Projects centered on key ecological and societal challenges unveiled as the WAFX 2018 Prize Winners
The anticipated 2018 World Architecture Festival is still a couple weeks away, but the competition is already heating up. Organizers behind the three-day event have just arrolled out the early winners of their WAFX prize, which distinguishes forward-thinking architectural concepts that identify key issues that architects must address over the next decade.
Spanning categories like climate change, water, ageing and health, smart cities, and cultural identity, 10 projects were selected as winners which varied from innovative solar panel fields in The Netherlands, to urban green corridors in Bangkok, eco farms in rural Vietnam and river parks in Colombia.
"We have been amazed by the standard of entries across this year’s future project categories and the prize winners in addressing some of humanities greatest concerns," said Paul Finch, Program Director of WAF. "Rather than being purely ‘pie in the sky’ conceptual work, each is firmly grounded in reality, presenting practical solutions to...
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