In 2018, the AZ Awards received 997 international entries – the greatest number of submissions in the program’s eight years. We are thrilled to present the 64 finalists that wowed our esteemed jury, comprised of Claire Weisz, founding partner at New York architecture, urban design and planning firm WXY; Megan Torza, partner at Toronto architecture, landscape architecture and urban design firm DTAH; London-based lighting and furniture designer Michael Anastassiades; Michel Rojkind, founder of Mexico City architecture firm Rojkind Arquitectos; and Allen Chan, co-founder of Toronto-headquartered multidisciplinary studio DesignAgency.
The winners from this list of finalists will be announced at the 2018 AZ Awards Gala, to be held at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works on Friday, June 22. All of the winners and finalists will be featured in our July/August issue, available in print and online at the end of June. Get your tickets to the gala now!
Now it’s your turn to have a say! On April 5, we will open the popular People’s Choice portal, where you can vote for your favourite AZ Awards finalists in all 19 categories. Voting will end on May 4.
The 2018 AZ Awards is presented by Cosentino, Keilhauer, Stone Tile and Laminam, and was sponsored by Flos, Landscape Forms, Urban Capital, and George Brown College School of Design. Gala sponsors were Alpi, DXV, Farrow&Ball, Scavolini, and Tas. The hotel sponsor is The Drake Hotel.
Residential Architecture – Single Family
From left to right:
Davidson Rafailidis: Big Space, Little Space, Buffalo, New York, USA
Taller Hector Barroso: Entrepinos, Valle de Bravo, Mexico
nodo17 group: House City Wall, Seville, Spain
la SHED architecture: Maison Wilson, Montreal, Canada
Mork Ulnes Architects: Mylla Hytte, Lunner, Norway
35-51 Architecture Office: Vanoosh Villa, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Residential Architecture – Multi-Unit
From left to right:
gad•Line+ Studio: Contemporary Rural Cluster, Hangzhou, China
COBE: The Silo, Copenhagen, Denmark
Studio MK27: Somosaguas, Madrid, Spain
Commercial/Institutional Architecture Over 1,000 Square Metres
From left to right:
NADAAA: Daniels Building, Toronto, Canada
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: The Walled – Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat, Hanjiang District, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
C.F. Møller Architects: Copenhagen International School, Denmark
Antonini Darmon Architects with RMDM Architects: Extension of the CTLES, Paris, France
ORIGEN 19˚ 41’ 53” N: Refugio para Mujeres Victimas de Violencia (RMV), Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP: Poly International Plaza, Beijing, China
Commercial/Institutional Architecture Under 1,000 Square Metres
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Key Operation/Architects: Kanda Terrace, Tokyo, Japan
Studio MK27: Micasa Volume C, São Paulo, Brazil
Temporary/Demonstration Architecture
From left to right:
Claude Cormier + Associés: 18 Shades of Gay, Montreal, Canada
DevolutioN: DevolutioN Park, Xinglin Bay, Xiamen, China
Raw Design: Fine Line, Toronto, Canada
Landscape Architecture
From left to right:
Turenscape: Building a Greenway – Puyangjiang River Eco-Corridor, Zhejiang Province, China
Claude Cormier + Associés: Berczy Park, Toronto, Canada
John Wardle Architects & NADAAA in collaboration with Oculus: Tanderrum Pedestrian Bridge, Melbourne, Australia
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects: Orongo Station Stewardship Master Plan, Poverty Bay, New Zealand
Residential Interiors
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RIGI Design: A White House, Shanghai, China
Jean Verville architecte: IN 3, Montreal, Canada
smartvoll: Loft Panzerhalle, Salzburg, Austria
Commercial/Institutional Interiors
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Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup: Contemplative Court, Smithsonian Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington, U.S.
Esrawe Studio: El Califa, Mexico City, Mexico
Squire and Partners: The Department Store, London, U.K.
Linehouse: WeWork Weihai Lu China Flagship, Shanghai, China
Furniture Design
From left to right:
Allermuir: Axyl by Benjamin Hubert of Layer
Arper: Cila by Lievore Altherr
Two Degrees North: Mantis by Shim Sutcliffe Architects
Springboard Working Surfaces: Q!
Furniture Systems
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Teknion: Expansion Cityline
Molteni&C: Gliss Master-Glass by Vincent Van Duysen
Lighting Fixtures
From left to right:
Luceplan: Amisol by Daniel Rybakken
ANONY: Highwire by Christian Lo and David Ryan
Castor Design: Induction Wall Light by Brian Richer and Kei Ing
Innermost: Kepler by COHDA
Lighting Installations
From left to right:
Licht Kunst Licht AG: HSBC Cafeteria, Dusseldorf, Germany
Moment Factory: Jacques Cartier Bridge Interactive Illumination, Montreal, Canada
Architectural and Interior Products
From left to right:
Casali: Cocoon Lounge by Daniele Merini
Agape: Immersion Bathtub by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
OberSurfaces: Pure Paper Color by Patrick Norguet
Unbuilt Buildings
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Modern Office of Design + Architecture (MoDA): GROW, Calgary, Canada
Trahan Architects: Magazine Street Residence, New Orleans, USA
Lemay: Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, Montreal, Canada
Ideas/Prototypes
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FXCollaborative with Sam Schwartz Engineering: Public Square, New York, USA
PUBLIC WORK with Greenberg Consultants: The Bentway, Toronto, Canada
Experiential Graphic Design
From left to right:
Rios Clementi Hale Studios: Row DTLA, Los Angeles, USA
ZGF Architects: Wasserman Football Center, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
A+ Student Award
From left to right:
Alykhan Neky, Ryerson University: Netii Apa – Maasai Mara Cultural Center, Kenya
The 2017 First Year Class, Yale School of Architecture, led by Adam Hopfner and
Alan Organschi: 2017 Jim Vlock Building Project at Yale
Chen Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Theatre in Round and Theater in the Ground
Anne Morrison, Katie Kelly, Yin-Yu Fong, University of Virginia: Thermal Thresholds – Education and Play in the Arctic (Minto, Alaska)
Shir Katz and Kyriaki Goti, University of Stuttgart: Tangible Formations
Social Good
From left to right:
Ben Kaufmann, Carleton University: BIO – Water Distilling Device
Hariri Pontarini Architects: Casey House, Toronto, Canada
Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects: Fitzroy Crossing Renal Hostel, Fitzroy Crossing, Australia
Insitu Project: Miaoxia Community Guesthouse, Sichuan Province, China
Environmental Leadership
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Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects: Duke University Water Reclamation Pond, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Ruhl Walker Architects: Gap Cove House, Rockport, Massachusetts, USA