The World Architecture Festival 2024 is now over and the overall winners have been announced! Congratulations to all of our worthy winners and thank you to everyone who attended and made this year so special. View all the winners below. See you all next year in... Miami!


WAF LIVE! Updates from Singapore

All of the 2024 winners have now been revealed!
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Inside World Festival of Interiors

2024 Winners

The 2024 Inside World Interior of the Year winner was Pang Mei Noodle Bar LFS by Office AIO , click here to view all the winners

What is Inside?

Inside World Festival of Interiors is the sister awards programme of WAF and celebrates the finest examples of global interior design. Inside will take place in Singapore alongside WAF.

2024 Shortlist

From Hotels to Workplace, and Residential to Retail, the interior projects that have made the shortlist across 10 dedicated categories have now been revealed. See who will go on to present live in Singapore! View the shortlist

View the 2024 shortlist and see who will be presenting their projects live at WAF!

See the best new architecture and interior projects worldwide as the finalists are revealed for Completed Buildings, Future Projects Landscape and Inside. See who will be presenting their projects LIVE in Singapore later this year at the world's largest live-judged architecture and design awards.

What is WAFX?

Launched in WAF’s 10th year, WAFX celebrates international proposals which embrace cutting-edge design addressing major world issues. Ranging from tackling the climate emergency to building community resilience.

How to enter

All WAFX winners are chosen from the WAF Future Projects shortlist with no additional cost or material needed from the entrant. Winners will go on to present their project live at WAF in Singapore with an overall WAFX winner announced at the Gala Dinner.

2024 winners

The winning projects for each of the 2024 categories have been revealed. They all presented their projects live on the Festival Hall Stage in Singapore, and the overall WAFX winner has now been announced at the Gala Dinner.

Additional Prizes

Architecture Book of the Year Award

Publishers were invited to submit entries to the inaugural Architecture Book of the Year Award programme. Entries for the 2024 edition will open in April.

The Architecture Drawing Prize

Sponsored by Iris Ceramica and curated by WAF, Make Architects and Sir John Soane’s Museum, TADP celebrates the importance of drawing as a tool in capturing architectural ideas. 2024 will be a fallow year for the prize and will be returning in 2025!

Special Prizes

Recognising excellence

Alongside the WAF award categories are a host of special prizes awarded to projects from the main shortlist. Entrants do not have to pay any additional fees to be considered for the prizes.

The 2024 special prizes

Best Use of Natural Light, supported by VELUX, Best use of Stone, supported by Turkish Stone, The GROHE Water Prize, The Sustainability Prize supported by Rockwool, Best Use of Colour Prize and Small Project of the Year.

2023 winners

From Woods Bagot and SHoP Architects to Osamu Morishita Architect and Associates, see all of the 2023 special prize winners.

WAFN

WAFN is a monthly newsletter including building visits, architectural commentary and book reviews. Read the latest articles and subscribe to always receive the latest edition.

Letters from London

Hear from WAF’s Programme Director, Paul Finch, in his monthly blog on architecture, life in London and much more.

Films

Hear from previous winners and keynote speakers by watching WAF’s latest films. Sign up and subscribe for the latest media.

World Buildings Directory

The World Buildings Directory is the only place to view projects entered into past and present WAF awards. The site includes some of the most innovative and ground-breaking designs in the world.

WAF’s history

World Architecture Festival has been bringing together the global architecture community for 16 years. Each year the event sees 1000's of architects, designers and suppliers come together.

Entry FAQs

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