We’re back from our 2024 AZ Awards gala at the Evergreen Brick Works – and ready to share all of the winners and finalists with you. It was a big night for Mexico, with three major wins in our Architecture categories! And it was a momentous occasion for all of our honourees, who hailed from 42 countries. Selected by our prestigious jury, the winners took home a stunning trophy by jury member Evan Jerry. And our People’s Choice honourees were also fêted in a major way. Here’s to the best in architecture and design!

WINNER IN BUILDINGS OVER 1,000 SQM

Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca 780 by HEMAA, Mexico City, Mexico

People’s Choice

The Urban Monument | Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts Extension by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Xi’an, China

WINNER IN BUILDINGS UNDER 1,000 SQM

Neil Campbell Rowing Centre by MJMA Architecture & Design and Raimondo + Associates Architects, St. Catherines, Canada

People’s Choice

La Escondida Chapel by Apaloosa Estudio de Arquitectura y Diseño and Walter Flores Arquitecto, La Garza, Mexico

WINNER & PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN HOUSES

Copas by PPAA, Valle de Bravo, Mexico

People’s Choice (*two PCs in this category!*)

Shenandoah House by Schaum/Shieh Architects, Lexington, U.S.

Award of Merit

Reciprocal House by Gianni Botsford Architects, London, U.K.

WINNER & PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

Edificio Tonalá 15 by CRB Arquitectos, Mexico City, Mexico

Awards of Merit

Mercado Groningen by De Zwarte Hond and Loer Architecten, Groningen, Netherlands

Highnote by Studioninedots, Almere, Netherlands

WINNER IN TEMPORARY AND EXPERIENTIAL INSTALLATIONS

Divergence by Thomas Cheney Architects with Sputnik Architecture, The Forks Renewal Corporation, DVW Bobcat and Fête Jockey Events, Winnipeg, Canada

People’s Choice

Orchid Pavilion by CCA Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica | Bernardo Quinzaños, Puerto Escondido, Mexico

WINNER IN ADAPTIVE RE-USE

Incision | Nantou City Guesthouse by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Shenzhen, China

People’s Choice

Nanyang Old Town Public Space Renewal by YFS, Ningde, China

Award of Merit

Pumphouse by 5468796 Architecture, Winnipeg, Canada

WINNER IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Benjakitti Forest Park – Transforming a Brownfield into an Urban Ecological Sanctuary by Turenscape with Arsomsilp Landscape Studio, Bangkok, Thailand

People’s Choice

The Opera Park by Cobe, Copenhagen, Denmark

WINNER IN FURNITURE, SINGLE-PIECE

Ollie Collection by Yabu Pushelberg for Glas Italia

People’s Choice

The Palaver Bench by WXY architecture+urban design with SITU, Design Trust for Public Space, (UN)COMMON and Baida Canada

Awards of Merit

Limbo Chair by Hlynur Atlason with John Edelman and Andrew McPhee for Heller

Sunset Lounger by Robin Delaere for Pebl

WINNER IN FURNITURE SYSTEMS AND COLLECTIONS

Material Studies – Rugosa by Johann Pauwen and Michaele Simmering for Kalon Studios

People’s Choice

Libelle by Khodi Feiz for Studio TK

Award of Merit

Semiton by García Cumini for Arper

WINNER AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN LIGHTING FIXTURES

Africa by Francisco Gomez Paz for Vibia

Awards of Merit

Konoha by Yabu Pushelberg for Marset

14p by Omer Arbel for Bocci

WINNER IN LIGHTING SCHEMES

Department 57 Bar & Club by DA Bureau with Yarko Lighting Design, Saint Petersburg, Russia

People’s Choice

Gusto 501 by Partisans, Toronto, Canada

WINNER IN INTERIOR PRODUCTS

Sport by Patricia Urquiola for Kvadrat

People’s Choice

Milo by Cité Arquitetura for Eliane Revestimentos

Awards of Merit

Aurora by Calico

Corde Collection by Ronan Bouroullec for Kvadrat

WINNER AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS

Textures Collection by 3form

Awards of Merit

Venezia by Venini by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez for Fantini

002 Collection by Alexander Dornbracht, Julianne Gietzen, Coralee Sandee and Carlee Benzie for Kallista

Rainstick Shower by RainStick Shower

WINNER IN COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL INTERIORS

Artifact Bar by NC Design & Architecture, Hong Kong, China

People’s Choice

Inside/Outside | Jisifang & Woven Moonlight by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office

Awards of Merit

Department 57 Bar & Club by DA Bureau with Yarko Lighting Design, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Lee Restaurant by Futurestudio and Bent Gable Design, Toronto, Canada

WINNER IN RESIDENTIAL INTERIORS

Liminal House by McLeod Bovell, Vancouver, Canada

People’s Choice

House Caroline by Reign Architects, Toronto, Canada

Awards of Merit

Matski House by ZROBIM Architects, Minsk, Belarus

Brooklyn Mass Timber House by Schiller Projects, Brooklyn, U.S.

WINNER AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN CONCEPTS

Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre by Lateral Office and Teeple Architects with the Inuit Design Advisory Council, Iqaluit, Canada

People’s Choice (*two PCs in this category!*)

Warmth of the Wood Pile by Cornecelli, Winnipeg, Canada

Awards of Merit

Housing the Unhoused by SvN with Two Steps Home and CABN, Toronto, Canada

Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre by Dorte Mandrup

WINNER IN EXPERIENTIAL GRAPHIC DESIGN

Ontario Court of Justice by Frontier Design, Toronto, Canada

People’s Choice

Chitose Techno Park by Motive, Chitose, Japan

WINNER AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN BUILT DEVELOPMENTS

Pumphouse by 5468796 Architecture, Winnipeg, Canada

Awards of Merit

Die Macherei München by HWKN with Ochs Schmidhuber Architekten and M3 Architekten, Munich, Germany

Knight’s Park by Alison Brooks Architects, Cambridge, U.K.

WINNER IN UNBUILT DEVELOPMENTS

Steelport by PUBLIC WORK office for urban design & landscape architecture, Hamilton, Canada

People’s Choice

Downsview Framework Plan by Henning Larsen, SLA, KPMB Architects, Urban Strategies, BA Group, Ramboll, Purpose Building, Third Party Public, Department of Words and Deeds, Nbisiing Consulting, Monumental Projects, Future Simple Studio, Northcrest Developments, Canada Lands Company, Transsolar and ARUP, Toronto, Canada

Awards of Merit

University Park by PUBLIC WORK office for urban design & landscape architecture, Toronto, Canada

WINNER AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND INTERVENTIONS

High Line – Moynihan Connector by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Field Operations, New York City, U.S.

Awards of Merit

Kendall/MIT Gateway by NADAAA, Cambridge, U.S.

Hydroelectric Power Plant Töging by Robert Maier Architekten, Töging, Germany

WINNER AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR A+ STUDENT AWARD

Sabon Gida, Sabon Farko – “Home After Crisis“ by Temitope Akinsiku, University of Manitoba, North East Nigeria

Awards of Merit

Gateway to Onomichi by Oonagh Davis, Harvard University Graduate School of Design

New Domesticity – The Shared Life of Low-Income Single Mother Families in Tokyo by Xidian Wang, University of Cambridge

WINNER AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR SOCIAL GOOD

New Domesticity – The Shared Life of Low-Income Single Mother Families in Tokyo by Xidian Wang, University of Cambridge

Award of Merit

RISE UP: Community Coastal Stewardship in the Rockaways by WXY architecture+urban design, Queens, U.S.

WINNER OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP

RISE UP: Community Coastal Stewardship in the Rockaways by WXY architecture+urban design, Queens, U.S.

People’s Choice

Parks in Action by Centre for Landscape Research – University of Toronto/Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada

Awards of Merit

Restoring Downstream by Angavu Architecture, Indigenous Nation of Quapaw, Oklahoma, U.S.

Sport by Patricia Urquiola for Kvadrat

Congratulations to all!

The 2024 AZ Awards is presented by Alumilex, Cosentino and Keilhauer and sponsored by Colombo Design America and Technogym. Gala sponsors are George Brown College’s Brookfield Sustainability Institute, Dark Tools, Landscape Forms, Scavolini and  Vogt.

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