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World Architecture Festival

Entries open as WAF heads to Miami

Entries open as WAF heads to Miami

Following Singapore last year, the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2025 is moving to the US for the first time in its 18-year history.

Football, architecture and landscape design in Mexico

Football, architecture and landscape design in Mexico

Set within a regular grid constructed using local materials and traditional techniques, Sordo Madaleno’s seven-hectare site is a veritable football campus.

Winners from the 2024 World Architecture Festival

Winners from the 2024 World Architecture Festival

Another Sydney project has taken out the top prize this year in Singapore, with a wide range of other winnings works from around the world.

World Architecture Festival: Day One winners from Singapore

World Architecture Festival: Day One winners from Singapore

Fresh from Singapore, the first round of winners from day one of the World Architecture Festival have been announced.

Warming up for WAF: Shortlist announced for Singapore 2024

Warming up for WAF: Shortlist announced for Singapore 2024

The shortlist for the 2024 World Architecture Festival has just been announced, with some standout nominees from our region.

Q&A: Hassell and Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project at WAF

Q&A: Hassell and Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project at WAF

Hassell recently presented its gigantic Metro Tunnel Project at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) alongside collaborators Weston Williamson and RSHP. We spoke to Hassell principal Ingrid Bakker about the scale of the work and what’s driving the design.

Towards a golden age of Australian architecture?

Towards a golden age of Australian architecture?

On the eve of 2024, our new editor, Timothy Alouani-Roby, addresses an exciting yet provocative open letter to the Australian architecture community on the opportunities of an era.

Meet the design brains behind GROHE SPA at the World Architecture Festival

Meet the design brains behind GROHE SPA at the World Architecture Festival

At the 2023 World Architecture Festival, we caught up with Antoine Besseyre Des Horts, leader at LIXIL Global Design, Asia to hear about the latest at GROHE.

AIA Gold Medallist Kerstin Thompson at the World Architecture Festival

AIA Gold Medallist Kerstin Thompson at the World Architecture Festival

Timothy Alouani-Roby caught up with the Melbourne-based architect at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) after her AIA Gold Medal speech.

Five insights from Australian designers at the 2023 World Architecture Festival

Five insights from Australian designers at the 2023 World Architecture Festival

We asked prominent designers travelling to Singapore a simple question: what does Australian design bring to WAF? Here are the five main topics that came up.

China and Sydney provide global standouts in the WAF winners list

China and Sydney provide global standouts in the WAF winners list

After three days of crits, talks and presentations, the full winners of the 2023 World Architecture Festival have been announced.

Winners at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore

Winners at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore

The 2023 World Architecture Festival (WAF) features no less than 44 category prizes – find out about the winners and commendations from days one and two here.