The World Architecture Festival (WAF) is thrilled to announce the first distinguished members of its 2024 judging panel. This esteemed group comprises some of the world's most respected architects, designers, and industry leaders.
The 17th edition of WAF is welcoming submissions from architects and designers worldwide until 19th April 2024. The festival will take place at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from the 6-8th November 2024. In addition to the unique live-judged awards programme and crit presentations, this year’s event will include fringe events, an exhibition and keynote talks from an international panel of speakers.
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This year's WAF and Inside judging panels will boast over 140 leading experts. See the confirmed list here. Judges include:
- Charu Kokate, Senior Partner/Director, Safdie Architects
- David Basulto, Founder & Editor in Chief, ArchDaily
- Emre Arolat, Co-Founder, Emre Arolat Architecture
- Heather Dodd, Director, Savage + Dodd Architects
- Ian Ritchie, Founder, Ritchie Studio
- Kelley Cheng, Creative Director, The Press Room
- Mariana Simas, Executive Director, Studio MK27
- Mario Cucinella, Architect, Founder and Creative Director of MCA, Mario
Cucinella Architects - Nigel Coates, Architect and Designer, Nigel Coates Studios
- Sanjay Puri, Principal Architect, Sanjay Puri Architects
- Simon Allford, Executive Director, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM)
- Sir Peter Cook, Director, Cook Belacevic Haffner and Partners
- Sonali Rastogi, Founding Partner, Morphogenesis
- Viviana Muscettola, Director, Zaha Hadid Architects
- Yael Reisner, Curator, Architect, Researcher, Writer, Yael Reisner Studio &
Objects Beautiful Gallery
The WAF judging process is unique in that it is peer-based. It is the only awards programme where all finalists present their projects live to a panel of judges at the festival later this year in Singapore.
The 17th edition of WAF is welcoming submissions from architects and designers worldwide until 19th April 2024. The festival will take place at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from the 6-8th November 2024. In addition to the unique live-judged awards programme and crit presentations, this year’s event will include fringe events, an exhibition and keynote talks from an international panel of speakers.
For more details visit on WAF Awards and Inside visit the 2024 World Architecture Festival website.
