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The 2019 World Building of the Year is LocHal, a stunning adaptive-reuse public library project in Tilburg, NL

By Alexander Walter|

Friday, Dec 6, 2019

World Building of the Year 2019: LocHal Public Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands by Civic architects (lead architect), Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse © Ossip Architectuurfotografie

The 2019 World Architecture Festival has come to a festive close in Amsterdam tonight. After three busy days of project presentations and jury deliberations, the annual global architecture industry event culminated in a glamorous gala dinner at the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam's former stock exchange building, where the winners of various category and other top awards were announced.

The biggest anticipation of the night, of course, was reserved for the 2019 World Building of the Year title which happened to stay within the Netherlands with the selection of LocHal Public Library in Tilburg and its design team Civic architects (lead architect), Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, and Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse.

World Building of the Year 2019: LocHal Public Library in Tilburg, the Netherlands by Civic architects (lead architect), Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse © Stijn Bollaert

"LocHal was a former locomotive hangar dating from 1932, transformed into a public meeting place and new library typology," explains the project description. "The library capitalizes the existing structure, thereby greatly minimizing the amount of new structural elements, while also providing ample opportunity for interaction and the creation of new knowledge. The building houses amenities shared by the library, arts organizations and co-working facilities. In addition to areas for lectures and public events, the building also has a number of ‘labs’ where visitors can learn new skills."

LocHal's library interior design also won the Creative Reuse category award for fellow Dutch firm Mecanoo architecten at the coinciding INSIDE World Festival of Interiors.

The jury included Ben van Berkel, Founder and Principal Architect at UNStudio and Founder of UNSense; Aaron Betsky, President of Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture; Anuradha Mathur, Associate at University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia; Murat Tabanlioglu, Founding Partner at Tabanlioglu Architects; and Maria Warner Wong, Design Director at WOW Architects & Warner Wong Design.

Read on to find out which other projects were selected for WAF Awards in various categories today.

Future Project of the Year Winner: ADEPT / KARRES EN BRANDS / Transsolar / Büro Happold / Kraft - THE CONNECTED CITY Oberbillwerder, Hamburg, Germany © ADEPT, KARRES EN BRANDS Doug & Wolf
INSIDE World Interior of the Year Winner: J.C. Architecture - JCA Living Lab, Taipei City, Taiwan © Kuo-Min Lee
Landscape of the Year Winner: Original Design Studio - Demonstration Section of Yangpu Riverside Public Space, Shanghai, China © Su Shengliang, Zhan Changheng, Zhang Yong
Landscape Rural Winner: Lao-Ju River Oasis Restoration of Riverfront Ecosystem by Ecoland Planning and Design © Runzhou Park Construction Engineering Project Management Co., Ltd.
Small Project of the Year Winner: Studio Link-Arc - Lokadhatu (The World), Zhangzhou, China © Su Chen, Chun Fang
Use of Certified Timber Prize Winner: Pingelly Recreation and Cultural Centre, iredale pedersen hook architects with Advanced Timber Concepts Studio, Pingelly, Australia © Peter Bennetts
Use of Color Prize Winner: archimatika - Comfort Town, Kyiv, Ukraine © archimatika
Use of Natural Light Winner: Hopkins Architects - Smith Campus Center, Harvard University, Boston, USA © Janie Airey, Nic Lehoux
Visualization Prize Winner: ATRIUM - SAKHA_Z — Park for the Future Generations, Yakutsk, Russia © ATRIUM
Engineering Prize Winner: SUP Atelier - Swirling Cloud: Bulletin Pavilion for BJFU Garden Festival, Beijing, China © Su Chen, Chun Fang
The Amsterdam Prize Winner: GG-loop - Freebooter, Amsterdam, Netherlands © Francisco Nogueira
Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award Winner: Social Housing Production II by Comunal Taller de Arquitectura © Onnis Luque
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The Architectural Drawing Prize Winner: City in a box: paradox memories, Anton Markus Pasing, remote-controlled
Water Research Prize Winner: Recycle Build Brazil by Recycle Build © Recycle Build
WAFX 2019 Winner: X-Space | Urban Fabric Regeneration, Verform, Dubai, UAE © Verform
Student Charette Winner: School of Planning and Architecture (Bhopal, India) for their project, Bridging the Disharmony - A case of Fishing Community, Penthakata Village, Puri, Odisha © Gabriele di Stefano
The Architectural Photography Awards Winner: Laurian Ghinitoiu – The Twist Museum, Kistefos Sculpture Park, Jevnaker, Norway, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group
RELATED NEWS World Architecture Festival 2019: Day Two winners announced
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The 2019 World Building of the Year is LocHal, a stunning adaptive-reuse public library project in Tilburg, NL

By Alexander Walter|

Friday, Dec 6, 2019

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World Building of the Year 2019: LocHal Public Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands by Civic architects (lead architect), Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse © Ossip Architectuurfotografie

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The 2019 World Architecture Festival has come to a festive close in Amsterdam tonight. After three busy days of project presentations and jury deliberations, the annual global architecture industry event culminated in a glamorous gala dinner at the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam's former stock exchange building, where the winners of various category and other top awards were announced.

The biggest anticipation of the night, of course, was reserved for the 2019 World Building of the Year title which happened to stay within the Netherlands with the selection of LocHal Public Library in Tilburg and its design team Civic architects (lead architect), Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, and Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse.

World Building of the Year 2019: LocHal Public Library in Tilburg, the Netherlands by Civic architects (lead architect), Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse © Stijn Bollaert

"LocHal was a former locomotive hangar dating from 1932, transformed into a public meeting place and new library typology," explains the project description. "The library capitalizes the existing structure, thereby greatly minimizing the amount of new structural elements, while also providing ample opportunity for interaction and the creation of new knowledge. The building houses amenities shared by the library, arts organizations and co-working facilities. In addition to areas for lectures and public events, the building also has a number of ‘labs’ where visitors can learn new skills."

LocHal's library interior design also won the Creative Reuse category award for fellow Dutch firm Mecanoo architecten at the coinciding INSIDE World Festival of Interiors.

The jury included Ben van Berkel, Founder and Principal Architect at UNStudio and Founder of UNSense; Aaron Betsky, President of Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture; Anuradha Mathur, Associate at University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia; Murat Tabanlioglu, Founding Partner at Tabanlioglu Architects; and Maria Warner Wong, Design Director at WOW Architects & Warner Wong Design.

Read on to find out which other projects were selected for WAF Awards in various categories today.

Future Project of the Year Winner: ADEPT / KARRES EN BRANDS / Transsolar / Büro Happold / Kraft - THE CONNECTED CITY Oberbillwerder, Hamburg, Germany © ADEPT, KARRES EN BRANDS Doug & Wolf
INSIDE World Interior of the Year Winner: J.C. Architecture - JCA Living Lab, Taipei City, Taiwan © Kuo-Min Lee
Landscape of the Year Winner: Original Design Studio - Demonstration Section of Yangpu Riverside Public Space, Shanghai, China © Su Shengliang, Zhan Changheng, Zhang Yong
Landscape Rural Winner: Lao-Ju River Oasis Restoration of Riverfront Ecosystem by Ecoland Planning and Design © Runzhou Park Construction Engineering Project Management Co., Ltd.
Small Project of the Year Winner: Studio Link-Arc - Lokadhatu (The World), Zhangzhou, China © Su Chen, Chun Fang
Use of Certified Timber Prize Winner: Pingelly Recreation and Cultural Centre, iredale pedersen hook architects with Advanced Timber Concepts Studio, Pingelly, Australia © Peter Bennetts
Use of Color Prize Winner: archimatika - Comfort Town, Kyiv, Ukraine © archimatika
Use of Natural Light Winner: Hopkins Architects - Smith Campus Center, Harvard University, Boston, USA © Janie Airey, Nic Lehoux
Visualization Prize Winner: ATRIUM - SAKHA_Z — Park for the Future Generations, Yakutsk, Russia © ATRIUM
Engineering Prize Winner: SUP Atelier - Swirling Cloud: Bulletin Pavilion for BJFU Garden Festival, Beijing, China © Su Chen, Chun Fang
The Amsterdam Prize Winner: GG-loop - Freebooter, Amsterdam, Netherlands © Francisco Nogueira
Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award Winner: Social Housing Production II by Comunal Taller de Arquitectura © Onnis Luque
RELATED NEWS World Architecture Festival 2019: Day One winners revealed
RELATED EVENT World Architecture Festival 2019
The Architectural Drawing Prize Winner: City in a box: paradox memories, Anton Markus Pasing, remote-controlled
Water Research Prize Winner: Recycle Build Brazil by Recycle Build © Recycle Build
WAFX 2019 Winner: X-Space | Urban Fabric Regeneration, Verform, Dubai, UAE © Verform
Student Charette Winner: School of Planning and Architecture (Bhopal, India) for their project, Bridging the Disharmony - A case of Fishing Community, Penthakata Village, Puri, Odisha © Gabriele di Stefano
The Architectural Photography Awards Winner: Laurian Ghinitoiu – The Twist Museum, Kistefos Sculpture Park, Jevnaker, Norway, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group
RELATED NEWS World Architecture Festival 2019: Day Two winners announced
RELATED NEWS J.C. Architecture's JCA Living Lab in Taipei wins World Interior of the Year 2019
RELATED NEWS Comunal Taller de Arquitectura is the winner of the 2019 AR Emerging Architecture Awards

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