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Video: most avant-garde buildings battle it out for World Architecture Festival Awards

King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, which is among the buildings shortlisted for awards at this month’s World Architecture Festival and INSIDE World Festival of Interiors Awards 2018. Photo: Hufton+Crow

From a controversial mosque built without a minaret to a modern treehouse retreat, these are some of the world’s most creatively built structures, and they are all shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) and INSIDE World Festival of Interiors Awards 2018, which will take place in Amsterdam in the Netherlands from November 28 to 30.

Of the 1,000 entries received, just over 500 projects across 81 countries made the shortlist, and these modern buildings span from hospitality structures in India to pharmacies in Taiwan and even museums in the US.

Here, we’ve included some of our favourites:

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A controversial mosque built without a minaret and a treehouse retreat among 500 designs shortlisted for honours at the three-day event from November 28