Over 600 Projects Showcase a Hopeful Architectural Future Around the Globe

Architizer announces the 2024 shortlist for its A+Awards, the world’s largest and most democratic architectural awards program, honoring the best architecture and spaces from around the globe. With a focus on reuse and renovation projects, the 2024 program spotlights architects and designers who are reimagining the future of our built environment in myriad ways. With more than 5,000 entries from over 80 countries, the program’s illustrious Jury has selected Finalists in each of the program’s 126 categories. The 628 projects that made the cut impressed jurors across the evaluation criteria, which include points for form, function, and social and environmental impact. NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) proudly supports the "A+ Award" as a media partner of Architizer again this year.

Lakeside Teahouse by Domain Architects (Finalist, Architecture + Adaptive Reuse)
Photo credit: c/o Domain Architects

Kwaeε by Adjaye Associates (Finalist, Pavilions)
Photo credit: Michelle Äärlaht

MPavilion 10 (Naomi Milgrom Foundation) by Tadao Ando (Finalist, Pavilions)
Photo credit: Rory Gardiner

Among the shortlisted projects, I can see a clear and interesting trend towards re-using, re-thinking, and re-making. In order to reduce CO2 emissions, this approach is more important than ever, and I’m thrilled to see so many projects moving that direction this year.

Monica von Schmalensee (CEO, White Arkitekter and A+Awards Juror)

2024 Finalists

• MPavilion 10 (Naomi Milgrom Foundation) by Tadao Ando, Melbourne, Australia
• Trudo Vertical Forest by Stefano Boeri Architetti, Eindhoven, Netherlands
• Qujang Museum of Fine Arts Extension by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Xi'an, China
• Skamlingsbanken Visitor Centre by CEBRA, Kolding, Denmark
• Seddülbahir Fortress by KOOP Architects, Gelibolu, Turkey
• 54 Social Housing by Fortuny-Alventosa Morell Arquitectes, Mallorca, Spain
• Google MT1 by MGA | Michael Green Architecture, Sunnyvale, USA
• Taisugar Circular Village by Bio-architecture Formosana, Tainan, Taiwan
• Kempegowda International Airport - Terminal 2 by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Bengaluru, India
• Interpretation Centre of Biodiversity by Atelje Ostan Pavlin, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• American Museum of Natural History Richard Gilder Center by Studio Gang Architects, NYC, USA

See the full list of categories and Finalists here.

Madrone Ridge by Field Architecture (Finalist, Large Private House)
Photo credit: Joe Fletcher

West Lynn Residence by A Parallel Architecture (Finalist, Residential Renovations & Additions)
Photo credit: Casey Dunn

Interpretation Centre of Biodiversity in Ljublana Marsh by Atelje Ostan Pavlin (Finalist, Sustainable Cultural Building)
Photo credit: Virginia Vrecl

Selecting the shortlisted projects were some of the design industry’s most renowned practitioners and thinkers, such as Wandile Mthiyane (Ubuntu Design Group), Kate Wagner (architecture critic), Enrique Norten (TEN Arquitectos), Mariam Issoufou (Mariam Issoufou Architects), Thomas Robinson (LEVER Architecture), Paolo Casati and Cristian Confalonieri (Fuorisalone), Tosin Oshinowo (Oshinowo Studio), Mari Balestrazzi (Airbnb), and Karim Rashid (Karim Rashid). Other members of the A+Awards prestigious 250+ Jury Academy include luminaries from the fields of art, technology, fashion, media, business, and real estate. See the complete Jury list here.

HOSO by OODA (Finalist, Mid Rise Mulit-Unit Housing)
Photo credit: Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

54 Social Housing - Mallorca by Fortuny-Alventosa Morell Arquitectes (Finalist, Sustainable Multi-Unit Housing)
Photo credit: José Hevia

Jiaxing Train Station by MAD Architects (Finalist, Sustainable Transportation Project)
Photo credit: Aogvision

The A+Awards is unique among global architectural awards, with shortlisted projects also judged by the voting public. With the aim to break architecture out of its echo chamber, each season Architizer invites design students, enthusiasts, building occupants, and the general public to vote for their favorite work. In 2023, over 400,000 ballots were cast. Architizer will announce the 2024 A+Awards Winners in early June, followed by a live celebration of Winners this fall. Winners will be featured in Architizer: The World's Best Architecture, the year’s definitive architectural guide.

Google by MGA | Michael Green Architecture (Finalist, Best Large Firm)
Photo credit: Ema Peter

Shenzhen Reef Library by Wildurban Architects (Finalist, Libraries)
Photo credit: c/o Wildurban

Changlong Wanbo - Park Lane Complex by CR LAND Guangzhou (Finalist, Architecture +Color)
Photo credit: c/o CR LAND Guangzhou

Key Dates

• Program Launch: October 9, 2023
• Finalists Announced: April 29, 2024
• Winners Announced: June 3, 2024

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