WINWAN Live 2019: World Architecture News Winners

The 2019 WAN Awards winners were announced on 24 October as part of a day of inspiring and informative panel discussions and networking in London’s Courthouse Hotel.

All the shortlisted WAN Award entries were displayed throughout the day which meant that both well-established and up and coming companies were able to showcase their work effectively.

The judges were impressed with the high calibre and quality of entries, as well the diversity and global contribution to the competition, noting the new and original approaches to design, materials and structure. One of the judging teams said they had been looking for, and seen, “design that makes sense and that which shows honesty and integrity in both the plan and structure. It needs to be functional for its use as well as being innovative and artistic.”

Overall judges saw a move towards a greater attention to the green agenda in this year’s entries, with the environment shining through as one of the main themes, alongside the issue of sustainability. One challenge for architects the judges pointed out was how to create sustainability with limited resources and how to influence it the overall build, as changes need to be made on a large scale. The challenges listed included providing costs and carbon figures and following the regulations behind new measures.

The afternoon’s panel discussions reinforced the importance of best practice regarding environmental concerns for architects and covered issues such as incorporating sustainable strategies creatively into designs and reducing carbon use, as well as the all important ethical and environmental responsibilities.  The best ways in which to achieve best practice in the environmental arena, was a recurring theme for the day, picked up and discussed in some of the panel discussions.

Keynote speaker Michael Pawlyn, Founder of Exploration Architecture, (pictured) opened the session by explaining the need to shift from sustainable to regenerative methods to try to manage the effects of climate crisis.  He detailed how biology can influence and used in designs and the effect this would have on a broader scale. “The answer to ultimate intergenerational design is biomimicry, learning from imitations in biology and changing it in human needs,” he confirmed.

The first panel discussed future proofing architecture and how developments in technology and AI can be integrated. One of the panellists, Raj Kumar Suresh, Senior Urban Designer at Atkins Global, said we should move forward with the use of AI, as “machines can help us do more than what the simple brain can.”

The importance of sustainable and ethical responsibility throughout the design and production of facades and the all important fire and safety regulations were discussed by Mike Heppell, CEO and Christi Dunkley, Head of Market Development from Longboard, WAN Awards 2019 Headline sponsor.

The next discussion focused on how to use creativity in the age of environmental crisis and reduce the negative impact created from previous construction methods. How to learn and develop new sustainable materials and influence the use of the on a larger scale to create a significant impact.

Drawing the panel discussions to a close, David Krebs, Exhibition Manager, from sponsor BAU, updated the audience on two new shows planned for next year in Germany and China respectively.

The judges appreciated the diversity of the entrants and the attention the awards brought to different countries and cultures. The judges said the WAN Awards are so important in creating international comparison, which was seen especially this year as the East and West architecture designs have merged. They said the global factor of the awards is what made them important to the industry.  The ability to compare countries and cultures and give them platforms to show the work gives everybody a wide perspective of upcoming designs,” they said.

For future entrants the judges offered some advice, “talk specifically about the company itself and focus on the category, really justify why work has been entered and what it offers.”

All the winning entries for WAN Awards 2019 can be found here:

Civic

Gold: Mario Cucinella Architects, ARPAE Headquarter for the Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy
Silver: Mozhao Architects, The planting terrace and the experience pavilion
Bronze: Woods Bagot, Rockhampton Riverside Precinct

Commercial (under 50,000sqm)

Gold: Ennead Architects, Apple Scottsdale Fashion Square
Silver: Tzannes, International House Sydney
Bronze: Henry J Lyons, One Molesworth Street

Commercial (over 50,000 sqm)

Gold: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Salesforce Tower
Silver: Haeahn Architecture, inc. + H Architecture, The Nexen Univer-City : New Nexen R&D Center
Bronze: Buro Ole Scheeren, DUO

Education

Gold: Montgomery Sisam Architects + Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, University of Toronto Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Silver: Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University Co., Library Cluster Design for the New Campus of Yan’an University
Bronze: Architectural Design Institute of South China University of Technology Co., Raleigh Campsite in Guizhou

Healthcare

Gold: Architectus, Royal Far West Centre for Country Kids
Silver: SAA Architects, St Joseph’s Home
Bronze: Perkins and Will, UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute

Leisure

Gold: gh3 Architecture, Borden Park Natural Swimming Pool
Silver: EFFEKT Architects, GAME Streetmekka Viborg
Bronze: Populous, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Mixed Use

Gold: Brisac Gonzalez, Lot O4 – Batignolles
Silver: David Chipperfield Architects, Berlin Amorepacific Headquarters
Bronze: Serie + Multiply Architects, Oasis Terraces

Residential

Gold: WilkinsonEyre, Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology
Silver: ODA New York, Denizen Bushwick Phase 1
Bronze: DAGA Architects, Grinding Factory 5Lmeet

Transport

Gold: Landolt + Brown, Hackney Wick Train Station
Silver: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Salesforce Transit Center
Bronze: Amir Mann, Moshe Zur, Ami Shinar, Orna Zur Architects, Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport

Urban Landscape

Gold: SWA/Balsley and Weiss/Manfredi, Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park
Silver: LandLAB, Vaughans Stream Corridor Wetlands + Bridge
Bronze: SUP Atelier, Swirling Cloud:Bulletin Pavilion for BJFU Garden Festiva

Concrete in Architecture

Gold: Woods Bagot, Short Lane
Silver: Tzannes, Dangrove
Bronze: Cebra with / for DCT Abu Dhabi, Qasr Al Hosn: Al Musallah

Glass in Architecture

Gold: Robert Simeoni Architects, Powell Street House
Silver: Ameller Dubois, Western Paris University Continuing Education Building

Wood in Architecture

Gold: LUO Studio, Longfu Life Experience Centre
Silver: Tzannes, International House Sydney
Bronze: WE architecture, Bavnehøj Youth House

Future Projects – Civic

Gold: MZA Architecture, Geo Museum & Science Center
Silver: CHROFI + NBRSARCHITECTURE, Sutherland Entertainment Centre
Bronze: Zaha Hadid Architects, Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall

Future Projects – Commercial

Gold: Arup Architecture, 1 Triton Square
Silver: Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos, Chablé Los Cabos
Bronze: Perkins and Will, 400 Westlake

Future Projects – Education

Gold: Moriyama & Teshima Architects and Acton Ostry Architects Inc., ‘The Arbour’ – George Brown College Tall Wood Building
Silver: Kuryłowicz & Associates, The Polish ‘Henry Arctowski’ Antarctic Station

Future Projects – Mixed Use

Gold: ODA New York, POST Rotterdam
Silver: MVRDV for EDGE Technologies, Valley
Bronze: Woods Bagot, Younghusband Wool Store Redevelopment

Future Projects – Transport

Gold: Weston Williamson + Partners, Seoul Yeoui-Naru Ferry Terminal
Silver: Atelier Lab.C. / Faculty of architecture and urban planning, Chongqing University, Yangtze River Tourism Terminal of Zigui Port Close to the Three Gorges Dam

Future Projects – Urban Design

Gold: University of Arkansas Community Design Center, Re-Live Downtown Pine Bluff
Silver: Integrated Planning and Design, Nansong Lake High-Tech Ecological Park
Bronze: Urban Design, Planning and Design for Promotion and Renaissance of the Confucius Temple-West Lake Cultural and Natural Heritage Zone in Fushun County

Adaptive Reuse

Gold: Persian Garden Studio, Hanna Boutique Hotel
Silver: Studio A+, Bapan Yard No.2
Bronze: Zhang Hua Studio, Tianjin University Research Institute of Architectural Design & Urban Planning, Millet Vinegar Museum

Colour in Architecture

Gold: SUP Atelier, Indoor Playground (Doubling as lecture hall) of Yueyang County No.3 Middle School
Silver: Takenaka Corporation, Kakogawa Kindergarten
Bronze: Yuan Lih Construction Co., One Park Taipei

Facade

Gold: System Architects, Unhistoric Townhouse
Silver: PES-Architects, Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre
Bronze: Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, Center Street Parking Garage

Small Spaces

Gold: West-line Studio, Danxia World Heritage Gateway
Silver: SUP Atelier, Swirling Cloud: Bulletin Pavilion for BJFU Garden Festiva
Bronze: Mozhao Architects, Living Art Pavilion

Sustainable Buildings

Gold: gh3 Architecture, Borden Park Natural Swimming Pool
Silver: Stantec Architecture, University of Northern British Columbia Wood Innovation Research Laboratory

Tall Buildings

Gold: b720 Fermín Vázquez Architects, Forma ITAIM tower
Silver: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Salesforce Tower

Waterfront

Gold: TCL (Taylor Cullity Lethlean) with UDLA., Scarborough Foreshore Redevelopment
Silver: The Design Institute of Landscape & Architecture China Academy of Art Co., Boat Rooms on the Fuchun River
Bronze: PES-Architects, Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre

Best Use of Technology

Gold: XWG Arch-Studio, 3D Printed Pedestrian Bridge
Silver: Danny Forster & Architecture and 3D Vista Holdings, 3D Vista