Poster image (from left to right): Yazgan Design Architecture's Ayvalık Stone
House (© Yazgan Design Architecture), Meysam Feizi's Laanak Villa (© Iman
Panahi), YKH Associates' Hillmaru Country Club (© Dongwook Jung), Akshay
Heranjal's Center For Inclusive Growth & Competitiveness For TAPMI (©
SURYAN //DANG), MIA Design Studio's The Park (© Chien Trieu), Sungho Ko's
Sunglim Mokjang (© Dohwa Kang), Feride Ege's Collaborative Health Nexus
Museum (© Feride Ege), Xinyue Geng's Let's Play! - A Journey Of Regeneration
And Reconnection In Glasgow (© Xinyue Geng).

World Architecture Community has revealed the winners of the WA Awards 10+5+X 49th Cycle in the Architecture and Student categories. This cycle highlights 34 outstanding projects from 18 countries, showcasing a diverse range of building types from nations such as Iran, South Korea, Colombia, Finland, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Japan, and the United Kingdom. ADF (NPO Aoyama Design Forum) has proudly supported the award as a dedicated media partner.

The competition has 2 selection criteria; One by the Votes of its official jury, composed of honorary members and previous' cycle winners, delivering 10 awards, in each of the three categories (Realised, Designed and Student). Another by the Votes of WAC's registered members who decide to Vote, which makes the +5, a totally democratic selection.

Selected by the votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles (10 projects)

Center for Inclusive Growth & Competitiveness for TAPMI, India, by Akshay Heranjal
Adib Apartment, Iran by Babak Hassanpour
The Park, Vietnam, by MIA Design Studio
House on the Cliff, Spain, by Pablo Gil
Hillmaru Country Club, South Korea, by YKH Associates
CHILAMSAGYE, South Korea, by Sungho Ko
Hubei Three Gorges Resettlement Museum, China, by Dongzhu Chu
Ses Veles Puigpunyent, Spain, by Joan Fortuny
unglim Mokjang, South Korea, by Sungho Ko
Diriyah Art Futures. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, by Schiattarella Associati

Center For Inclusive Growth & Competitiveness For TAPMI by Akshay Heranjal (c) SURYAN

Adib Apartment by Babak Hassanpour (c) Masih Mostajeran

The Park by MIA Design Studio (c) Chien Trieu

Selected democratically, through the votings of community members (+5 projects)
Adib Apartment, Iran by Babak Hassanpour
House on the Cliff, Spain, by Pablo Gil
Hillmaru Country Club, South Korea, by YKH Associates
YeongJongDo Onnuri Church, South Korea, by Hyung-Chul Shin
SEONYUDOWON, South Korea, by Sungho Ko

YeongJongDo Onnuri Church by Shinslab Architecture (c) Yong Kwan Kim

SEONYUDOWON by SungHo Ko (c) Myeonghwan

See the winning projects here.

Selected by the votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles (10 projects)

Ayvalık Stone House, Turkey, by Yazgan Design Architecture
Malek-Cheshme Therm, Iran, by Ghasem Navaei
Laanak Villa, Iran, by Meysam Feizi
Earth Home, India, Sanjay Puri Architects
Passive house blessed with sun space for grapevine, Japan, by Kikuma Watanabe
Rhythm Ankara, Turkey, by ACE Architecture
Calla Garden 2, Vietnam, by GK Archi
Route Home, Slovenia, by Anton Zizek
Dubai Seahouse, United Arab Emirates, by Ghasem Navaei
Re-walled, Iran, by ODD DESIGN/Ahmad Feyz, Mohammad Javad Abdolhosseini

Ayvalık Stone House by Yazgan Design Architecture (c) Yazgan Design Architecture

Malek-Cheshme Therm by Ghasem Navaei (c) JAJ Office

Laanak Villa by Meysam Feizi (c) Iman Panahi

Selected democratically, through the votings of community members (+5 projects)

Ayvalık Stone House, Turkey, by Yazgan Design Architecture
Malek-Cheshme Therm, Iran, by Ghasem Navaei
Laanak Villa, Iran, by Meysam Feizi
Calla Garden 2, Vietnam, by GK Archi
Leaning House, Vietnam, by ROOM+ Design & Build

Leaning House by ROOM+ Design & Build (c) ROOM+ Design & Build

See the winning projects here.

Selected by the votes of Honorary Members and Winners in earlier cycles (10 projects)

Harbour Metabolism, the Netherlands, by Elif Ertemiz
Collaborative Health Nexus Museum, Turkey, by Feride Ege
Force of Nature: Helsinki Design Museum, Finland, by Luan Fontes
Weaving Nizwa, Oman, by Abdul Mateen
Social Factory: Basmane, Turkey, by Zeynep Demircan
Right to Dwell: Rethinking Refugees’ Shelter Design, the Case of Al-Zaatari Camp, Palestine, by Ruba AbuGheith
The School in the Park, Colombia, by Santiago Caballero Barrios
Let's Play! - A Journey Of Regeneration And Reconnection, Glasgow, by Xinyue Geng
Reviving Old Cairo, United Arab Emirates, by Rawan Khedr
Layered-Void Hub: Void's Evolution Layers Unveiling Transformation, Turkey, by Hakan Şahin

Harbour Metabolism by Elif Ertemiz (c) Qian Chen

Collaborative Health Nexus Museum by Feride Ege (c) Feride Ege

Force Of Nature-Helsinki Design Museum by Luan Fontes (c) DOT 3D

Selected democratically, through the votings of community members (+5 projects)

Collaborative Health Nexus Museum, Turkey, by Feride Ege
Weaving Nizwa, Oman, by Abdul Mateen
Social Factory: Basmane, Turkey, by Zeynep Demircan
Reviving Old Cairo, United Arab Emirates, by Rawan Khedr
Unveiling Biodiversity: A Natural History Museum Complex for Discovering the Treasures of Bangladesh, Bangladesh, by Nusrat Nasrin Ananna

Unveiling Biodiversity-A Natural History Museum Co… Nusrat Nasrin Ananna (c) Nusrat Nasrin Ananna

See the winning projects here.

With this announcement, we'd like to remind you that the 50th Cycle of WA Awards is now open for submissions. You can submit your entries until 31 March, 2025 (23:59 GMT +0). If you also want your project to get the recognition it deserves, make sure to participate before the deadline is over. Your starting point is How to Participate. Read more about WA Awards 10+5+X.

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