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AZ Awards 2021

Toronto, Canada

The AZ Awards has been recognizing
excellence in design and architecture The gala also welcomes an annual Categories
across the world for over a decade international guest of honour; previous • Architecture: Residential buildings;
now. Since AZURE debuted the AZ years’ guests have included legendary commercial and institutional buildings
Awards in 2011, the programme has landscape architect Martha Schwartz, over 1,000 square meters; commercial
grown in size, scope, and momentum architect Winy Maas (co-founder of the and institutional buildings under
to be internationally recognized for Dutch architecture firm MVRDV), and 1,000 square meters; temporary and
its influence in the global design and designer Gaetano Pesce. demonstration projects; adaptive re-use
architecture spheres. The 2021 edition of Winners take home the AZ Awards • Landscape Architecture: Public and
the AZ Awards adds the completely new trophy, recreated annually by a prominent private landscapes
category of Urban Design, encouraging designer – in past years such luminaries • Urban Design: Built and unbuilt
developers to submit their projects. as Luca Nichetto, Michael Anastassiades, multi-building development projects
The awards programme welcomes Matt Carr, Philippe Malouin, Karim (commercial, residential or mixed-use);
submissions until February 25 and Rashid, and Omer Arbel have designed infrastructure; urban interventions
promises to attract entries from some of trophies for the AZ Awards. Look for • Interiors: Residential spaces;
the most forward-thinking firms from all announcements later this year about commercial and institutional spaces
corners of the globe. our special gala guest and the 2021 AZ • Design: Furniture; furniture systems;
In 2020 – the AZ Awards’ 10th Awards trophy designer. lighting fixtures; lighting installations;
anniversary – the programme received Azure and its partners encourage interior products; architectural
projects from over 1,200 architects, design and architecture professionals, products
landscape architects, product designers, developers, students, and manufacturers • Experiential Graphic Design:
interior designers, students, and to submit their work to the AZ Awards Wayfinding; sign programmes;
manufacturers from 47 countries. Out for an opportunity to step into the global information and map design;
of that unprecedented number, the spotlight, elevate their profile, and raise experiential brand identity
international jury of experts selected 68 public awareness for their firm and their • Concepts: Unbuilt competition entries;
extraordinary finalists. clients. concepts/prototypes
This year, our jury of internationally Submissions close Tuesday, February • A+ Award: Projects developed by a
renowned practitioners in the areas of 25, 2021 (early-bird submissions end student enrolled in a post-secondary
product design, architecture, landscape January 31, 2021). design or architecture program in 2020.
architecture, and interiors will convene Online entry portal and more The winner will receive a $5,000 cash
remotely from their homes and offices information at awards.azuremagazine. prize.
all over the world to evaluate the entries. com • All entries may be considered for
Past jurors have included Thom Mayne, the Social Good Award and/or the
Nader Tehrani, Nina-Marie Lister, Eligibility Environmental Leadership Award by-
Philippe Malouin, Marion Weiss, Omar The 2021 AZ Awards are open to: election. A winner in each of these two
Gandhi, Craig Dykers, Michel Rojkind, categories will be selected. Projects
and Brigitte Shim. Stay tuned to find out • Designers and design firms from all may be entered in one or both of these
who the members of the 2021 AZ Awards disciplines categories.
Jury will be! • Architects, landscape architects, and For the Social Good Award, projects
Winners will be revealed at the AZ architectural firms must advance social equity and have a
Awards Gala in Toronto in June. The gala • Developers positive impact on the collective realm.
has become the event of the season, an • Post-secondary students enrolled in For the Environmental Leadership
exciting evening with fellow members design and architecture programs in Award, projects must show sensitivity
of the industry’s elite. Every year – with 2020 and respect for the use and management
the exception of 2020, when we hosted • Clients and manufacturers of natural resources throughout their
our gala online – close to 500 top • Projects must be completed by lifecycle, especially with respect to
architects, designers and industry-related December 31, 2020 materials and energy use. dw
professionals come together to meet and • Products must be prototyped or in
mingle and to celebrate the finalists and production www.awards.azuremagazine.com
winners. Past finalists have traveled from • Concepts must have been developed or JUNE: Winners are revealed at the 2021
as far away as South Korea, Austria, Brazil, presented for the first time in 2020 AZ Awards Gala and published in print
Peru, and Japan to join the festivities. and online

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