The jury of 10 world-renowned practitioners, Patricia Urquiola, Ini Archibong, Susannah Drake, Sou Fujimoto, Adelaide Testa, Paul Filek, Karim Rashid, Barbara Bestor, Marc Ryan and Gilles Saucier, chose the 2021 Azure Awards winners from 1,200 submissions. The prize winning projects and products are leading examples of innovation, aesthetics, creativity and social and environmental responsibility. Here is an overview of the winners of the 2021 Azure Awards:
Buildings Over 1,000 SqM:
Studio Zhu-Pei, Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum, Jingdezhen, China
Buildings Under 1,000 SqM:
Diana Kellogg Architects, Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School, Jaisalmer, India
Single-Family Houses:
Yasuyuki Kitamura Architects, House in Minohshinmachi, Minoh City, Japan
Multi-Unit Residential:
BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group and DIALOG, Vancouver House, Vancouver, Canada
Temporary and Experiential Installations:
REgroup, The Line, Lockeford, U.S.
Adaptive Re-Use:
Alexander Gorlin Architects: Bell Works, Holmdel, U.S.
Landscape Architecture:
Turenscape, Welcoming the Water: Tongnan Dafosi Wetland Park, Chongqing, China
Residential Interiors:
Future Simple Studio, Rue de la Gauchetière Loft, Montreal, Canada
Commercial and Institutional:
LSD Interior Design, Xi’an Fangsuo Commune, Xi’an, China
Experiential Graphic Design:
Silo, Bicycle Parking Garage The Hague, The Hague, the Netherlands
Social Good:
Vertebral, El Terreno, Mexico City, Mexico
Environmental Leadership:
Acc Naturale Architettura and Negozio Blu Architetti Associati with Associato Vigetti e Merlo, Green Pea: Democratizing Sustainability, Turin, Italy
Furniture:
Miniforms, Soda Coffee Table by Yiannis Ghikas
Furniture Systems and Collections:
Nienkämper, Patkau Collection by Patkau Architects
Lighting Installations:
LeuWebb Projects, Thermally Speaking, Toronto, Canada
Lighting Fixtures:
Davide Groppi, Origine Floor Lamp by Davide Groppi and Giorgio Rava
Interior Products:
Castor Design, Matheson Cookware by Matty Matheson, Brian Richer and Kei Ng
Architectural Products:
Duravit, SensoWash Starck f by Philippe Starck
Azure has unveiled the winners of the 11th annual AZ Awards with the launch of an immersive online experience.
