Our 2025 AZ Awards Gala at the Evergreen Brick Works marked a major milestone – as we celebrated the 15th anniversary of our international competition by fêting 26 winners and 60 finalists! These projects, interiors and products accomplish much more than formal and aesthetic achievement: They pair great design with ingenious problem solving. DWT Tiny House, which clinched our Environmental Leadership award, proposes a method for collecting and upcycling waste drywall into new building blocks for erecting much needed housing for Seattle. The winner in Built Urban Developments, START Ivry in Paris, might look like a quirky set of towers but its deeper aim is to turn the tables in favour of design-first procurement.
And then there’s Sponge Synergy by Turenscape: Once again the Beijing studio led by Kongjian Yu has conceived a landscape that’s both awesome (in the truest sense) and inventively resilient. To these and all of the standout winners of the 2025 AZ Awards – which include the Emerging winners, published separately – we raise a glass and extend a hearty congratulations!
ARCHITECTURE
BUILDINGS OVER 1,000 SQM
Winner: Sun Tower by OPEN Architecture, Yantai, China
People’s Choice: təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre by hcma architecture + design with PFS Studio, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Awards of Merit:
Forskaren by 3XN, Stockholm, Sweden
Academia Atlas by Sordo Madaleno, Zapopan, Mexico
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture by NADAAA with HDR, Lincoln, U.S.
BUILDINGS UNDER 1,000 SQM
Winner: Domino Square Building by Studio Cadena with Field Operations, Brooklyn, U.S.
People’s Choice (*it’s a tie*):
Saint Catherine’s Chapel by Audax, Florence, Italy
Awards of Merit:
Los Milics Vineyards Tasting Room by Chen Suchart Studio, Elgin, U.S.
Inuusirvik Community Wellness Hub by Lateral Office with Verne Reimer Architecture, Iqaluit, Canada
HOUSES
Winner: House 720 Degrees by Fernanda Canales, Reserva Peñitas, Mexico
People’s Choice: Sagamore North Cottage by Akb Architects, Muskoka, Canada
Awards of Merit:
Lantern House by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design, Vancouver, Canada
Arbour House by Patkau Architects, Victoria, Canada
El Aleph Guesthouse by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, Port L’Hebert, Canada
MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Winner: Isla Intersections Supportive Housing & Paseo by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects, Los Angeles, U.S.
People’s Choice: Ulster House by LGA Architectural Partners, Canada
Award of Merit: PS1200 by Marlon Blackwell Architects with D.I.R.T. studio, Fort Worth, U.S.
TEMPORARY AND EXPERIENTIAL INSTALLATIONS
Winner and People’s Choice: Sky Ring by Line+ Studio, Shaoxing, China
Awards of Merit:
Garden for the Eyes by c+d studio, Shanghai, China
Djerba: Prototype 366 by L.E.FT Architects with Iheb Guermazi and Beya Othmani
Pearl Jam by Good Urban Design, Miami, U.S.
ADAPTIVE RE-USE
Winner: Dialogue with Nature – Commune STORE by Atelier Global Limited, Houyuan Village, China
People’s Choices (*it’s a tie*):
Skylab HQ by Skylab Architecture, Portland, U.S.
The Yard | Dalian Cultural Center by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Dalian, China
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Winner: Sponge Synergy: Huaiyang Fuxi Cultural Park by Turenscape, Zhoukou, China
People’s Choice: Love Park by CCxA with GH3* and Arup, Toronto, Canada
Awards of Merit:
Triangle Park by Stoss Landscape Urbanism, Cambridge, U.S.
DESIGN
SINGLE-PIECE FURNITURE
Winner: Mynt chair by Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra
People’s Choice: Fortune Chair by JUMBO Studios for Heller
Awards of Merit:
Catifa Carta Chair by Lievore Altherr Molina for Arper
Obi by Ludovica+Roberto Palomba for Expormim
FURNITURE SYSTEMS AND COLLECTIONS
Winner: Aurena by Antonio Citterio for Duravit
People’s Choice: Fresh Catch by Lauren Goodman
Award of Merit: Monterey by Landscape Forms
LIGHTING FIXTURES
Winner: Rificolona by E-ggs for Miniforms
People’s Choice: Folia Collection by Federico Stefanovich for AGO Projects
Awards of Merit:
INTERIOR PRODUCTS
Winner: Garment Waste Platform by Suzanne Tick for Luum Textiles
People’s Choice: Arcade by Turf Design
Award of Merit: Moments of Wander by Christiane Müller for HBF Textiles
ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS
Winner: Butterfly Kinetic Shading System by ZGF Architects and Levolux
People’s Choice: Orme by Kast
INTERIORS
RESIDENTIAL INTERIORS
Winner: Village House by Studio MK27, Porto Feliz, Brazil
People’s Choice: House on the Park by Superkül and Pencil Design, Toronto, Canada
Awards of Merit:
Unplanned Domestic Prototype: PROT/USRBL/SE08 by Medina Manzano Architects, San Sebastián, Spain
Brar Residence by Omar Gandhi Architects, Toronto, Canada
RETAIL & HOSPITALITY
Winner: Cult Gaia Miami Flagship by Sugarhouse, Miami, U.S.
People’s Choice: Civil Works by Futurestudio, Toronto, Canada
Awards of Merit:
Sigma Space by ONOAA Studio, Shanghai, China
Tojiro Knife Gallery by Katata Yoshihito Design, Tokyo, Japan
ANIML Steakhouse by Nivek Remas, Toronto, Canada
CLINICAL
Winner and People’s Choice: POUTx by Studio Author, Toronto, Canada
Awards of Merit:
Clinique Monkland by Atelier Échelle with Table Architecture, Montreal, Canada
Lumea by Reflect Architecture, Toronto, Canada
WORKSPACE
Winner: Deepmoss Office by Xiamen Fenggu Fashion, Xiamen, China
People’s Choice: GO HQ by FMA, Morelia, Mexico
Awards of Merit:
Crane Cove by ONO, San Francisco, U.S.
Structured Narrative by Shine-V Interior Design, Nanjing, China
INSTITUTIONAL
Winner: Bamboo Pavilion by Vermilion Zhou Design, Shanghai, China
People’s Choice: The Arena: Qiantan Cultural Center by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Shanghai, China
Awards of Merit:
The Edes by KTGY, Morgan Hill, U.S.
Librairie Avant-Garde by Cloud Ocean Design, Anhui, China
CONCEPTS
Winner and People’s Choice: Augusta Township CABN by CABN and B+H Architects, Augusta Township, Canada
Awards of Merit:
Tofino Fish Pier by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design, Tofino, Canada
DWT (Drywall Waste Technology) Tiny House by Washington State University, Seattle, U.S.
Durham Meadoway Visioning Study by SvN Architects + Planners, Durham Region, Canada
EXPERIENTIAL GRAPHIC DESIGN
Winner: Tanuki Noburu Building by Motive Inc, Sapporo, Japan
People’s Choice: Kobe Port Tower by Motive Inc., with COLarchitects, VANS Architects and Studio Tanbo, Kobe, Japan
URBAN DESIGN
BUILT DEVELOPMENTS
Winner and People’s Choice: START Ivry by STAR Strategies + Architecture, Paris, France
MASTER PLAN PROPOSALS
People’s Choice: Earls Court Masterplan by Hawkins\Brown and Studio Egret and SLA, London, U.K.
INTERVENTIONS & INFRASTRUCTURE
Winner and People’s Choice: Hall Street Pier by MBAC with Stanley Office of Architecture
Award of Merit:
Tramdepot Bern by Penzel Valier, Bern, Switzerland
Woven Passage to Cloudy Peaks by Line+ Studio, Shaoxing China
A+ STUDENT AWARD
Winners (*it’s a tie!*):
People’s Choice: Tempo- by Mu Qu Jennifer Liu (Carleton University), Natalie Cole Bajet and Nikki Elim Ng (University of Manitoba)
Award of Merit: Bahar Narenj by Mo Bayati and Zhiyuan Zhu (University of Toronto)
SOCIAL GOOD
People’s Choice: Anduhyaun Women’s Shelter by LGA Architectural Partners, Toronto, Canada
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
Winner and People’s Choice: DWT (Drywall Waste Technology) Tiny House by Washington State University, Seattle, U.S.
Award of Merit: təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre by hcma architecture + design with PFS Studio, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Congratulations to all!
The AZ Awards 2025 is presented by Keilhauer and Fisher & Paykel and sponsored by Colombo and Ligne Roset. The AZ Awards 2025 Gala Sponsors are Landscape Forms and Scavolini and Dark Tools. Gala partners are Castor Design, Forno Cultura, Tre Mari Bakery, Stratus Wines and Tahir Mahmood.
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