The AZ Awards turns 15 this year! The call for entries for 2025 is now open to participants from all parts of the world.
AZ Awards is AZURE Magazine’s international architecture and design competition, recognizing excellence and innovation, and showcasing the world’s best projects, products and ideas.
This is a unique opportunity for designers, architects, urban designers, developers, clients, manufacturers and students to get their work seen by our jury of international experts and receive global recognition. Longlisted entries will be published online. Winners and shortlisted entries get published online and in print in the annual AZ Awards issue.
The AZ Awards 2025 categories include:
- Design
- Architecture
- Landscape Architecture
- Interiors
- Emerging Awards – new for 2025!
- Urban Design
- Experiential Graphic Design
- Concepts
- Student Work
- Social Good and Environmental Leadership
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
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.
AZ Awards 2025 – 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.