Azure Magazine's annual AZ Awards has just released their list of finalists. The competition offers architects, designers, manufacturers, and students across the globe a chance at getting their best work internationally recognized.

This year's AZ Awards saw a total of 997 entries submitted, the highest number of in the program’s eight years. 64 finalists have been chosen by the jury comprised of Claire Weisz, founding partner at WXY; Megan Torza, partner at DTAH; lighting and furniture designer Michael Anastassiades; Michel Rojkind, founder of Rojkind Arquitectos; and Allen Chan, co-founder of DesignAgency.

The finalist winners will be announced at the 2018 AZ Awards Gala, to be held at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works on Friday, June 22. This year's Guest of Honor is Winy Maas from MVRDV. In the meantime, the public has been invited vote for their favorite project in all 19 categories through the People’s Choice portal. 

Check out some of this year's finalists and vote now!

↓ Finalist in "Unbuilt Buildings:" Magazine Street Residence in New Orleans, U.S., by Trahan Architects

↓ Finalist in "Architectural/Interior Products:" Cocoon Lounge by Daniele Merini, Manufactured by Casali

↓ Finalist in "Commercial/Institutional under 1,000 sq. m:" MICASA Vol.C in Sãu Paulo, Brazil, by Studio MK27

↓ Finalist in "Interiors – Commercial/Institutional:" Contemplative Court at Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C., by Pure+FreeForm

↓ Finalist in "Residential Single Family:" Entrepinos in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, by Taller Héctor Barroso

↓ Finalist in "Landscape Architecture:" Orongo Station in North Island, New Zealand, by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

↓ Finalist in "Commercial/Institutional over 1,000 sq. m:" The Walled – Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat in China, by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office

↓ Finalist in "Residential Multi-Unit:" Contemporary Rural Cluster in Hangzhou, China, by Gad•Line+ Studio

↓ Finalist in "Social Good:" Casey House in Toronto, Canada, by Hariri Pontarini Architects

↓ Finalist in "Ideas/Prototypes:" The Bentway in Toronto, Canada, by Public Work

↓ Finalist in "Temporary/Demonstration:" 18 Shades of Gay in Montreal, Canada, by Claude Cormier + Associés

↓ Finalist in "A+ Student Award:" Netii Apa, Maasai Mara Cultural Center, Ryerson University