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Meet the Winners of the 2023 AZ Awards!
AZURE Media
ICYMI – AZURE has revealed the 26 AZ Awards winners and 57 People's Choice and Awards of Merit recipients
AZURE's 13th annual AZ Awards program is a landmark vintage. Drawing submissions from 53 countries, the 2023 edition celebrates more winners than ever, with a record-breaking 26 AZ Awards Winners – 8 of which are also People's Choice awardees – 16 People's Choice, and 41 Awards of Merit recipients.
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. The remarkable jurors – Marie Christine Dorner, David Fortin, Thom Fougere, Alain Gilles, Meg Graham, Peter Mabeo, Jay Osgerby, Pascale Sablan, Lawrence Scarpa, and Jerry Van Eyck – 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.
On Friday, June 23, for the first time since 2019, and after 3 years of online celebrations, AZURE was able to fête the winners and finalists in person again at a spectacular gala at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works, together with the architecture and design community and Guest of Honour, architect Craig Dykers of Snøhetta. Winners and finalists travelled to Toronto from as far away as the Netherlands, Spain, and Brazil to join the festivities.
Jury winners received a stunning trophy designed by AZ Awards juror Marie Christine Dorner. The Earth-like orb is made from different layers of wood, including oak, sycamore, and walnut, assembled at various thicknesses and in random order so that no two sculptures are alike.
Inspired by Toronto's skyline, visible from the Evergreen lookout path, the George Brown School of Design created a luminous installation made of more than one hundred sonotubes, lit from within and capped with disks of fluorescent green, referencing the lush green space surrounding the Brick Works. They transformed the space and created the perfect ambience for a fantastic event.
Read more about the winners and all other shortlisted projects here.
The next edition of the AZ Awards will open for submissions in January 2024.
Visit awards.azuremagazine.com for updates and details.
The 2023 AZ Awards is presented by Caesarstone, Keilhauer and Landscape Forms and is 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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About the AZ Awards
The AZ Awards is AZURE’s international architecture and design competition recognizing excellence and innovation, and showcasing the world’s best projects, products, and ideas.
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One of Two Winners in Buildings Over 1,000 SqM
Dorte Mandrup: Kangiata Illorsua/Ilulissat Icefjord Centre, Ilulissat, Greenland
High-resolution image : 12.12 x 13.33 @ 300dpi ~ 9.5 MB
Winner in Urban Design, Built Developments
MAD Architects: Jiaxing Train Station, Jiaxing, China
High-resolution image : 16.67 x 11.11 @ 300dpi ~ 9.5 MB
Winner in Urban Design, Infrastructure
Michael Maltzan Architecture: Los Angeles Sixth Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, U.S.
Medium-resolution image : 9.0 x 6.0 @ 300dpi ~ 1.8 MB
One of Two Winners and The People's Choice in Buildings Over 1,000 SqM
Shim-Sutcliffe Architects: Ace Hotel Toronto, Toronto Canada
High-resolution image : 16.51 x 15.04 @ 300dpi ~ 11 MB
Winner in Social Good
El Dorado: Albina Vision Trust Community Investment Plan, Portland, U.S.
Very High-resolution image : 26.67 x 15.0 @ 300dpi ~ 9.8 MB
Medium-resolution image : 9.1 x 6.83 @ 300dpi ~ 5.4 MB
Medium-resolution image : 9.1 x 6.83 @ 300dpi ~ 2.1 MB
Winner in Buildings Under 1,000 SqM
KPMB Architects: Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Phase 3 Expansion (Harrison McCain Pavilion), Fredericton, Canada
Medium-resolution image : 10.0 x 7.5 @ 300dpi ~ 1 MB
Medium-resolution image : 9.1 x 6.83 @ 300dpi ~ 4.3 MB
Winner in Concepts – Ideas, Prototypes & Unbuilt Projects
Dorte Mandrup: The Whale, Andenes, Norway
Solvår Sæter (MIR)
Very High-resolution image : 18.03 x 14.35 @ 300dpi ~ 7.9 MB
Low-resolution image : 3.41 x 2.28 @ 300dpi ~ 210 KB
Low-resolution image : 3.41 x 2.28 @ 300dpi ~ 210 KB
Low-resolution image : 3.41 x 2.28 @ 300dpi ~ 140 KB
Medium-resolution image : 3.41 x 5.12 @ 300dpi ~ 310 KB
Medium-resolution image : 3.41 x 5.12 @ 300dpi ~ 300 KB
Low-resolution image : 3.41 x 2.28 @ 300dpi ~ 200 KB
Winner & People's Choice in Experiential Graphic Design
HENN and Büro Uebele: House of Communication, Munich, Germany
Medium-resolution image : 5.18 x 7.67 @ 300dpi ~ 2 MB
Winner in Design, Interior Products
Alain Gilles The Studio for Greenmood: Framed
Medium-resolution image : 6.67 x 10.0 @ 300dpi ~ 4.3 MB
Winner in Architecture, Experiential Installations
Terrain Work: Gravity Field, Jardins de Métis, Canada
Very High-resolution image : 27.31 x 18.21 @ 300dpi ~ 16 MB
Winner in Architecture, Houses
mf+arquitetos: Lake House, Uberlândia, Brazil
Felipe Araújo
High-resolution image : 12.58 x 6.64 @ 300dpi ~ 4 MB
Low-resolution image : 3.41 x 2.28 @ 300dpi ~ 260 KB
Winner in Landscape Architecture
K-Studio with Ballian, LAST Lighting Architecture and Fytron Landscapes: Liknon, Vourliotes, Greece
Claus Brechenmacher & Reiner Baumann
Very High-resolution image : 26.88 x 20.16 @ 300dpi ~ 7.5 MB
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.
High-resolution image : 12.0 x 9.0 @ 300dpi ~ 1.3 MB
Winner in Design, Furniture Systems & Collections
Humberto and Fernando Campana for Paola Lenti: Metamorfosi
High-resolution image : 12.0 x 9.0 @ 300dpi ~ 3.3 MB
Winner in Residential Interiors
Studio Paolo Ferrari: Muskoka Lake House, Lake Rosseau, Canada
Very High-resolution image : 19.69 x 26.25 @ 300dpi ~ 8.3 MB
Winner in Design, Lighting Schemes
iart – studio for media architectures, AMDL Circle and Michele de Lucchi: Novartis Pavilion – Zero Energy Facade, Basel, Switzerland
High-resolution image : 12.8 x 7.2 @ 300dpi ~ 4 MB
Winner & People's Choice in Design, Single Piece Furniture
Stephen Dalrymple, Peter Coolican and Nathan Clarke for Coolican & Company: Parkside Lounge
Britney Townsend
Very High-resolution image : 14.35 x 21.52 @ 300dpi ~ 17 MB
Winner in Design, Architectural Products
Turf: Plaid
Imperfct*
Very High-resolution image : 23.33 x 17.55 @ 300dpi ~ 14 MB
Winner in Commercial & Institutional Interiors
Omar Gandhi Architects: Prime Seafood Palace, Toronto, Canada
High-resolution image : 15.0 x 14.08 @ 300dpi ~ 14 MB
Winner in Architecture, Adaptive Re-Use
3XN with BVN and Multiplex: Quay Quarter Tower, Sydney, Australia
High-resolution image : 8.0 x 12.0 @ 300dpi ~ 9.1 MB
One of Two Winners and The People's Choice in A+ Award for Student Work
Dimitrios Mitsimponas, University of Thessaly: Re-mining Giali, Giali, Greece
High-resolution image : 14.15 x 10.0 @ 300dpi ~ 6 MB
Winner & People's Choice in Urban Design, Unbuilt Projects
Zeidler Architecture in association with David Chipperfield Architects: Parliamentary Precinct Block 2, Ottawa, Canada
Very High-resolution image : 23.02 x 15.75 @ 300dpi ~ 5.9 MB
Winner in Urban Design Interventions
Crossboundaries: Shenzhen Skypark, Shenzhen, China
Medium-resolution image : 8.33 x 5.55 @ 300dpi ~ 3.3 MB
One of Two Winners in A+ Award for Student Work
Nicole Cao, University of Waterloo: Solar Steps, Brampton, Canada
Very High-resolution image : 36.0 x 24.0 @ 300dpi ~ 47 MB
Winner & People's Choice in Architecture, Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
MVRDV: Valley, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Medium-resolution image : 8.53 x 8.53 @ 300dpi ~ 2.2 MB
Winner & People's Choice in Design, Lighting Fixtures
Stefan Diez for Vibia: Plusminus
Very High-resolution image : 25.16 x 16.33 @ 300dpi ~ 13 MB
Medium-resolution image : 9.1 x 6.83 @ 300dpi ~ 3.1 MB
The stunning 2023 AZ Awards trophy, designed by AZ Awards juror Marie Christine Dorner. An Earth-like orb made from different layers of wood, including oak, sycamore and walnut, assembled at various thicknesses and in random order so that no two sculptures are alike.
Medium-resolution image : 9.1 x 6.83 @ 300dpi ~ 2.1 MB
Medium-resolution image : 9.1 x 6.83 @ 300dpi ~ 2.3 MB
Medium-resolution image : 3.41 x 5.12 @ 300dpi ~ 370 KB
Medium-resolution image : 3.41 x 5.12 @ 300dpi ~ 390 KB
Medium-resolution image : 9.1 x 6.83 @ 300dpi ~ 2.9 MB
Medium-resolution image : 9.1 x 6.83 @ 300dpi ~ 4.1 MB
Low-resolution image : 3.41 x 2.28 @ 300dpi ~ 230 KB
Low-resolution image : 3.41 x 2.28 @ 300dpi ~ 180 KB
Medium-resolution image : 3.41 x 5.12 @ 300dpi ~ 360 KB
Medium-resolution image : 3.41 x 5.12 @ 300dpi ~ 310 KB
Medium-resolution image : 3.41 x 5.12 @ 300dpi ~ 290 KB
Medium-resolution image : 9.1 x 6.83 @ 300dpi ~ 2.3 MB
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