By Team IAnD
Photography: Courtesy WAF’13
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October 2 -4 2013 saw three busy days of ideation, discussion and
critiques on global architecture and design at the World Architecture Festival
held at Moshe Safdie designed Marina Bay Sands, Singapore – a venue as awe
inspiring as the projects that unfolded within its festive panorama…
The World Architecture Festival opened to enormous numbers (reportedly
the biggest yet) with the theme of 2013 bring ‘Value and values’, “to examine
the relationship between perceptions of
financial value and the values that architects typically hold about their
work.”
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| Future projects house winner Meditation House, Lebanon by MZ Architects |
Director of WAF’13, Paul Finch commenting on the sheer
quality and diversity of the projects entered into the festival, and
shortlisted for the final round of awards, said that the array of projects
demonstrated the increasingly global nature of the event.
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| Future projects leisure-led development winner Singapore Sports Hub by Singapore Sports Hub |
Among various stalwarts from various quarters of the world, Mumbai’s
Ar. Sanjay Puri’s corporate project in Jaipur ‘72 Screens’, was also
shortlisted for the awards.
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| Health winner Rush University Medical Center New Hospital Tower, USA by Perkins+Wil |
A vibrant, thought-provoking three-day session of
presentations of various projects by the architects, seminars and talks on
diverse issues that touch and plague the building industry were discussed and
debated. Noted international speakers, project critiques and appreciations
apart, everyone waited with baited breath as the ultimate honour – the winner
of the World Building of the Year 2013 award was announced and granted to the Aukland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki in
New Zealand by Frances-Jones Morehen Thorp and Archimedia.
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| Hotel and leisure winner citizenM London Bankside |
The four main award winners including
World Building of the Year Award were Botanical Garden Australia designed by
landscape studio Taylor Cullity Lethlean and plant expert Paul Thompson for Landscape of the Year; National
Maritime Museum of China designed by Cox Rayner Architects for Future Project
of the Year; and Barcelona Apartment by David Kohn Architects for World
Interior of the Year.
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| Office winner Statoil Regional and International Offices, Norway by a-lab. |
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| Shopping winner Emporia, Sweden |
As part of INSIDE: World Festival of
Interiors, an event held in conjunction with the WAF’13 with a concentration on
interior projects, shortlisted 59 outstanding interior projects across
the 12 award categories, Bars and Restaurants, Creative Re-use, Culture,
Display, Education, Health, Hotels, Offices, Residential, Shopping Centres,
Shops, and Transport.
For the complete list
of awardees, do check out: http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/shortlist.cfm?eventYear=2013
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