AZ Awards 2023: Meet the Winners!

Our 13th annual AZ Awards program is a landmark vintage. Drawing over 1,000 submissions from around the world, the 2023 edition celebrates more winners than ever, with a record-breaking 26 AZ Awards winners lauded alongside 57 Awards of Merit. For the first time since 2019, we’ve also been able to fête our winners and finalists with a gala at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works.

And we had plenty to celebrate. This year’s winners represent the best in Canadian and international design, addressing urgent problems and embracing new possibilities in a wide range of contexts and disciplines. Our esteemed jury selected winners in 24 categories, including two draws — in the A+ Student Award and Buildings Over 1,000 sqm — which reflect this year’s exceptional calibre of talent.

See our full list of winners and learn more about all projects, products and concepts via the links below:

ARCHITECTURE

A composite photo of the two Buildings Over 1000 square metre winners, showing Ilulissat Icefjord Centre (left) and Ace Hotel Toronto (right)

PHOTO: Adam Mørk (left), Scott Norsworthy (right).

WINNERS IN BUILDINGS OVER 1,000 SQM

Dorte Mandrup: Kangiata Illorsua/Ilulissat Icefjord Centre, Ilulissat, Greenland

Shim-Sutcliffe Architects: Ace Hotel Toronto, Toronto Canada (PEOPLE’S CHOICE)

AWARDS OF MERIT

Mix Architecture: Shanshui Firewood Garden, Sichuan, China

Kevin Daly Architects: Houston Endowment Headquarters, Houston, U.S.

A view of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery pavilion on a hazy day, highlighting the building's curved form and the warm light emanating from within.

PHOTO: Doublespace

WINNER IN BUILDINGS UNDER 1,000 SQM

KPMB Architects: Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Phase 3 Expansion (Harrison McCain Pavilion), Fredericton, Canada

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Dedang Design: Bache Community Centre, Suzhou, China

AWARDS OF MERIT

3andwich Design: The Water Drop Library, Huizhou City, China

Perkins&Will: SFU Stadium at Terry Fox Field, Burnaby, Canada

A view from the Lake House living room, showing a person moving the screens to open the space out to the outdoors.

PHOTO: Felipe Araújo

WINNER IN HOUSES

mf+arquitetos: Lake House, Uberlândia, Brazil

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

SJB: 19 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills, Australia

AWARDS OF MERIT

Studio Arthur Casas: BD House, São Paulo, Brazil

Appels Architekten: Wooden House by the Lake, Bavaria, Germany

HW Studio Arquitectos: Enso House II, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

A view of MU Valley's upper stories from a residential balcony, with a person sitting in the foreground.

PHOTO: Daria Scagliola

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

MVRDV: Valley, Amsterdam, Netherlands

AWARDS OF MERIT

Adjaye Associates: 130 William, New York, U.S.

Studioninedots: De Jakoba, Amsterdam, Netherlands

A worm's eye view of the Gravity Field installation, showing plantings reaching up to the blue, sunny sky from the upturned planters.

PHOTO: JC Lemay

BEST IN EXPERIENTIAL INSTALLATIONS

Terrain Work: Gravity Field, Jardins de Métis, Canada

PEOPLE’S CHOICE:

Dubbeldam Architecture + Design: Binary Spectrum, Kitchener, Canada

A view of the uppermost stories of Quay Quarter Tower, which pierce above the clouds during a sunrise or sunset.

PHOTO: Adam Mørk

BEST IN ADAPTIVE RE-USE

3XN with BVN and Multiplex: Quay Quarter Tower, Sydney, Australia

PEOPLE’S CHOICE:

Studioninedots: Bovenbouwwerkplaats, Utrecht, Netherlands

AWARD OF MERIT

Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: Recast | Lao Ding Feng, Beijing China

A distant view of the Liknon winery visitor centre, showing the structure seamlessly built into (and integrated with) a sloping landscape.

PHOTO: Claus Brechenmacher & Reiner Baumann

BEST IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

K-Studio with Ballian, LAST Lighting Architecture and Fytron Landscapes: Liknon, Vourliotes, Greece

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Turenscape with Peking University: Handan Wastewater Cleansing Terraces, Handan City, China

DESIGN

A still life in-situe photo of two Parkside Lounge chairs positioned on either side of a small coffee table.

PHOTO: Britney Townsend

WINNER & PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN FURNITURE SINGLE PIECE

Stephen Dalrymple, Peter Coolican and Nathan Clarke: Parkside Lounge

AWARD OF MERIT

Ludovica+Roberto Palomba: Obi

A colourful Metamorfosi seating feature, comprising of a multi-coloured cushion with a variety of colourful, worm-like tentacles.

PHOTO: Sergio Chimenti

WINNER IN FURNITURE SYSTEMS AND COLLECTIONS

Humberto and Fernando Campana: Metamorfosi

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Yonoh Studio: Dau

AWARDS OF MERIT

Pearson Lloyd: Avro

Teknion: Kiosk

Aurélien Barbry: Plank Collection

A trio of red Plusminus luminaires, all hanging off of a suspended rod at various heights, and connected by a flowing cable.

WINNER & PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN LIGHT FIXTURES

Stefan Diez: Plusminus

AWARDS OF MERIT

Pablo Pardo: Carousel

Davide Groppi: FM

Lukas Peet with Luis Valdizon, Javier Wainstein, Alberto Acquistapace, Keillor Macleod and Pablo Delgadillo: Column

Caine Heintzman: Iris

A close-up dusk view of the Novartis Pavilion facade, showing a blue-green gradient of colours across the diamond-pattern surface.

PHOTO: Laurids Jensen

WINNER IN LIGHTING SCHEMES

iart – studio for media architectures, AMDL Circle and Michele de Lucchi: Novartis Pavilion – Zero Energy Facade, Basel, Switzerland

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Foco Luz e Desenho: Zee.Dog Temple, São Paulo, Brazil

AWARD OF MERIT

Licht Kunst Licht: Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway

A selection of Framed "frames" behind a chair and desk, showing the product in various size configurations and colour combinations.

PHOTO: Marek Swoboda

WINNER IN INTERIOR PRODUCTS

Alain Gilles The Studio: Framed

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Charlotte Lancelot: Reversible

AWARDS OF MERIT

Caroline Cockerham and Laura Tripp: Cicil Wool Rug Collection

Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: Zai Collection

In-situ view of the Plaid ceiling solution (shown in red) in an office setting.

PHOTO: Imperfect*

WINNER IN ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS

Turf: Plaid

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Stûv: Stûv 21-clad

AWARDS OF MERIT

Sebastian Herkner: Zencha Collection

Formafantasma: FFQT Collection

INTERIORS

A view of the Muskoka Lake House kitchen, showing the prominent stone island in the foreground, and the rocky topography through the windows.

PHOTO: Joel Esposito

WINNER IN RESIDENTIAL INTERIORS

Studio Paolo Ferrari: Muskoka Lake House, Lake Rosseau, Canada

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Estudio Vilablanch: Living in a work of art, Barcelona, Spain

AWARDS OF MERIT

Suzanne Wilkinson Interiors, Williamson Williamson Architects and Wilkinson Construction: Wilkinson Laneway House, Toronto, Canada

Studio mk27: Flat Oak, São Paulo, Brazil

A view of the Prime Seafood Palace interior, featuring tables and banquettes, and highlighting the diffuse light through the slatted wood walls.

PHOTO: Doublespace

WINNER IN COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL INTERIORS

Omar Gandhi Architects: Prime Seafood Palace, Toronto, Canada

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Giannone Petricone Associates: The Royal Hotel, Picton, Canada

AWARDS OF MERIT

Diamond Schmitt and Todd Williams Billie Tsien Architects: David Geffen Hall, New York, U.S.

Odami: Aesop Yorkville, Toronto, Canada

INC Architecture & Design: Rockefeller Center Rink Level, New York, U.S.

CONCEPTS

An aerial rendering of The Whale, depicting the building in its coastal site, and showing visitors walking across the sloped roof.

WINNER IN IDEAS, PROTOTYPES AND UNBUILT PROJECTS

Dorte Mandrup: The Whale, Andenes, Norway

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

KPMB Architects and Perkins&Will with Two Row Architects: Dream LeBreton, Ottawa, Canada

AWARDS OF MERIT

Keith Van de Riet, University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design: Mangrove Reef Walls, Englewood and Fort Pierce, U.S.

Agence Spatiale and BGLA architecture + design urbain: Espace Riopelle, Quebec City, Canada

A close-up of a playful mural depicting people and abstract figures in the House of Communication canteen.

PHOTO: Mark Seelen

WINNER & PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN EXPERIENTIAL GRAPHIC DESIGN

HENN and Büro Uebele: House of Communication, Munich, Germany

AWARDS OF MERIT

Airspace: National Basketball Association Headquarters, New York, U.S.

UX Architecture Studio: Biotech Workplace, Cambridge, U.S.

URBAN DESIGN

A straight-on view of the historic terminal at Jiaxing Train Station, surrounded by ethereal new glass forms.

PHOTO: CreatAR Images

WINNER IN URBAN DESIGN: BUILT DEVELOPMENTS

MAD Architects: Jiaxing Train Station, Jiaxing, China

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

MAD Architects: Baiziwan Social Housing, Beijing, China

AWARD OF MERIT

MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Queen’s Marque, Halifax, Canada

A rendering of the public courtyard at Parliamentary Precinct Block 2, showing a new green-hued building alongside the historic surroundings.

WINNER & PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN URBAN DESIGN: UNBUILT DEVELOPMENTS

Zeidler Architecture in association with David Chipperfield Architects: Parliamentary Precinct Block 2, Ottawa, Canada

AWARD OF MERIT

SVN Architects + Planners: The Destructor, Toronto, Canada

An aerial view of the Shenzhen Skypark, showing blue basketball and tennis courts, alongside a grass soccer pitch and public seating, with the linear park meeting the city skyline in the background.

PHOTO: Yu Bai

WINNER IN URBAN DESIGN: INTERVENTIONS

Crossboundaries: Shenzhen Skypark, Shenzhen, China

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

CCxA (Claude Cormier et Associés): The Ring, Montreal Canada

AWARD OF MERIT

FLIP Studio: FLIPPOP Art Space, Shanghai, China

The curves of the Sixth Street Viaduct on a hazy Los Angeles evening, with the city skyline as backdrop.

PHOTO: Iwan Baan

WINNER IN URBAN DESIGN: INFRASTRUCTURE

Michael Maltzan Architecture: Los Angeles Sixth Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, U.S.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

MAD Architects: Jiaxing Train Station, Jiaxing, China

AWARD OF MERIT:

5468796 Architecture: Parkade of the Future & Innovation Centre, Calgary, Canada

A+ STUDENT AWARD

A two-part composite image with renderings of AZ AWARDS 2023 winners Solar Steps (left) and Re-mining Giali (right)

WINNERS IN A+ STUDENT AWARD

Nicole Cao, University of Waterloo: Solar Steps, Brampton, Canada

Dimitrios Mitsimponas, University of Thessaly: Re-mining Giali, Giali, Greece (PEOPLE’S CHOICE)

AWARD OF MERIT

Arwa Qalalwa, School of the Art Institute of Chicago: The Incarceration of a City: Floating Structures of the In-between, The Gaza Strip, Palestine

SOCIAL GOOD

a rendering of the vibrant street-level pedestrian envisioned as part of the Albina Vision Trust Community Investment Plan, depicting a bustling public market and outdoor dining framed by trees and mid-rise buildings.

WINNER IN SOCIAL GOOD

El Dorado: Albina Vision Trust Community Investment Plan, Portland, U.S.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

General Architecture Collaborative: Learning & Sports Center, Masoro, Rwanda

AWARD OF MERIT

Humberto and Fernando Campana: Metamorfosi

ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP

A photo of the Mangrove Reef Walls, showing the installation half-submerged in greenish water, and covered with algae and plant life.

PHOTO: Keith Van de Riet

WINNER & PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP

Keith Van de Riet, University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design: Mangrove Reef Walls, Englewood and Fort Pierce, U.S.

AWARDS OF MERIT

Caroline Cockerham and Laura Tripp: Cicil Wool Rug Collection

3XN with BVN and Multiplex: Quay Quarter Tower, Sydney, Australia

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The 2023 AZ Awards is presented by Caesarstone, Keilhauer and Landscape Forms and sponsored by Ciot and Colombo Design America. Gala sponsors are George Brown College’s Brookfield Sustainability Institute, Dark Tools and Scavolini.

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