Dezeen Awards announced

World's 82 best buildings shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2024

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 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 with 10 shortlisted entries followed by USA with nine and China and Australia that both have seven.

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.

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.

Dezeen Awards 2024 shortlists revealed this week

Dezeen Awards 2024, in partnership with Bentley, will reveal all shortlisted projects this week. The interior shortlist will be published tomorrow, followed by the design shortlist on Wednesday and the sustainability on Thursday.

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

"Our partnership with Dezeen Awards continues to shine a spotlight on ambitious and innovative projects," said Chris Cooke, Dezeen Awards judge and head of design collaborations at Bentley.

"This year's architecture shortlist is brimming with sophisticated and thoughtful designs, many of which demonstrate a deep commitment to environmental responsibility."

Top: Haus 1 by MVRDV and Hirschmüller Schindele Architekten. Photo by by Schnepp Renou. Above: Reciprocal House by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photo by Schnepp Renou

The shortlisted projects were scored by our architecture jury which includes architects Keiji Ashizawa, Francine Houben, Dong Danshen and Sumaya Dabbagh.

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.

The winner of each project category will be announced live at our annual Dezeen Awards party on Tuesday 26 November at Hackney Church in London. All 15 winners will then compete for the prestigious title of architecture project of the year.

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Read on for the full architecture shortlist:


Casa 13 by AHÁ. Photo by Alberstudio

House (urban)

Beyond-the-family Kin, Madrid, Spain, by Ignacio Galán and OF Architects
Casa 13, Tulum, Mexico, by AHÁ
Mireia and Toni's house, Barcelona, Spain, by Vora
Northcote House, Melbourne, Australia, by LLDS
Reciprocal House, London, UK, by Gianni Botsford Architects
Shed House, Sydney, Australia, by Breakspear Architects

Browse all projects on the urban house shortlist page.


Gutter House by Atelier Daniel Florez. Photo by Maira Acayaba

House (rural)

Barneys Ruins, Maghera, UK, by Patrick Bradley Architect
Caochan na Creige, Isle of Harris, Scotland, by Izat Arundell
Casa Attico, Sao Miguel do Gostoso, Brazil, by Atelier Matteo Arnone
Dom Las / Forest House, Kashubia, Poland by Studio Onu
Gutter House, Baía Formosa, Brazil, by Atelier Daniel Florez
Telescope House, Sedona, USA, by Wendell Burnette Architects

Browse all projects on the rural house shortlist page.


Landskronhof by HHF Architekten. Photo by Maris Mezulis

Housing project

Appleby Blue, London, UK, by JTRE London and Witherford Watson Mann
Landskronhof, Basel, Switzerland, by HHF Architekten
Malling Dampmølle, Malling, Denmark, by CEBRA
The Residences, Sandford Lodge, Dublin, Ireland, by Shay Cleary Architects
The Sierra, Lancaster, USA, by Kadre Architects

Browse all projects on the housing project shortlist page.


Casa Estudio by Void Studio. Photo by Zaickz Moz

House renovation

Casa Estudio, Chihuahua, Mexico, by Void Studio
Into the wall Wiedenhofer, Brixen, Italy, by Bergmeisterwolf
Karaka Tower, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, by Arete Architects
Shadow House, Bayswater, Australia, by Grotto Studio
The Old Byre, Isle of Wight, UK, by Gianni Botsford Architects

Browse all projects on the house renovation shortlist page.


Beijing City Library by Snøhetta. Photo by Zhu Yumeng

Civic project

Beijing City Library, Tongzhou District, Beijing, by Snøhetta
Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Sports Park, Mississauga, Canada, by MJMA
Netherlands American Cemetery Visitor Centre, Margraten, the Netherlands, by Kaan Architecten
The Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens, Antakya, Turkey, by Chen-Yu Chiu and Studio Cho
Zebun Nessa Mosque, Savar, Bangladesh, by Studio Morphogenesis

Browse all projects on the civic project shortlist page.


Wisdome Stockholm by Elding Oscarson. Photo by Mikael Olsson

Cultural project

Archive of the Avant-garde, Dresden, Germany, by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Powerhouse Castle Hill, Sydney, Australia, by Lahznimmo Architects
Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, New York, USA, by Studio Gang
Robert Olnick Pavilion, Minnesota, USA, by MQ Architecture
The New Museum of Ethnography, Budapest, Hungary, by Napur Architects
Wisdome Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, by Elding Oscarson

This category is sponsored by The Dalmore.

Browse all projects on the cultural project shortlist page.


Chancery House by dMFK Architects. Photo by Jack Hobhouse

Workplace project

Chancery House, London, UK, by dMFK Architects
Emit, Sheridan, USA, by CLB Architects
Factory Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, by Julian Breinersdorfer Architekten
Haus 1, Berlin, Germany, by MVRDV and Hirschmüller Schindele Architekten
Human Hub Tenneiji Soko, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan, by Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects
Pavillon Jardins, Paris, France, by Atelier du Pont

This category is sponsored by Solus and Refin.

Browse all projects on the workplace project shortlist page.


Atmosphere by Krallerhof and Hadi Teherani Architects. Photo by HGEsch Photography

Health and wellbeing project

28.0855, Tapalpa, Mexico, by Van Van Atelier
Atmosphere, Leogang, Austria, by Krallerhof and Hadi Teherani Architects
Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Sports Park, Mississauga, Canada, by MJMA
House for the Elderly, Naco, Mexico, by Fernanda Canales
Parramatta Aquatic Centre, Parramatta, Australia, by Grimshaw and Andrew Burges Architects
Total Fusion Platinum, Brisbane, Australia, by Cavcorp

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


Wayair Foundation School by Jeju Studio. Photo by Iwo Borkowicz

Education project

Bloomingdale International School pre-primary extension, Vijayawada, India, by Andblack Design Studio
Darlington Public School, Sydney, Australia by Fjc Studio
Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture, Bugesera District, Rwanda, by MASS Design Group
Texoversum, Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany, by Allmannwappner
Tuusula High School and Cultural Centre, Tuusula, Finland, by AOR Architects
Wayair Foundation School, Ulyankulu, Tanzania, by Jeju Studio

Browse all projects on the education project shortlist page.


Weishan Chongzheng Academy Bookstore by Trace Architecture Office. Photo by Arch-Exist Photography

Heritage project

Nanyang Old Town Public Space Renewal, Ningde, China, by YFS
Rhodes House, Oxford, UK, by Stanton Williams
Royal de Versailles' Rolex Boutique, Toronto, Canada, by Partisans
Seddülbahir Fortress, Sedd el Bahr, Turkey, by Koop Architects
Weishan Chongzheng Academy Bookstore of Librairie Avant-Garde, Beijing, China, by Trace Architecture Office

Browse all projects on the heritage project shortlist page.


Maison Brummell Majorelle by Bergendy Cooke. Photo by Emily Andrews

Hospitality project

Courtyard35 – Hutong Cloudscape, Beijing, China, by WAY Studio
Madi Hiyaa restaurant, Maldives, by Nomadic Resorts and Atelier Nomadic
Maison Brummell Majorelle Hotel, Marrakech, Morocco, by Bergendy Cooke
MM Farm Hotel, Beijing, China, by Domain Architects
The Boma at Madwaleni River Lodge, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, by Luxury Frontiers

Browse all projects on the hospitality project shortlist page.


Terminal 2 at Kempegowda International Airport by Skidmore Owings & Merrill. Photo by Ar. Ekansh Goel and Studio Recall

Infrastructure and transport project

Central Control Building, Konya, Turkey, by Bilgin Architects
FW JI·Covered Bridge on Aqueduct, Huangshan, China, by IARA
Kaohsiung Port Terminal, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, by Reiser + Umemoto
Terminal 2 at Kempegowda International Airport, Bangalore, India, by Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Land Bridge & Prairie at Memorial Park, Houston, USA, by Nelson Bryd Woltz

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


Bridge Cocoon|Bamboo Booth by Forest-Wood Archi-Tect. Photo by Kuo En-Kai

Small project

Bridge Cocoon|Bamboo Booth, Hsinchu, Taiwan, by Forest-Wood Archi-Tect
Essential Homes Research Project, Venice, Italy, by Holcim and the Norman Foster Foundation
Hotspot, Nesoddtangen, Norway, by Oslo Works
Majamaja off-grid village, Helsinki, Finland, by Majamaja
Zinder school canteen, Zinder, Niger, by Action Through Architecture (ACTA)

Browse all projects on the small project shortlist page.


Nantou Hybrid Building by Urbanus. Photo by Zhang Chao

Mixed-use project

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo, Japan, by Heatherwick Studio
Calwer Passage, Stuttgart, Germany, by Ingenhoven Associates
Forskaren, Stockholm, Sweden, by 3XN
Karlatornet, Gothenburg, Sweden, by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Mercado Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, by Loer Architecten
Nantou Hybrid Building, Shenzhen, China, by Urbanus

Browse all projects on the mixed-use shortlist page.


The Opera Park by Cobe. Photo by Cobe

Landscape and urban design

A Breathing Sea Wall at Haikou Jiangdong Beach Park, Haikou, China, by Turenscape
Loures Riverfront, Portugal, by Topiaris
The Opera Park, Copenhagen, Denmark, by Cobe
Tom Lee Park, Memphis, USA, by Studio Gang and SCAPE
Treetop Walkway in Hamaren Activity Park, Fyresdal, Norway, by Effekt Arkitekter

Browse all projects on the landscape and urban design shortlist page.

Dezeen Awards 2024 in partnership with Bentley

Dezeen Awards is the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across the globe. The seventh edition of the annual awards programme is in partnership with Bentley as part of a wider collaboration to inspire, support and champion design excellence and showcase innovation that creates a better and more sustainable world. This ambition complements Bentley's architecture and design business initiatives, including the Bentley Home range of furnishings and real estate projects around the world.