Thinking Locally, Building Globally

Architizer, the largest online platform for architecture, announces the official opening of the 13th Annual Architizer A+Awards, honoring the year’s best buildings and spaces. NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) proudly supports the A+Awards as a media partner of Architizer.

Lakeside Teahouse by Domain Architects
Photo credit: Zhang Chao

Twisted Brick Shell Concept Library by HCCH studio
Photo credit: Qingyan Zhu

Skamlingsbanken Visitor Centre by CEBRA
Photo credit: Adam Mørk

The Architizer A+Awards is the world’s largest and most democratic architectural awards program, and celebrates the extraordinary work of designers in over 85 countries worldwide. Now in its 13th season, the program will highlight designers blending global influences with local traditions, materials, and knowledge — building remarkably contextual yet decidedly innovative architecture that addresses pressing global concerns.

Interpretation Centre of Biodiversity in Ljubljana Marsh by Atelje Ostan Pavlin
Photo credit: Virginia Vrecl

Taisugar Circular Village by Bio-architecture Formosana
Photo credit: Studio Millspace

Dehkadeh Iwan by SUPER VOID SPACE
Photo credit: c/o SUPER VOID SPACE

Architecture today is marked by international settings and technologies, the import and export of goods and ideas, and a climate crisis that is universally shared. The 13th Annual A+Awards will honor projects that are responding to globalization of the industry in unique and contextually sensitive ways. Returning this season are the Sustainability Awards, in which entrants must meet stringent design criteria created in partnership with leading green building experts, as well as categories for adaptive reuse and renovation works that contribute to the revitalization of buildings and communities around the world.

Trudo Vertical Forest by Stefano Boeri Architetti
Photo credit: Stam + De Koning Bouw

Duntax Office by 6717studio
Photo credit: Hiroyuki Oki

Living Places Copenhagen by VELUX Group
Photo credit: Adam Mørk

The 13th A+Awards maintains its commitment to the democratic judging process, highlighting design’s impact on people’s everyday lives with an online vote by the public in each category. The 12th Annual A+Awards received over 400,000 public votes on 5,000+ entries from over 80 countries worldwide.

Prepared Rehmannia Root Crafts Exhibition Hall by LUO studio
Photo credit: Jin Weiqi

Canvas House by PARTISANS
Photo credit: Younes Bounhar

The Abrahamic Family House by Adjaye Associates
Photo credit: Deed Studio

New this year are a suite of categories dedicated specifically to firms and projects emphasizing global vision and local context, spotlighting architectural innovation that is deeply rooted in place. This season also sees the addition of categories honoring materiality and detailing, as well as experimental approaches and technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) design. See the complete list of 124 categories here.

Cadence by Alison Brooks Architects
Photo credit: c/o Alison Brooks Architects

The Refinery by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism | PAU
Photo credit: Max Touhey

Google MT1 by MGA | Michael Green Architecture
Photo credit: Ema Peter

Juries

The 13th A+Awards are judged by Architizer’s 250+ jury academy, featuring prestigious members of the architecture and design community, as well as luminaries from the art, technology, fashion, media, business, and real estate industries. Notable jurors include:

• Philippe Block (Co-Director, Block Research Group at ETH Zurich)
• Kongjian Yu (Ecological building leader and Founder, Turenscape)
• James Corner (Founding Partner, Field Operations)
• Evelyn Lee (Founder, Practice of Architecture and AIA National President)
• Has Ulrich Obrist (Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries)
• Jha D Amazi (Principal, MASS Design Group)
• Germane Barnes (Founder, Studio Barnes and B-arn-S
• Ismael Seleit (leading AI Influencer, Foster + Partners)

Key Dates

• Launch: October 7, 2024
• Entry Deadline: February 21, 2025
• Finalists Announced: April 2025
• Public Voting: May 2025
• Winners Announced: June 2025

Architizer

Architizer’s core mission is to empower architects. Through its inspiring content, awards program, and vast online reach, Architizer connects architects with the tools they need to build better buildings, better cities, and a better world.