World Architecture Festival 2025: First Day Winners Announced

The opening day of the World Architecture Festival 2025 concluded with the announcement of the first round of category winners. Taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center, the event gathered architects and designers from across the globe to showcase and celebrate the year’s most inspiring built works.

Completed Buildings

Category: Civic & Community

The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas by Fernando Menis

Category: Creative Re-use

Younghusband by Woods Bagot

Category: Culture

Shunde Yunlu Wetland Museum by Studio Link-Arc

Category: House & Villa – Rural/Coastal

Ridge House by Superkül

Category: House & Villa – Urban

Lantern House by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc

Category: Housing

Isla Intersections Supportive Housing & Paseo by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

Category: Office

T3 Diagonal Mar Offices in Barcelona by Batlleiroig

Category: Production, Energy & Logistic

QUINTA DE ADORIGO WINERY by Atelier Sergio Rebelo

Category: Retrofit

Sirius Redevelopment by BVN

Category: School

FK Kindergarten and Nursery by HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no shiro

Category: Shopping

Central Nakhon Pathom by Stu/D/O Architects

Category: Sport

Hiwa, Recreation Centre by Warren and Mahoney + MJMA Architecture & Design

Future Projects

Category: Civic

Vancouver Aquatic Centre by MJMA Architecture & Design + Acton Ostry Architects

Category: Infrastructure

Gelephu International Airport by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group

Category: Leisure-led Development

Luana Farms by Plontur Group

Category: Masterplanning

Smithfield Birmingham by Prior + Partners and Field Operations

Category: Sport

Acclimated Sports + Multipurpose Hall by Avally Design Studio

Urban Design

Te Ara Tukutuku by LandLAB + SCAPE as part of Toi Waihanga design collective

WAF Interiors
Category: Hotels

Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree by WOW Architects | Warner Wong design

Workplace (Large)

Acciona Campus by Perkins&Will

Workplace (Small)

ADND SILO by ADND LLP

Highly Commended

Completed Buildings: Retrofit
Transamerica Pyramid Center, Foster + Partners

Interiors: Hotels
Pulso Hotel, Studio Arthur Casas

Interiors: Workplace (Large)
Treyarch, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Completed Buildings: Creative Re-use
DOM-INO HUB, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Completed Buildings: Creative Re-use
Meelpakhuis, Studio Akkerhuis

Completed Buildings: Sport
Club Cash, Gómez Platero Architecture & Urbanism

Completed Buildings: House and Villa (Urban)
Twin Lakes House, EKAR Architects

Completed Buildings: School
Cuizhu Foreign Language School, Studio Link-Arc

Completed Buildings: Production, Energy & Logistics
Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant, Clancy Moore Architects

Completed Buildings: Production, Energy & Logistics
Orange County Sanitation District Headquarters, HDR Inc.

Future Projects: Leisure-led Development
KIKLIO, K-Studio

Completed Buildings: Civic and Community
African Flow, Urbanitree

Completed Buildings: Housing
Terrazas para la vida, Urbanitree

Completed Buildings: Culture
Fenix, MAD

Completed Buildings: House and Villa (Rural)
Naxxar House, AP Valletta

Completed Buildings: Office
Casa BFF, OBR Open Building Research

Completed Buildings: Shopping
Gump’s CROSS, EKAR Architects

Future Projects: Infrastructure
Da Nang Waste-to-energy Plant, VO TRONG NGHIA (VTN Architects)

Future Projects: Sport
Arena León, HKS Architects