Daily bulletin - Last day at the festival - final awards announced

After another exciting day at WAF and INSIDE  the sixth edition of the festival closed with the announcement of the most coveted accolades at the gala dinner awards ceremony: World Building of the Year, Future Project of the Year and World Interior of the Year. The winners of these awards have battled tough competition as they competed head to head in the live crit presentations. In addition to these three career changing awards the winners of the student charrette and the landscape award were also announced. 

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World Building of the Year 2013  Sponsored by: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki (New Zealand), Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp - Culture Category
Future Project of the Year 2013 Sponsored by: National Maritime Museum of China (China), Cox Rayner Architects - Future Projects Competition Entries and Culture Category

Congratulations to everyone involved in these projects, they were truly amazing and you deserve the recognition winning a WAF award will bring.  

Check out the full list of shortlisted and non-shortlisted projects for World Architecture Festival - on theWorld Buildings Directory. Alternatively check out WAF's twitter feed or the WAF website for all of the category winners and follow us to receive further announcements about post event highlights including WAF interviews and filmed speeches..

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World Interior of the Year 2013 Sponsored by: Carrer avinyó (Barcelona, Spain),  David Kohn Architects - Residential Category

Congratulations David Kohn Architects, the apartment is an example of world leading interior design. 

Check out the full list of shortlisted and non-shortlisted projects for INSIDE on the World Interiors Directory. Alternatively check out INSIDE's twitter feed or the INSIDE website for all the category winner from the past two days and follow us to receive further announcements about post event highlights including INSIDE interviews and filmed speeches.

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The day's round-up

The presentations and the interviews

The final day of keynote speeches from a renowned line-up of speakers has been just as insightful as the past couple of days. The main auditorium was bursting with excitement at the end of the day for Sou Fujimoto's keynote on his approach to architecture and urbanism in Japan and overseas.  Several presentations were recorded and interviews were conducted with several leading architects, speakers, judges and clients. Look out for interviews with Rob Wagemans, WAF 2013 jury member and winner of Completed Building Hotels category,  and Sou Fujimoto, the brilliant keynote speaker of tonight, among many more  interviews and presentations that will be released by WAF and INSIDE in the coming months.

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The exhibition 

Conversations were flowing among our three exhibition halls as leading architects discussed their upcoming projects with our exhibitors.
The pre-dinner dinner drinks Sponsored by: The Pre-dinner drinks were the departing moment for those delegates who had to leave early to catch flights and proved to be an excellent networking opportunity for all who attended.
The student competition  The student competition winner was announced today. Students from seven teams presented their projects for the judges throughout the day. The final award was given to the students from the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, Philippines for their 'Village in a Box.'

The landscape category winner
The Australian Garden, Australia, by Taylor Cullity Lethlean + Paul Thompson

Look out for all the press coverage that will follow the final winners' announcements at WAF and INSIDE.

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Congratulations to all WAF and INSIDE final and category winners and to everyone who submitted their projects and got onto the shortlist. 

If you're with us in Singapore we hope you enjoyed yourself! If you couldn't make it this year we hope to see you in 2014 and remember to follow us on twitter @worldarchfest / #WAF2013 and @INSIDEfestival / #INSIDE2013 for updates.