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WAF 2025: All the Winners

The award-winning projects across the 43 categories of the prize, including Completed Buildings, Future Projects, WAF Interiors, and the Special Prizes

WAF 2025 winners Completed Buildings, Future Projects, Interiors and Special Prizes
By Editorial Staff -

The winners of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2025 have been announced. Since 2008, the festival has celebrated some of the most significant architectural projects on the global stage. This year’s edition, held at the Miami Beach Convention Center from November 12 to 14, brought together more than 460 finalists, each presenting their work live before an international jury of over 160 experts.

Central Station by Woods Bagot in collaboration with John McAslan + Partners © Trevor Mein

Central Station by Woods Bagot in collaboration with John McAslan + Partners. © Trevor Mein - Transport


Over the first two days of the event, prizes were awarded in the categories of Completed Buildings, Future Projects, and Interior Design. On the final day, the festival announced its overall winners along with the recipients of the Special Prizes.

Presented below are the awarded projects across the Completed Buildings, Future Projects, Interiors, and Special Prizes categories.

 

Category Award Winners: Completed Buildings

  • Civic and Community: The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas in Spain by Fernando Menis
  • Creative Re-use: Younghusband in Australia by Woods Bagot
  • Culture: Shunde Yunlu Wetland Museum in China by Studio Link-Arc
  • Display: Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 Japan Pavilion by NIKKEN SEKKEI
  • Health: AGNES Kantonsspital Baden in Switzerland by Nickl & Partner Architekten Schweiz
  • Higher Education & Research: Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence in Australia by ARM Architecture
  • Hotel &Leisure: Poodom Deqin Meri Hotel in China by BUZZ | Büro Ziyu Zhuang
  • House & Villa (Rural/Coastal): Ridge House in Canada by Superkül
  • House & Villa (Urban): Lantern House in Canada by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design
  • Housing: Isla Intersections Supportive Housing & Paseo in the United States by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects
  • Mixed-Use: Republica in the Netherlands by Marc Koehler Architects
  • Office: T3 Diagonal Mar Offices in Barcelona by Batlleiroig
  • Production, Energy & Logistics: QUINTA DE ADORIGO WINERY in Portugal by Atelier Sergio Rebelo
  • Retrofit: Sirius Redevelopment in Australia by BVN
  • School: FK Kindergarten and Nursery in Japan by HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no shiro
  • Shopping: Central Nakhon Pathom in Thailand by stu/D/O Architects
  • Sport: Hiwa, Recreation Centre in New Zealand by Warren and Mahoney + MJMA Architecture & Design
  • Transport: Central Station in Australia by Woods Bagot in collaboration with John McAslan + Partners

AGNES Kantonsspital Baden by Nickl & Partner Architekten Schweiz AG © HG Esch and Achim Birnbaum

AGNES Kantonsspital Baden by Nickl & Partner Architekten Schweiz. © HG Esch and Achim Birnbaum - Health
 

Category Award Winners: Future Projects

  • Civic: Vancouver Aquatic Centre in Canada by MJMA Architecture & Design + Acton Ostry Architects
  • Commercial Mixed-Use: LONE LUNG SPACE in India by Gayathri And Namith Architects
  • Competition Entries: Where Earth Remembered: An Axis Of Heritage and Hope in Iran by Eade Va Ejra
  • Culture: Qiddiya Performing Arts Centre in Saudi Arabia by Tom Wiscombe Architecture
  • Education: Canadian School in Mexico by Sordo Madaleno
  • Experimental: “The Other City: Reimagining Gulf Labor Camps as Creative Campuses” in the United Arab Emirates by design and more international
  • Health: International Children's Cancer Research Centre in Ghana by Adjaye Associates
  • House: Dune House in New Zealand by Monk Mackenzie Architects
  • Infrastructure: Gelephu International Airport in Bhutan by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
  • Leisure-led Development: Luana Farms in Philippines by Plontur Group
  • Masterplanning: Smithfield Birmingham in the United Kingdom by Prior + Partners and Field Operations
  • Residential: The Perigon in the United States by OMA
  • Sport: Acclimated Sports + Multipurpose Hall in the Philippines by Avally Design Studio
  • Urban Design: Te Ara Tukutuku in New Zealand by LandLAB + SCAPE as part of Toi Waihanga design collective

Canadian School by Sordo Madaleno © Mir, Sordo Madaleno

Canadian School by Sordo Madaleno. © Mir, Sordo Madaleno - Education
 

Category Award Winners: WAF Interiors

  • Bars & Restaurants: Apsara Cruise in Thailand by Studio Locomotive
  • Education: BS Klim Op Zandbergen in Belgium by Rosan Bosch Studio
  • Hotels: Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree in Singapore by WOW Architects | Warner Wong design
  • Public Buildings: FRACTAL CHAPEL at State Hospital Graz in Austria  by INNOCAD architecture
  • Residential: Angra House in Brazil by Studio Arthur Casas
  • Retail: Digikala Flagship Store in Iran by MARZ Design and Architecture
  • Temporary/Meanwhile Use: Satah (सतह) in India by tHE gRID Architects
  • Workplace (Large): Acciona Campus in Spain by Perkins&Will
  • Workplace (Small): ADND SILO in India by ADND LLP

Satah (सतह) by tHE gRID Architects © Inclined Studio

Satah (सतह) by tHE gRID Architects. © Inclined Studio - Temporary/Meanwhile Use
 

Special Prizes

  • Best Use of Natural Light: Redhill Early Learning Center in South Africa  by Hubo Studio
  • Best Use of Stone: Dialogue with Nature—Commune STORE in China by Atelier Global Limited
  • The Sustainability Prize: 1265 Borregas in the USA by MGA | Michael Green Architecture, SERA Architects
  • The American Beauty Prize: Isla Intersections Supportive Housing & Paseo in the USA by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects
  • Best Use of Colour: Alibaba Xixi Tech Campus Landscape in China by ASPECT Studios 
  • Small Project of the Year: The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas in Spain by Fernando Menis
  • Best Use of Timber: Quinta De Adorigo Winery in Portugal by Atelier Sergio Rebelo
  • Student Charrette: Sponge of the Keys by University of Manitoba
  • WAFX Overall Winner: Regenerative Tree in Japan by NIKKEN SEKKEI
  • GROHE Water Prize: 'waterspaces' in Mexico by Rizoma del agua, led by researcher Diego Rivero Borrell
  • Hand-drawing Prize: Dockyard X by Jason Wang

QUINTA DE ADORIGO WINERY by ATELIER SERGIO REBELO © Fernando Guerra _ FG + SG

Quinta De Adorigo Winery by Atelier Sergio Rebelo. © Fernando Guerra _ FG + SG - Production, Energy & Logistics; Best Use of Timber

>>> Discover the winners of WAF 2024

Cover image: Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence by ARM Architecture. © Peter Bennetts - Higher Education & Research
Unless otherwise indicated, images courtesy of WAF
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