An impressive 621 entries from 30 countries were submitted to Azure’s AZ AWARDS, the magazine’s second annual international competition recognizing excellence in design.

Of these submissions, our panel of international experts – Imola Bérczi of UNStudio, Jeffrey Bernett of Consultants for Design Strategy, Elaine Cecconi of Cecconi Simone, Jennifer Guthrie of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Mike Keilhauer of Keilhauer and Brigitte Shim of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects – have chosen the 60 finalists.

Over the next four weeks, Azure invites you to view our finalists and vote online for your favourite in each of the 14 categories. The People’s Choice Awards and jury-selected winners will be announced during a gala at Toronto’s Thompson Hotel. All winners and finalists will be featured in Azure’s Awards Annual on newsstands June 18. Vote for the People’s Choice Awards until May 4 now.

The AZ AWARDS private ceremony will take place June 7 at the Thompson Hotel in Toronto.