Leading Canadian contemporary design publication Azure Magazine celebrated a new set of winners in their international AZ Awards, touted as the only open competition of its kind in Canada. Recently concluding its fifth edition, the AZ Awards welcomes designers, architects, firms, manufacturers, and students from various disciplines to send their best work for a chance to win and to show off their skills to an international audience.

Compared to 652 entries from 36 countries last year, competition leveled up with a total of 720 entries from 43 countries. Last month, the jury narrowed the list down to 66 finalists and the public also had a chance to participate by voting for their favorite finalists. At the end of the competition, the jury picked 19 winners, who received trophies designed by last year’s AZ Awards guest of honor, Karim Rashid.

Here's a selection of the winning projects:

↓ Residential Architecture – Multi-Unit: Antonini Darmon: Oiseau des Îles Social Housing, Nantes, France

↓ Commercial ⁄ Institutional Architecture Over 1,000 Square Metres: John Wardle Architects and NADAAA in collaboration: Melbourne School of Design, Melbourne, Australia

↓ Commercial ⁄ Institutional Architecture Under 1,000 Square Metres: SchilderScholte Architecten: Pani Community Centre, Rajarhat, Bangladesh

↓ Temporary / Demonstration Architecture: Philip Beesley Architect: Epiphyte Chamber, Seoul, Korea

↓ Landscape Architecture: GH3: June Callwood Park, Toronto, Canada

↓ Residential Interiors: Casa G

↓ Unbuilt Competition Entries: Steven Christensen Architecture: Liepaja Thermal Bath

↓ Concepts/Prototypes: Andrei Gheorghe: Robotic Infiltrations

↓ Student A+ Award: Danny Karas (SCI-Arc, Los Angeles, USA): M&N

↓ Social Good Award: Saunders Architecture: Fogo Island Inn, Newfoundland, Canada

↓ Environmental Leadership Award: Sofia Ceylan, Katharina Laekamp and Leonie Otten: Memory of the Arctic

Cover image: Residential Architecture – Single Family: PARA-Project: Haffenden House, Syracuse, USA

View the full list of winners at azuremagazine.com.

The 2015 jury featured architect Winka Dubbeldam of Archi-Tectonics (New York); architect Brendan MacFarlane of Jakob + MacFarlane (Paris); designer Anwar Mekhayech of the Design Agency (Toronto); landscape architect Janet Rosenberg of Janet Rosenberg & Studio (Toronto); and designer Philippe Malouin (London).