WTA Bags Special Mention at 2025 Architizer A+ Awards

The Architizer A+ Awards, one of the most prestigious international awards programs honoring architecture and spaces that improve everyday life, recognized The Book Stop 5 in the Library category. This year’s program attracted thousands of entries from over 80 countries, celebrating projects that address contemporary challenges with creativity, responsibility, and vision.

The Book Stop Project, launched in 2016, is a mobile and modular library system developed by WTA to democratize access to books and public space. Now in its fifth iteration, The Book Stop 5 builds on the lessons of its predecessors while continuing to explore how architecture can activate civic life in dense urban environments.

Strategically sited in underutilized public areas, The Book Stop 5 invites passersby to stop, read, and connect—with literature and with one another. Its compact design, open structure, and community programming allow it to serve simultaneously as a library, gathering space, and urban landmark.

The Special Mention at Architizer follows a series of accolades for WTA in 2025, including an Honor Award at the UAP Dubai Design Awards and a shortlisting at the World Architecture Festival. The studio continues to be recognized internationally for its commitment to social architecture, where public engagement and inclusivity remain at the forefront of design.

The Book Stop 5 exemplifies this ethos, offering a model for how architecture can bridge knowledge, culture, and community—one public space at a time.

For the full list of winners, see here.