with Transsolar, Büro Happold and Kraft. Located between meadows, cultivated farming landscape and the suburban sprawl of Hamburg, the concept outlines a 360 hectare masterplan. Fully built, the development will include a mix of housing (7,000 houses), business (5,000 workplaces), shopping, public buildings and recreational activities.

WAF’s Future Project super jury, included Francine Houben, Founding Partner and Creative Director at Mecanoo and Richard Hassell, Founding Director of last year's World Building winning practice WOHA. Judges felt that the project offered a "response of breathtaking competence and imagination’ to a "grave problem".

Image © Su Shengliang, Zhan Changheng, Zhang Yong

Landscape of the Year 2019: Demonstration Section of Yangpu Riverside Public Space by Original Design Studio

Landscape of the Year 2019 was awarded to Original Design Studio for their project Demonstration Section of Yangpu Riverside Public Space in Shanghai, China. 

The judges commented that this project "reconnects the city with the waterfront by reusing the material language of this historic site in an innovative way with excellent details", providing a smart solution while celebrating Shanghai’s industrial riverside heritage. Lao-Ju River Oasis Restoration of Riverfront Ecosystem by Ecoland Planning and Design Corp was also announced as winners of the Landscape Rural category.

Image © Su Chen, Chun Fang

Small Project of the Year: Studio Link-Arc

The Small Project of the Year was awarded to Studio Link-Arc for their pavilion for children, titled Lokadhatu (The World). Judges highlighted that the design was the ‘most original’, "blurred the boundaries of interior and exterior" and ‘merged with the environment’.

Image © Peter Bennetts

Best Use of Certified Timber: Pingelly Recreation and Cultural Centre, Iredale Pedersen hook architects with Advanced Timber Concepts Studio, Pingelly, Australia

The Best Use of Certified Timber, supported by PEFC, was awarded to iredale pedersen hook architects with Advanced Timber Concepts Studio, for their project Pingelly Recreation and Cultural Centre. Judges expressed that they "were impressed with the efficient and durable timber detailing which delivers comfort and affordability for present and future users". 

A high commendation was also awarded to Anna Noguera and Javier Fernandez for their project Turo de la Peira's sports center and layout of the interior urban block.

Image © archimatika

Use of Colour Prize: archimatika - Comfort Town, Kyiv, Ukraine

The Use of Colour Prize, supported by Eastman, went to Archimatika for their project Comfort Town. The project in Kiev, brings colour to an entire 40 hectare suburb of 180 low-rise apartment buildings. JCY Architects and Urban Designers, Cox Architecture and Billard Leece Partnership with HKS were also highly commended for their project, Perth Children's Hospital.

Image © Janie Airey, Nic Lehoux

Best Use of Natural Light: Hopkins Architects - Smith Campus Center, Harvard University, Boston, USA

Hopkins Architects received the prize for The Best Use of Natural Light, supported by VELUX, for their project Smith Campus Center, Harvard University. 

Judges felt that the project delivered on multiple levels, with "blurred boundaries of interior and exterior", creating "a seamless mixture of public and private spaces that sensitively enhance an iconic development".

Image © Su Chen, Chun Fang

Engineering Prize: SUP Atelier - Swirling Cloud: Bulletin Pavilion for BJFU Garden Festival, Beijing, China

Image © ATRIUM

Visualisation Prize: ATRIUM

Additional prizes also included the inaugural Visualisation Prize supported by Lumion, won by ATRIUM for their render of SAKHA_Z — Park for the Future Generations.

2019 Student Charrette Final: AMSA, Bridging the Disharmony - A case of Fishing Community, Penthakata Village, Puri, Odisha, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, India.

The winning team was the School of Planning and Architecture (Bhopal, India) for their project, Bridging the Disharmony - A case of Fishing Community, Penthakata Village, Puri, Odisha. Judges highlighted that all six teams "identified very specific conditions where flow was a critical issue". 

Students from the University of Liverpool (United Kingdom), also received a Highly Commended prize for their design, A Blueprint For McDonaldLand: Hong Kong McAlley Hand Book.

Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu

Architectural Photography Award 2019: Laurian Ghinitoiu

Alongside the accolades, the annual display of shortlisted entries from The Architectural Photography Awards 2019 supported by STO, was a highlight of the festival hall. 

This year, the overall winner is Laurian Ghinitoiu with their photograph of The Twist Museum, Kistefos Sculpture Park (Jevnaker, Norway) by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group. The winning image was entered into the Exterior category, and was also announced during the award’s ceremony. 

Judges commented that The World Architecture Festival 2019 had displayed "welcome evidence of serious thinking about environmental and community issues" and "noted the increasing incidents of architecture and landscape integration".

The festival will reconvene in 2020 at a new location in Lisbon for its 13th edition.

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