Crafting The Next Era Of Architecture

Architizer, the largest online platform for architecture, announces the official opening of the 14th Annual Architizer A+Awards, honoring the year’s best buildings and spaces. NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) proudly supports the A+Awards as a media partner of Architizer.

CENTRE FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH & COMPETITIVENESS FOR TAPMI by The Purple Ink Studio
Photo credit: Suryan//Dang

Fondation de Chine by Coldefy
Photo credit: Cyrille Weiner

The Rural Memory Museum by IARA
Photo credit: Yi Huang

Now in its 14th season, the program returns to one of architecture’s most fundamental values: craft. As the pace of digital change accelerates, architects are asking urgent questions about their place in an increasingly automated world. This year’s theme highlights the architects who put human ingenuity at the center of their work, connecting design to labor, material to place, and buildings to the people who make and use them. Whether working with humble resources or cutting-edge tools, today’s leading architects are crafting a new era of architecture through their care and precision—at every typology, scale, and region of the globe.

Kuwait University by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Photo credit: Dave Burk

Library in the Earth by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Photo credit: Koji Fujii / TOREAL

MGA | Michael Green Architecture
Photo credit: Bruce Damonte

Reflecting the program theme, this season offers a suite of new categories that emphasize craftsmanship, materiality, and contextual approaches—spotlighting the human element of design. This season also sees the addition of categories honoring sustainable building practices, as well as the health and well-being of building occupants. See the complete list of 124 categories here.

Paper Island by Cobe
Photo credit: Cobe

QR3D by Park + Associates
Photo credit: Derek Swalwell

Aquifer Recharge Plant - Cape Flats (MAR) by SALT Architects
Photo credit: Karl Rogers

The 14th A+Awards are judged by Architizer’s 250+ jury academy featuring prestigious members of the architecture and design community, as well as luminaries from the art, technology, fashion, media, and real estate industries.

Notable Jurors

• Carlo Ratti (Founder, Carlo Ratti Associati; Curator, Venice Architecture Biennale)
• Nicole Hollis (Founder, Nicole Hollis)
• Pablo Bofill (CEO, Bofill Taller de Arquitectura)
• Koichi Takada (Founding Principal, Koichi Takada Architects)
• Carson Chan (Director, MoMA’s Ambasz Institute)
• Andres Jacque (Founder, Office for Political Innovation; Dean, Columbia GSAPP)
• Avinash Rajagopal (Editor in Chief, Metropolis)
• Lisa Demetrios (Chief Curator, Eames Institute)

Key Dates

• Launch: October 13, 2025
• Entry Deadline: February 27, 2026
• Finalists Announced: May 2026
• Winners Announced: June 2026

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