A total of five projects from the Gulf region have made the shortlist of World Building of the Year award at this year’s World Architecture Festival.
Three of the five are UAE projects: the Butterfly Pavilion by 3deluxe in Sharjah; the Office of the Future by Killa Design in Dubai; and, the upcoming Uptown Dubai by Design + More International. The other two are AGi Architects’ Hisham A Alsager Cardiac Center in Kuwait and Capital Market AuthorityHeadquarters by Omrania + Associates, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Looking to the Levant, two buildings in Beirut have also made it to the Future project category: K Galleria by MZ Architects, the designers behind Abu Dhabi’s Aldar HQ, and Nabil Gholam Architects’ Art Oasis building.
The UK has the largest number of projects this year – including Maggies’ Centre for cancer care by Foster + Partners and a treetop walkway by Glen Howells Architects – followed by Australia and Turkey.
The World Architecture Festival 2016 takes place at Arena Berlin, Germany, 16-18 November, in conjunction with the Inside Festival of interior design.
See the complete shortlist on designMENA.
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