Awards

A “slightly ugly” shopping centre and a woodland holiday home shaded by two broad roofs are among the category winners announced on the second day of the World Architecture Festival 2017 awards. Now in its tenth edition, the World Architecture Festival (WAF) showcases the best architecture built around the world in the last year. The winner

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A huge smile-shaped structure in London and a study centre in the Philippines are among today’s category winners at the World Architecture Festival 2017 awards. Now in its tenth edition, the World Architecture Festival (WAF) showcases the best architecture built around the world in the last year. Further category winners will be revealed tomorrow, with the

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A museum in coastal South African city Durban has been named best new building in Africa, in the continent’s inaugural architecture awards. Umkhumbane Cultural and Heritage Museum, by local firm Choromanski Architects, was awarded the Grand Prix in the Africa Architecture Awards, the first Pan-African architecture awards programme, which was established by construction group Saint-Gobain to showcase Africa’s

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A museum in coastal South African city Durban has been named best new building in Africa, in the continent’s inaugural architecture awards. Umkhumbane Cultural and Heritage Museum, by local firm Choromanski Architects, was awarded the Grand Prix in the Africa Architecture Awards, the first Pan-African architecture awards programme, which was established by construction group Saint-Gobain to showcase Africa’s

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