More than 40 Australian projects have been shortlisted in the 2024 World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards.
In 2024, almost 500 projects from 71 countries have made the selection, with Australia among the top five countries with the most shortlisted projects, along with China, the United Kingdom, India and Singapore.
“Another terrific set of entries made shortlisting projects a tough process. Once again, the range of geographies represented was wide and we look forward to seeing architects across the world at this year’s Festival,” said WAF program director Paul Finch.
Shortlisted entrants will present to juries at the World Architecture Festival, to be held at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from 6 to 8 November, before winners of the 33 categories will be announced. Category winners will be eligible for the World Building of the Year, World Landscape of the Year, and Future Project of the Year Awards.
The awards will be accompanied by a conference program themed “Tomorrow,” which will explore the directions in which architecture is taking in the 21st century.
On the shortlist are:
Completed Buildings
Civic and community
Bendigo Law Courts – Wardle
Blacktown Animal Rehoming Centre (BARC) – Sam Crawford Architects
Embassy of Australia, Washington D.C. – Bates Smart
Liverpool Civic Place – FJC Studio
Culture
MPavilion 10 – Tadao Ando Architect and Associates
The Round – BKK Architects and Kerstin Thompson Architects
Health
Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre – Lyons
Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building – BVN with Terroir
Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre – NTC Architects and NH Architecture
Higher Education and Research
Saint Teresa of Kolkata – Lyons
Hotel and Leisure
The StandardX – Woods Bagot
House and Villa (Urban/Suburban)
Ararat House – SJB
Back to Front House – Ian Moore Architects
House for 100 years – Common ADR
Little Young Street 4A and 4B – David Langston-Jones
House and Villa – (Rural/Coastal)
Burnt Earth Beach House – Wardle
Hillside Residence – Rob Mills Architecture and Interiors
Holocene House – C Plus C Architectural Workshop
Housing
443 Queen St – Woha and Architectus
Beach House – Bureau Proberts
Canvas – Bureau Proberts
Nightingale Village – Architecture Architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball, and Kennedy Nolan
The Oxlade – Bureau Proberts
Mixed Use
555 Collins Street – Cox Architecture in association with Gensler
88 Walker – Fitzpatrick and Partners
Production energy and logistics
Merlot 3 – HDR
School
Darlington Public School – FJC Studio
Mosman High School – Woods Bagot
St. Patrick’s College: Scientia Building – BVN
Sport
National Rugby Training Centre – Blight Rayner Architecture
Parramatta Aquatic Centre – Grimshaw and Andrew Burges Architects with McGregor Coxall
Transport
Preston Level Crossing Removal Project – Wood Marsh Architecture
Future Project
Commercial mixed-use
Marion Park Mixed Use – Contreras Earl Architecture
Competition entries
Flow Lines – Bradfield Central Park – TCL
Culture
New Performing Arts Venue (NPAV) – Blight Rayner and Snøhetta
Education
University Technology of Sydney – National First Nations Centre – Warren and Mahoney in association with Greenaway Architects, Oculus and Finding Infinity
University of Tasmania Forestry Building – Woods Bagot
Health
New Footscray Hospital – Cox Architecture and Billard Leece Partnership
Leisure Led Development
Bronte Surf Life Saving Club – Warren and Mahoney in association with Greenaway Architects, Greenshoot Consulting and Oculus
Minerva – Woods Bagot
Masterplanning
Jabiru Lakeside Precinct Plan – Common ADR and Enlocus
The Greenline Project Master Plan – Aspect Studios, TCL, City of Melbourne
Office
Yennora Multigate Medical Campus – AJC Architects
Landscape
Transforming Southbank Boulevard – TCL
To view the full shortlist, head to the World Architecture Festival website.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
