The 2025 AZ Awards

The 15th Edition of the AZ Awards is Now Open for Entries!

 The AZ Awards is AZURE’s international architecture and design competition, recognizing the world’s best projects, products and ideas and providing an international platform for exceptional talents to receive well-deserved exposure and acknowledgement.

 The 15th edition of the AZ Awards introduces new categories, including the first-ever EMERGING Awards. This year Entrants receive more exposure opportunities online as AZURE will publish not only the shortlisted entries, but also the longlist of submissions selected by AZURE's editorial team and local A&D experts.

Why Enter the AZ Awards

Longlisted entries, finalists and winners of the AZ Awards receive unparalleled global recognition:

• Longlisted entries are showcased online
• Finalists and Winners receive:
  • Acknowledgement online and in the print and digital editions of the July/August issue of AZURE Magazine
  • Global exposure through the AZ Awards’ international network of media partners
  • Recognition at the annual AZ Awards Gala in Toronto, attended by 500+ local and international A&D professionals

•  Winners also receive:
  • The AZ Awards trophy, reimagined each year by a prominent designer
  • A complimentary press kit distribution on v2com newswire to reach a wider global audience

• All entrants receive a complimentary digital subscription to AZURE

One of the undeniable benefits for architects and designers to enter the AZ Awards, is the opportunity to show their work to the AZ Awards jury members, who represent the best of the worlds of architecture, urbanism, interiors, landscape architecture, product design and more.

This years jurors are:

• Rasmus Astrup, Design Principal & Senior Partner, SLA
• Bahar Ghaemi, Creative Director of Products, Yabu Pushelberg
• Gregory Henriquez, Managing Principal, Henriquez Partners Architects
• Ali McQuaid Mitchell, Founder, Futurestudio
• Sergio Morales, Co-founder, Chevalier Morales
• Angie Jim Osman, Partner, Allies and Morrison
• Manit Rastogi, Founding Partner, Morphogenesis
• Nathan Rich, Partner, Peterson Rich Office
• Amelle Schultz, Principal, Ayers Saint Gross
• Simone Vingerhoets-Ziesmann, EVP for the Americas, Ligne Roset

Show the world what you have accomplished! Download the Submissions Details kit, select your best work and submit to the 2025 AZ Awards for global recognition.

CATEGORIES

31 categories in the major A&D fields:

• Architecture
• Design
• Interior Design
• Landscape architecture
• Urban Design
• Experiential Graphic Design
• Concepts
• A+ Award For Student Work
• Social Good
• Environmental Leadership

2025 AZ AWARDS KEY DATES

• January 31                Early Bird Deadline
• February 21              Final Submission Deadline:
• Mid-March                 Longlisted Entries Revealed:
• April 17                      Finalists Announced:
• April 17 – May 11     People’s Choice voting:
• June 2025                 Winners Revealed at the AZ Awards 15^th Anniversary Gala in Toronto; Winners and finalists are published in the July/August issue of AZURE

ABOUT AZURE

AZURE is one of the world’s most influential design and architecture media brands.

Now in its 40th year, AZURE provides a unique, multidisciplinary perspective on global currents, renowned design personalities and relevant industry innovations and is the go-to source of inspiration and information for the A&D community. AZURE celebrates inclusive and sustainable design, and reports on innovative and socially and environmentally responsible people, projects, products and ideas.