The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced a swathe
of new speakers for this year’s event, taking place at Arena Berlin,
Germany from 16-18 November. Featuring a stellar collection of
architects from Europe, Asia and the Americas, this year’s programme
responds to the Festival’s theme “Housing for Everyone”,
and will includespeeches, discussions and debates exploring how
demographics and global urbanisation are forcing change in the
way we think about everything from refugee accommodation to
new cities.
Principals and directors of some of the world’s leading architecture
and design practices, including Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners,
Mecanoo, Sauerbruch Hutton, Neri&Hu, Schmidt Hammer Lassen,
Shop Architects, Woha, and White Arkitekter, had debated a range
of issues from the
imperatives to create shelter at one end of the spectrum, and sufficiency
for occupation and investment at the other. Programme highlights
include:
• What’s changed? How we live now, how will we live tomorrow?
• Housing and the urban block
• Housing and construction
• Housing and cultural difference
• Housing as architecture
The World Architecture Festival is where the world architecture community
meets to celebrate learn, exchange and be inspired. It is the
only architecture event where keynote talks from the industry’s most
influential figures sit alongside live crit presentations and judging of
over 350 award finalists, global networking, a 400 project strong gallery
and an international product exhibition. The WAF 2016 shortlist
includes entries from 58 countries, with buildings by well-known
firms including Zaha Hadid Architects, BIG, Studio Gang and Rogers
Stirk Harbour + Partners.
Tabanlıoğlu Architects from Turkey is also awarded in “New an Old –
completed building” category, with the Beyazit State Library Project.
Here are some of the 2016 category winners:
Yılın Binası: – World Building of the Year 2016:
