AZURE is excited to reveal the finalists of the 2025 AZ Awards – 86 projects, products and concepts that won over our esteemed international jury. Inspiring approaches to adaptive re-use, urban revitalization and multi-unit housing made the list – so did elegant and refined homes, products and interiors. Practices from around the world, including Neri&Hu, OPEN Architecture, Studio MK27, 3XN and Fernanda Canales, join Canadian talents including LGA Architectural Partners, Patkau Architects, and MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects as contenders.
Congratulations to all the finalists – who now go on to the People’s Choice portion of the AZ Awards program. Everyone is welcome to vote for their favourites now! All winners and People’s Choice favourites will be announced at the AZ Awards 2025 gala on Thursday, June 19. This special evening will commemorate 15 years of the AZ Awards and 40 years of Azure magazine!
The EMERGING winners in the categories of Architecture, Design and Interiors will also be revealed at the Gala. The recipients of this inaugural accolade will be featured – alongside all other winners and finalists – in AZURE’s July/August 2025 issue, to be distributed at the event. Get your Gala tickets now!
2025 AZ Awards FINALISTS
Pearl Jam, Miami Design District, U.S. by Nicole Nomsa Moyo. Photo: Kris Tamburello
Architecture – Adaptive Reuse
Atelier Global Limited: Dialogue with Nature — Commune STORE, Houyuan Village, China
Skylab Architecture: Skylab HQ, Portland, OR, U.S.
Neri&Hu; Design and Research Office: The Yard | Dalian Cultural Center, Dalian, China
Architecture – Commercial/Institutional Buildings Over 1,000 Square Metres
Sordo Madaleno: Academia Atlas, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
3XN with Urbio AB: Forskaren, Stockholm, Sweden
OPEN Architecture: Sun Tower, Yantai, China
hcma architecture + design with PFS Studio: təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre, New Westminster, BC, Canada
NADAAA with HDR: University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture, Lincoln, NE, U.S.
Sun Tower, Yantai, China by OPEN Architecture. Photo: Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Architecture – Commercial/Institutional Buildings Under 1,000 Square Metres
Studio Cadena with Field Operations: Domino Square Building, New York City, U.S.
Lateral Office and Verne Reimer Architecture: Inuusirvik Community Wellness Hub, Iqualuit, Nunavut, Canada
Chen Suchart Studio: Los Milics Vineyard Tasting Room, Elgin, AZ, U.S.
Audax: Saint Catherine’s Chapel, Florence, Italy
Saunders Architecture with Alisberg Parker Architects and Reed Hildebrand: Tekαkαpimək Contact Station, Maine, U.S.
Architecture – Experiential Installations
L.E.FT Architects with Iheb Guermzi and Beya Othmani: Djerba Prototype 366, Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah, KSA
line+studio: Sky Ring, Shaoxing, China
Good Urban Design (Nicole Nomsa Moyo): Pearl Jam, Miami Design District, U.S.
Tramdepot Bern, Bern, Switzerland by Penzel Valier. Photo: Nikolay Kazakov
Interiors – Retail & HospitalityFuturestudio: Civil Works
Nivek Remas: ANIML Restaurant, Toronto, Canada
ONOAA STUDIO: SIGMA Space, Shanghai, China
Katata Yoshihito Design: Tojiro Knife Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Sugarhouse: Cult Gaia Miami Flagship, U.S.
Interiors – Workspace
Obata Noblin Office: Crane Cove, San Francisco, U.S.
Shine-V Interior Design: Structured Narrative, Nanjing, China
FMA: GO HQ, Morelia, Mexico
Xiamen Fenggu Fashion: Deepmoss Office, Xiamen City, China
A+ Student Award
Eduard Matarredona Gómez (ETSALS – Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura La Salle – Universitat Ramón Llull – Barcelona): Land Reclamation – Return to El Prat’s Origins
Mo Bayati and Zhiyuan Zhu(University of Toronto): Bahar Narenj
Mu Qu Jennifer Liu (Carleton University), Natalie Cole Bajet (University of Manitoba) and Nikki Elim Ng (University of Manitoba): tempo-
The Well, Toronto, ON, by Hariri Pontarini Architects with BDP, Adamson Associates Architects, architects alliance, Wallman Architects, CCxA and Urban Strategies. Photo: Nick Caville
Concepts – Conceptual Projects, Ideas and Prototypes
CABN with B+H: Augusta Township CABN Community Development, Ontario, Canada
DWT Tiny House Team (Washington State University): DWT Tiny House, Seattle, U.S.
The AZ Awards is AZURE’s international architecture and design competition, recognizing excellence and innovation, and showcasing the world’s best projects, products and ideas.
Now in its 15th year, the competition has grown in impact and stature to become a significant international benchmark for excellence, attracting entries from some of the most highly innovative firms around the world.
The AZ Awards is a unique opportunity for architects, landscape architects, designers, urbanists, students, clients and manufacturers, to receive the international exposure and acknowledgement that their exceptional work deserves.
AZURE Media is one of the world’s most influential multi-platform design and architecture media brands. Insatiably curious, highly creative and ever-evolving, AZURE reports on the latest in global architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, interiors and products design and provides a unique, multidisciplinary perspective on global currents, renowned design personalities and relevant industry innovations. AZURE is the go-to source of information, learning and inspiration for the A&D community and professional-level consumers alike.
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