GAD Media City Master Plan in shortlist for leading architecture industry award WAF in 2017 The World Architecture Festival (WAF) is an annual architecture industry award and conference that celebrates architectural excellence from across the globe through comprehensive exhibitions, talks and seminars. The world’s largest architectural award program, the WAF Awards 2017 saw more participation this year than ever before, with a total of 924 entries received from projects located in 68 countries across the world. GAD Architecture’s Media City project was one of the shortlisted project in this year’s WAF Awards in the Master Planning Future - Future Projects category. The shortlisted projects are set to be reviewed by a jury of leading architects and critics with awards given in Berlin, Germany between 15 and 17 November 2017.