World Architecture festival 2024 shortlist – in pictures

The World Architecture festival’s 2024 shortlist has been announced, revealing projects from around the world spanning categories such as childcare, energy, transport and science. The live event will take place in Singapore from 6-8 November 2024. This year’s finalists represent 71 countries, with five shortlisted: Australia, China, India, Singapore and the United Kingdom

Main image: National Star Observatory by Kyriakos Tsolakis Architects, in the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus. Photograph: Aaron Miles/World Architecture Festival

Tue 9 Jul 2024 11.00 EDT

Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen Women and Children’s Centre by MVRDV.

Photograph: Xia Zhi/World Architecture Festival

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Whakamaru, New Zealand
The Chodge by DCA Architects of Transformation.

Photograph: Simon Devitt/World Architecture Festival

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Shaoxing, China
Woven Passage to Cloudy Peaks by line+ studio.

Photograph: line+studio/World Architecture Festival

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Delhi, India
6x18 Slender House by Spaces Architects@ka.

Photograph: Bharat Aggarwal/World Architecture Festival

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Preston, Australia
Preston Level Crossing Removal Project by Wood Marsh Architecture.

Photograph: Peter Bennetts/World Architecture Festival

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Xiangyang City, China
Xiangyang National Sports Centre Project by Central-south Architectural Design Institute.

Photograph: Location Shooting/World Architecture Festival

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Campo Tures, Italy
Natural Connection: OLM Nature Escape Eco-Aparthotel by Andreas Gruber Architects.

Photograph: Manuel Kottersteger/World Architecture Festival

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Konya, Turkey
Kalyon Karapınar 1.350 MWp SPP – Central Control Building by Bilgin Architects.

Photograph: Egemen Karakaya/World Architecture Festival

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Atlantis The Royal by Kohn Pedersen Fox.

Photograph: Hans-Georg Esch/World Architecture Festival

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Oxford, United Kingdom
Rhodes House Transformation by Stanton Williams.

Photograph: Hufton and Crow/World Architecture Festival

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Aarhus, Denmark
Lighthouse by 3XN.

Photograph: Adam Mørk/World Architecture Festival

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Cochamo, Chile
TAWA Refugio by CONTEXTO.

Photograph: Nicolas Gildemeister/World Architecture Festival

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Jaipur, India
Sunita Shekhawat Flagship Store and Gallery by Studio Lotus.

Photograph: Ishita Sitwala/World Architecture Festival

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Shanghai, China
Shanghai Blue Bay Kindergarten by East China Architectural Design and Research institute | Studio Dingshun.

Photograph: CreatAR image/World Architecture Festival

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Singapore
Sanctuary Pet Crematorium by Formwerkz Architects.

Photograph: Fabian Ong/World Architecture Festival

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Huaiyang, China
Sponge Synergy: The Huaiyang Fuxi Cultural Park by Turenscape.

Photograph: Turenscape/World Architecture Festival

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Reutlingen, Germany
Texoversum by allmannwappner, Menges Scheffler Architekten, Jan Knippers Ingenieure.

Photograph: Brigida González/World Architecture Festival

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