world architecture festival announces first winners

today is the last day of the world architecture festival which has been running in barcelona for the past two days. the event presents the work of the world’s most famed architects and highlights key projects which have been completed over the last year. as part of the festival, awards are given to those projects which have exhibited the most innovation and have looked beyond national borders and into the larger world of architecture. the results of the first winners has been announced. the categories and their winner are as follows:

civic – guangzhou baiyun international convention center,china, by buro II culture – oslo opera house in norway by snøhetta energy, waste and recycling – landscape restoration of the controlled rubbish dump “la vall d’en joan”, spain, by batlle & roig architects health – centre pour le bien-être des femmes et la prévention des mutilations génitales féminines ‘g.kambou’, burkina faso, by FAREstudio holiday – nk’mip desert cultural centre, canada, by hotson bakker boniface haden architects housing – mountain dwellings, denmark, by BIG – bjarke ingels group learning – universita luigi bocconi, italy, by grafton architects nature – olympic sculpture park, seattle art museum, USA by weiss/manfredi architecture/landscape/urbanism

olympic sculpture park, seattle art museum, USA by weiss/manfredi architecture/landscape/urbanism was the recipient of the nature award

the oslo opera house in norway by snøhetta won the culture award

architecture for an educational institution was awarded to universita luigi bocconi, italy, by grafton architects

more world architecture festival: http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com