WAF/Inside Awards: Day one winners for 2024 revealed

From a pool of more than 40 shortlisted Australian projects, seven are among the winners and commendations from the first day of the World Architecture Festival and Inside World Festival of Interiors Awards.

Australian projects dominated the School category, with Darlington Public School by FJC Studio taking out top honours and St Patrick's College: Scientia Building by BVN earning a high commendation.

Elsewhere in the completed buildings awards, Nightingale Village by Architecture architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball and Kennedy Nolan won the Housing supported by GROHE category. Parramatta Aquatic Centre by Grimshaw and Andrew Burges Architects with McGregor Coxall won the top gong in the Sport category.

As to future projects, the Greenline Project Master Plan by ASPECT Studios, TCL and City of Melbourne won the Masterplanning category, while Minerva by Woods Bagot located was highly commended in the Leisure-led Development category.

CSL Global Headquarters and Centre for Research and Development by Cox Architecture was the only Australian project that was successful in an interiors category on day one, earning the top accolade for Workplace (Large).

Day two will see another set of category winners revealed at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Category winners will then compete against one another on the final day of the festival, 8 November, for the titles of World Building of the Year, Future Project of the Year and Interior of the Year.