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Dezeen Awards 2020 studio longlist announced

The longlist for the Dezeen Awards 2020 studio categories has been revealed, with 131 studios selected across six categories.

All longlisted studios are listed below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the Dezeen Awards website where you can find an image and more information about each one.

All longlists announced this week

The studios selection is the fourth and final Dezeen Awards 2020 longlist to be unveiled. The architecture longlist, the interiors longlist and the design longlist were also published earlier this week.

Gad Line+ Studio is longlisted in the emerging architect of the year category.

Longlisted projects and studios have been selected from over 4,300 entries from 85 countries for the third edition of our awards programme, which celebrates the world's best architecture, interiors and design as well as studios and individuals producing the most outstanding work.

Shortlists to be unveiled in September

The next stage of Dezeen Awards 2020 will see all longlisted projects assessed by our panel of 75 industry-leading professionals including Mariam Kamara, Norman Foster, Victoriya Yakusha and Annabelle Selldorf.

Office Off Course, Shanghai, China, is longlisted in emerging architect of the year.

The judges will determine which studios feature on the shortlists, which will be announced in September. A further round of judging by our master jury will determine the category winners, which will be announced in October.

Atelier Tao+C is longlisted in the emerging interior designer of the year category.

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See the full studio longlist below:


Beijing-based MAD Architects is longlisted in architect of the year.

Architect of the year

› Alison Brooks Architects, London, UK
› Atelier Alter, Beijing, China
› Austin Maynard Architects, Melbourne, Australia
› Bergmeisterwolf, Bressanone, Italy
› Carl Fredrik Svenstedt Architect, Paris, France
› John Wardle Architects, Collingwood, Australia
› Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design, Miami, US
› LEVER Architecture, Portland, US
› Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects, Los Angeles, US
› MAD Architects, Beijing, China
› Manuel Cervantes Estudio, Mexico City, Mexico
› Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, Berkeley, US
› Mosbach Paysagistes, Paris, France
› NADAAA, Boston, US
› Pdaa, Paris, France
› Sanjay Puri Architects, Mumbai, India
› SO - IL, Brooklyn , US
› Spasm Design Architects, Mumbai, India
› Studio Gang, Chicago, US
› Studio Saxe, San Jose, Costa Rica
› MIA Design Studio, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
› WATG, New York, US

Browse all studios on the architect of the year longlist page.


Peter Pichler Architecture, Milan, Italy is longlisted in emerging architect of the year.

Emerging architect of the year

› 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio, Beijing, China
› A Small Studio, London, UK
› Atelier Cho Thompson, San Francisco, US
› CAAT studio, Sydney, Australia
› DesignAware, Hyderabad, India
› DEVOLUTION, Xiamen, China
› DROO, London, UK
› Gad · Line+ Studio, Hangzhou, China
› Julius Taminiau Architects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
› K-studio, Athens, Greece
› KOGAA, Brno, Czech Republic
› Kooo Architects, Tokyo, Japan
› Lendager Group, Copenhagen, Denmark
› Mamou-Mani, London, UK
› Nimtim architects, London, UK
› Office Off Course, Shanghai, China
› Office S&M, London, UK
› Peter Pichler Architecture, Milan, Italy
› Proctor & Shaw, London, UK
› RAW Architecture, Jakata, Indonesia
› Robert Hutchison Architecture, Seattle, US
› Studio Takuya Hosokai, Tokyo, Japan
› SUMMARY, Porto, Portugal
› Surman Weston, London, UK
› UNITEDLAB Associates, Long Island City, US
› Vladimir Radutny Architects, Chicago, US
› Will Gamble Architects, London, UK
› Winwood Mckenzie Architecture, Melbouurne, Australia

Browse all studios on the emerging architect of the year longlist page.


Norm Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark is longlisted in interior designer of the year.

Interior designer of the year

› 1508 London, London, UK
› Ab Rogers Design, London, UK
› Atelier Alter, Beijing, China
› Cecconi Simone, Toronto, Canada
› Dkstudio Architects, Toronto, Canada
› Esrawe Studio, Mexico City, Mexico
› Fogarty Finger Architecture, New York, US
› Kelly Wearstler, Los Angeles, US
› Liqui Group, Chula Vista, US
› Maurizio Lai Architects, Milan, Italy
› Michaelis Boyd, London, UK
› Norm Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark
› Preen, Los Angeles, US
› SkB Architects, Seattle, US
› Studio Robert McKinley, New York, YS
› Studio_VDGA, Pune, India
› Takasu Gaku Design and Associates, Fukuoka, Japan
› Waldo Works, London, UK
› Yabu Pushelberg, New York, US

Browse all studios on the interior designer of the year longlist page.


NJ+ Arquitetos, São Paolo, Brazil is longlisted in emerging interior designer of the year.

Emerging interior designer of the year

› Esoteriko, Woollahra, Australia
› Alexander&CO, Bondi, Australia
› Atelier Maison, Siggiewi, Malta
› Atelier Tao+C, Shanghai, China
› AtMa, Tokyo, Japan
› Bitte Design Studio, Tangerang, Indonesia
› Buchanan Studio, London, UK
› Daytrip.studio, London, UK
› Deferrari+Modesti, Florence, Italy
› Formafatal, Prague, Czech Republic
› Kingston Lafferty Design, Dublin, Ireland
› NC Design & Architecture Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
› NJ+ Arquitetos, São Paolo, Brazil
› NOMOS, Madrid, Spain
› Office AIO, Beijing, China
› Office of Tangible Space, Brooklyn, US
› Roman Izquierdo Bouldstridge, Barcelona, Spain
› Run For The Hills, London, UK
› Sophie Dries Architect, Paris, France
› Ste Marie Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada
› Studio-Gram, Goodwood, Australia
› YOUTH Studio, Manchester, UK
› Zooco Estudio, Madrid, Spain

Browse all studios on the emerging interior designer of the year longlist page.


Studio Ini, London, UK is longlisted in designer of the year.

Designer of the year

› Büro Ziyu Zhuang, Beijing, China
› Emmanuelle Moureaux architecture + design, Tokyo, Japan
› EWE Studio, Mexico
› Form us with love, Stockholm, Sweden
› Formafantasma, Amsterdam, Netherlands
› Fuseproject, San Francisco, US
› GHYCZY, Swalmen, Netherlands
› Ini Archibong, London, UK
› Joe Doucet x Partners, New York, US
› KEM STUDIO, Kansas City, US
› Nelly Ben Hayoun Studios, London, UK
› Norm Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark
› SPREAD, Tokyo, Japan
› Studio Ini, London, UK
› Studio Waldemeyer, London, UK

Browse all studios on the  designer of the year longlist page.


Adam Nathaniel Furman, London, UK is longlisted in emerging designer of the year.

Emerging designer of the year

› Aberrant Architecture, London, UK
› Adam Nathaniel Furman, London, UK
› Baldwin Studios, Brunswick, Australia
› Burggrafburggraf, Bad Liebenzell
› Charlotte McCurdy Research, Brooklyn, US
› Collin Townsend Velkoff, Nürnberg, Germany
› Crosby Studios, New York, US
› Hans Ramzan, London, UK
› Ladies & Gentlemen Studio, Brooklyn, US
› Marcin Rusak Studio, London, UK
› Mario Alessiani Design Studio, Teramo, Italy
› Objects of Common Interest, Brooklyn, US
› Pawlak & Stawarski, Poznan, Poland
› Poppy Lawman Studio, Oslo, Norway
› Selek, Eugene, US
› Shahar Livne Design, Eindhoven, Netherlands
› Special Projects, London, UK
› Studio Terhedebrügge, Berlin, Germany
› T SAKHI, Beirut, Lebanon
› The Liminal Space, London, UK
› The New Raw, Rotterdam, Netherlands
› Valdís Steinarsdóttir, Reykjavik, Iceland
› Wang & Söderström, Copenhagen, Denmark
› Zaven, Venezia, Italy

Browse all studios on the emerging designer of the year longlist page.

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