World Architecture Festival 2017: Low-Cost Post-Earthquake Housing Wins Top Prize
During the 2017 World Architecture Festival in Berlin, a housing prototype created by the Chinese University of Hong Kong for an elderly couple in Guangming village, Yunnan, won the title of World Building of the Year. It also took home the New & Old – Completed Buildings award. Turenscape was awarded Landscape of the Year for their work at a 6,500-year-old site in Lixian County, China. The accolade for Small Project of the Year went to Eriksson Furunes, Leandro V. Locsin Partners, and Jago Boase for their Streetlight Tagpuro project in Leyte, Philippines. Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects earned the Best Use of Colour Prize for Fitzroy Crossing Renal Hostel, while Terrence Zhang was named Architectural Photographer of the Year. Vo Trong Nghia Architects won the House – Completed Buildings award for Binh House and the Office – Future Projects award for Viettel offsite studio. Heneghan Peng Architects' Palestinian Museum received the Culture – Completed Building award, and Zaha Hadid Architects' Salerno maritime station was highly commended in Transport.
Key facts
- World Building of the Year 2017 awarded to a low-cost post-earthquake housing prototype by Chinese University of Hong Kong.
- The prototype is for an elderly couple in Guangming village, Yunnan, China.
- It uses local materials and modern strategies for energy efficiency and earthquake resistance.
- Turenscape won Landscape of the Year for a site in Lixian County, China, dating back 6,500 years.
- Streetlight Tagpuro won Small Project of the Year for a community project on Leyte, Philippines, after Typhoon Haiyan.
- Fitzroy Crossing Renal Hostel in Australia won Best Use of Colour Prize.
- Terrence Zhang won Architectural Photographer of the Year for a photo of Tianjin University campus.
- Cabinet Avenier Cornejo Architectes won the Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award.
- New Wave Architecture won a special prize for Iranian architecture for Pars Hospital in Tehran.
- Vo Trong Nghia Architects won House – Completed Buildings for Binh House in Ho Chi Minh City.
- The Palestinian Museum by Heneghan Peng Architects won Culture – Completed Building.
- Zaha Hadid Architects' Salerno maritime station received 'highly commended' in Transport.
- WAF 2017 was held in Berlin, moving from Singapore's Marina Bay Sands.
- The jury included Christoph Ingenhoven, Ian Ritchie, James Timberlake, Ellen van Loon, and Mun Summ Wong.
Entities
Artists
- Francis Kéré
- Rafael Viñoly
- Pierre de Meuron
- Christoph Ingenhoven
- Ian Ritchie
- James Timberlake
- Ellen van Loon
- Mun Summ Wong
- Ole Scheeren
- Robert Konieczny
- Terrence Zhang
- José Luis Muñoz
- Valentina Silvestrini
Institutions
- World Architecture Festival
- Kéré Architecture
- Ingenhoven Architects
- Ian Ritchie Architects
- Kieran Timberlake
- OMA
- WOHA
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Turenscape
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro
- Eriksson Furunes
- Leandro V. Locsin Partners
- Jago Boase
- Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects
- Atelier Li Xinggang
- Cabinet Avenier Cornejo Architectes
- Studio Anne Holtrop
- New Wave Architecture
- Vo Trong Nghia Architects
- Heneghan Peng Architects
- Heatherwick Studio
- Zaha Hadid Architects
- Artribune
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Singapore
- Yunnan
- China
- Guangming
- Lixian County
- Leyte
- Philippines
- Fitzroy Crossing
- Australia
- Tianjin
- Paris
- France
- Granada
- Spain
- Tehran
- Iran
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Vietnam
- Hanoi
- Jerusalem
- Israel
- Cape Town
- South Africa
- Salerno
- Italy