Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Centre wins World’s Best Civic Building at World Architecture Festival Awards 2008

Civic centre “breaks down scale and integrates nature”

Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Centre, China, designed by Belgian practice Buro II, has been named winner in the Civic category at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2008.

http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/docs/press_releases/WAF%20Civic.doc

Oslo Opera House wins World’s Best Culture Building at World Architecture Festival Awards 2008

“Project raises the bar for Norwegian architecture”

Oslo Opera House in Norway, designed by Norwegian practice SNØHETTA, has been named winner in the Culture category at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2008.

http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/docs/press_releases/WAF%20Culture%20winner.doc

La Vall d´en Joan wins Energy, Waste & Recycling category at World Architecture Festival Awards 2008

Recycled water used to irrigate “beautiful piece of landscape architecture”

The landscape restoration of a controlled refuse tip located outside Barcelona, designed by Spanish practice Batlle & Roig Architects, has been named winner in the Energy, Waste and Recycling category at the inaugural World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2008.

http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/docs/press_releases/WAF%20Energy,%20waste%20&%20recycling.doc

African women’s health centre named winner of Health category at World Architecture Festival Awards 2008

Project shows architecture as “health giver”

Centre pour le Bien-être des Femmes (CBF) et la prévention des mutilations génitales féminines ´G.Kambou’ in Burkina Faso, Africa, designed by Italian practice, FAREstudio, has been named winner in the Health category at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2008.

http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/docs/press_releases/WAF%20Health.doc

Canadian Cultural Centre wins Holiday category at World Architecture Festival Awards 2008

Judges “impressed by ecological design”

Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre, in Canada, designed by Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden Architects has been named winner in the Holiday category at the inaugural World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2008.

http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/docs/press_releases/WAF%20Holiday.doc

Copenhagen housing development named World’s Best Housing scheme at World Architecture Festival Awards 2008

Mountain Dwellings, a ten-storey housing development in Orestaden, Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Danish practice BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, has been named the winner of the World’s Best Housing Development category at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2008.

http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/docs/press_releases/WAF%20Housing%20development.doc

Luigi Bocconi University, Milan, wins Learning category at World Architecture Festival Awards 2008

Judges praise the “magical subterranean realm” created by Irish practice Grafton Architects

The extension to Luigi Bocconi University, Milan, designed by Irish practice Grafton Architects, has been named winner in the Learning category at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2008.

http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/docs/press_releases/WAF%20Learning.doc

Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle wins Nature category at World Architecture Festival Awards 2008

“Architectural landscape transforms city”

The Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, USA, designed by Weiss/ Manfredi Architecture/ Landscape/ Urbanism, New York, has been named winner in the Nature category at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2008.

http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/docs/press_releases/WAF%20Nature.doc

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