Twenty-five Australian architects have had projects shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival, with winners to be announced at a three-day event in Berlin from 15 November 2017.

Forty-five projects in total have made the cut, as several of Australia's major architectural practices have had multiple projects listed: SJB has six projects shortlisted, FJMT Studio, BVN, and Cox Architecture each have four.

The total shortlist contains 497 projects from around the world, an 18 per cent increase on the number from last year.  

At the World Architecture Festival, which will be held on 15-17 November in Berlin, each architect will present their shortlisted projects to a panel of eminent architects who will make the final judgment.

Click here to view the full list of shortlisted projects in the WAF.

Image: shortlisted project BHP Billiton workplace in Brisbane by BVN.

This year’s competition saw the number of Australian architects making the shortlist increasing from fifteen in 2016 to twenty five in 2017. 

The Australian shortlisted projects are as follows.

Best use of colour

• Karratha Superclinic by CODA Studio
• Fitzroy Crossing Renal Hostel by Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects 
• Elizabeth Quay Gelato Kiosk by Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects

Civic and community

• Wagga Wagga Courthouse by TKD Architects

Health

• Karratha Superclinic by CODA Studio
• Fitzroy Crossing Renal Hostel by Iredale Pederson Hook Architects
• Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre by Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc and McBride Charles Ryan 

Image: the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre by Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc + McBride Charles Ryan.

Hotel and leisure

• Jackalope Hotel by Carr Design Group.  
• Jackalope by Carr Design Group

House

• Brick House by Andrew Burges Architects
• Moving House by Architects EAT
• Inverdon House by Chloe Naughton
• Living Screen House by CplusC Architectural Workshop
• Falcon Beach House by Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects
• Cleveland Rooftop by SJB
• Point Piper Residence by Tzannes

Image: Moving House by Architects EAT.

Housing

• 41 Birmingham by SJB

Landscape

• Willinga Park by COX Architecture
• Cleveland & Co by Dangar Group and Black Beetle

Mixed-use

• Eastland by ACME

New and old

• The Glasshouse at Goonoo Goonoo Station by TKD Architects

Office

• EY Centre, 200 George Street by FJMT
• 490 Consulting Suites by Shane Thompson Architects

Schools

• East Sydney Early Learning Centre by Andrew Burges Architects
• The Mandeville Centre by Architectus
• Sir Zelman Cowen Centre for Science by COX Architecture

Shopping

• 580 George Street Cafe and Integrated Lobby by FJMT
• Elizabeth Quay Gelato Kiosk by Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects
• Chadstone Shopping Centre by The Buchan Group in association with CallisonRTKL

Small projects

• 580 George Street Cafe and Integrated Lobby by FJMT

Sport

• Anna Meares Stadium by COX Architecture
• Willinga Park by COX Architecture

Villa

• Wilson's Cottage by James Davidson Architect

FUTURE PROJECTS

Commercial mixed-use

• The Star by FJMT

Culture

• Penguin Parade Visitor Centre by Terroir. Image: World Architecture Festival
• Penguin Parade Visitor Centre by Terroir
• Waltzing Matilda Centre by COX Architecture
• A Woman's Gallery: Awakened, project located in Guatemala, Flor de Maria Juarez 

Leisure-led development

• Sydney Fish Markets by Allen Jack+Cottier Architects

Masterplanning

• Sydney Fish Markets by Allen Jack+Cottier Architects. Image: World Architecture Festival
• Sydney Fish Markets by Allen Jack+Cottier Architects

Residential

• Heritage Traces in Surry Hills by MHN Design Union 

Among the international shortlisted projects were Zaha Hadid's Antwerp Port Authority, Irish studio Heneghan Peng's museum of Palestinian culture in the city of Birzeit, and a Panasonic showroom designed in Hanoi, Vietnam, by Vo Trong Nghia Architects.

Image: The perforated terracotta facade of a shortlisted Panasonic showroom in Hanoi, Vietnam, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects.

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