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Festival (WAF) is an annual event held in Barcelona organ ised by EMAP, a media group that runs other festivals, including the World Retai l Congress and Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, as well as publi shes various journals, including within the field of architecture the Architectu ral Review, and the Architects' Journal. The inaugural WAF was hold on 22-24 Oct ober 2008. The 2010 festival takes place on 3-5 November. The "Building of the Y ear" award and 17 category awards are selected from shortlisted entries which ar e presented to the jury during the festival. Contents [hide] * 1 History * 2 Building of the Year winners * 3 Category winners o 3.1 2008 * 4 References * 5 External links [edit] History For the 2008 awards, international juries shortlisted the best recently complete d buildings in 17 categories from a total of 722 entries from 63 countries.[1] A ll the 224 shortlisted projects were presented by their architects to the juries and audiences at the Festival. On the final day the 17 category winners again h ad to present the work, competing against each other to win the first architectu ral Prix de Barcelona. The international judging panel, composed of architects, allied professionals, clients and architecture critics, was headed by Norman Fos ter.[2] The 2010 awards attracted more than 500 entries from 61 countries. [edit] Building of the Year winners The Grafton Building of Bocconi University * 2008 - Bocconi University building, Milan, Italy by Grafton Architects.[1] * 2009 - Mapungubwe Interpretation Center in South Africa, by Peter Rich Arc hitects.[3] * 2010 - MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome, Italy by Zaha Hadid Architects.[4] [edit] Category winners [edit] 2008 * Civic: Buro II + CITIC ADI, GZBICC, Guangzhou Baiyun International Convent ion Centre, China. * Housing: Bjarke Ingels Group, Mountain Dwellings, Denmark. * Culture: Snhetta, Oslo Opera House, Norway. * Energy, Waste & recycling: Batlle & Roig Architects, Landscape Restoration of the Controlled Rubbish Dump "La Vall d'en Joan", Spain. * Health: FAREstudio, Centre pour le Bien-tre des Femmes et la prvention des mut ilations gnitales fminines 'G.Kambou', Burkina Faso. * Holiday: Bakker Boniface Haden Architects, Nk'Mip Desert Cultural CentreHo tson, Canada. * Learning: Grafton Architects, Universita Luigi Bocconi, Italy. * Nature: Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum, USA. * New and Old: Foster + Partners, Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Smithso

nian Institution, USA. * Office: Sabbagh Arquitectos, Duoc Corporate Building, Chile. * Pleasure: 70F Architecture, Sheep Stable, The Netherlands. * Production: Coop Himmelb(l)au, BMW Welt - Event, Exhibition and Automobile Delivery Centre, Germany. * Religion & Contemplation: Meixner Schlter Wendt Architekten, Dornbusch Churc h, Germany. * Sport: 3LHD Architects, Sports Hall Bale, Croatia. * Shopping: Wingrdh Arkitektkontor, K:fem, Sweden. * Private House: Sou Fujimoto Architects, Final Wooden House, Japan. * Transport: Zaha Hadid Architects, Nordpark Cable Railway Stations, Austria . * Student charrette: HafenCity University Hamburg *