Azure welcomes architects, designers, and students to submit to the second annual AZ AWARDS competition and get their exceptional work the recognition it deserves.

It’s an opportunity to present completed work that stands out for innovative design, environmental or social benefits or for being simply delightful. To give your projects their proper due, we’ve assembled a panel of international experts in the fields of design, architecture, landscape and interiors to judge all entries. (Keep an eye out for the jury announcement soon.)

So put your best work forward for a chance to win an internationally recognized prize. Not only will you get your work in the spotlight, by winning an AZ AWARD you’ll elevate the profiles of your firm and your clients. Top submissions will be published in Azure’s Annual Awards Issue, on newsstands June 2012.

The competition is open to designers and design firms from all disciplines, as well as students, manufacturers and clients who have commissioned work completed by December 31, 2011.

The categories:

Architecture – Single-family and multi-unit residential, commercial and institutional, landscapes, temporary and demonstration spaces

Interiors – Residential, commercial and institutional

Design – Furniture, furniture systems, lighting and interior products

Concepts – Unbuilt competition entries and other unrealized concepts

A+ Award – Students enrolled in a post-secondary design or architecture program in 2011 are eligible for the $5,000 prize.

Submissions close March 1. To enter online, or for more information visit awards.azuremagazine.com.

The AZ AWARDS are sponsored by Audi, Keilhauer, George Brown School of Design, Adbeast and V2com.