New Zealand projects shortlisted for WAF Special Prizes
Te Taumata o Kupe by TOA Architects, and University of Auckland B201 Building by Jasmax, have been shortlisted for ‘Best use of colour’ and ‘The Sustainability Prize’ respectively in the 2024 World Architecture Festival awards programme.
The Special Prize shortlist is selected from across the greater WAF Awards shortlist announced earlier this year (8 July).
Projects selected for a Special Prize display exceptional architectural merit across six categories: Best use of Colour, The Sustainability Prize (supported by ROCKWOOL), Small Project of the Year, Best use of Stone (supported by Turkish Stones), Best use of Natural Light (supported by VELUX) and the GROHE Water Prize, awarding projects pushing the boundaries of design within the built environment and water.
Shortlisted for Best use of Colour, WAF 2024
Te Taumata o Kupe, TOA Architects
Also shortlisted for Best use of Colour:
- John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History by Studio Imagine . Simply Architecture (SI.SA), in Nigeria
- Shenzhen Women & Children’s Centre by MVRDV, in China
- The Brewhouse and Trident Park by ritchie*studio, in Malta
- Holocene House by CplusC Architectural Workshop, in Australia
- Merlot 3 Data Center by HDR, in Australia
- Waste Management Building, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital by Architects 49, in Thailand
- Preston Level Crossing Removal Project by Wood Marsh Architecture, in Australia
Shortlisted for The Sustainability Prize, WAF 2024
University of Auckland B201 Building Jasmax
Also shortlisted for The Sustainability Prize:
- Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca 780 by HEMAA, in Mexico
- The Black & White Building by Waugh Thistleton Architects, in UK
- White Renovation by Olgoo, in Iran
- 150 Holborn by Perkins&Will, in UK
- Forskaren by 3XN in Sweden
- KITO Yamanashi Head Office by Takenaka Corporation, in Japan
- The GEAR by Kajima Design (lead architect) + Surbana Jurong (project architect), in Singapore
- Green School South Africa by GASS Architecture Studios, in South Africa
The announcement comes ahead of the live festival which takes place this year in Singapore, at Marina Bay Sands, from 6–8 November, and follows the announcement of the WAF shortlist which celebrates the world’s best new completed buildings, interiors, landscapes and future architecture concepts.
The finalists for the Best use of Natural Light supported by VELUX are to be announced in August and the shortlist and winner of the GROHE Water Prize will be announced in September.
View projects shortlisted for the 2024 Special Prizes here.
