This week photos revealed The Line megacity progressing in Saudi Arabia
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This week photos revealed The Line megacity progressing in Saudi Arabia

Aerial view of Neom construction

This week on Dezeen, aerial images showed construction progressing on projects involved in the Saudi mega-development Neom, including The Line megacity, Oxagon port and Sindalah island resort.

In a bid to prove the controversial project was moving forward, The Line’s chief operating officer Giles Pendleton shared the images in a LinkedIn post titled “Neom is real”.

Xaynor members' club on the Gulf of Aqaba at Neom by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos.Xaynor members' club on the Gulf of Aqaba at Neom by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos.
Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos revealed designs for Neom’s Xaynor members’ club

The aerial shots revealed excavations for The Line, which will comprise two 170-kilometre-long skyscrapers set 200 metres apart, as well as preparation works on the Oxagon development and hotels being constructed at Sindalah.

In other Neom news, the development also revealed the designs for its beach-side members’ club Xaynor, courtesy of Mexican studio Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos.

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Folkform exhibited Masonite furniture at this year’s Stockholm Design Week

We reported live from Sweden this week to share exclusive previews of products, installations and events taking place at Stockholm Design Week.

The first day of our Dezeen Live blog from the event included new lighting and furniture collections from Färg & Blanche, day two saw a spotting of actor Will Ferrell and our day three coverage included an installation of Masonite hardboard furniture by design studio Folkform.

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The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic medals were unveiled this week

Also this week, French jeweller Chaumet unveiled the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic medals, which feature rear faces embedded with a piece of the Eiffel Tower.

The fragments were removed from the iconic monument during various renovation works during the 20th century and preserved. For the medals, the hexagonal pieces have been stamped with the emblem of the Paris 2024 games.

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The Las Vegas Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium will host this year’s NFL Super Bowl

In other sporting news, the NFL Super Bowl will take place this weekend at the 62,000-seat Las Vegas Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium in Nevada, which opened in 2020.

Designed by Manica Architecture, the stadium’s cylindrical shape and black metal exterior were informed by the sleekness and power of sports cars.

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Polestar 4 is the first mass-market car to have no rear window

After launching in China last year, the five-door electric SUV coupé Polestar 4 has now gone on sale in Europe and Australia, making it the world’s first mass-market car without a rear window.

Created by Swedish automaker Polestar, the car has a roof-mounted rear camera that gives a more reliable picture than rear-view mirrors in standard coupés.

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Ryan Scavnicky believes making the Oklahoma City skyscraper the tallest in the US sends the wrong message

Following the news that Californian architecture studio AO and developer Matteson Capital plan to build the US’s tallest building in Oklahoma City, architecture critic Ryan Scavnicky argued that the project sends the wrong message.

“Legends Tower is a very 20th-century way to say that you are squarely entering the 21st century of cultural and economic change,” he wrote in an opinion piece for Dezeen.

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An angular home in Los Angeles was among the most-read stories this week

Popular projects this week included a Los Angeles house clad in white aluminium screens, a home in Japan with a blackened wood and corten steel exterior and a minimalist Tokyo apartment with interiors lined in local wood.

Our latest lookbooks featured brightly coloured home renovations and playful houses with indoor slides.

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Dezeen Awards China 2023 interiors shortlist revealed
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Dezeen Awards China 2023 interiors shortlist revealed

Dezeen has announced the 28-strong interiors shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China, which includes projects by FOG Architecture, UNStudio and Atelier d’More.

The shortlisted projects, which are in the running for awards in six different interiors project categories, represent the most striking interiors recently created in the country.

Among the projects, which are located in 14 different cities across China, is a Spanish restaurant in a former prison, a hostel on Shanghai’s Chongming Island that integrates local materials and an office space with mottled concrete walls and exposed steel frames.

The shortlist also features a library with a sweeping wooden bookshelf and a clothing store informed by local markets.

Dezeen Awards China 2023 shortlists revealed this week

The shortlisted projects were scored by our interior jury which includes interior architect André Fu, Hong Kong-based Alex Mok, US interior designer Kelly Wearstler, Studioilse founder Ilse Crawford and Li Xiang of X+Living.

This is the first edition of Dezeen Awards China, which is in partnership with Bentley Motors. The architecture shortlist was published on Monday and following the interiors shortlist, the projects shortlisted in the design and China designers of the year categories will be unveiled tomorrow and Thursday respectively.

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Above: An office building in Shenzhen’s Kexing Science and Technology Park is one of the shortlisted projects. Photo by Schran Images. Top: Other shortlisted projects include an eye hospital in Taiyuan, China.

All shortlisted interiors are listed below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the Dezeen Awards China website, where you can find more information about the project.

The winner of each interiors project category will be announced at a party in Shanghai in December, with the six winners competing for the title of Chinese interiors project of the year, which is sponsored by Gaggenau.

Read on for the full interiors shortlist:


Light House by 323 Studio. Photo by 323 Studio

Home interior

› Light House, Zhengzhou, by 323 Studio
› Illumined Freedom: An Artistic Home, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, by More Design Office
› Z&S House, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, by Outlooker Design
› Beijing West Road Private Residence, Shanghai, by Slow Studio
› Muzi House, Shanghai, by Wuy Architects


This is Zack! by Guò Bàn Ér. Photo by Boris Shiu

Workplace interior

› NCDA Studio, Hong Kong, by NC Design & Architecture
› Yeahka Headquarters Office, Shenzhen, by JSPA Design
› Phantom Rings: S-Game Office, Beijing, by LYCS Architecture
› Diningr:um, Shanghai, by Pronounced Design
› This is Zack!, Beijing, by Guò Bàn Ér


Book Mountain Store by Ray&Emilio Studio. Photo by Ray&Emilio Studio

Retail interior

› To Summer Beijing Flagship Store, Beijing, by FOG Architecture
› FREITAG Store Shanghai, Shanghai, by Kooo Architects
› ZUCZUG Bazaar, Xiamen, by Sò Studio
› Book Mountain Bookstore, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, by Ray&Emilio Studio


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Self Revealing by Studio X4. Photo courtesy of Studio X4

Health and wellbeing interior

› FlySolo Rehabilitation Medical Centre, Beijing, by UNStudio
› Self Revealing, Taipei, by StudioX4
› Big Eyes Panda Eye Hospital, Taiyuan, by Karv One Design
› BoF hair salon, Zhengzhou, by Name Lab


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Twosome Inn by Atelier d’More. Photo by Atelier d’More

Hotel and short-stay interior

› Cloud Retreat Hotel, Ganzhou, by Shanghai Cocoon Studio
› Sunac Mogan Valley Zhulinli Demonstration Area, Deqing, Yunnan, by WJ Studio
› The Tree and Villa, Dali, Yunnan, by Fusion Design & Architecture
› Som Land Hostel, Chongming Island, Shanghai, by RooMoo Design Studio
› Twosome Inn, Beijing, by Atelier d’More


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B3 by RooMoo Design Studio. Photo by RooMoo Design Studio

Restaurant and bar interior

› B3, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, by RooMoo Design Studio
› Lai Zhou Bar, Shanghai, by RooMoo Design Studio
› Artifact Bar, Hong Kong, by NC Design & Architecture
› Agora, Hong Kong, by Collective
› Biiird Yakitori, Guangdong, by Biger Club Design

Dezeen Awards China 2023

Dezeen Awards China is the first regional edition of Dezeen Awards, to celebrate the best architecture, interiors and design in China. The annual awards are in partnership with Bentley Motors, as part of a wider collaboration that will see the brand work with Dezeen to support and inspire the next generation of design talent in China.

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Dezeen Awards China 2023 architecture shortlist revealed
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Dezeen Awards China 2023 architecture shortlist revealed

Dezeen has announced the 34-strong architecture shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China, which includes buildings by Trace Architecture Office, AIM Architecture and Thomas Heatherwick.

The shortlisted projects, which are in the running for awards in seven different architecture project categories, represent the best buildings recently created in the country.

Among the projects, which are located in 21 different cities across China, is a viewing tower at a panda sanctuary, the 1000 Trees shopping centre in Shanghai by UK-based Heatherwick Studio and an art museum in Tibet.

The shortlist also features an abandoned wooden home that was renovated with 3D-printed walls and the Dance of Light skyscraper by Aedas.

Dezeen Awards China 2023 shortlists revealed this week

The shortlisted projects were selected by a jury that includes architects Ole Scheeran, Ma Yansong, Rossana Hu, Garett Hwang and Ting Yu.

This is the first edition of Dezeen Awards China, which is in partnership with Bentley Motors. Following the architecture shortlist, the projects shortlisted in the design, interiors and China designers of the year categories will be unveiled throughout the week.

Tibetan Thangka Art Museum, Lhasa, Tibet, by And Studio
Above: An art museum in Tibet is one of the shortlisted projects. Photo courtesy of And Studio. Top: Other shortlisted projects include the renovation of a 1920s building in Shanghai

All shortlisted buildings are listed below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the Dezeen Awards China website, where you can find more information about the project.

The winner of each architecture project category will be announced at a party in Shanghai in December, with the seven winners competing for the title of Chinese architecture project of the year, which is sponsored by The Dalmore.

Read on for the full architecture shortlist:


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Cactus House by Shi·Ye Architecture Design & Research Practice. Photo courtesy of Shi·Ye Architecture Design & Research Practice

Residential project 

› Cactus House, Kunming, Yunnan, by Shi·Ye Architecture Design & Research Practice
› House M001, Shunyi, Beijing, by Guò Bàn Ér
› Erya Villa, Foshan, Guangdong, by Touchstone Interior Design
› Hotel on Tile, Fangshan, Beijing, by Beijing Jimei Survey and Design
› Mi Luo City Duan Wu Community Villager Relocating Project, Miluo, Hunan, by Zaozuo Architecture Studio


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O · Power Cultural and Art Centre by Shenzhen Huahui Design. Photo courtesy of Shenzhen Huahui Design

Cultural project

› O · Power Cultural and Art Centre, Nanshan, Shenzhen, by Shenzhen Huahui Design
› Tibetan Thangka Art Museum, Lhasa, Tibet, by And Studio
› Houhu·Contemporary Architecture Cultural Center, Changsha, Hunan, by WCY Regional Studio
› Serrangel, Foshan, Guangdong, by ​​Ce-St Design Studio


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Panda Tower by Shanghai United Design Group. Image courtesy of UDG

Civic project

› Chengdu Tianfu City Planning Hall, Tianfu, Chendu, by And Studio
› Shanghai Library East, Pudong, Shanghai, by Schmidt Hammer Lassen
› Panda Tower, Chengdu, Sichuan, by Shanghai United Design Group
› Yiwu Chian Wutong Yard, Jinhua, Zhejiang, by All Studio
› Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School, Haikou, Hainan, by Trace Architecture Office


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Traditional House of the Future by The University of Hong Kong. Photo courtesy of The University of Hong Kong

Heritage project

› The Vanished Garden, Datong, Shanxi, by XJ Design Agency
› Somekh Building Renovation, Shanghai, by Shisuo design
› Yan Shan Art Museum, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, by Evolve Design
› Traditional House of the Future, Guizhou, by The University of Hong Kong
› Ruins Cave Garden, Dali, Yunnan, by ArConnect


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NIO Delivery Center by Kokaistudios, Photo by RawVision Studio

Workplace project

› NIO Delivery Center, Jiading, Shanghai, by Kokaistudios
› Xixi Campus Phase 4 of a Zhejiang-Based Large Internet Company, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, by NBBJ
› URBREW Craft Beer Mashing Workshop, Handan, Hebei, by Name Lab
› Dance of Light Skyscraper Project, Chongqing, by Aedas
› Hainan Energy Trading Building, Haikou, Hainan, by Kris Yao| Artech ​​


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Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Entrepreneurship Zone Phase I by RSHP, Image courtesy of RSHP

Mixed-use project

› Taikoo Li Qiantan, Shanghai, by 5+Design
› Fairy Li (Chaichanglong Historic Area Urban Regeneration and Redevelopment), Shaoxing, Zhejiang, by SpActrum
› Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Entrepreneurship Zone Phase I, Shenzhen, Guangdong, by RSHP
› HARMAY FANG, Shanghai, by AIM Architecture
› 1000 Trees Phase 1, Shanghai, by Heatherwick Studio


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Miwo Hotel by AT Design. Photo courtesy of AT Design

Hospitality project

› Sleeping Lab Hotel, Beijing, by Atelier d’More
› Lost Villa in Simianshan, Chongqing, Kong_Architects
› JII Chuan, Chongqing, by VARI Design
› Moganshan B&B, Huzhou, Zhejiang, by SZ-Architecture
› Miwo Hotel, Lishui, by AT Design

Dezeen Awards China 2023

Dezeen Awards China is the first regional edition of Dezeen Awards, to celebrate the best architecture, interiors and design in China. The annual awards are in partnership with Bentley Motors, as part of a wider collaboration that will see the brand work with Dezeen to support and inspire the next generation of design talent in China.

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This week we revealed Shrek’s Swamp in the Scottish Highlands
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This week we revealed Shrek’s Swamp in the Scottish Highlands

This week on Dezeen, rental website Airbnb unveiled its latest themed holiday home, a grass-and-mud-covered hut underneath a tree hosted by Donkey from the movie series Shrek.

Named Shrek’s Swamp, the small house, which is being hosted by Donkey while Shrek is away for Halloween, was described as “a stumpy, secluded haven fit for a solitude-seeking ogre”.

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Shigeru Ban created a prototype house in Morocco

In architecture news, Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban created a prototype house that will be built in Morocco following a devastating earthquake earlier this month.

The latest iteration of Ban’s Paper Log House model, the structure has columns made from cardboard tubes with walls and a roof made from prefabricated wooden panels.

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Lego abandoned its plans to make bricks from recycled plastic

In design news, Lego abandoned its plans to use recycled plastic bottles to make its bricks as an alternative to using virgin plastic.

The Danish toymaker dropped the plans after its pilot programme showed that adopting the recycled material at scale would ultimately increase the company’s carbon footprint due to the manufacturing process and equipment needed.

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A mass-timber McDonald’s was unveiled in Brazil

This week saw a mass-timber McDonald’s restaurant in São Paulo revealed. Designed by local architecture office Superlimão Studio, the building is supported by a tree-like timber structure.

The 2,150-square foot (220-square metre) building was built as part of the fast food chain’s “Recipe for the Future” initiative.

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Mexico’s largest mass-timber structure was completed

In Mexico, the largest and tallest mass-timber structure in the country was completed. Designed by Dellekamp Schleich to “set an example for innovative construction methods”, the 940-square-metre office building was built in Mexico City.

Also this week, in other mass-timber news, the New York City Economic Development Corporation launched an assistance program to encourage the adoption of mass-timber in New York City.

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Studio Libeskind unveiled a social housing block in New York

In other architecture news, a pair of social housing blocks were revealed. In New York, architecture firm Studio Libeskind unveiled a housing block with sculptural facades that contains 44 apartments for low-income senior citizens .

In Paris, Christ & Gantenbein created a 124-metre-long block containing 104 apartments, which was clad in steel.

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An extension wrapped in pink breeze blocks was one of the most popular stories this week

Popular projects this week included an extension in Australia wrapped in pale pink breeze blocks, a house under the ground in the Netherlands and a cliffside hotel on Italy’s Amalfi Coast.

Our latest lookbooks featured living rooms enhanced by decorative and striking art pieces and colourful bedrooms.

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Dezeen Awards 2023 sustainability longlist revealed
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Dezeen Awards 2023 sustainability longlist revealed

Dezeen has announced the 93 projects longlisted for this year’s Dezeen Awards in the sustainability categories, including projects by Universal Design Studio, Foster + Partners, Blond and Fletcher Priest Architects.

The 93 longlisted projects, which are in the running for awards in six different sustainability project categories, are by studios located across 28 different countries including Peru, Taiwan, Austria, Israel, Norway and Germany.

The top three represented studio countries are the UK, with 30 longlisted entries, followed by the US and the Netherlands, which are tied with six each.

Amongst the sustainability longlists are a low-carbon community arts space in Uganda, a mass-timber office building in London and a redeveloped brutalist housing estate in Sheffield.

Other longlisted projects include a biomaterial construction block made from a sugarcane by-product, a residential building wrapped in colonnades of tree trunks and a collection of colourful surface tiles made of paper waste.

All Dezeen Awards 2023 longlists revealed this week

Dezeen Awards 2023, in partnership with Bentley Motors, revealed all longlisted projects this week. The architecture, interiors and design longlists were announced earlier this week.

Longlisted projects have been selected from over 4,800 entries from 94 countries for the sixth edition of our awards programme, which celebrates the world’s best architecture, interiors and design, as well as the studios and individuals producing the most outstanding work.


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Top image: Ombú by Foster + Partners. Photo by Nigel Young. Above image: Living Coffin by Loop Biotech. Photo by Studio Hendrikx and Loop Biotech

The next stage of Dezeen Awards 2023 will see all longlisted projects assessed by our international jury of leading professionals including architects Chitra Vishwanath and Koichi Takada, designers Maurizio Montalti, and Piet Hein Eek.

The judges will determine the projects that feature on the shortlists, which will be announced in October. A further round of judging by our master jury will determine the winners, which will be announced in November.

The six winners of the sustainable project categories will then battle to be crowned overall sustainable project of the year.

Read on for the full sustainable longlist:


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Atri by Naturvillan AB. Photo by Marcus Eliasson

Sustainable building

› 24 Public dwellings in Platja d’en Bossa, Ibiza, Spain, by 08014 Arquitectura
› Subterranean Ruins, Bangalore, India, by A Threshold, V Sampth Bhaskar and Kiran Mai
› Nightingale Village, Brunswick, Australia, by Architecture architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball and Kennedy Nolan
› Tipai, Maharashtra, India, by Ariane Thakore Ginwala
› House Hoinka, Bavaria, Germany, by Atelier Kaiser Shen Architects
› Nursery in Alma Palace, Paris, France, by Atelier Régis Roudil Architectes
› Children’s campus Theodoor, Jette, Belgium, by Cuypers & Q Architecten
› Layher Macropolis, Lima, Peru, by Dessin Technisch
› The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl’s School, Jaisalmer, India, by Diana Kellogg Architects
› Forest Bath, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, by GAAGA and MAAK Space
› 54 Social Housing Inca, Columbia, by Joan J Fortuny and Alventosa Morell Arquitectes
› Yukinohako, Joetsu City, Japan, by Kei Kaihoh Architects
› Precise Acts – Hermès Workshops, Louviers, France, by Lina Ghotmeh Architecture
› Atri, Brålanda, Sweden, by Naturvillan AB
› 32° East Arts Centre, Kampala, Uganda, by New Makers Bureau
› Östermalm Hall Padel, Mölnlycke, Sweden, by Tengbom
› The Black and White Building, London, UK, by Waugh Thistleton Architects
› Fire Station in Straubenhardt, Germany, by Wulf Architekten
› Center for Handy skills, Hormuz, Iran, by ZAV Architects

This category is sponsored by Moda Living.

Browse all projects on the sustainable building longlist page.


Maakleerplek by Polo. Photo by Stijn Bollaert

Sustainable renovation

› Prank Project Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan, by AtMa
› Bafta Headquarters, London, UK, by Benedetti Architects
› Villa VD, Waasmunster, Belgium, by Britsom Philips Architects
› National Youth Theatre, London, UK, by DSDHA
› The Three Little Pigs – Cork House, Madrid, Spain, by EME157
› All Saints, London, UK, by EPR Architects
› Entopia, Cambridge, UK, by Eve Waldron Design
› Warwick Court, London, UK, by Fletcher Priest Architects
› Ombú, Madrid, Spain, by Foster + Partners
› Sayeah, Shantou, China, by JG Phoenix
› Takaone, Tokyo, Japan, by Kei Kaihoh Architects
› MIT Hayden Library, Cambridge, USA, by Kennedy & Violich Architecture
› Park Hill Phase 2, Sheffield, UK, by Mikhail Riches
› Qing Dynasty Post Office Renovation, Shanghai, China, by More Design Office
› Art_1 Office, Athens, Greece, by Neiheiser Argyros
› Maakleerplek, Leuven, Belgium, by Polo

Browse all projects on the sustainable renovation longlist page.


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Lai Zhou Bar by RooMoo. Photo by Wen Studio

Sustainable interior

› Evagreen, London, UK, by Artform and Scenesmith
› Visy Recycling’s Education Room, Auckland, New Zealand, by Atelier Jones Design
› COS Biblioteksgatan, Stockholm, Sweden, by COS
› Dr. Sarphatihuis Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by D/DOCK
› Edit, London, UK, by Elly Ward and Joe Morris
› Entopia, Cambridge, UK, by Eve Waldron Design
› Freitag Store Shanghai, China, by Kooo Architects
› Delatite Cellar Door, Mansfield, Australia, by Lucy Clemenger Architects
› Corrugated Cardboard-formed Exhibition Space, Shanghai, China, by Luo studio
› Big, London, UK, by Nina+Co
› Family Home, Paris, France, by Retrouvius
› Lai Zhou Bar, Shanghai, China by RooMoo Design Studio
› Zero Restaurant, Surat, India, by Studio A+S
› Coachtopia, London, UK, by Studio XAG
› Our Time on Earth, London, UK, by Universal Design Studio
› Larch Loft, London, UK, by Whittaker Parsons

Browse all projects on the sustainable interior longlist page.


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Glyph by The New Raw. Photo by Alina Lefa

Sustainable design (consumer)

› Gus by Tori Deetz for Good Growing
› Glyph by The New Raw
› Rango Ki Duniya rug by Jaipur Rugs for Project Freedom Manchaha
› Biosphere Cellulose Kitchen by Abi Lambert Design
› Blue Sky Lab by NIO Life
› Tesoro Refillable Candle by Blond
› Ruka Edge Slick by Blond
› Kind Bassinet by DockATot by Wild Child Stockholm
› Living Urn by Studio Hendrikx and Loop Biotech
› PulpaTronics by PulpaTronics
› Living Coffin by Studio Hendrikx and Loop Biotech
› Ibuju by Fango
› Phenomenal Fungi by Monash University Department of Design with K5 Furniture
› Pix by Normann Copenhagen
› Kankan Soap Dispenser by Kankan, Morrama and Two Times Elliott
› Alpina by Barber Osgerby for Magis Spa

Browse all projects on the sustainable design (consumer) longlist page.


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Unburnt Circular Tiles by Earth Mart. Photo by Loqa

Sustainable design (building product)

› Alted H01 Collection by Berta Julià Sala for Alted Materials
› Armourcoat Clay Lime Plaster (Clime) by Armourcoat
› Unburnt Circular Tiles by Earth Mart
› Phoenix by MycoMatters Lab
› Re.Wrap by Ric Frampton and ReWrap
› Erosion Mitigation Units (EMU) by Reef Design Lab
› Flyt by Snøhetta
› LinoFloor xf2 by Tarkett
› Mano by Tom Fereday for Eco Outdoor
› A Brick for Venice by Urban Radicals, AKT II and Local Works Studio
› Permeable YiBrick by Yi Design

This category is sponsored by SketchUp.

Browse all projects on the sustainable design (building product) longlist page.


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Human Material Loop by Human Material Loop. Photo by David van Woerden

Material Innovation

› Vivomer by Shellworks
› Pro-Turtle by Kai-Chieh Hsueh, Yu-Ting Chen, Hsun-Yu Chang, Zhong-Wei Lin, Kai-Chu Li
› The Renu Jacket by Pangaia and Evrnu
› Sugarcrete by Sugarcrete TM
› Celium by Polybion
› WoodenWood by Disrupt Design Lab
› The Eggshell Project by Manufactura
› Human Material Loop by Human Material Loop, Zsofia Kollar and Leonardo Avezzano
› Herbier Project by Paula Cermeño León, Phytosphere Swiss Lab and Viviane Fontaine Paper Artist
› Colorifix Limited invested in by The Mills Fabrica Investment Fund
› Casta by Matter
› Refoam by We+
› The Essence of Biocement by Friedrich Gerlach and Julia Huhnholz
› Textile Tabletop by Kvadrat Really, Senator and Holmris
› Bananatex® Jersey by Bananatex

Browse all projects on the material innovation longlist page.

Dezeen Awards 2023

Dezeen Awards celebrates the world’s best architecture, interiors and design. Now in its sixth year, it has become the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across the globe. The annual awards are in partnership with Bentley Motors, as part of a wider collaboration that will see the brand work with Dezeen to support and inspire the next generation of design talent.

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Dezeen Awards 2023 interiors longlist revealed
CategoriesInterior Design

Dezeen Awards 2023 interiors longlist revealed

Dezeen has announced the 150 projects longlisted for this year’s Dezeen Awards in the interior categories, including interiors by studios Olson Kundig, Neri&Hu, Patricia Urquiola and Morris+Company.

The 150 longlisted projects, which are in the running for awards in nine different interior project categories, are by studios located across 32 different countries including India, Slovakia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark and Latvia.

The top three represented studio countries are the UK, with 27 longlisted entries, followed by the US with 23 and Australia with 15.

The top project city locations are London, with 18 longlisted entries, followed by Shanghai with seven and Sydney and Paris tied with four each.

Amongst the longlisted interiors this year are a refurbished 280-year-old courtyard house in Beijing, a textured beige ceramic home interior in Kyiv and a playful red brick-clad rooftop cafe in South Korea’s Gyeonggi-do province.

Other longlisted projects include a monochromatic office in Barcelona, a restaurant with a curved metal-mesh ceiling in London and a retail space featuring salvaged and biomaterials.

All Dezeen Awards 2023 longlists revealed this week

Dezeen Awards 2023, in partnership with Bentley Motors, will reveal all longlisted projects this week. The architecture longlist was published yesterday and the design longlist will be announced tomorrow, followed by the sustainability longlist on Thursday.

Longlisted projects have been selected from over 4,800 entries from 94 countries for the sixth edition of our awards programme, which celebrates the world’s best architecture, interiors and design, as well as the studios and individuals producing the most outstanding work.


Sun Dial Apartment
Above: Sun Dial Apartment by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture. Photo by Gaelle Le Boulicaut. Top: Shiny Gold by Nelly Ben Hayoun Studios. Photo by Vinciane Lebrun

The next stage of Dezeen Awards 2023 will see all longlisted projects assessed by our international jury of leading professionals including interior designers Eny Lee Parker, Nick Jones and Tola Ojuolape.

The judges will determine the projects that feature on the shortlists, which will be announced in October. A further round of judging by our master jury will determine the winners, which will be announced in November.

One of the nine winners of the interior project categories will then be crowned the overall interior project of the year.

Read on for the full interiors longlist:


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Union Street House by Prior Barraclough. Photo by Ben Hosking

Home Interior

› WKA Penthouse, Antwerp, Belgium, by Bruno Spaas Architectuur
› Leaside Avenue, London, UK, by Emil Eve Architects
› Another Seedbed: From Domesticity to Hospitality, New York, USA, by Future Projects
› House FC, Taipei City, Taiwan, by Fws_work
› Atelier Chabot, Montreal, Canada, by Indee Design
› Hiroo Residence, Tokyo, Japan, by Keiji Ashizawa Design
› Cape Drive Residence, Hong Kong, China, by Linehouse
› Mureli House, Kozyn, Ukraine, by Makhno Studio
› Sun Dial Apartment, Paris, France, by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
› Kamoi House, Barcelona, Spain, by Mas-aqui
› Hargrave Cottage Paddington, London, UK, by Michiru Higginbotham
› Adventures in Space, London UK, by Owl
› Union Street House, London, UK, by Prior Barraclough
› North London Family Home, London, UK, by Retrouvius
› Mexican and Galician influences in Madrid, Spain, by Sierra + Delahiguera
› Belgravia Townhouse, London, UK, by State of Craft Limited
› Tembo Tembo Lodge, South Africa, by Studio Asaï
› Light House, Singapore, by Studio iF
› Villa San Francisco, California, USA, by Studio Mortazavi
› A Resolutely Maximalist Mini Loft, Bagnolet, France, by Zyva Studio

Browse all projects on the home interior longlist page.


Taproom in the Brewery Tenczynek
Taproom in the Brewery Tenczynek by Projekt Praga. Photo by ONI Studio

Restaurant and bar interior

› Kiln at Ace Hotel, Sydney, Australia, by Atelier Ace
› Frescohallen, Bergen, Norway, by Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects
› Nebula, London, UK, by Common Ground Workshop
› Dolly, Unley, Australia, by Genesin Studio
› Mala Sichuan Bistro, Houston, USA, by Gin Design Group
› Beefbar Milan, Italy, by Humbert & Poyet
› Chleo, New York, USA, by Islyn Studio
› Gaga Coast, Shanghai, by Linehouse
› Blue Bottle Zhang Yuan Cafe, Shanghai, by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
› Noma Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, by OEO Studio
› Prime Seafood Palace, Toronto, Canada, by Omar Gandhi Architects
› Taproom in the Brewery Tenczynek, Poland, by Projekt Praga
› Xokol, Guadalajara, Mexico, by ODAmx and Ruben Valdez Practice
› Colemans Deli, Hathersage, UK, by SJW Architects
› Cozinha das Flores and Flôr, Porto, Portugal, by Space Copenhagen
› AOC Restaurant, Copenhagen, Denmark, by Spacon & X
› Ikoyi, London, UK, by David Thulstrup
› Light Years Asian Diner, Byron Bay, Australia, by Studio Plenty
› Parconido Bakery Cafe, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, by SukChulMok
› Saint Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, by Telha Clarke

Browse all projects on the restaurant and bar longlist page.


SABI
SABI by Grounded Living. Photo by Lean Timms

Hotel and short-stay interior

› Birch (Selsdon), London, UK, by A-nrd studio
› Drift Hotel, California, USA, by Anacapa Architecture
› Ace Hotel Toronto, Canada, by Atelier Ace
› Ember Locke, London, UK, by Atelier Ochre & House of Dré
› Capella, Sydney, Australia, by BAR Studio
› Bos-Cos Sevilla, Seville, Spain, by Febrero Studio
› SABI, Tasmania, Australia, by Grounded Living
› Albor Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, Guanajuato, Mexico, by Héctor Esrawe
› Ying’nFlo, Hong Kong, China, by Linehouse
› Monasty Hotel, Thessaloniki, Greece, by Not a Number Architects
› The Standard, Ibiza, Spain, by Oskar Kohnen Studio
› Our Habitas San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, by Our Habitas
› Six Senses Rome, Italy, by Patricia Urquiola
› Som Land Hostel, Shanghai, by RooMoo
› Heymo 1, Espoo, Finland, by Rune & Berg Design Oy
› The Standard, Bangkok, Thailand, by Standard International
› Hay Boutique Hotel, Polyanytsya, Ukraine, by YOD Group

Browse all projects on the hotel and short stay longlist page.


Folk Kombucha
Folk Kombucha by Spacon & X. Photo by Hedda Rysstad

Workplace interior (small)

› The Joint Works, Birmingham, UK, by 2G Design and Build
› Lincoln St Workplace, Boston, USA, by Atelier Cho Thompson
› Carnaby Club, London, UK, by Buckley Gray Yeoman
› Mitsui & Co, Minato-ku, Japan, by Flooat
› Studio Reisinger, Barcelona, Spain, by Isern Serra
› LAJ Office and Shop, Vancouver, Canada, by Marcela Trejo
› Workplace for the preparation of medicine in Riga, Latvia, by MUUD Architects
› ScienceIO Headquarters, New York, USA, by Office of Tangible Space
› Folk Kombucha, Copenhagen, Denmark, by Spacon & X
› The Forest of Knowledge – CCI Library, Mumbai, India, by Studio Hinge
› Artis Ventures, San Francisco, USA, by Studio O+A
› Alera, Vancouver, Canada, by Studio Roslyn
› Terroir Hobart Office, Hobart, Australia, by Terroir
› Chief London, London, UK, by Thirdway
› WOA Second Home, Ernakulam, India, by Workers of Art

Browse all projects on the workplace interior (small) longlist page.


Carlsen Publisher Library
Carlsen Publisher Campus by de Winder Architekten. Photo by Mark Seelen

Workplace interior (large)

› Government Office, Abu Dhabi, UAE, by Agata Kurzela studio
› COX Sydney Studio, Australia, by Cox Architecture
› Carlsen Publisher Campus, Hamburg, Germany, by de Winder Architekten
› NeueHouse Venice Beach, California, USA, by DesignAgency
› Here+Now, Reading, UK, by Hawkins\Brown
› Sony Music UK HQ, London, UK, by MoreySmith
› 215 Mare Street, London, UK, by Morris+Company
› 800 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, USA, by Olson Kundig
› Dice, London, UK, by Sella Concept
› Bay Area Research Company by SkB Architects
› Canopy Menlo Park, California, USA, by Studio Mortazavi
› Adidas (GOLD, Performance Zone, and RED) campus, Portland, USA, by Studio O+A
› World of Klarna, Stockholm, Sweden, by Studio Stockholm
› 210 Euston Road, London, UK, by Universal Design Studio
› Convene at 22 Bishopsgate, London, UK, by Woods Bagot

Browse all projects on the workplace interior (large) longlist page.


Dreams
Dreams by Adi Goodrich of Sing-Sing. Photo by Adi Goodrich and Ye Rin Mok

Retail interior (small)

› Aesop Palisades Village, Los Angeles, USA, by Odami
› Big, London, UK, by Nina+Co
› Bisque Golf Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by Barde vanVoltt
› Buff, Edinburgh, Scotland, by GRAS
› Camper Pop-Up Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France, by Penadés office
› Chimi Store at NK, Stockholm, Sweden, by Campus
› Coachtopia, London, UK, by Studio XAG
› Cover Story Paint Studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by Cover Story Paint
› Dreams, Los Angeles, USA, by Adi Goodrich of Sing-Sing
› Finesse, Melbourne, Australia, by Studio Edwards
› Garrett Leight New York, USA, by West of West
› Glossier, New York, USA, by Glossier
› Mimco Flagship Store, Chadstone, Australia, by Studio Doherty
› Net Zero Ecoalf Store, Madrid, Spain, by Medina Varela MVN Arquitectos
› SOM Store, Bratislava, Slovakia, by D415
› The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia, by Akin Atelier

Browse all projects on the retail interior (small) longlist page.


Superseed Concept Store
Superseed Concept Store by FOG Architecture. Photo by SFAP

Retail interior (large)

› Harmay Chongqing, China, by Aim Architecture
› Maison Special/Prank Project Fukuoka, Japan, by AtMa
› Calico Club Cottage, Nistelrode, The Netherlands, by Barde vanVoltt
› ToSummer Beijing Guozijian, China, by FOG Architecture
› Xiaozhuo Shanghai Boutique, China, by FOG Architecture
› Super Seed Concept Store, Hangzhou, China, by FOG Architecture
› Freitag Store Shanghai, China, by Freitag Lab
› GANT Flagship Store, Stockholm, Sweden, by GANT
› Jasmin Black Lounge, Seoul, South Korea, by Hyundai Department Store Group
› The Forum, Daegu, South Korea, by Hyundai Department Store Group
› GrubStreet Arts Center, Boston, USA, by Merge Architects
› XiaoZhuo Flagship Store, Shanghai, by Offhand Practise
› Salvatori Showroom, New York, USA, by Salvatori
› Cake 0 Emissions US Headquarters, Los Angeles, USA, by Shin Shin
› BSTN Store, London, UK, by Sunst Studio
› SVRN, Chicago, USA, by WGNB

Browse all projects on the retail interior (large) longlist page.


Leisure Area of Pediatric Ward Hospital
Leisure Area of Pediatric Ward of Hospital São João by ARG studio. Photo by Ivo Tavares Studio

Health and wellbeing interior

› Eterno Health Hamburg, Germany, by Ahochdrei – Labor für Gestaltung
› Leisure Area of Pediatric Ward of Hospital São João, Porto, Portugal, by ARG studio
› Insight Body and Mind, Aberfeldie, Australia, by Biasol Studio
› Placidus Student Welfare Spaces for Marcellin College, Melbourne, Australia, by Branch Studio Architects
› Chi Chi Club, Hamburg, Germany, by Deglan Studios
› Hooke London, UK, by Holland Harvey
› Gym Town, Hong Kong, China, by MR Studio
› Practice Dr. Sell + Dr. Stocker, Nuremberg, Germany, by Markmus Design
› Seattle Children’s Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, USA, by NBBJ
› Ocean Cosmetics Clinic, Cottesloe, Australia, by Nickolas Gurtler Office
› Paw, Beijing, China, by Office AIO
› Symphony Orthodontics, Bristow, Australia, by OLI Architecture
› La Maison de Beauté Carita, L’Oréal-Luxe, Paris, France, by Rev/Studio
› Paste, Toronto, Canada, by Studio Author
› Flow Space, Shanghai, by Super Rice Architects

Browse all projects on the health and wellbeing longlist page.


Søylerommet - The Pillars
Søylerommet – The Pillars by 2050+. Photo by 2050+

Exhibition design (interior)

› Søylerommet – The Pillars, Oslo, Norway, by 2050+
› Objects Of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924, London, UK, by Alexander Boxill
› Plastics: Remaking Our World, Dundee, Scotland, by Asif Khan
› Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890-1980 at LACMA, Los Angeles, USA, by Bestor Architecture
› Flow, Milan, Italy, by Daisuke Yamamoto Design Studio
› The Golden Age of Grotesque, Hannover, Germany, by Didier Fiuza Faustino / Mesarchitecture
› Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear, London, UK, by JA Projects
› Nature. And us?, Lenzburg, Switzerland, by Kossmanndejong & Stapferhaus
› BIO27 Super Vernaculars Exhibition Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia, by Medprostor
› Batman x Spyscape: Immersive Interactive Experience, New York, USA, by Mona Kim Projects
› Shiny Gold, Paris, France, by Nelly Ben Hayoun Studios
› Refik Anadol: Unsupervised, New York, USA, by Refik Anadol Studio
› Illustration corner, Ljubljana, Slovenia, by Sara&Sara
› The Welcome Center, Washington, USA, by Studio Joseph
› Flugt Refugee Museum of Denmark, Oksbøl, by Tinker imagineers
› Our Time on Earth, London, UK, by Universal Design Studio

Browse all projects on the exhibition design (interior) longlist page.

Dezeen Awards 2023

Dezeen Awards celebrates the world’s best architecture, interiors and design. Now in its sixth year, it has become the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across the globe. The annual awards are in partnership with Bentley Motors, as part of a wider collaboration that will see the brand work with Dezeen to support and inspire the next generation of design talent.

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Best of LaCantina 2022: Competition Winners Revealed!
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Best of LaCantina 2022: Competition Winners Revealed!

Architizer is thrilled to announce the winners for one of this year’s most inspiring design competitions! The 5th Annual “The Best of LaCantina” attracted entries from architecture and design firms around the world, each integrating LaCantina’s stunning doors and windows into their projects in innovative ways. The projects ranged widely in location, building type and scale, but they all share one thing in common: Their use of LaCantina products allows for a seamless connection between inside and out, framed by beautiful, durable materials.

The designers behind this year’s Best in Show, the Panama and US-based firm IM-KM Architecture and Planning — led by Kristin and Ivan Morales — win a trip to next year’s AIA Conference, complete with travel and accommodation. Stay tuned also for an in-depth look at their winning project, Casa Loro, which will be published soon on Architizer!

Without further ado, explore every winning design from this year’s competition, projects that truly encapsulate “The Best of LaCantina”.


Best in Show: Casa Loro by IM-KM Architecture and Planning, Puerto Escondido de Pedasi, Panama

Photos by Anita Calero, Fernando Alda, and Emily Kinskey

IM-KM’s concept for the main house at Casa Loro was to create a “modern tree house” made with contextual materials, designed to enclose indoor and outdoor spaces equally. The pavilions of the main house are all balanced around the central pavilion, which contains the vestibule and indoor and outdoor living rooms. The façades of each pavilion are operable; when opened, the perimeter of the interior spaces become permeable and create a single larger room including the adjacent garden spaces and the ocean at the horizon.


Most Innovative Project: Oyster House by Randall Kipp Architecture, White Stone, VA

Photos by Maxwell MacKenzie

Approached to design a modern, waterfront home yet still fitting in with the local vernacular, Randall Kipp Architecture put a modern spin on classic forms with transparent, gabled rooflines, open spaces, and a steel framework wrapped in glass. The floor-to-ceiling glass panels provide views of the Chesapeake Bay as well as marsh grasses and grains — a bridge between ecosystems.


Best Compact Project: Abodu One by Abodu, San Jose, CA

Photos by Abodu

Specializing in the design and construction of ADUs (accessory dwelling units), Abodu created the eponymous Abodu One, a 500-square-foot, one bedroom ADU dark cedar vertical siding, an integrated deck and LaCantina bifold doors.


Best Urban Residential Project: West Village Historic Townhouse by READ Architecture Design DPC, New York, NY

Photos by Zack Dezon

Located in a quiet street of the West Village, this landmarked carriage house was renovated with a motive of protecting the essence and the character of the townhouse while creating unique and contemporary moments. Through the respectful restoration of the front façade and bringing it back to its original 1925 state, an unexpected transformation is awaiting on the back façade, opening to a joyful surprise of a contemporary urban backyard.


Best Rural Residential Project: Hood River Residence by Catch Architecture, Hood River, OR

Photos by David Papazian

This residence is nestled into a scenic hillside, overlooking an active orchard. All the main rooms open up with LaCantina doors onto this view corridor. LaCantina’s wood option in walnut was a perfect match that continued to enhance the main design feature highlighting the active outdoors lifestyle. The floor-to-ceiling window in the main bedroom upstairs features a Juliette railing, enabling inhabitants to bring the outdoors in with fresh light and plenty of air. With its live green roof over the garage, the house melds with the existing landscape and blurs the lines between indoor and outdoor living.


Best Suburban Residential Project: Westchester Views by Workshop/APD, Armonk, NY

Photos by Read McKendree

Workshop/APD designed this 5 bedroom, 7,000 SF home in Armonk, which offers the convenience of an easy commute to New York City, but on a hilltop site where you are fully immersed in nature. The home has a unique sense of openness, light and air, with soaring vaulted ceilings in the great room and the ability to open almost every room to the outdoors thanks to LaCantina sliding doors. Breezes blow through and the views to the beautifully landscaped site feel like they are part of the interior design.


Best Commercial Project: Alila Marea by Joseph Wong Design Associates – JWDA, Encinitas, CA

Photos by Eric Laignel Photography and JMI

Alila Marea is a fully appointed luxury resort hotel with 130 guest rooms, 6,300 square feet of meeting space, spa, fitness, swimming pool, two restaurants, coffee shop, bar, and underground parking on a 4.3 acre site located on a coastal bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Encinitas, California. JWDA utilized LaCantina Doors to open up the exterior walls and offer as much indoor-outdoor connectivity as possible to the hotel guests. The architects customized the doors to fit the exterior envelope, maintain a waterproof assembly, and comply with acoustic, thermal and accessibility requirements.


Best Renovation Project: North Ranch Remodel by Horwitz A+D and Nancee Wolfe Designs, North Ranch, CA

Photos by Gary Moss Photography

For this radical remodel, the architects started with a French Country style home and unapologetically transformed it into a ‘transitional contemporary’ residence, whilst holding onto the original warmth of the property. Harnessing LaCantina’s bifold and sliding door systems in different parts of the house, the final structure possesses clean lines and a rear wall of the house that blurs the line of indoors and outdoors. Other standout features include a floating glassy spiral stair, a world class kitchen and master suite with an adjacent 350 square-foot patio/balcony.

These eight award-winning projects show just a glimpse of the incredible designs produced by architects with the help of LaCantina’s versatile product range. See more amazing case studies like these and learn more about the systems that make them possible over at LaCantinaDoors.com.

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One Drawing Challenge 2022: Winners Revealed!
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One Drawing Challenge 2022: Winners Revealed!

The results are in for one of Architizer’s most inspiring competitions of the year: We are excited to announce the Winners for the 4th Annual One Drawing Challenge! Featuring extraordinary details and produced using a wide range of artistic mediums, the two top winners and 10 commended entries showcase the powerful potential architectural representation to tell stories about our built environment and the wider world in 2022.

This year’s Top Student Prize goes to Victoria Wong from the University of Michigan, whose intricate triptych, entitled “Into the Void”, captured the imagination of the jurors. The incredibly detailed panels depict the “the new collisions of regrowth and reshaping our relationship with different agencies” in Hiroshima, Japan. Meanwhile, artist and architect Thomas Schaller scooped the Top Non-Student Prize for his atmospheric depiction of “Octavia – Suspended City”, a fantastical image of a mysterious metropolis inspired by Italo Calvino’s book Invisible Cities.

Reflecting on this year’s competition, juror Wandile Mthiyane commented: “This year’s finalists stretched my notion of what it means to be a designer: they used the medium of architectural drawing to express their political views, show their support for equity, and stress the importance of climate change. Architecture and design are the frames, but people are the big picture. This year’s best drawings were truly thought-provoking, challenging, and creative.”

The two top winners receive $3,000 each, an exclusive editorial feature on their work, and a seat on an Architizer jury panel next year. Without further ado, view the Top Winners and the 10 Commended Entries from this year’s One Drawing Competition, together with descriptions by their creators. Be sure to share your favorites with the hashtag #OneDrawingChallenge on Instagram and Twitter!


Student Winner: “Into the Void: Fragmented Time, Space, Memory, and Decay in Hiroshima” by Victoria Wong

University of Michigan

“Into the Void” Detail

“Suggested by Lebbeus Woods, architecture is essentially an internalization of society yet an externalization of ourselves. This triptych adapts Japanese aesthetic theories of transience & imperfection, and applies them to the city of Hiroshima. Through investigating the decay & death of artifacts and events, Into the Void illustrates the new collisions of regrowth and reshaping our relationship with different agencies.

The three selected locations are experimental adaptations to the spatial and environmental challenges that facilitate ‘changes’ according to our mental statuses and behaviors. Through displaying site-specific elements, Into the Void captures the heterotopia voids in time, culture, and nature. The over-saturated sites are witnesses and flaneurs through time that capture the architectural scars in the parallel universe where the past, present, and future coexist simultaneously.”


Non-Student Winner: “Octavia – Suspended City” by Thomas Schaller

Schaller Architectural Fine Arts

“Inspired by the iconic book Invisible Cities. by Italo Calvino, this drawing tells the story of Octavia, a city suspended above the Earth by a spider’s web of cables and wires. Interpretations are limitless, but in my interpretation, the inhabitants of Octavia depict the central truth about humanity – connections are profound – but tenuous; just as is our grasp on life itself. Isolation is not sustainable and connectivity – for all its impermanence – remains a more beautiful response.”


Commended Entry: “The city drowned by coffee” by Pengcheng Yang and Zirui Wang

The Melbourne University

“This is a painting about the concept of architecture expressed through images in a dream world. The theme of the painting revolves around the culture of coffee and the society that is triggered by coffee as a sober dependency of people.

1. A distant coffee factory produced an explosion, and the excess coffee caused great pressure inside the building.
2. The origin of coffee often comes from relatively poor countries, such as Brazil, Ethiopia or Colombia.
3. The shepherds mingling in the line represent the story of how coffee was first discovered by the shepherds of Ethiopia.
4. The fragile console tries as much as possible to hold the balance of people’s coffee intake.
5. There are ads and signs like iLLY and Nespresso for capsule coffee everywhere.
6. The mountains of waste formed by coffee consumption.”


Commended Entry: “Remembering Hanami” by Seah XinZe

WilkinsonEyre Architects

“Every spring, cherry trees in Japan bloom with a fleeting magnificence, captivating the nation for two weeks before wilting. During this time, parks are shrouded in pink and the ephemerality of cherry blossoms is appreciated as they are a reminder of the transitory yet overwhelming beauty of life.

Located in Yoyogi park, Tokyo, the project aims to immortalize the spirit of the cherry blossom. The building is a hand-woven landscape of experiences that engage the senses through the extraction of the different aspects of cherry blossom. The distillery boils flowers from the adjacent cherry grove, distributing scented steam through a network of pipes into the various spaces of the building. Visitors enjoy cherry blossom tea under a canopy crafted from sakiori weaving dyed pink from cherry trees and are invited to picnic by the scented water pools.”


Commended Entry: “Synopolis” by Lohren Deeg

Ball State University

“Content with the limitations of their small apartments and quaint terraces, warmly greeting their neighbors, and strolling among the stepped streets, the citizens of Synopolis greet the sunset each evening with decanters of bubbly concoctions, slowness in their constitutionals, diving into delectable sweets, and chatting away the day’s trials and travails over stacks of plates of tapas.”


Commended Entry: “Mycelium Modularity” by Dustin Wang

Young Guns Studio

“This drawing illustrates a forest that has been populated with housing pods made out of mycelium, conceptualizing the utilization of this material in modular architecture.

Mycelium, a natural fungi found in forests, can form rigid, water-resistant structures when molded and grown. Possessing a flexible form, this allows for the creation of these pods around trees and hills – existing in harmony with nature, rather than replacing it. The resulting effect are teardrop-like structures, differing in shape as each is hand-built.

In this scene, pollution is the origin of the hazy, grey sky. With plastic and waste reduction having become an everlasting consequence, mycelium is used in this small community of hopeful outliers, being a last ditch effort to slow down the deep-rooted repercussions of the changing climate.

In an inevitable future where the natural lives in the artificial, the increased awareness of the benefits of mycelium, will aid in revitalization.”


Commended Entry: “(Your) My Bedroom” by Daniel Ho

University of Auckland

“Many see in architecture the plan, section, elevation, axonometric, and BIM model; mathematical conventions communicating the means of construction. However, drawing by measurement to prescribe beyond the floor, walls, and roof is a perverse overstep; measurements cannot make singular the continuous performance of everyday living.

‘(Your) My Bedroom’ departs from such Cartesian description. It draws a transient domestic, where violence and protection coalesce. A place to laugh, cry, hate, love, reflect, and regret; to feel ambition, faith, passion, cynicism, pleasure, and pain. To draw the bedroom should reflect these experiences with all the egotism of the eye, lest the drawing repels the character it endeavors to express.

Singular compositionally, yet multiplicative in evoking identities of the viewer’s own ‘Bedroom.’ Recalling these identities with blue pencil on 2000 x 1500mm paper means democratizing these everyday experiences. Identities range from bodily to microscopic scales; zoom up, explore, and analyze the character, ‘Bedroom.’”

Juror Sabina Blasiotti said of (Your) My Bedroom: “The drawing that excited me the most is (Your) My Bedroom. It immediately spoke to me, and straight away I saw the bedroom in a way that I’d never seen before. The bedroom is often the subject of architectural illustrations, but Daniel is giving us a completely fresh view of the bedroom which can speak to a wider audience. Daniel talks about a coalescence of violence and protection, passion and pain. The bed is the place where we seek refuge when we are sick and suffering, where we stare at the ceiling when we are anxious, but also a place to relax, think and so on. How to depict one single space that encapsulates such a wide spectrum of contrasting feelings and emotions? I believe Daniel successfully did this.”


Commended Entry: “The Stamper Battery” by William du Toit

Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

“Drawing from EM Forster’s 1909 short story “The Machine Stops”, this allegorical architectural drawing re-presents a seminal tale of environmental devastation caused by the 1860 New Zealand goldrush. Propelling the Otago region into economic prosperity, the mining operations were abandoned once the gold dried up—the forgotten industrial artefacts, environmental scarring, and their historic narratives slowly decaying over time, destined to be lost forever.

The Stamper Battery is the final drawing in a series of 7, each preserving the narrative of a different artefact of the historic goldmining process. It combines orthographic, notation and layering techniques to compose a drawing that shifts restlessly on its page—depicting fragments of architecture as they transform and decay over time. The drawing is intended to be exhibited in sequence, avoiding direct intervention on the site while preserving a national heritage story of place identity—acting as a lesson for future generations to learn from past mistakes.”


Commended Entry: “Up” by Thomas Schaller

Schaller Architectural Fine Arts

“Examples of architecture can too often be seen as solid objects, but of course, they are not. They contain spaces, voids in which humans interact, work and play, love and live. In this sense, the volumes contained by architecture are the collective kinetic stories of all who have gone before and will yet arrive. This drawing – “Up” – explores the energies of that process, the ideas of entrance and exit, of doors and stairways that we all employ to knit our internal lives to the external world and in some silent way, to one another and to time itself.”


Commended Entry: “The Gardener’s Diary” by Glory Kuk

KPF

“Dear Diary,
I recently rummaged through my old diaries and found melancholic entries.
Located in Renwick Ruins of Welfare Island, an island that housed the undesirables of the city, much like our rejection of mental health problems.
The drawing diary is informed by small details in life and on site, which is spatially translated. It grows as more details are noticed, the drawing itself as a growing diary where it is reconditioned daily by me, tending, caring and maintaining the space. There is a visitor within me who might create chaos within the garden based on their emotions, the other side of my psyche. We shall leave traces for each other as we will never meet.
The drawing is where the garden is architecturised, and the architecture is gardenised.
It is a safe haven to defuse my worries, through this drawing I shall find my peace…
Yours Truly, The Gardener”


Commended Entry: “Pocket Size City: The Atlas” by Stefan Maier

University of Applied Arts Vienna

“The Atlas – a loose assemblage of maps. It constitutes a multitude of scales within itself. It links between the content and its representations, creates relationships, and references – a hyperlink into the digital space. The atlas holds the weight of the digital mesh.”


Commended Entry: “Ronin’s Lair” by Eduardo Perez

California State University Long Beach

“‘Ronin’s Lair’… an environment that lies between two parallel universes. These series of spaces are a continually morphing and warping training grounds for the ‘wayward samurai’. They are part Japanese Edo Period and part digital future, they are neither today nor tomorrow… they are in a continually shifting threshold space; a warped interim and an evolutionary and non-chronological series of physicality’s and landscapes. My explorations also lie within 2 worlds of the analogue and the digital, my submission is one of the analogue (ink on parchment paper) and it is one of a series of many such explorations in digital, analogue, and hybrid mediums.”


We have been blown away once again by the response from our community for this popular ideas competition. “This year’s entries raised the bar for creative storytelling through visual means, demonstrating again that technology need not kill off drawing as architecture’s medium of choice,” remarked Architizer’s Editor in Chief, Paul Keskeys. “In fact, with advancements in digital sketching and even AI as an additional creative tool, our fundamental approach to ideation is evolving, and I am excited to see what the future holds for architectural drawing in the next decade and beyond.”

As the art of architectural representation continues to evolve, so will our competitions and awards programs, in order to accurately reflect the incredible ability of architects, designers and creative people to communicate complex ideas about the built environment. Sign up for our newsletter in order to be notified when our next evolution is announced, with bigger, bolder opportunities set to emerge in 2023:

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This week we revealed Wild Wonder as 2023’s Colour of the Year
CategoriesInterior Design

This week we revealed Wild Wonder as 2023’s Colour of the Year

Colour of the Year interior

This week on Dezeen, the Colour of the Year 2023 –  a pale yellow that is described as “a soft gold with hints of green” – was announced.

To mark the announcement by paint company Dulux, we created a lookbook that showcases interiors that have used the pale yellow hue.

Revamp of Venturi Scott Brown's National Gallery
Selldorf Architects has proposed a redesign of the Sainsbury Wing

This week, architects, critics and academics raised concerns about the plans to remodel Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s postmodern Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London. They described the plans, which have been drawn up by Selldorf Architects, as an “act of vandalism”.

In an opinion piece for Dezeen, Catherine Slessor wrote that “history now seems to be repeating itself at the Sainsbury Wing”.

Atomik Architecture staff who are balloting to strike
Workers at Atomik Architecture are balloting to strike

Also in London, staff at architecture studio Atomik Architecture announced a “historic strike ballot”.

Workers at the studio notified their employers that they were initiating a strike ballot to demand improvements to both their pay and working conditions.

Lightyear 0 solar-powered car silhouetted against a black backdrop
Lightyear developed “the world’s first production-ready solar car”

Continuing our Solar Revolution series we interviewed Emanuele Cornagliotti, who is the lead solar engineer at car company Lightyear, which developed “the world’s first production-ready solar car”.

Solar cars will be “normal within 20 years,” he told Dezeen.

King Charles III on architecture
No 1 Poultry was the result of a King Charles intervention

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One Photo Challenge 2022: Competition Winners and Commended Entries Revealed!
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One Photo Challenge 2022: Competition Winners and Commended Entries Revealed!

The judging has concluded, and the results can finally be revealed for architecture’s most inspiring photography competition. Architizer is thrilled to announce the Winners and Commended Entries for the Third Annual One Photo Challenge!

This year’s Student Winner is “Vertical Life” by Xi Chen, who is studying for a Master’s in Digital Photography at the School of Visual Arts, New York City. Xi’s image tells a story of unique contrasts in Manhattan, juxtaposing the elongated skyscrapers of ‘Billionaire’s Row’ with the serene oasis of Central Park below.

In contrast, this year’s Non-Student Winner — “A Glimpse of Heaven” by photographer Jean-Claude Ardila — sees the spectacle of a paraglider framed by the bold form of the Tampa Museum of Art in Florida. Both winning images present bold compositions that play with our perception of scale and the ways in which architecture frames our lives, both literally and figuratively.

Without further ado, we present to you the Winners and the Commended Entries for the 2022 One Photo Challenge, including both the photographs and their accompanying stories…


Student Winner: “Vertical Life” by Xi Chen, School of Visual Arts, New York City

“In New York City, the world-famous concrete jungle, people live their lives up in the air. But there are always oases of peace on the ground, providing breathable green places among concrete and steel. The gaps in Central Park’s foliage naturally form a viewing window, showing the vertical lifestyles of New Yorkers.”

Camera used: Sony

Award-winning Brazilian photographer and One Photo Challenge juror Ana Mello commented: “For me, ‘Vertical Life’ raises some questions. Currently, what are our life choices? Can we all choose? What are our escape moments and what is the cost of that? For this reason, for me, it is a very striking photograph because it transcends technical and aesthetic discussion.”


Non-Student Winner: “A Glimpse of Heaven” by Jean-Claude Ardila, Jean-Claude Photography

“This image was taken at the Tampa Museum of Art. There is an opening on the building guiding your eyes towards the sky. I laid there with my camera on my face to avoid shake and trying to capture the best angle using the lines in the structure towards the clouds. I noticed there were paragliders in the area and I waited patiently for one to appear in my frame. I am glad I did.”

Camera used: Sony

One Photo Challenge juror and renowned photographer Krista Jahnke reflected on Ardila’s image: “The framing of this image plays with perspective in a disorienting way. You know you’re looking towards the sky by the glimpse of the paraglider but you can also understand the one point perspective to be an elevation shot looking down a corridor. Reading the image as if in two directions gives a surreal quality to the photograph that is achieved through the minimal subject matter.”


Commended Entry: “Here’s looking at you, kid!” by Paul Ott, Paul Ott Photografiert

“This image is my photographic translation of a space-dissolving surface design of a stairwell interior. Its design is part of the conversion of a bourgeois house from the 1900 into an apartment building.

The woman’s steady gaze questions the observer: What is the substance of this image? Is it real or imaginary?

“Here’s looking at you, kid!“ – Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca.

Camera used: Hasselblad 500 C/M


Commended Entry: “The Window” by Xialu Xu, Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP

“This photo was taken in Dia Beacon in upstate New York. Looking out, the surrounding nature has become vague silhouettes and paint brush like colors around the clear glass at the window. One then focuses almost only at the limited pocket of beauty, details highlighted, colors embellished, like a camera focusing on a target. When the light shines through, it’s the most magical moment.”

Camera used: Sony


Commended Entry: “Kites” by Yu Heng Lim

“Photograph taken at the plaza of Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan designed by Ishigami Junya.
The photograph is titled Kites as the square openings on the thin metal roof distorts when viewed from above.
At different seasons of the year, the metal roof expands and contracts according to the changing temperature.
Thus, different shadows are casted on the plaza space below.

I intently waited until a passerby walk by underneath the roof in order to give the audience a notion of the sense of human scale as well as the feeling of vastness through architecture.
The negative white space is used as a metaphorical reference to the sky and the openings to be the kites floating in the wind.
Through this expression, the photograph intends to evoke a feeling of isolation and to question our existence as mankind and the vastness of the space we inhibit.”

Camera used: Sony


Commended Entry: “POPCourts!” by Shelby Kroeger, Lamar Johnson Collaborative

“POPCourts!, a 7,000 SF community plaza in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, was born from the pandemic and civil unrest and developed in concert with Mayor Lightfoot’s INVEST South/West initiative. The goal was to provide a safe community space that residents could enjoy outdoors during the pandemic while also creating a visible presence along Chicago Avenue.

The entire design team transformed this empty city lot into three-zone “Courts,” each serving a variety of community functions, allowing activities to “Pop” up and transform over time. The basketball court doubles as a community plaza. The gravel drive hosts food trucks, farmer’s markets, and other seasonal vendors, and the shaded lawn functions as a Food Court with casual seating. Local artists painted murals on the adjacent building walls, depicting figures such as Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman, and Maya Angelou.”

Camera used: Canon


Commended Entry: “Art Jameel” by Shoayb Khattab, Shoayb Khattab Photography

“My intention from this project was to reduce the minimalist architecture design of Jameel Arts Centre to a single frame and presents its white façade and clean lines in the simplest way possible. What made the capture more interesting is the passing mechanical guy which was a happy accident that contributed a human element to the otherwise too pure of a picture.”

Camera used: Canon


Commended Entry: “Golden Gait” by Michelle Simmons

“This is the story of a monument: a sculpture that talked to a building, the sun, the sky and to me; a conversation that gave me a photographic understanding I had never encountered before.

I was so excited to experience Dubai Expo 2020 that I traveled to the grounds directly from the airport. I intended to do a walk-through first but was taken aback by a sculpture at the Qatar pavilion and stayed there until nightfall. Qatar’s pavilion, designed by Santiago Calatrava, is a modern interpretation of Qatar’s Coat of Arms: two swords encompassing a dhow amidst an island with palm trees.

A golden sculptural monument outside the main structure represents the palm trees. Although static, the sculpture moved; and I was challenged to find a way to photograph its dynamics. This photo of the 20-meter-high sculpture was taken by standing inside the 5.5-meter square base using a wide-angle lens.”

Camera used: iPhone


Commended Entry: “Parkaden” by Tõnu Tunnel

“Parkaden (Car Park) 1964 by Hans Asplund in Stockholm, Sweden. Between a steady flow of cars going through the centrum, there was a 1-2 second moment with this man walking. This was one of the two shots I managed to quickly capture. It was only later that I noticed that the patterns in the wall are the floor numbers in mirror!”

Camera used: Fujifilm SLR


Commended Entry: “Thirst for Shade” by Valeria Flores, Handel Architects

“Summers in NYC are eagerly awaited by most but can also be particularly daunting to the vast majority… With overflowing public transit and towering buildings that reflect back concentrated beams of heat unto unforgiving concrete surfaces, the scattered plazas and public spaces around the city are burdened with a heavy task. Surely, they provide a pocket to break free from the city’s relentless grid but, at times, they fall short to shape an adequate environment for enjoyment. A number of these, with their manicured planting and their lackluster attempt to give some space back to the public, are remnants from a modernist era. Herein, they fail to be a desperately needed oasis for the thirsty citizens of an increasingly warming concrete jungle.”

Camera used: Leica


Commended Entry: “Arachnophobia” by Tiffany Liem, Brookfield Properties

“Suspended 40ft in the air, a woman floats on a web-like net.

The scale of the human form to the net equates to a spider and its web. The artist, Tomás Saraceno, transports the user to a sensory experience in which we become the arachnid. The sun-like sphere fades into black and we are transported to a universe where we feel every vibration of the web and our ears consume all of the frequencies echoing in the darkness.

It’s a subtle reminder of how small and isolating we can feel in a vast and expanding universe.

Photo from Tomás Saraceno’s exhibition Particular Matter(s): Free the Air: How to hear the universe in a spider/web exhibited at The Shed.”

Camera used: iPhone


Commended Entry: “Urban Mountains” by Katharina Klopfer

“When walking through downtown I am constantly fascinated by highrise buildings and the impact they leave on us. Do we feel small and overwhelmed by this kind of architecture? Or is it similar to what we feel when we climb mountains or get lost in dark valleys? We certainly do enjoy the view when we reach the peak or rooftop. This urban landscape seems to be a reinterpretation of the white-top mountains that surround us and can be spotted vaguely in the distance.

While I was watching the façade workers doing their job the image of an alpine scenery was recalled. An urban mountain landscape waiting to be conquered by humans. Mysterious, frightening, but also loved. Exactly like pristine nature appears to us.”

Camera used: Fujifilm SLR


Congratulations to every Winner and Commended Entrant, as well as all 100 Finalists, which can be viewed in full via our special feature “100 Photos That Tell Powerful Stories About Architecture in 2022.” This highly anticipated and captivating publication was distributed to 125,000+ newsletter subscribers and 4+ million social media followers, and the reception has been incredible!

Thank you to all participants for sharing these amazing photographs and telling such fascinating stories about architecture! Interested in entering next year’s One Photo Challenge? Be sure to sign up for updates by clicking the blue button below.

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