Dezeen Awards 2024 Announced Best Buildings Shortlist

Texoversum, allmannwappner gmbh, Reutlingen, Germany


Dezeen has announced the architecture shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes buildings by Schemata Architects, URBANUS, Studio Gang, Stanton Williams and Grimshaw. The NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) once again supports Dezeen Awards 2024 as a media partner.

Texoversum, allmannwappner gmbh, Reutlingen, Germany

The Boma at Madwaleni River Lodge, Luxury Frontiers, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The Boma at Madwaleni River Lodge, Luxury Frontiers, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

he 82 shortlisted projects, which are in the running for awards in 15 different architecture project categories, are by studios located across 32 different countries including Bangladesh, Rwanda, Turkey, Taiwan, Niger and Mexico.

The top four represented studio countries are the United Kingdom, followed by the USA, China and Australia. The top project city locations are London, with seven shortlisted entries, followed by Beijing with four and Toronto and New York tied in third with three each.

Seddülbahir Fortress, KOOP Architects, Canakkale, Turkey

Seddülbahir Fortress, KOOP Architects, Canakkale, Turkey

Shadow House, GROTTO Studio, Bayswater, Australia

Telescope House, Wendell Burnette Architects, Arizona, United States

Shortlisted projects include a solar farm hub with mirrored steel panels in Turkey and a plant-filled 255,000-square-metre airport terminal in India. The shortlist also features a renovated bookstore in China, a development with undulated green roofs in Tokyo and a treetop walkway built from pinewood in Norway.

Maison Brummell Majorelle, Bergendy Cooke, Marrakech, Morocco

Rhodes House Transformation, Stanton Williams, Oxford, United Kingdom

Rhodes House Transformation, Stanton Williams, Oxford, United Kingdom

Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History, Studio Gang, New York, United States

A collaboration between Holcim and Norman Foster Foundation, which saw firms reveal a concrete-wrapped housing prototype for displaced communities at the Venice Architecture Biennale, is also shortlisted.

Komaeyu, Jo Nagasaka - Schemata Architects, Tokyo, Japan

Komaeyu, Jo Nagasaka - Schemata Architects, Tokyo, Japan

Madi Hiyaa, Nomadic Resorts, North Male atoll, Maldives

Madi Hiyaa, Nomadic Resorts, North Male atoll, Maldives

There will be Dezeen Awards 2024 party taken place on Tuesday 26 November at Hackney Church in London. You can buy the ticket for the spectacular evening where this year's winners will be revealed. Please enjoy with fellow nominees and VIPs at a night of free-flowing drinks, food, live entertainment and music.

Dezeen Awards

Dezeen Awards is an international award program that honors excellence in architecture, interiors, design, and sustainability projects worldwide. It aims to promote design innovation and provide new perspectives on the future of design.


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