World Architecture Festival, the world?s largest international architectural event, opened earlier today in Amsterdam. Following a busy day of live presentations, in which hundreds of shortlisted projects were presented by architectural practices from around the world, the first award winners of the 2018 festival have been announced. The first day?s Awards category winners include a shrine in the Philippines, a bereavement centre in Liverpool, England, and a power station in Finland. Practices claiming an award today include Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, 3XN Architects, and BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, as well as a project by Montreal’s own KANVA Architecture Inc.
Imago by KANVA
KANVA won the ?Experimental ? Future Projects? award for their Imago project for Montreal, Canada. The judges commented that the series of inflatable, mobile biomorphic structures offers the chance for behavioural change and embodies innovation at its core. It can also be as a paradigm elsewhere.?
The ?Civic and Community – Completed Buildings? category was won by CHROFI with McGregor Croxall for their Maitland Riverlink project in Maitland, Australia. The project included the creation of a new public space between the town?s high street and river, flanked by public amenities, with judges impressed by the clarity and simplicity of the architects designs in opening up the town to the river by removing existing buildings.
The winners of the ?Culture – Completed Buildings? award ...