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World Architecture Festival announces 2016 awards shortlist

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Jenny Brewer
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5 July 2016
A concrete viewing platform with a sharp, angular design projects from a steep, grassy mountainside. A person stands at the glass edge, looking out over a vast valley and jagged, snow-capped peaks.
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Zaha Hadid Architects : Messner Mountain Museum

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced its 2016 awards shortlist, with the UK, Turkey and Australia nominated for the highest amount of projects. The not-so-shortlist features 343 projects from homes to shops, schools and landscape projects, by major firms such as Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, AHMM, Bjarke Ingels Group and Neri & Hu, alongside smaller practices unknown outside their home countries, given the opportunity for global recognition.

Below is a small selection of the projects nominated for this year’s awards, which will be judged by a panel at WAF in Berlin from 16—18 November. Winners of 32 categories will compete for World Building of the Year and Future Project of the Year. Last year’s World Building of the Year winner was The Interlace in Singapore by OMA.

A curved, grey concrete building with long horizontal windows wraps around a central courtyard. Palm trees and a patch of green grass sit within the sweeping architectural curves, with mountains visible in the distance.
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gpy arquitectos: Faculty of Fine Arts, University of La Laguna

A modern black building with sharp, angular facets and large glass windows is attached to a traditional brick building with a clock tower. The scene is captured at dusk under a deep blue sky, with warm light glowing from the interiors.
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Terroir Pty: World Maritime University, Tornhuset

A modern two-storey building with a perforated brick facade overlooks a grassy playground. Several children in yellow uniforms play on the lawn and a nearby staircase.
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Hibinosekkei and Youji no Shiro: Hanazono Kindergarten and Nursery

A traditional Bhutanese building with a stone base and an orange wooden upper storey. Brightly coloured prayer flags hang from the eaves under a clear blue sky.
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112 Architects: Bhutan Happiness Centre

The futuristic, curved architecture of the Centre Pompidou–Metz is reflected in a still body of water. A sweeping, translucent roof with a wooden lattice structure arches over the building's geometric glass and concrete forms.
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Foster + Partners: Crossrail Place

Two large, rusted industrial storage tanks stand under a bright blue sky. A network of metal walkways and stairs connects the structures, with green pipes running along the ground below.
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S.T. Yeh Architects and Planners: Re-born from ruins into culture park, Tectonics of Ten Drum Sugar Factory

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Jenny Brewer

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