RIBA International List 2018: the projects in the running for the best new buildings in the world revealed
The world’s best new buildings have been revealed, including extraordinary homes, offices, cathedrals, museums and metro stations.
The RIBA International List 2018 includes 62 buildings selected from entries to the world’s most prestigious architecture award, the RIBA International Prize, which will be awarded in December.
Highlighted projects include the Guangming Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Project in south-west China, which was also the winning building at the World Architecture Festival 2017 (see main image).
Designed by the Chinese University of Hong Kong & Kunming University of Science and Technology, they were recognised for their use of low-cost reconstruction methods following the devastating Ludian earthquake in 2014, which are more affordable for the village’s residents than traditional brick or concrete.
Another earthquake-resistant project includes Baan Huay Sarn Yaw, a school on stilts in Chiang Rai, Thailand by Vin Varavarn Architects, built after disaster-relief charity Design for Disasters launched a competition for new schools for the most earthquake-affected areas.
Several museums and concert halls are on the list including the Msheireb Museums, which mark the first phase of the new Heritage Quarter in Doha, Qatar; and Tirpitz, a WWII bunker converted into a cultural complex on the west coast of Denmark.Structures of Landscape
Structures of Landscape, a site-specific installation resembling a weathered rock archway on a ranch-turned-cultural centre in Montana, by Madrid/Boston-based ensamble studio is also included.
Another entrant that responds to its environment is Penang, Malaysia’s Factory in the Forest, a medical manufacturing facility owned by US medical firm, Paramit. The 162,000sq ft building incorporates gardens and waterfalls and uses canopies of trees to create shade, all of which help to cool the space.
Transportation hubs recognised on the list include ship-shaped Salerno Maritime Terminal in Italy by Zaha Hadid Architects; Metro stations in Budapest; and three Metro stations in Barcelona.
Some of the spectacular private homes recognised by RIBA include Cabbage Tree House by Peter Stutchbury Architecture, Captain Kelly’s Cottage in Tasmania by John Wardle Architects and Cuernavaca House in Mexico City by Tapia McMahon.
Scroll through the gallery above to see all the projects on the RIBA list.