Kampung Admiralty by WOHA named World Building of the Year 2018

A greenery covered "vertical village" in Singapore has been named the best new building of 2018. Browse our gallery of all the category winners at this year's World Architecture Festival.

Kampung Admiralty by WOHA Architects Winner of the Mixed Use category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Singapore, Singapore

Hammershus Visitor Centre by Winner: Arkitema Architects and Professor Christoffer Harlang Winner of the Display category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Allinge, Denmark

Olympic House by 3XN Architects Winner of the Office Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Lausanne, Switzerland

Sadra Civic Center by Nextoffice Winner of the Competition Entries Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Sadra, Iran

Maitland Riverlink by CHROFI with McGregor Coxall Winner of the Civic & Community category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Maitland, Australia

Länsisalmi Power Station by Parviainen Architects Winner of the Production, Energy & Recycling category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Vantaa, Finland

Weston Street by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Winner of the Small Scale Housing category at World Architecture Festival 2018

London, United Kingdom

The Alder Centre by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Winner of the Health Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Thiruvalluvar by Monk Mackenzie + Novare Winner of the Infrastructure Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Kanyakumari, India

Audemars Piguet Hôtel des Horlogers by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group Winner of the Leisure Led Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Le Brassus, Switzerland

The Piano Mill by Conrad Gargett Winner of the Culture category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Stanthorpe, Australia

A house in a garden by David Leech Architects Winner of the House category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Dublin, Ireland

The Sunken Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes of Cabetican by BAAD Studio Winner of the Civic Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Bacolor, Philippines

Zeitz MOCAA by Heatherwick Studio Winner of the New & Old category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Cape Town, South Africa. Photo Iwan Baan

C&P Corporate Headquarters by INNOCAD Architecture Winner of the Office category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Graz, Austria

Medellin River Parks/Botanical Park Master Plan by Sebastian Monsalve + Juan David Hoyos Winner of the Masterplanning (future) category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Medellin, Colombia

Taichung Commercial Bank Headquarters Mixed-Use Project by Aedas Winner of the Commercial Mixed Use category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Taiwan

Lincoln University and AgResearch Joint Facility by Warren and Mahoney Architects with Woods Bagot Winner of the Education category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Christchurch, New Zealand

Shanghai Greenland Center/Greenland Being Funny by Nikken Sekkei Winner of the Shopping category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Shanghai, China

Museum of the siege of Leningrad by Studio 44 Architects Winner of the Culture (future) category at World Architecture Festival 2018

St. Petersburg, Russia

Belarusian Memorial Chapel by Spheron Architects Winner of the Religion category at World Architecture Festival 2018

London, United Kingdom

Amelia Tulum by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos Winner of the Residential category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Tulum, Mexico

Muku Nursery School by Tezuka Architects Winner of the School category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Fuji City, Japan

The Street by Sanjay Puri Architects Winner of the Large Scale Housing category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Mathura, India

Exeter College Cohen Quadrangle by Alison Brooks Architects Winner of the Higher Education and Research category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Oxford, United Kingdom

Guyim Vault House by Nextoffice Winner of the House (future) category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Shiraz, Iran

Hotel Jakarta by SeARCH Winner of the Hotel and Leisure category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Amsterdam, Netherlands

High Horse Ranch by KieranTimberlake Winner of the Villa category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Northern California, United States of America

London Bridge station by Grimshaw Winner of the Transport category at World Architecture Festival 2018

London, United Kingdom

Hospital AZ Zeno by B2Ai Winner of the Health category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Knokke, Belgium

Imago by KANVA Winner of the Experimental Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Montreal, Canada

Gymansium, Blaise Pascal High School by Koffi & Diabaté Architectes Winner of the Sport category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

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Jessica Mairs
30 November 2018

This year's top prize at the World Architecture Festival went to a plant-covered complex designed to meet the needs of Singapore’s ageing population.

Kampung Admiralty by WOHA saw off competition from 31 other shorlisted projects to win the title of World Building of the Year 2018.

The practice, known for it's plant-covered architecture, was selected from 32 category winners, encompassing completed and future projects ranging from houses to hotels and offices.

BIG, 3XN and Alison Brooks Architects were among the award-winning practices at this year's World Architecture Festival.

The architecture festival took place in Amsterdam 28-30 November 2018 alongside Inside World Festival of Interiors festival.

A programme of talks and events took place at Beurs van Berlage, a former stock exchange.

Kampung Admiralty by WOHA Architects Singapore, Singapore

Winner of the Mixed Use category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Hammershus Visitor Centre by Winner: Arkitema Architects and Professor Christoffer Harlang Allinge, Denmark

Winner of the Display category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Olympic House by 3XN Architects Lausanne, Switzerland

Winner of the Office Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Sadra Civic Center by Nextoffice Sadra, Iran

Winner of the Competition Entries Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Maitland Riverlink by CHROFI with McGregor Coxall Maitland, Australia

Winner of the Civic & Community category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Länsisalmi Power Station by Parviainen Architects Vantaa, Finland

Winner of the Production, Energy & Recycling category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Weston Street by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris London, United Kingdom

Winner of the Small Scale Housing category at World Architecture Festival 2018

The Alder Centre by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Liverpool, United Kingdom

Winner of the Health Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Thiruvalluvar by Monk Mackenzie + Novare Kanyakumari, India

Winner of the Infrastructure Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Audemars Piguet Hôtel des Horlogers by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group Le Brassus, Switzerland

Winner of the Leisure Led Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

The Piano Mill by Conrad Gargett Stanthorpe, Australia

Winner of the Culture category at World Architecture Festival 2018

A house in a garden by David Leech Architects Dublin, Ireland

Winner of the House category at World Architecture Festival 2018

The Sunken Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes of Cabetican by BAAD Studio Bacolor, Philippines

Winner of the Civic Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Zeitz MOCAA by Heatherwick Studio Cape Town, South Africa. Photo Iwan Baan

Winner of the New & Old category at World Architecture Festival 2018

C&P Corporate Headquarters by INNOCAD Architecture Graz, Austria

Winner of the Office category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Medellin River Parks/Botanical Park Master Plan by Sebastian Monsalve + Juan David Hoyos Medellin, Colombia

Winner of the Masterplanning (future) category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Taichung Commercial Bank Headquarters Mixed-Use Project by Aedas Taiwan

Winner of the Commercial Mixed Use category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Lincoln University and AgResearch Joint Facility by Warren and Mahoney Architects with Woods Bagot Christchurch, New Zealand

Winner of the Education category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Shanghai Greenland Center/Greenland Being Funny by Nikken Sekkei Shanghai, China

Winner of the Shopping category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Museum of the siege of Leningrad by Studio 44 Architects St. Petersburg, Russia

Winner of the Culture (future) category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Belarusian Memorial Chapel by Spheron Architects London, United Kingdom

Winner of the Religion category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Amelia Tulum by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos Tulum, Mexico

Winner of the Residential category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Muku Nursery School by Tezuka Architects Fuji City, Japan

Winner of the School category at World Architecture Festival 2018

The Street by Sanjay Puri Architects Mathura, India

Winner of the Large Scale Housing category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Exeter College Cohen Quadrangle by Alison Brooks Architects Oxford, United Kingdom

Winner of the Higher Education and Research category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Guyim Vault House by Nextoffice Shiraz, Iran

Winner of the House (future) category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Hotel Jakarta by SeARCH Amsterdam, Netherlands

Winner of the Hotel and Leisure category at World Architecture Festival 2018

High Horse Ranch by KieranTimberlake Northern California, United States of America

Winner of the Villa category at World Architecture Festival 2018

London Bridge station by Grimshaw London, United Kingdom

Winner of the Transport category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Hospital AZ Zeno by B2Ai Knokke, Belgium

Winner of the Health category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Imago by KANVA Montreal, Canada

Winner of the Experimental Future Projects category at World Architecture Festival 2018

Gymansium, Blaise Pascal High School by Koffi & Diabaté Architectes Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Winner of the Sport category at World Architecture Festival 2018

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Kampung Admiralty by WOHA named World Building of the Year 2018

A greenery covered "vertical village" in Singapore has been named the best new building of 2018. Browse our gallery of all the category winners at this year's World Architecture Festival.

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