World Architecture Festival

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.

The World Architecture Festival has revealed the winners of the Special Prize, which celebrates exceptional architectural merit. This year's selection includes the winner of the Timber Prize, as well as Best Use of Color, and more.

Gleaming high-rises and luxury homes are all well and good, but sublime architecture usually begins with a drawing. The World Architecture Festival aims to celebrate both digital and pencil and paper creativity with its Architecture Drawing Prize.

The World Architecture Festival has announced its shortlisted projects for the 2021 Timber Prize. The competition recognizes superb buildings from around the world that highlight the beauty and versatility of wood as a building material.

The winner of the Architectural Photography Awards has been announced during the WAF in Amsterdam. Laurian Ghinitoiu won the overall prize for his stunning photo of the BIG-designed museum The Twist, while also picking up two category awards.

The 2019 Inside World Festival of Interiors recently took place in Amsterdam alongside the World Architecture Festival. During the annual event, the JCA Living Lab, a renovated home in Taipei, Taiwan, was named the World Interior of the Year.

A disused railway storage shed that's been transformed into an innovative public library has been awarded the prestigious World Building of the Year prize at the 2019 World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam.

Whether a computer-created render or hand-drawn sketch, drawings play a crucial role in the creation of the buildings that surround us. With this in mind, the World Architecture Festival has declared the winner of the 2019 Architecture Drawing Prize.

The World Architecture Festival has announced the 2019 Architectural Photography Awards shortlist. It consists of 24 stunning images, including a New York City viewing point, a Shenzhen skyscraper, and a Danish museum that does the twist.

Following the recent unveiling of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) shortlist, its sister event, the Inside World Festival of Interiors, has revealed its own 2019 shortlist. The awards celebrates the best, boldest, and most innovative interior designs from around the world.