Essenza and Pedro Hispano Hospital’s ICU have been selected as finalists in the Housing and Health categories – Completed Buildings – of the 2021 World Architecture Festival Awards.

WAF takes place this year in Lisbon, Portugal, from December 1-3. The festival includes live presentations, evaluations, lectures and the announcement of award winners. As a shortlisted firm, Ventura + Partners will now present the two projects to a panel of judges at the annual event.

The world’s largest architectural program, WAF shortlisted 292 projects from architects and designers representing 47 countries. Some of the shortlisted studios include BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), Foster & Partners, SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), Zaha Hadid Architects, among others.