More than 30 Australian projects are among the 495 from across the globe that have been shortlisted in the 2023 World Architecture Festival Awards.
Australia is among the top 10 countries with the most shortlisted projects.
“We are delighted with both the quantity and quality of this year’s entries,” said WAF program director Paul Finch. “They are a reminder in a world experiencing numerous crises that architects continue to address both everyday and unusual challenges with skill and imagination.”
The World Architecture Festival will return to Singapore for the first time since 2015. The shortlisted projects will be judged live in front of various panels of judges. The festival program will also include keynote talks and social events.
The 2023 World Architecture Festival will take place at Marina Bay Sands from 29 November to 1 December.
The shortlisted Australian projects are:
Completed Projects
Creative Re-use
55 Southbank Boulevard – Bates Smart
Locomotive Workshop – Sissons Architects, in association with Curio Projects, Buchan and Mirvac Design
The Greenland Centre – BVN with Woods Bagot
Culture
Melbourne Holocaust Museum – Kerstin Thompson Architects
MPavilion 2022 – All Zone
Oman Across Ages Museum – Cox Architecture
Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre – Woods Bagot in association with Warren and Mahoney
Thomas Dixon Centre – Home of the Queensland Ballet – Conrad Gargett (now merged with Architectus)
Display
Puffing Billy Railway Visitor Centre – Terroir
Health
Murrenda Residential Aged Care Home – STH
Victorian Heart Hospital – Conrad Gargett (now merged with Architectus) and Wardle
Higher Education and Research
Boola Katitjin – Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley, Officer Woods, The Fulcrum Agency and Aspect Studios
University of Melbourne Student Precinct – Lyons with Koning Eizenberg Architecture, NMBW Architecture Studio, Greenaway Architects, Architects EAT, Aspect Studios and Glas Urban
Hotel and Leisure
Delatite Cellar Door – Lucy Clemenger Architects
Iron Creek Bay Farm Stay – Misho and Associates
The Jube – Blight Rayner Architecture
House and Villa
Concrete Curtain – FGR Architects
Housing
Liv Munro – Bates Smart
Office
Heritage Lanes 80 Ann Street – Woods Bagot
Kew Office – Kavellaris Urban Design
Religion
Macquarie Park Cemetery Mausoleum of the Holy Way – GW
School
Alexandria Park Community School – TKD Architects
Library and Innovation Centre, Abbotsleigh Junior School – AJC Architects
The Centre for Science and Art, Abbotsleigh Senior School – AJC Architects
Wurun Senior Campus – GHD Design and Grimshaw
Sport
Allianz Stadium – Cox Architecture
St Margaret’s Girls School Sports Hub – Blight Rayner Architecture
Transport
Lilydale and Mooroolbark Railway Stations – BKK Architects, Kyriacou Architects, Jacobs, Aspect Studios
Glenroy Station – Genton and MALA Studio
Future Projects
Commercial Mixed-Use
Lighthouse at Darling Park – Henning Larsen, Architectus
Education
Resource Recovery Learning Centre – Terroir
Health
Alexandria Health Centre – Warren and Mahoney
Infrastructure
Metro Tunnel Project – Hassell, Weston Williamson and Partners, and RSHP
Leisure-led Development
Mallanganee Lookout – Terroir
Office
55 Pitt Street – Woods Bagot and Shop Architects
Fulcrum – Bates Smart
Warada on Walker – Woods Bagot
Landscape
Gardens, Parks, Ecological/Environmental
Delprat Cottage and Garden – Bosque Landscape Architecture / School of Architecture and Built Environment
Source: Architecture - architectureau
