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Housing

House of the Year (urban) - Small

The design of a house expresses the ways users prefer to live. The house can be terraced, semi-detached, or detached. And whatever the environment, successful house projects always find a relationship with the surrounding landscape. This category is for a house in an urban setting sized less than 150 m2.
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House of the Year (urban) - Medium

The design of a house expresses the ways users prefer to live. The house can be terraced, semi-detached, or detached. And whatever the environment, successful house projects always find a relationship with the surrounding landscape. This category is for a house in an urban setting sized between 150 and 300 m2.
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House of the Year (urban) - Large

The design of a house expresses the ways users prefer to live. The house can be terraced, semi-detached, or detached. And whatever the environment, successful house projects always find a relationship with the surrounding landscape.  This category is for a house in an urban setting sized greater than 300 m2.
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House of the Year (rural) - Small

The design of a house expresses the ways users prefer to live. The house can be terraced, semi-detached, or detached. And whatever the environment, successful house projects always find a relationship with the surrounding landscape. This category is for a house in a rural setting sized less than 150 m2.
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House of the Year (rural) - Medium

The design of a house expresses the ways users prefer to live. The house can be terraced, semi-detached, or detached. And whatever the environment, successful house projects always find a relationship with the surrounding landscape. This category is for a house in a rural setting sized between 150 and 300 m2.
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House of the Year (rural) - Large

The design of a house expresses the ways users prefer to live. The house can be terraced, semi-detached, or detached. And whatever the environment, successful house projects always find a relationship with the surrounding landscape.  This category is for a house in a rural setting sized greater than 300 m2.
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Housing Project of the Year - Low Rise

There is limited space in our cities. How can we maximize housing on compact sites while still ensuring pleasant outdoor spaces and maintaining views? And how can housing projects generate a sense of community? This category is for a building of 1-4 stories.
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Housing Project of the Year - Mid Rise

There is limited space in our cities. How can we maximize housing on compact sites while still ensuring pleasant outdoor spaces and maintaining views? And how can housing projects generate a sense of community? This category is for a building of 5-12 stories.
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Housing Project of the Year - High Rise Tower

There is limited space in our cities. How can we maximize housing on compact sites while still ensuring pleasant outdoor spaces and maintaining views? And how can housing projects generate a sense of community? This category is for a building of 13 stories or more.
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House Extension of the Year

Homes often need to grow as occupants desire more space. Additions can be excellent ways to transform and adapt residences. Well-designed extensions respond to the architecture of an existing house, the parameters of a site, or both. This category is for extensions to both urban and rural single-family homes.
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Offices

Office Building of the Year - Low and Mid Rise

Now that many organizations have embraced hybrid working, the design of the office more than ever is about facilitation meeting and collaboration. Which office building sets the tone this year? This category is for a building of less than 10 stories.
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Office Building of the Year - High Rise Tower

Now that many organizations have embraced hybrid working, the design of the office more than ever is about facilitation meeting and collaboration. Which office building sets the tone this year? This category is for a building of 10 stories or more.
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Schools

Primary School Building of the Year

Well-designed kindergartens and elementary schools are so important to the development of young children the world over. Considerations of color and light, of movement and activity, and for small group or large group learning, all factor into the planning, design and material choices of schools purpose-built for children. Which primary school projects stood out this year?
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Secondary School Building of the Year

Secondary schools or high schools are purpose made for early-to-late teenage learning. Secondary school students require a range of spaces that support classroom activities, including social spaces and auditoriums, cafeterias and outdoor areas. Which secondary school projects stood out this year?
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University Building of the Year

Challenging places where research and education go hand in hand, where there is room for intense focus on the one hand and room for knowledge exchange and collaboration on the other. This category is for all university buildings, offering education from undergraduate through graduate to postgraduate levels.
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Healthcare

Hospital Building of the Year

Effective organization, state-of-the-art facilities, pleasant rooms for patients, and clear routing along 'healing' places... the design of a hospital is a multifaceted task. Which hospital building is the best this year?
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Healthcare Building of the Year

Beyond the hospital, primary, secondary and tertiary care take place in many kinds of buildings, from individual practices of general practitioners to health centers where various disciplines are combined. This category covers all buildings in the healthcare sector.
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Residential Care Building of the Year

Senior care facilities, hospices for the young and old, mental health residences and short- or long-term centers for wellbeing: all these and more may fall under the expanding category of residential care buildings. Programs housed by such a typology can range from clinical spaces to guest rooms, support, activity and care spaces. This category is for all types of care facilities that also contain residences.
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Leisure

Sports and Leisure Building of the Year

How nice it is to exercise and relax all year round, regardless of the weather. This category is for sports and leisure buildings of all scales, from fitness centres, to sports centres, to stadiums.
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Shopping Centre of the Year

A combination of multiple retail stores becomes more than just a place to shop. It also becomes a place where people meet and congregate. Larger shopping centers in particular acquire urban characteristics with their own (roofed) streets and squares.
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Shop of the Year

This category is for a single retail store building. How do you translate a retail identity into an architecture that best showcases the items on display?
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Hotel Building of the Year

A temporary home anywhere in the world, with rooms for retreat and attractive common areas and amenities. Which hotel raises the bar this year?
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Public buildings

Transportation Hub of the Year

Transportation hubs are essential nodes in the infrastructure of our cities. Different modes of transport are connected at these nodes. These modes can involve any combination of trains, metros, trams, buses, taxis, (shared) cars, bicycles and pedestrians.
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Religious Building of the Year

Faith helps so many people to give meaning to their lives and find a sense of belonging. Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Sikhism and many more… each faith has its own kinds of gatherings and accompanying rituals being reflected in the architecture of the buildings designed for them.
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Cultural Building of the Year

A cultural building will reflect the heritage of the city in which it is based, from its architecture to its interiors and exhibitions. Acting as a destination for people from all walks of life, it is a place that combines learning and entertainment. A cultural building should have the potential to become a driver in a city’s social, physical, and economic regeneration.
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Community Centre of the Year

A home away from home, a community centre is a warm and welcoming place for all generations. The community centre needs adaptable spaces for a range of social activities and classes, for example, cooking, music and drama, arts and crafts. It might include a nursery and play areas. Overall, a barrier-free design is fundamental, both in terms of mobility and sociability.
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Library Building of the Year

From cosy reading nooks to open, social spaces, the best library will act as a community ‘living room’, striking a balance between activities that require silence, such as research, and those that encourage participation, such as book readings. The library setting should offer flexibility, welcoming groups of school children and adults alike. It might include a cafe or offer hybrid working solutions for people who work remotely.
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Theatre Building of the Year

The theatre is a place in which the audience enjoys a collective sensory experience together with the performers. The ideal theatre is a building that connects with the community. It will provide a welcoming foyer, state-of-the-art acoustics, and optimal seating and visual comfort for every audience member. Well-designed rehearsal, backstage, and main stage facilities for performers are equally important. As a building, it should be accessible to all.
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Museum Building of the Year

The perfect place to exhibit art and to exchange ideas. A place that is connected to the surrounding (urban) landscape and welcomes visitors – because art should be enjoyed by everyone.
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Government Building of the Year

This concerns all buildings that house a government service: municipalities, municipal services, provincial services, national services, ministries, parliaments, and so on. These buildings always have a representative side, where guests of the general public can be received.
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Pavilion of the Year - Permanent

A place of shelter or learning, the best pavilions are also architecturally significant. They should arouse curiosity and invite exploration. A pavilion might offer a program of activities, from talks to performances. This category is meant to recognize this year’s most outstanding permanent pavilion.
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Pavilion of the Year - Temporary

A place of shelter or learning, the best pavilions are also architecturally significant. They should arouse curiosity and invite exploration. A pavilion might offer a program of activities, from talks to performances. The pavilion’s materiality is important, especially if it’s a temporary structure. Thinking about renewal, it will be reused and/or repurposed. This category is meant to recognize this year’s most outstanding temporary pavilion.
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Parking Garage of the Year

Whether we like it or not cars and trucks are, at least for now, here to stay. Because vehicles are large, heavy and polluting, parking garages are typically open-air, require heavy structures and can cover massive surfaces. They can also be structurally innovative, energy efficient, sustainable and innovative buildings. Which parking garage projects stand out this year?
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Airport Building of the Year

There may not be another building typology that compares in sheer scale or complexity with airports. From arrival zones to security checkpoints, commercial areas, boarding gates and aircraft parking and circulation, airports might house enough space and receive enough visitors that they are even comparable in scale to small cities. Because of their size, airports often feature some of the most innovative structural systems, programs for energy efficiency and infrastructures for renewable energy. This category is for airport buildings of all sizes.
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Bridge of the Year

Bridges combine the expertise of architects and engineers to span waterways, valleys and urban spaces. They can be modest or sculptural, and measure a few meters or several kilometers in length. This category is for bridges of all types, vehicular or pedestrian.
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Interiors

Cultural Interior of the Year

The cultural interior straddles a line between connecting with the surrounding community and/or landscape and offering a unique experience. Materials, lighting, furniture, and signage are all significant design factors. Accessibility and sustainability are key. Moreover, it is important to think about spatial arrangements and pedestrian flows.
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Café / Restaurant of the Year

Here, space planning and a configuration suited to a holistic dining experience is important. What are the available seating and table options? How does the space flow — is there a thoughtfully arranged connection between the indoor space and an outdoor terrace? Is sustainable design a feature? What attention has been given to sound, lighting, and branding?
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Shop Interior of the Year

A thoughtfully designed shop interior will help a brand to tell its story and engage with the customer. Fit-out is key: it is an opportunity to reflect culture and community. A good shop interior will avoid anything that is superfluous; it will highlight products and offer a comfortable shopping experience. Lighting is essential, and in larger stores, signage and wayfinding is important too.
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Office Interior of the Year - Small and Medium

With an increase in working from home, the office is becoming more and more of a hybrid setting. Flexibility is important, with spaces for individual working, group work, socializing, and even dedicated videoconferencing. There can be an emphasis on well-designed furniture, acoustics, and lighting (natural, focused, and ambient), as well as greenery. This category is for an office of less than 1000 m2.
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Office Interior of the Year - Large

With an increase in working from home, the office is becoming more and more of a hybrid setting. Flexibility is important, with spaces for individual working, group work, socializing, and even dedicated videoconferencing. There can be an emphasis on well-designed furniture, acoustics, and lighting (natural, focused, and ambient), as well as greenery. This category is for an office of 1000 m2 or more.
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