This year, 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.

View the 2018 finalists and vote online for your favourite in each of the 19 categories. Voting will be open until May 4.

The People’s Choice and the jury-selected winners will be announced at the AZ Awards Gala at Toronto’s historic Evergreen Brick Works on Friday, June 22, with Guest of Honour Winy Maas.

Vote for your favourites now and increase their chance of winning the People’s Choice!

AZ Awards Gala tickets are now available. Super early bird pricing ends April 30. Get your tickets to the gala now!

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.

Winy Maas’s participation at the AZ Awards Gala is made possible by the support of the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Toronto.