The architect's newspaper Is looking for the best projects – from buildings, infrastructure and interiors to master plans, landscapes and non -built works. That's correct, AThe Best of Design Awards is back for its 13th edition and now open. The submissions will be accepted on September 12, 2025 until midnight (ET).
The Best of Design tries to increase projects in the entire design community and all over the world, which represent a level of innovation, the creative use of new technologies or sustainability and, above all, a good design. Evaluated by an international and famous jury whose announcements will come shortly, the winners, honorable mention and the tips of the editors in the ranks of other respected projects will belong AThe end of the year, online and on social media, are invited to take part in a celebration organized by this year's sponsor HBF.
The entries are open to companies around the world as long as completed work is built within two years after the submission period or are initiated for incomplete projects within three years. This year, the program contains 50 categories without the winner among the winners, the project of the project, which is selected among all winners for each category. The categories 2025 are:
- Adaptive reuse:
- Commercially
- Training
- hospitality
- Reside
- Architectural lighting
- Build renovation:
- Commercially
- Training
- hospitality
- Reside
- Citizens
- Commercially:
- hospitality
- Klein office (50,000 square foot and under)
- Office large (over 50,000 square foot)
- retail
- Sports & entertainment
- Cultural
- Digital production
- Education – high education:
- Instruction
- Relaxation and residential building
- Training – kindergarten, elementary school and high school
- Exhibition design
- Facades
- Health care
- Infrastructure
- Inner:
- Health care
- Hotels
- Institutional
- Residential building (new building)
- Residential building (renovation)
- Restaurants & bars
- retail
- Klein (5,000 square foot and under)
- Large workplace (over 5,000 square foot)
- Landscape
- Libraries
- Reside:
- Mixed use
- Multi-unit
- Single unit small (2,500 square foot and below)
- Unity large (2,500 square foot and below)
- Restoration & Conservation
- Social effects
- Student work
- Temporary installation
- Unbelieved:
- Commercially
- Culture and citizens
- Training
- Conceptual
- Landscape, Urban Design & Master Plan
- Residential building: Multi-Unit
- Residential building: single unit
- Urban Design & Master Plan
The early bird entry is now open until midnight on August 1, 2025. Further discounts on students who are automatically applied to Cart when submitting student work and if you list your company and/or the job title as a student. To raise emerging companies (companies that have been founded in the past five years), A Also offers reduced prices that can be used for all categories of awards. This discount is available for several entries. Use the discount code that occurs at the beginning of the early bird period or the discount code during regular registration.
Learn more about the submission process and start sending here.