December 4–6, 2019
Amsterdam
Netherlands
The WAF awards are the “Oscars of architecture” and are recognised by architects, designers and industry experts as the only truly global architecture awards celebrating the very best in design. Do you have what it takes to join the WAF Awards winners including Zaha Hadid Architects, BIG, Snøhetta, Isay Weinfeld and Foster + Partners as well as ones to watch Vo Trong Nghia, Farshad Mehdizadeh and Gustavo Penna, to name a few?
The Awards are the largest live event of its type in the world. All shortlisted practices will present their proposals live, in front of festival delegates and the international judging panels. As well as the 30+ category winners, the super-jury will choose the best building of the year, the best future project, and the best completed landscape. The super-jury members for this year’s festival include Francine Houben, Ben van Berkel, Murat Tabanlıoğlu, Carin Smuts and Maria Warner Wong.
In addition, WAF also presents a series of prizes covering small projects, best use of colour, best use of timber, best engineering, best use of natural light and the Amsterdam Prize.
The WAFX awards, launched to mark the tenth anniversary of the Festival in 2017, will continue to be presented to future projects that address specific problems likely to affect architects over the coming years, such as climate and social equity.
The 12th edition of the Festival will take place in Amsterdam (December 4–6), where more than 550 architectural practices are expected to compete for category and overall prizes, presented at the Gala Awards Dinner which will be hosted at the historic Beurs van Berlage.
Award entries are now open until May 3. For further information on how to enter the awards visit: www.worldarchitecturefestival.com
WAF Partners include Founder Partner Grohe and Headline Partners ABB Busch-Jaeger and Miele.
For more details on how to enter the WAF Awards please visit www.worldarchitecturefestival.com.
