Amid interest in architecture and the arts, the Wooden Bridge in China and the Buddhist Meditation Center in Thailand were shortlisted for the 15th annual World Architecture Festival Awards.WAF), which included more than 250 buildings, and these buildings, drawn from more than 50 countries, qualified for the finalists and will be judged by judges according to the categories of residential, commercial and urban architecture, before competing for this global title.

At the festival, China had the lion’s share on the list of shortlisted projects, although the organizers noted a noticeable increase in participation from India and Turkey, but China outperformed everyone, and some of the notable buildings in this year’s shortlist include a stadium SoFi New in Los Angeles, and the site KOKO The famous musician in London, after he underwent a $100 million renovation after the fire, according to a website cnn.

Design company nominated Antao In the Landscape category for Children’s Activities Park in China’s Yunnan Province, prizes will be awarded live during the annual World Architecture Festival, which takes place from November 30 to December 2 in Lisbon, Portugal.

wooden pedestrian bridge in china

A 48-storey building in the center of Melbourne, Australia

The festival is in its fifteenth year, and other prizes will be awarded for proposed landscape architecture and future projects, while the best interior designs in the world will be named at the festival’s sister event, Inside World Festival of Interiors.

And in 2021, the best building in the world went to Amager Bakke In Copenhagen, a waste-to-energy plant with a rooftop that doubles as a ski slope during the winter, past winners include the Zaha Hadid-designed National Museum of 21st Century Art in Rome and refrigerated conservatories in Singapore’s bayside gardens.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al Majid Mosque in Riyadh

EDGE Suedkreuz structure in Berlin

A futuristic solar-powered structure in Sharjah