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A research centre in Riyadh, a village lounge in rural China and a
mosque without a minaret in Iran are among the projects shortlisted in
the World Architecture Festival Awards 2018.
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Projects from 81 countries have been shortlisted in the World
Architecture Festival Awards 2018. Chapel Our Lady of Fátima in Portugal
was submitted in the religious buildings category by Plano Humano
Arquitectos.
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All types and sizes of architectural
projects are represented on the 536-strong shortlist. The Village Lounge
of Shangcun in Jixi, China, is a renovated multi-use space for local
residents and tourists by SUP Atelier.
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The winners will be judged over the course of the three-day festival in
Amsterdam in November, with presentations of shortlisted designs being
made to more than 100 international judges. Bamboo stalactite in Venice,
Italy, was designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects.
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A "super jury", chaired by Dutch architect Nathalie de Vries, will
decide the World Building of the Year. Freycinet Lodge Coastal Pavilions
in Coles Bay, Tasmania, was submitted in the hotel and leisure category
by Liminal Architecture.
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The Palas cinema in Galway, Ireland, was designed by dePaor.
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Designed by Ian Ritchie Architects, London's Royal Academy of Music
Theatre and Recital Hall is inspired by the curved shapes of string
instruments.
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Ulleval tarn in Oslo, Norway, was submitted in the small scale housing
category by Code Arkitektur.
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Bernardes Arquitetura's Peninsula House in Guarujá, Brazil, is a weekend
home that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean.
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A mosque
without a minaret, Vali-e-asr Mosque in Tehran, Iran, was designed by
Fluid Motion Architects.
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Designed by Heatherwick Studio, Cape Town's Zeitz Museum of Contemporary
Art Africa was formerly a disused silo.
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This cabin in Kvitfjell, Norway, was the work of Lund Hagem Architects.
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The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia, was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.
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Cottage in the Vineyard in Fontanars dels Alforins, Spain, was submitted
by Ramón Esteve Estudio.
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Formed of tubes around a platform, housEmotion is an abstract
installation by Tabanlioglu Architects in Milan, Italy.
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Exeter College Cohen Quadrangle, by Alison Brooks Architects, provides
residential and teaching space at the University of Oxford.
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This house in Karpathos, Greece, was designed by OOAK Architects. |