For ARCHITECT’s inaugural Architecture & Interiors Awards, four judges considered a vast pool of 338 international submissions. This year’s class of 16 winners—14 Honor Award recipients, indicating the highest level of achievement, and two Merit Award recipients, indicating distinguished achievement—sets the standard for excellence in commercial architecture and interior design. Located around the world, these projects encompass a high-tech exhibition exploring tolerance and human rights, the adaptive reuse of a Montreal icon, and a colorful community coffeehouse. Across the varied typologies, each winning project maintains a sensitivity to mission, to community, and to sustainability that underscores the full impact—and potential—of commercial design.
Jury
Verda Alexander, co-founder, Studio O+A
Imani Day, AIA, principal, RVSN Studios
Denise Rush, dean, School of Interior Architecture at Boston Architectural College
Joey Shimoda, FAIA, co-founder, Shimoda Design Group
Moderated by Madeleine D’Angelo and Paul Makovsky
Architecture
Nic LeHoux
Sports and Recreation
Honor: SoFi Stadium
Los Angeles
HKS Architects
Saverio Lombardi Vallauri
Hospitality
Honor: Casa di Langa
Cuneo, Italy
GaS Studio, Parisotto + Formenton Architetti
David Sundberg
Cultural
Honor: Fotografiska
New York
CetraRuddy Architecture
Stephane Brugger
Photography by Stephane Brugger
Adaptive Reuse
Honor: Montreal Tower
Montreal
Provencher_Roy
Robert Benson
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Historic Preservation
Honor: The Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Boston
Elkus Manfredi Architects
Nadia Todres
Institutional
Honor: La Référence
Ganthier, Haiti
Studio PHH Architecture
Iwan Baan
Institutional
Merit: School No. 3, Petite École
Versailles, France
MOS
James Ewing
Office
Honor: Zeiss Michigan Quality Excellence Center
Wixon, Mich.
SmithGroup
Interiors
Garrett Rowland
Large Office
Honor: Adidas EVE
Portland, Ore.
Studio O+A
JASON O'REAR
Small Office
Honor: Zendesk EBC
San Francisco
Gensler
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Small Office
Merit: Old Post Office
Chicago
Eastlake Studio
Eric Staudenmaier
Hospitality
Honor: Liberation Coffee House
Los Angeles
ORA
Benny Chan/fotoworks
Cultural
Honor: Museum of Tolerance, Claudia and Nelson Peltz Social Lab
Los Angeles
Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign
Emily Andrews
Branded
Honor: Edge
New York
Rockwell Group
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Civic/Design for Purpose
Merit: Sounding Boards / Sounding Boards Garden
Chicago
Eastlake Studio
Special Entry Category
VINESH GANDHI
VINESH GANDHI
Stairs
Honor: OFFICE@63
Mumbai, India
Sanjay Puri Architects