AZ Awards 2025 Architecture and Design Competition

AZ Awards 2025 Architecture and Design Competition is now open for entries!

AZ Awards 2025 Architecture and Design Competition : AZURE Magazine recently has announced 15th edition of it's 2025 AZ Award, the international architecture and design competition, recognizing excellence and innovation, and showcasing the world’s best projects, products and ideas.

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The 15th edition of AZURE’s AZ Awards is now open for submissions! The AZ Awards is an international architecture & design competition celebrating the world’s best projects, products and ideas.

Launched by AZURE in 2011, the AZ Awards has grown in size, scope and momentum to be internationally recognized for its influence in the global design and architecture spheres, and has become a significant benchmark for excellence, attracting entries from some of the most innovative firms around the world.

The AZ Awards is a unique opportunity for architects, landscape architects, designers, students, clients and manufacturers, to receive the international exposure and acknowledgement that their exceptional work deserves.

The 2025 AZ Awards includes the following competition categories:

➜ Design
➜ Architecture
➜ Landscape Architecture
➜ Urban Design
➜ Experiential Graphic Design
➜ Interiors
➜ Concepts
➜ A+ Award for Student Work
➜ Social Good Award and Environmental Leadership Award

Projects submitted must have been completed on or before December 31, 2023. Products must be prototyped or in production. Longlisted entries will be published online. Winners and shortlisted entries get published online and in print in the annual AZ Awards issue.

Submission requirements:

Images: You may submit up to 20 images and/or drawings/renderings in jpg format, at least 300 dpi (minimum of 9” height and width). If submitting a rendering, please ensure that this is clearly indicated in the file name. Make sure to credit the photographer. When submitting images from multiple photographers, include the photographer’s name in the file name.

Video: Entrants are encouraged to share videos of their work that help to communicate the project. It is preferred if the video is shared via web link (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo), but we will accept direct uploads in .mov, .mp4 or mpg format with a file size less than 1 GB.

NOTE: Images and videos are primarily for the jurors to get a better representation and thorough understanding of your projects.

Project description: Include objectives and how they were met, design challenges, technological and/or material innovations, social and environmental impact.

Project specs: Indicate dimensions, materials, fabrication techniques, manufacturing process.

Who may enter?

This competition is open to anyone worldwide.

Prize:

Winners recieve:

➜ The AZ Awards trophy – one-of-a-kind trophy is re-imagined each year by a prominent designer, and produced in limited editions exclusively for the AZ Awards
➜ Recognition of their achievements in print and online
➜ Global exposure through our international media partners
➜ A complimentary press kit distribution on v2com newswire
➜ Student winner receives a $5,000 cash prize

Entry fees:

Early-bird Fees:
➜ A+ Award for Student Work: $35 per submission
➜ All other categories: $250 for the first submission; $225 for the second submission; $200 for the third and all subsequent submissions

Regular Fees:
➜ A+ Award for Student Work: $45 per submission
➜ All other categories: $275 for the first submission; $250 for the second submission; $225 for the third and all subsequent submissions

Each entry includes a 1-year digital subscription to AZURE Magazine.