The second round of award winners of the 2025 World Architecture Festival (WAF) has been announced, following Day Two of the world's largest international live-judged architectural event, held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Florida.
In total, the three-day festival will see over 460 live pitches from the 2025 finalists, presented to more than 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.
Completed Buildings
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World Architecture Festival 2025: Day One Winners AnnouncedDisplay: Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 Japan Pavilion by NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD in Yumeshima, Osaka City, 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.
Hotel & Leisure supported by GROHE: Poodom Deqin Meri Hotel by BUZZ | Büro Ziyu Zhuang in Diqing, China.
Mixed-Use: Republica by Marc Koehler Architects in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Transport: Central Station Sydney by Woods Bagot in collaboration with John McAslan + Partners in Sydney, Australia.
Future Projects
Commercial Mixed-Use: LONE LUNG SPACE by Gayathri and Namith Architects in Bengaluru, India.
Competition Entries: Where Earth Remembered: An Axis Of Heritage and Hope by Eade Va Ejra in Bam, Iran.
Culture: Qiddiya Performing Arts Centre by Tom Wiscombe Architecture in Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia.
Education: Canadian School by Sordo Madaleno in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
Experimental: "The Other City: Reimagining Gulf Labor Camps as Creative Campuses" by Design and More International in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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.
Interiors
Bars & Restaurants: Apsara Cruise by Studio Locomotive in Bangkok, Thailand.
Education: BS Klim Op Zandbergen by Rosan Bosch Studio in Zandbergen, Belgium.
Public Buildings: FRACTAL CHAPEL at State Hospital Graz by INNOCAD architecture in Graz, Austria.
Residential: Angra House by Studio Arthur Casas in Angra dos Reis, Brazil.
Retail: Digikala Flagship Store by MARZ Design and Architecture in Tehran, Iran.
Temporary/Meanwhile Use: Satah (सतह) by tHE gRID Architects in Ahmedabad, India.
World Architecture Festival Day Three: What's ahead?
Tomorrow, on the final day of the festival, prize winners across all 43 categories announced so far will compete for the ultimate accolades of World Building of the Year, World Interior of the Year, and Future Project of the Year. Landscape of the Year will also be revealed. All the overall winners will be announced at a grand finale Gala Dinner at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
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