The iconic Media-TIC building in Barcelona, designed by Spanish architects Cloud 9, has beaten off competition from hundreds of buildings around the globe to win the ‘World Building of the Year 2011’ award at the prestigious World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards in Barcelona.

Four completed buildings and ten future projects, celebrating designs still on the drawing board, from around the world have today been announced as winners on the second day of the World Architectural Festival (WAF) Awards 2011. The presentation of the WAF Awards is taking place during the largest…

Twelve buildings from around the world have today been announced as winners on the first day of the World Architectural Festival (WAF) Awards 2011. The presentation of the WAF Awards is taking place during the largest global celebration of architecture - the World Architecture Festival, which…

The World Architecture Festival Awards program has announced its 2011 award shortlist with 281 entries spanning the globe from as far south as Tasmania to the Arctic Circle in Norway with new countries such as Libya, Haiti and Cambodia appearing alongside the USA, UK, Australia, China, Japan, Spain, and…

World Architecture Festival (WAF) has confirmed Michael Sorkin will head-up the ‘super-jury’ at this year’s WAF Awards,  to determine which building, from entries across the globe, will be crowned with the ultimate prize - ‘World Building of the Year 2011’. Sorkin is principal of the

The World Architectiure Festival had big industry names congregate to Barcelona for a plethora of events last week. Part of the annual festival program is the announcement of the WAF Award Winners. The grand title of World Building of the Year went to the Zaha Hadid-designed MAXXI…

Opening its doors to over 1,500 visitors is the biggest gathering of the global architectural community—the World Architecture Festival, just a few minutes outside Barcelona city center at the Centre Convencions International Barcelona (CCIB), started yesterday November 4 to 6, 2009. The festival, now in its…

224 buildings from 43 countries have made it on to the first ever World Architecture Festival Awards shortlist. Every single shortlisted project in the Awards will be presented live at the Festival taking place in Barcelona this fall, October 22-24 (see this event in the