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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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