Skip to content
WTA
WTA
  • Practice
        • People
        • Studio
        • Social Architecture
  • Projects
        • All
        • Institutional
        • Residential
        • Office
        • Hospitality
        • Mixed-Use
        • Commercial
        • Master Planning
        • Transportation
        • Homes
        • Retail
        • Interiors
  • News
        • Awards
        • Projects
        • Media
  • WTA Labs
        • Publication
        • Research
        • Lectures
        • Events
        • EQF
        • WTA Labs Videos
  • Affiliates
        • Artesan Prime
        • Izumi Bonsai
        • Art Stadium
        • Anthology
        • Partners
  • Contact
        • Careers
        • Press Kits

Horizon Manila Just Won a Major International Design Award

December 6, 2021March 6, 2023

Horizon Manila by WTA Architecture and Design Studio is the overall winner of the 2021 WAFX Award at the 2021 World Architecture Festival after first winning the WAFX Water Category.

What is Horizon Manila?

According to the World Architecture Festival (WAFX), Horizon Manila is a 419-hectare masterplan designed to serve as a new hub for growth and development for the Philippines’ capital.

“The new district is composed of three islands bisected by a 4km canal park, creating many different waterside neighbourhoods, gardens and urban parks, to allow for a diverse, and permeable urban environment to evolve,” wrote WAFX on its awards page.

According to WTA Architecture and Design Studio, this project will reclaim 0.2 pecent of the bay and provide almost 10 percent more land to Manila.

“It is about finding space for 150,000 Manileños at the geographical and political heart of our country. It will increase the available public open space by over 50 percent in the city with its canal park and provide almost 20km of waterfront living. It is an incredible opportunity to reimagine what Manila can be in the future,” WTA said.

The WAFX Award herald’s the world’s most forward-looking architectural concepts, and is awarded to future projects that identify key challenges that architects will need to address in the coming years.

Read the article by Esquire.

Related Articles

Why is Philippine architecture lagging behind?
February 6, 2019May 23, 2022
“On Feb. 15-17, Fort Santiago in Intramuros will be transformed into a theme park, celebrating architecture and how it affects...
Read More »
#BluPrintConversations: Participating in International Exhibits with William Ti
July 26, 2018November 25, 2020
“In the globally competitive world of architecture and design, what is the importance of participating in international exhibits and events?...
Read More »
Anthology Festival 2017 Context and Intent Palafox on stageDrafting the architect’s craft: Industry building through ‘context & intent’
March 28, 2017September 14, 2020
Business Mirror features Anthology Architecture and Design Festival 2017: Context and Intent in Intramuros, Manila. “AS we continue to develop...
Read More »
Anthology Festival 2016 Shelter Dialouges in Intramuros, ManilaAnthology: Architecture and its role in nation-building
June 14, 2016September 18, 2020
Written by Amor Maclang, Business Mirror features WTA in “Architecture and Its role in nation-building” in Manila, Philippines. Take a...
Read More »
Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay (PHILIPPINE ARMY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)Gapay cites architecture firm for building COVID-19 isolation centers
October 28, 2020December 10, 2020
Chief of Staff of the AFP, General Gilbert Gapay recognizes WTA in the Manila Bulletin article: Gabay cites architecture firm...
Read More »
WTA Architecture + Design Studio
  • Practice
  • Projects
  • News
  • WTA Labs
  • Affiliates
  • Contact
Copyright 2023 WTA Architecture + Design Studio. All Right Reserved.