The Vessel by Heatherwick Studio and Safdie Architects' Jewel Changi Airport are among the buildings in the running to be named World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival.
The World Building of the Year, as well as the Future Project of the Year, will be announced at the twelfth edition of the annual World Architecture Festival (WAF), which takes place in Amsterdam later this year.
Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore, by Safdie Architects. Photo courtesy of Jewel Changi Airport
The 2019 shortlist for the WAF awards features 534 entries from across 70 countries and includes numerous projects by world-leading architecture studios, including Morpheus Hotel by Zaha Hadid Architects and ALA Architects' Helsinki Central Library Oodi. Other studios competing for the title, including EFFEKT Architects that entered its Camp Adventure Tower, and Woods Baggot with St Andrews Beach House.
Morpheus Hotel, China, by Zaha Hadid Architects. Photo is by Ivan Dupont
WAF programme director Paul Finch highlighted the number of projects on the WAF 2019 shortlist with sustainable considerations, including BIG's affordable modular housing in Copenhagen and the Macallan Distillery by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, which is characterised by its roof made from sustainably-sourced timber.
"We have been inspired by the levels of innovation in this year's entries, that show the incredible range of ways in which architects are responding to the global climate and biodiversit...