On the final day of the festival, all the category winners, present again to ‘super jurors’ – the great and good of the architecture and design world. From that we get the World Building of the Year, the Future Project of the Year, the Interior Design of the Year, and the Landscape of the Year. The very best of the best.

So let’s see them:

The top honour, the coveted ‘World Building of the Year’ was awarded to the Interlace, a residential development in Singapore designed by Netherlands-based OMA and Buro Ole Scheeren from Germany.

Located within a green belt area of the city-state’s southern ridges, the Interlace expands outwards, through “an expansive interconnected hexagonal lattice of apartment spaces” that have been integrated with the natural environment.

The conceptualisation of the design was to focus on creating a more of a village than accomodation. And it’s a large-scale project: it’s 170 000 square meters and has 1 040 units.

In our design, there’s multiple opportunities for social connectivity, a real sense of community, the presence of nature, and generous space.

We looked at alot of mainly passive designs strategies. We looked at quantifiable analysis on daylight control, solar radiation, wind movements, heat gains, solar exposure, which courtyards would get the most heat gain, and the planning of activities were organized around these factors.

As well as making full use of green and open spaces, with large roof gardens, cascading balconies and expansive shared courtyards, these interlocking blocks incorporate a variety of sustainable features.

Check out the other winners:

Completed Religion category: Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies by Mangera Yvars Architects, Doha

Completed Civic and Community Winner: Cam Thanh Community House by 1 + 1, Vietnam