Critical Halloween, an annual event hosted by the Storefront for Art and Architecture, is a hybrid party, critical debate, and costume contest. Each year, the organizers announce a "spooky" architectural issue or concept, which is then interpreted by design aficionados and practitioners from around the city. Then an esteemed jury selects the winners of a series of theme-appropriate categories.

This year, the theme was "DEMO" – as in demonstration, but also demolition, demon, demos, democracy, demography, etc. The jury comprised Keller Easterling, author of Extrastatecraft and other notable titles, Winka Dubbeldam of Archi-Tectonics, Andres Jacque of the Office for Political Innovation, and Beatrice Galilee, the architecture and design curator at the Met.

The Storefront has also teamed up with the art website Hyperallergic to host a "Democratic People's Choice Award" and you can vote here.

So, without any further ado, the winners of the 2015 Critical Halloween costume contest...

Best Overall Costume
“Building Cuts: The Ghost of Matta” by Steven Holl Architects

Best Individual Costume
“Archzilla” by Evalynn Rosado – Weiss/Manfredi

Best Duo/Couple Costume
“Permitted and Unpermitted” by Adam Frampton and Karolina Czeczek – ONLY IF



Best Group Costume
“Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” by Francisco Rocha, Joana Bem-Haja, Joana Torres, and Sandra Shizuka



Special Prize for Best Demolition Costume
“The Fall of the Berlin Wall” by Leong Leong



Special Prize for Best Demonstration Costume
“Smoke” by Studio Dror



Special Prize for Best Democracy Costume
“Democracy, The Puppet of Capital” by Miguel de Guzman and Ines Esnal