The second round of award winners of the 2023 World Architecture Festival have been announced, following Day Two of live presentations at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, in which hundreds of shortlisted projects were presented by practices from around the world. Amongst today’s category award winners of the world’s largest international live-judged architectural event there were six projects from Australia and four projects each from Iran and the United Kingdom.
COMPLETED BUILDINGS
Health: Victorian Heart Hospital by Conrad Gargett (now merged with Architectus) + Wardle in Australia
Religion: Santa Maria Goretti Church by Mario Cucinella Architects in Italy
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Higher Education & Research: Boola Katitjin by Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley, Officer Woods, The Fulcrum Agency and Aspect Studios in Australia
Hotel & Leisure, sponsored by GROHE: Lanserhof Sylt by ingenhoven associates GmbH in Germany
Mixed-Use: Battersea Power Station Phase Two by WilkinsonEyre in United Kingdom
Retrofit: Vast Gallery & Artist Residency by Persian Garden Studio in Iran
Shopping: Shanghai Suhe MixC World by Kokaistudios in China
Transport: Elizabeth Line by Grimshaw in the United Kingdom
The judges of the Completed Buildings categories reflected on the considered and beautiful articulation of this year’s projects. Overall, they were impressed with the timeless quality, spatial composition and technical resolutions.
Judges felt that many of the winning projects were city-changing with thoughtful responses to historical elements including preservation of found architecture, retrofitting and change of use – all making a significant contribution to their locales.
