Future projects take centre stage at WAN Awards

Jo Smit

Wednesday 21 Nov 2018

Henning Larsen’s masterplan to revive the Belfast waterfront was one of the winners in the future projects awards of the World Architecture News Awards 2018. The Belfast Waterside masterplan was the winner in the Future Projects Urban Design Award, being praised by the awards judges as a “tasteful and well conceived plan.” The regeneration plan includes offices, a hotel, homes across a range of tenures, retail and leisure space, plus a new pedestrian and cycle bridge.

Other projects recognised in the WAN Awards’ seven future projects categories included:

Ponsonby Urban Park by LandLAB, which took the Future Projects – Civic Award
Campus X by Form4 Architecture, which won the Future Projects – Commercial Award
Carey Baptist Grammar School, by Architectus, which triumphed in the Future Projects – Education Award
Discus by Belatchew Arkitekter, which won the Future Projects – Residential Award
Stromme Senter – Shared Care Homes for People with Dementia, by FRIIS & MOLTKE Architects, which won the Future Projects – Healthcare Award
LaGuardia Airport New Terminal B, by HOK/WSP – which won the Future Projects – Transport Award.

The WAN Awards 2018 has 30 categories recognising the world’s top architects and their current and future projects. The names of all of the 2018 winners were revealed at a celebration dinner at the London Hilton Bankside this week, which was attended by architects and industry leaders from around the world.
The full list of winners of the WAN Awards 2018 is here.