
The AZ Awards 2023 finalists are our most numerous selection of standout projects ever, with a total of 83 projects, products and concepts from around the world that illustrate an international scope of excellence in design.
Selected by our esteemed jury – Jay Osgerby, Marie Christine Dorner, David Fortin, Thom Fougere, Alain Gilles, Meg Graham, Peter Mabeo, Pascale Sablan, Lawrence Scarpa, Jerry Van Eyck – the AZ Awards 2023 finalists represent the very best entries among over 1,000 submissions to our annual awards program, which celebrates its 13th year.
On June 23, we will celebrate all of them and announce the winners at the AZ Awards Gala — our first in-person gala event in years! get your tickets now! — as well as online and in our special print edition dedicated to the awards. But before then, everyone will get a chance to vote for their favourite AZ Awards 2023 finalists in the People’s Choice segment of the competition — stay tuned for details!
Architecture – Houses

SJB: 19 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
mf+arquitetos: Lake House, Uberlandia, MG, Brazil
HW Studio arquitectos: Enso House II, Guanajuato, Mexico
Appels Architekten: Wooden House by the Lake, Bavaria, Germany
Studio Arthur Casas: BD House, São Paulo, Brazil
Architecture – Multi-Unit Residences

Adjaye Associates: 130 William, New York City, U.S.
Studioninedots: De Jakoba, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
MVRDV: Valley, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Architecture – Adaptive Re-Use

3XN: Quay Quarter Tower, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Studioninedots: Bovenbouwwerkplaats, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: Recast | Lao Ding Feng Beijing, Beijing, China
Architecture – Commercial & Institutional Buildings Over 1000 SQM

Dorte Mandrup: Kangiata Illorsua / Ilulissat Icefjord Centre, Ilulissat, Greenland
MIX Architecture: Shanshui Firewood Garden, Yibin, Sichuan, China
Shim-Sutcliffe Architects: Ace Hotel Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Kevin Daly Architects: Houston Endowment Headquarters, Houston, TX, U.S.
Architecture – Commercial & Institutional Projects Under 1000 SQM

3andwich Design / He Wei Studio: The Water Drop Library, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China
Dedang Design: Bache Community Center, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
KPMB Architects: Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Phase 3 Expansion (Harrison McCain Pavilion), Fredericton, NB, Canada
Perkins&Will: SFU Stadium, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Architecture – Temporary & Experiential Installations

Terrain Work: Gravity Field, Jardins de Métis, QU, Canada
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design: Binary Spectrum, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Concepts – Ideas & Prototypes, Unbuilt Projects

Keith Van de Riet: Mangrove Reef Walls, Englewood + Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.
Dorte Mandrup: The Whale, Andenes, Norway
Agence Spatiale + BGLA: Espace Riopelle, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec City, Canada
KPMB Architects and Perkins&Will with Two Row Architects: Dream LeBreton, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Design – Architectural Products

Duravit: Zencha Collection by Sebastian Herkner
Stûv: 21-clad First Freestanding Fireplace
Quadro Design and Blu Bathworks: FFQT Collection by Formafantasma
Turf: Plaid
Design – Single-Piece Furniture

Coolican & Company: Parkside Lounge by Stephen Dalrymple
Expormim: Obi by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba
Design – Furniture Systems and Collections

Arconas: Avro by Pearson Lloyd
Teknion: Kiosk
Stylex: Dau by Yonoh Studio
Skagerak by Fritz Hansen: Plank Collection by Aurelién Barbry
Paola Lenti: Metamorfosi by Campana Brothers
Design – Interior Products

Cicil: Cicil Wool Rug Collection
Greenmood: Framed Collection by Alain Gilles
Gan Rugs: Reversible by Charlotte Lancelot
Ento: Zai Collection by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
Design – Light Fixtures

Pablo: Carousel
A-N-D: Column by Lukas Peet
Vibia: Plusminus by Diez Office
A-N-D: Iris by Caine Heintzman
Davide Groppi: FM
Design – Lighting Schemes

Licht Kunst Licht: Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway
Foco Luz e Desenho: Zee.Dog Temple, São Paulo, Brazil
iart – studio for media architectures / AMDL Circle and Michele De Lucchi: Novartis Pavilion, Zero-Energy Media Facade, Basel, Switzerland
Experiential Graphic Design

Airspace: National Basketball Association Headquarters, New York City, U.S.
UX Architecture Studio: Biotech Workplace Experiential Graphics, Cambridge, MA, U.S.
HENN and Büro Uebele: House of Communication, Munich, Germany
Commercial and Institutional Interiors

HENN: House of Communication, Munich, Germany
Diamond Schmitt and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners: David Geffen Hall, New York City, U.S.
Omar Gandhi Architects: Prime Seafood Palace, Toronto, ON, Canada
Giannone Petricone Associates: The Royal, Picton, Prince Edward County, ON, Canada
Odami: Aesop Yorkville, Toronto, ON, Canada
INC Architecture & Design: Rockefeller Center, New York City, U.S.
Residential Interiors

Suzanne Wilkinson Interiors and WilliamsonWilliamson: Wilkinson Laneway House, Toronto, ON, Canada
Studio Paolo Ferrari: Muskoka Lake House, Lake Rosseau, ON, Canada
Estudio vilablanch: Living in a Work of Art, Barcelona, Spain
Studio mk27: Flat Oak, São Paulo, Brazil
Landscape Architecture

Turenscape/ Peking University: Design as Experiment: The Handan Wastewater Cleansing Terraces, Handan City, Hebei Province, China
K-Studio: Liknon, Vourliotes, Samos, Greece
Urban Design Interventions

CCxA: The Ring, Montreal, Canada
Crossboundaries: Shenzhen Skypark, Shenzhen, China
FLIP studio: FLIPPOP Art Space, Shanghai, China
Urban Design Infrastructure

5468796 Architecture and Kasian Architecture, Interior Design and Planning: Parkade of the Future & Innovation Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada
Michael Maltzan Architecture: Los Angeles Sixth Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
MAD Architects: Jiaxing Train Station, Jiaxing, China
Urban Design – Built Developments

MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Queen’s Marque, Halifax, NS, Canada
MAD Architects: Jiaxing Train Station, Jiaxing, China
MAD Architects: Baiziwan Social Housing, Beijing, China
Urban Design – Unbuilt Developments

SvN Architecture + Planning: The Destructor, Toronto, ON, Canada
Zeidler Architecture Inc. in association with David Chipperfield Architects: Parliamentary Precinct Block 2 Redevelopment, Ottawa, ON, Canada
A+ Award

Arwa Qalalwa (School of the Art Institute of Chicago): The Incarceration of a City: Floating structures of the In-between
Dimitrios Mitsimponas (Dept. of Architecture, School of Engineering, University of Thessaly): Re-mining Giali: a new scenario for the manufactured landscape _ baths and a power production facility
Nicole Cao (University of Waterloo): Solar Steps
Environmental Leadership

Cicil: Cicil Wool Rug Collection
3XN: Quay Quarter Tower, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Keith Van de Riet: Mangrove Reef Walls, Englewood + Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.
Social Good

General Architecture Collaborative: Learning & Sports Center, Masoro, Rulindo District, Rwanda
El Dorado: Albina Vision Trust Community Investment Plan, Portland, OR, U.S.
Paola Lenti: Metamorfosi by Campana Brothers
The 2023 AZ Awards is presented by Caesarstone, Keilhauer and Landscape Forms and sponsored by Colombo Design America. Gala sponsors are George Brown College’s Brookfield Sustainability Institute, Dark Tools and Scavolini.
Media Partners: Archello, ArchDaily, Archilovers, Archinect, Archiproducts, The Architect’s Newspaper, Architonic, Bustler, Design Week Mexico, INDEX Design, Kollectif, v2com newswire and World-Architects.
AZ Awards 2023: Meet the Finalists!
The AZ Awards 2023 competition announces the finalists in categories including architecture, urbanism, design, interiors and student work.