The World Architecture Festival has announced the launch of the 10th edition of the event referred to as the ?Oscars of architecture? by launching the ?WAF Manifesto,? which identifies key challenges the profession will face over the next ten years. Aimed at generated funding for architectural research, the manifesto outlines a range of topics where architects can use their influence to affect society as a whole.

2016 World Building of the Year, National Museum in Szczecin by Robert Konieczny + KWK Promes . Image © Juliusz Soko?owski

The World Architecture Festival has announced the launch of the 10th edition of the event referred to as the ?Oscars of architecture? by launching the ?WAF Manifesto,? which identifies key challenges the profession will face over the next ten years. Aimed at generated funding for architectural research, the manifesto outlines a range of topics where architects can use their influence to affect society as a whole.?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,? said WAF Programme Director Paul Finch. ?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 ...