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The World's Biggest Architectural Awards Programme -
More than 300 projects in 33 categories have been shortlisted in the
World Architecture Festival Awards including A house that looks like a
cloud, the world's tallest tower, and a honeycombed ski resort in Iran
and will be judged in a live competition over the course of the
three-day festival with the winners of each category competing for the
World Building of the Year award.
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Sven-Harry's art museum in Stockholm, Sweden, combines commercial
activities on the ground floor with an art collection in the penthouse
and hall in the core of the building.
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The iGuzzini Illuminazione Spain headquarters, by MiAS Arquitectes, is a
research centre for the development of technical knowledge and expertise
in lighting systems, the facilities for which are located both inside
and outside the building.
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The Soweto Theatre, by Afritects, is in the heart of the culturally rich
area of Jabulani precinct. The objectives of this project were to
provide South Africa with a fitting and versatile venue for the arts.
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Busan Cinema Center, designed by Coop Himmelblau, the architect’s first
project in South Korea, has public and private areas overlapping.
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Reflections at Keppel Bay is a two-million-sq-ft (93,000-sq-m)
residential development in Singapore.
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The Paul S Russell MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation is
located on a prominent site at the entry to the Massachusetts General
Hospital’s downtown campus.
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The Soundforms shell, by BFLS, in London Docklands, is engineered to
enhance classical and orchestral performances.
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The Yurihonjo City Cultural Center in Kadare, Japan, combines a theatre,
library and community centre around an indoor “gathering street”.
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The Vanke Triple V Gallery is situated on the Dong Jiang Bay coast in
Tianjin, China.
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In 2008 architects RYRA Studio designed this ski resort 1km (0.6 miles)
from the Shemshak piste, 55 minutes drive from Tehran in Iran. The World
Architecture Festival takes place in Singapore, 3 - 5 October.
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This retreat is an arrangement of freestanding structures around a
courtyard above Matiatia Bay on Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
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The Cloud House, by McBride Charles Ryan, is an addition to a
double-fronted Edwardian house in Fitzroy North, Melbourne, Australia. |
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