World Architecture Festival

The World Architecture Festival has revealed its shortlist for 2025's best new buildings. Encompassing 460 projects, from the small scale to the supertall, it's a great opportunity to check out amazing architecture from around the globe.

This year's World Building of the Year has been announced during the World Architecture Festival in Singapore. Australia's Darlington Public School, by fjcstudio, got the nod for its sensitive and inclusive approach to early learning.

Alongside the World Architecture Festival, the World Festival of Interiors has also taken place. 19 Waterloo Street, by SJB, has won the World Interior of the Year for its installation of a multipurpose corner terraced house onto a compact site.

The 2023 WAF World Building of the Year has been revealed. China's Huizhen High School, by Approach Design Studio and Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group, was given the nod for its unusual student-focused design.

Following the WAF shortlist reveal, its sister event, the Inside World Festival of Interiors, has also unveiled its shortlist. Featuring the world's finest interior design, standout projects include a layered plywood entrance and a homage to Gaudi.

The World Architecture Festival has revealed its annual awards shortlist. The competition includes 495 projects from around the world, with everything from small sustainable shelters made from bamboo to huge gleaming steel and glass skyscrapers.

The World Festival of Interiors has crowned the Pingtan Children Library, by Condition_Lab, as winner of the World Interior of the Year. The low-cost wooden building creates an attractive light-filled space for children to read, learn and play.

The winner of the World Building of the Year has been named at the close of the World Architecture Festival. Quay Quarter Tower, by 3XN Architects, won for its innovative design, which involved radically renovating an existing skyscraper.

The World Architecture Festival has announced the 2022 Architectural Photography Awards shortlist, featuring 23 fantastic images that capture the best of the built environment, with everything from a mirrored skyscraper to a rock-like music venue.

Big, small, expensive and affordable – almost every conceivable type of building features in this year's World Architecture Festival WAF shortlist, which offers a superb opportunity to take stock of the current state of architecture around the globe.

Alongside the World Architecture Festival, the World Interior of the Year has also been decided. The winner is the Capsule Hostel and Bookstore, a radical renovation of a dilapidated old building in rural China.

The prestigious World Building of the Year prize has been revealed at the close of this year's World Architecture Festival. CopenHill, by Bjarke Ingels Group, has won for its inspired combination of waste-to-energy plant and ski slope.