World Architecture Festival 2025: Day Two Winners Announced

The second round of award winners of the 2025 World Architecture Festival (WAF) have been announced, following Day Two of the world’s largest international live-judged architectural event, being held at Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida.

In total, the three-day festival will see over 460 live pitches from the 2025 finalists in front of over 160 international judges. Today has seen shortlisted projects from around the world compete for 21 award categories within Completed Buildings, Future Projects, and Interiors. Award winners include OMA, Sordo Madaleno, Studio Arthur Casas and NIKKEN SEKKEI.

Category Award Winners: COMPLETED BUILDINGS
Display
Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 Japan Pavilion by NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD in Yumeshima, Osaka City, Japan

[Highly commended] Chicken Hero Pavilion by RAD+ar in Jakarta, Indonesia

[Highly commended] Netherlands Pavilion Expo 2025 Osaka by RAU Architects and Tellart in Osaka, Japan

Health
AGNES Kantonsspital Baden by Nickl & Partner Architekten Schweiz AG in Baden, Switzerland

Higher Education & Research
Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence by ARM Architecture in Shepparton, Australia

[Highly commended] University of Chicago John W. Boyer Center in Paris by Studio Gang in France.

Hotel & Leisure supported by GROHE
Poodom Deqin Meri Hotel by BUZZ | Büro Ziyu Zhuang in Diqing, China

[Highly commended] Mandai Rainforest Resort by WOW Architects | Warner Wong design in Singapore

[Highly commended] Populus by Studio Gang in Denver, United States

Mixed-Use
Republica by Marc Koehler Architects in Amsterdam, Netherlands

[Highly commended] The Singapore EDITION and Boulevard 88 by Safdie Architects in Singapore

Transport
Central Station Sydney by Woods Bagot in collaboration with John McAslan + Partners in Sydney, Australia

Category Award Winners: FUTURE PROJECTS
Commercial Mixed-Use
LONE LUNG SPACE by Gayathri and Namith Architects in Bengaluru, India

[Highly commended] 458 Oxford Street by Pilbrow & Partners in London, UK

Competition Entries
Where Earth Remembered: An Axis Of Heritage and Hope by Eade Va Ejra in Bam, Iran

[Highly commended] School of Fish by Perkins&Will in Saudi Arabia

[Highly commended] Napoli Porta Est by Studio Egret West and Lombardini 22 in Naples, Italy

Culture
Qiddiya Performing Arts Centre by Tom Wiscombe Architecture in Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia

[Highly commended] Tofino Fish Pier by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc in Tofino, Canada.

Education
Canadian School by Sordo Madaleno in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

[Highly commended] Balvanam by Tezuka Architects in Ahmedabad, India

[Highly commended] Quartet of Learning by MARZ Design and Architecture

[Highly commended] ARSH4D STUDIO in Bandar-e Deylam, Iran

Experimental
“The Other City: Reimagining Gulf Labor Camps as Creative Campuses” by Design and More International in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

[Highly commended] Neural Palate Kueh (Tasting Architecture with AI) by Artificial-Architecture, Singapore University of Technology and Design in Singapore

Health
International Children’s Cancer Research Centre by Adjaye Associates in Kyebi, Ghana

House
Dune House by Monk Mackenzie Architects in Te Arai, Auckland, New Zealand

Residential
The Perigon by OMA in Miami, Florida, United States

Category Award Winners: INTERIORS
Bars & Restaurants
Apsara Cruise by Studio Locomotive in Bangkok, Thailand

[Highly commended] Roast and Toast (“Sustainable café interior rooted in Biophilic and craft centric values.”) by tHE gRID Architects in AHMEDABAD, India