The WAF Manifesto

Per a statement from WAF, the manifesto's "challenges span diverse topic areas, including climate, energy and carbon; water; ageing and health; re-use; smart city technology; building technology; cultural identity; ethics and values; power and justice; and virtual worlds." The goal is "to generate research funding which will contribute towards work in universities and architectural practices investigating aspects of these subjects. The resultant research will be exhibited at WAF."

WAF director Paul Finch said about the manifesto:

In a period of profound change across the world, architects will play an important part in creating building, cities, public places and landscapes that respond to the challenges we have identified. There are immense amounts of research being undertaken across the profession which we hope we can draw attention to, and which we intend to support through publication, exhibition and funding initiatives.

These are big-picture initiatives which concern architects both individually and collectively, and we want WAF to play a part in promoting initiatives which are aimed at making life better.

Entries are now open for the WAF Awards in more than 30 categories. Early bird deadline is 27 April and final entry deadline is 18 May. Visit WAF to enter your project.