Dezeen has announced the architecture shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes buildings by Zaha Hadid Architects, Olson Kundig and Open Architecture.

The 85 shortlisted projects, which are in the running for awards in 16 different architecture project categories, were designed by studios located in 28 different countries including Cambodia, Indonesia, Greece, Malaysia, Hungary and Tanzania.

The top three represented studio countries are UK with 20 shortlisted entries, followed by Mexico with eight and Australia with seven.

The top project city locations are London, with eight shortlisted entries, followed by Amsterdam with three and Tehran, Shenzhen, Sheffield, Mexico City and Melbourne tied in third with two each.

Shortlisted projects include a six-storey school featuring cork walls and indoor gardens on the outskirts of Madrid and a rotating footbridge operated by a series of hand cranks in London.

The shortlist includes several buildings made from rammed earth including a single-storey farmhouse with crisscrossing staircases in Rajasthan and a narrow nursery set on the grounds of a 19th-century palace in Paris.

A collaboration between Heatherwick Studio and BIG, which saw firms create a 1.1-million-square-foot campus in California for search engine company Google, was another shortlisted project.

Dezeen Awards 2023 shortlists revealed this week

The shortlisted projects were scored by our jury which includes architects Omar Gandhi, Lara Lesmes, Thom Mayne and Olayinka Dosekun-Adjei.

Dezeen Awards 2023, in partnership with Bentley Motors, will reveal all shortlisted projects this week. The interiors shortlist will be published tomorrow, followed by the design shortlist on Wednesday and the sustainability on Thursday.

This year's new nomination-based Designers of the Year and Bentley Lighthouse Award shortlists will be announced this Friday and next Monday respectively.

All shortlisted architecture projects 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 the project. All shortlisted projects will also feature in their own dedicated Dezeen post.

The winner of each project category will be announced at our party in November. All 15 winners will then go on to compete for the title of architecture project of the year. This category is sponsored by Material Bank.

Read on for the full architecture shortlist:

House (urban)

› Spruce House and Studio, London, UK, by Ao-ft
› Debris Block House, Bangalore, India, by CollectiveProject
› Labri, Hue, Vietnam, by Nguyen Khai Architects & Associates
› Ederlezi, San Pedro Garza García, Monterrey, Mexico, by Práctica Arquitectura
› Townhouse Neubaugasse, Vienna, Austria, by PSLA Architekten
› 19 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills, Australia, by SJB

Browse all projects on the urban house shortlist page ›

House (rural)

› Mud House, Alwar, India, by Sketch Design Studio
› The Inside Home, Tehran, Iran, by Olgoo
› Summer House, Tihany, Hungary, by RAPA Architects
› Traditional House of the Future, Guizhou Province, China, by The University of Hong Kong, Lidia Ratoi and John Lin
› Studio House, Nelson, New Zealand, by William Samuels Architects

Browse all projects on the rural house shortlist page ›

Housing project

› Nightingale Village, Brunswick, Australia, by Architecture Architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects and Hayball and Kennedy Nolan
› Small Houses, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, by Bloom Architecture
› Ferrars & York, Melbourne, Australia, by Hip V Hype
› Park Hill Phase 2, Sheffield, UK, by Mikhail Riches
› Domus Houthaven, ​​Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by Shift Architecture Urbanism
› The Arches, London, UK, by The DHaus Company

This category is sponsored by Gaggenau.

Browse all projects on the housing project shortlist page ›

House renovation

› El Priorato, Trespaderne, Spain, by Atienza Maure Arquitectos
› Helvetia, Melbourne, Australia, by Austin Maynard Architects
› Villa VD, Waasmunster, Belgium, by Britsom Philips Architects
› Introverse, Subang Jaya, Malaysia, by Core Design Workshop
› La Clara, Barcelona, Spain, by CRÜ Studio

Browse all projects on the house renovation shortlist page ›

House extension

› Sunday, Melbourne, Australia, by Architecture Architecture
› BEEV, Beerse, Belgium, by ISM Architecten
› Dokubo + El Amigo, Setouchi, Japan, by Jo Nagasaka and Schemata Architects
› Maxon Studio, Carnation, USA, by Olson Kundig
› Garden Tower House, Melbourne, Australia, by Studio Bright

Browse all projects on the house extension shortlist page ›

Civic project

› Serpentine Bookhouse, Shenzhen, China, by Atelier XI
› The Tree House, London, UK, by Bell Phillips
› Community Development Center, Tabasco, Mexico, by Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica (CCA) / Bernardo Quinzaños
› New Temple Complex, Hampshire, UK, by James Gorst Architects
› Lea Bridge Library extension, London, UK, by Studio Weave

Browse all projects on the civic project shortlist page ›

Cultural project

› Bundanon Art Museum, Illaroo, Australia, by Kerstin Thompson Architects
› Liknon, Samos, Greece, by K-Studio
› Yongchun Vinegar Sightseeing Factory, Quanzhou, China, by Lel Design Studio
› IF.BE (Ice Factory Ballard Estate), Mumbai, India, by Malik Architecture
› Shanfeng Academy, Suzhou, China, by Open Architecture
› 32° East Arts Centre, Kampala, Uganda, by New Makers Bureau

Browse all projects on the cultural project shortlist page ›

Workplace project

› Furnish Studio, Rayong, Thailand, by 11.29 Studio
› Campus Betterware Guadalajara, El Arenal, Mexico, by Estudio MMX + Luis Campos
› Google Bay View, California, USA, by Heatherwick Studio and BIG
› Urban Farming Office, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, by VTN Architects
› Bradbury Works, London, UK, by YN Studio
› Beeah Headquarters, Sharjah, UAE, by Zaha Hadid Architects

This category is sponsored by Lualdi.

Browse all projects on the workplace project shortlist page ›

Health and wellbeing project

› Maggie's Southampton, Southampton, UK, by AL_A
› Lumi Shala, Gianyar, Bali, by Ibuku Studio
› Lanserhof Sylt, List, Germany, by Ingenhoven Associates
› Alzheimer's Village, Dax, France, by NORD Architects and Champagnat & Gregoire Architects
› Gilbert Raby Therapeutic Workshops, Paris, France, by Tolila Gilliland
› Dentistry Coexisting with Nature, Aichi, Japan, by TSC Architects

Browse all projects on the health and wellbeing project shortlist page ›

Education project

› Simba Vision Montessori School, Engare Nanyuki, Tanzania, by Architectural Pioneering Consultants
› Nursery in Alma Palace, Paris, France, by Atelier Régis Roudil Architectes
› Rural School For Cement Factory Workers Children, Talaricheruvu, India, by CollectiveProject
› The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl's School, Jaisalmer, India, by Diana Kellogg Architects
› Reggio School, Madrid, Spain, by Office for Political Innovation
› Riverside Plant Research 1 at the University of California, Riverside Plant Research 1, USA, by Perkins&Will

Browse all projects on the education project shortlist page ›

Heritage project

› Clifford's Tower, York, UK, by Hugh Broughton Architects
› Park Hill Phase 2, Sheffield, UK, by Mikhail Riches
› Beato Convent Events Centre, Lisbon, Portugal, by Risco
› Centro Gastronómico, Oaxaca, Mexico, by RootStudio
› Bokšto Skveras, Vilnius, Lithuania, by Studio Seilern Architects with Archinova
› Kingway Brewery Renovation, Shenzhen, China, by Urbanus Architecture & Design

Browse all projects on the heritage project shortlist page ›

Hospitality project

› Wraxall Yard, Dorset, UK, by Clementine Blakemore Architects
› Boobun Pocket Café, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, by CUP Scale Studio
› Dapi Mountain Restaurant, Hebi City, China, by Galaxy Arch
› Casa TO, Mexico City, Mexico, by Ludwig Godefroy
› Lost Lindenberg, Jembrana, Indonesia, by Lost Lindenberg
› PituRooms, Salatiga, Indonesia, by Sahabat Selojene

Browse all projects on the hospitality project shortlist page ›

Infrastructure and transport project

› Ecoparque Bacalar, Bacalar, Mexico, by C733
› Elizabeth Line, London, UK, by Grimshaw
› Jahad Metro Plaza, Tehran, Iran, by Ka Architecture Studio
› The Memorial Park Land Bridge and Prairie, Houston, USA, by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
› Cody Dock Rolling Bridge, London, UK, by Thomas Randall-Page
› IJboulevard, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by VenhoevenCS Architecture+Urbanism

Browse all projects on the infrastructure and transport project shortlist page ›

Small project

› AirBubble Playground, Warsaw, Poland, by EcoLogicStudio
› The False Banana Pavilion, Ardingly, UK, by FleaFollyArchitects
› Veneti-An Tea House, Venice, Italy, by Mitsubishi Jisho Design
› Suetomi AoQ Cafe Stand, Kyoto, Japan, by Ryohei Tanaka and G Architects Studio
› Kithara Music Public Kiosk, Mexico City, Mexico, by TO

Browse all projects on the small project shortlist page ›

Mixed-use project

› Pôle Laherrère, Pau, France, by CoBe Architecture et Paysage
› Valley, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by MVRDV
› The Hoxton Mule, London, UK, by Sam Jacob Studio
› Mayfield Park, Manchester, UK, by Studio Egret West
› Héroes de Tecamac Rambla, Mexico, by Taller Capital
› Stormwater Pond at Exercisfältet, Uppsala, Sweden, by White Arkitekter

Browse all projects on the mixed-use project shortlist page ›

Dezeen Awards 2023

Dezeen Awards celebrates the world's best architecture, interiors and design. Now in its sixth year, it has become the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across the globe. The annual awards are in partnership with Bentley Motors, as part of a wider collaboration that will see the brand work with Dezeen to support and inspire the next generation of design talent.