The second round of award winners of the 2024 World Architecture Festival have been announced, following Day Two of live presentations at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, in which hundreds of shortlisted projects were presented by practices from around the world. Amongst today’s category award winners of the world’s largest international live-judged architectural event are RSHP, Woods Bagot, tHE gRID Architects and SAOTA. 

Australia led the way with seven projects announced as winners and highly commended across the categories. The United Kingdom secured four wins and highly commended projects, following Australia. 

Category Award Winners: COMPLETED BUILDINGS 

• Display: MemutAR ???? in Taiwan by Laboratory for Explorative Architecture & Design Ltd.   

• Health: Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre in Australia by Lyons   

• Higher Education & Research: Waimarie – Lincoln University Science Facility in New Zealand by Warren and Mahoney in association with Lab-Works
   
  UCL East, Marshgate in the United Kingdom by Stanton Williams and The P? in New Zealand by Architectus, Jasmax and DesignTribe in Association were both highly commended. 

• Hotel & Leisure supported by GROHE: TAWA Refugio in Chile by CONTEXTO 
   
  Fushi in Japan by Tezuka Architects and Artyzen Singapore in Singapore by ONG&ONG were both highly commended.   

• Mixed-Use: 88 Walker in Australia by fitzpatrick+partners 
   
  Clerys Quarter in Ireland by Henry J Lyons was highly commended.   

• Retrofit: Rhodes House Transformation in the United Kingdom by Stanton Williams 
   
  THE HOUSE WITH SIX SWANS in Latvia by Zaigas Gailes birojs Ltd.   

• Shopping: Newson’s Yard in the United Kingdom by Stiff+Trevillion   

• Transport: Metropolitan Bus Station in Poland by Tremend 
   
  Woven Passage to Cloudy Peaks in China by line+ studio was highly commended. 

Judges of today’s Completed Buildings categories noted the: “innovative solutions to challenging site densities” as well as “Substantial and complex transformations of highly significant heritage buildings” and felt many of the projects delivered “subtle yet tasteful choice of materials, texture and tones”. 

Category Award Winners: FUTURE PROJECTS 

• Commercial Mixed-Use: Shoupé mixed-use project in Iran by KanLan Studio 
  
  Unity Arena in Norway by Rodeo Architects and Salata Business Park in Qatar by Trust Engineering consultancy were both highly commended.    

• Culture: Creative Cluster in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia by IND
  
  Yumuktepe Archaeological Site Covering in Turkey by EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture was highly commended.   

• Education: University of Tasmania Forestry Building in Australia by Woods Bagot 
   
  University Technology of Sydney - National First Nations College in Australia by Warren and Mahoney in association with Greenaway Architects, OCULUS and Finding Infinity was highly commended.  

• Experimental: AGRITECTURE in India by tHE gRID Architects    

• Health: Tatamá Hospital in Columbia by aRE Arquitectura en estudio, OPUS diseño arquitectura paisaje, ABALARK 
   
  New Footscray Hospital in Australia by Cox Architecture + Billard Leece Partnership was highly commended.    

• House: Meru in Kenya by SAOTA   

• Residential: Regent’s View Bethnal Green in the United Kingdom by RSHP   

Judges of today’s Future Projects categories were impressed with the: “rigorous research backing design processes”, and shortlisted concepts that aimed for “expansion of public spaces and inclusion?of?communities”.  

Category Award Winners: INSIDE 

• Public Buildings: Embassy of Australia, Washington D.C. in the United States by Bates Smart 
  
  Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra Hall in Lithuania by MAMA architects was highly commended.   

• Bars & Restaurants: Pang Mei Noodle Bar LFS in China by Office A10   

• Education: WSU Bankstown City Campus in Australia by HDR Pty Ltd 
   
  Children's Library at The Western Academy of Beijing in China by studio vapore and Midsommarkransen Elementary School in Sweden by Tengbom AB were both highly commended.   

• Residential: twentyfour in Malta by 3DM Architecture 
   
  The Back to Front House in Australia by Ian Moore Architects was highly commended.   

• Retail: Fender Flagship Tokyo in Japan by Klein Dytham architecture 
   
  Foodie Social at Hong Shou Fang by Linehouse and Qing Dynasty Post Office Renovation by More Design Office, both located in China, were highly commended.    

• Temporary/Meanwhile Use: Backpack Housing in Hong Kong by HKU/ Superposition 
  
  “Sydney Opera House: A beautiful idea” exhibition at Utzon Center Aalborg in Denmark by JAC studios was highly commended.   

Today’s Inside category winners presented a broad range of projects. Judges felt the ‘Retail’ project was well designed, “catching the spirit of the brand and providing unique experiences for visitors”, while praising the ‘Temporary/Meanwhile Use’ winner on its “clever and elegant way to solve the issue of working homelessness”. 

World Architecture Festival Day Three  

Tomorrow, on the final day of the festival, prize winners across all 42 categories will compete for the ultimate accolades of World Building of the Year, World Interior of the Year, Future Project of the Year and Landscape of the Year.  

All the overall winners will be announced at a grand finale Gala Dinner at Marina Bay Sands along with a host of Special Prizes on Friday 8 November.