Dezeen has announced the Designers of the Year shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards China, which includes Line+ Studio, People's Architecture Office, Min Chen and Say Architects.

Our Designers of the Year awards recognise emerging and established talent whose innovative work has had a notable impact on the industry across architecture, interiors and design.

Located across China, the 24 shortlisted studios are in the running for awards across six different Designers of the Year categories.

The shortlist includes Shanghai-based HCCH Studio, shortlisted for emerging architect of the year, design studio Office AIO, shortlisted for interior designer of the year and Guangzhou-based architecture practice O-office Architects, shortlisted for architect of the year.

Other shortlisted designers include Kunming-based practice Suzao Architects and Beijing design studio Wild Zoo.

Dezeen Awards China 2024 shortlists revealed this week

The Designers of the Year were nominated and shortlisted by Dezeen Awards China judges and Dezeen's editorial team.

Dezeen Awards China 2024, in partnership with Bentley, revealed all shortlisted projects this week. The architecture, interiors and design shortlists were published earlier this week.

All shortlisted Designers of the Year are listed below, each with a link to their dedicated pages on the Dezeen Awards website, where you can find more information about the designers.

Designers of the Year winners will be announced live at our annual Dezeen Awards China party in mid-December in Shanghai. This year's party will be hosted at Shanghai's historic site of Zhang Yuan, with special thanks to our hotel partner the Middle House.

Read on for the full Designers of the Year shortlist:

Emerging architect of the year

› Atelier XI
› Galaxy Arch
› HCCH Studio
› Suzao Architects

Browse all architects on the emerging architect of the year page.

Architect of the year

› Line+ Studio
› O-office Architects
› People's Architecture Office
› UAD

Browse all architects on the architect of the year page.

Emerging interior designer of the year

› Atmosphere Architects
› Canter and Gallop
› Say Architects
› Yatofu

Browse all interior designers on the emerging interior designer of the year page.

Interior designer of the year

› Dongqi Design
› More Design Office
› Office AIO
› W Design

Browse all interior designers on the interior designer of the year page.

Emerging designer of the year

› MMR Studio
› Studio Ololoo
› Wild Zoo

Browse all designers on the emerging designer of the year page.

Designer of the year

› Min Chen
› Pili Wu
› Rock Wang
› Zhoujie Zhang

Browse all designers on the designer of the year page.

Dezeen Awards China 2024 in partnership with Bentley

Dezeen Awards China is the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across China. The second 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.