Elite players from the international architecture and design community, some from as far away as Belgium and China, came together on June 17 at Toronto’s historic Evergreen Brick Works as Azure revealed the winners of its sixth annual AZ Awards.

From a concrete and weathered-steel temple in Toronto that features the longest cantilever in North America to a landscape that offers floodwater relief and green space to a city in Spain, the 18 winners of the 2016 AZ Awards exemplify innovation and forward-thinking. Tonight at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works, many of the winners were present — some visiting from as far away as India and Shanghai — to take the stage and receive their trophies, which were designed by Vancouver designer Omer Arbel, who was also a member of this year’s jury. The standing-room-only crowd of design and architecture insiders fêted all 66 of this year’s finalists during the celebration.

Together, the outstanding 826 submissions — from designers, architects and manufacturers, as well as students — are a worldwide representation of the best and brightest from the architecture and design community. Our international jury was also made up of some of the industry’s heavy-hitters: architect Chris Wilkinson of WilkinsonEyre (London, U.K.), interior designer Anna Simone of Cecconi Simone (Toronto, Canada), landscape architect Thomas L. Woltz of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (Charlottesville, U.S.), architect John Tong of +tongtong (Toronto, Canada), and Omer Arbel of Bocci (Vancouver, Canada).

In March, this distinguished panel gathered in Toronto to narrow down the 826 entries from 52 countries to a shortlist of 66 finalists. From there, they selected the 18 extraordinary winners that were honoured tonight, and who are featured below.

The 2016 AZ AWARDS is presented by Audi, Keilhauer and Rado, and sponsored by Cosentino, Urban Capital, TD Bank Group, George Brown School of Design, Alpi and CRH Canada Group.

All winners and finalists are featured in the Annual Awards Issue, on newsstands June 20 in Canada and June 29 in the U.S.

Best Architecture Over 1,000 Square Metres Pancorbo + De Villar + Chacón + Martin Robles: Vegas Altas Congress Centre and Auditorium, Villanueva de la Serena, Spain

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Best Architecture Over 1,000 Square Metres Pancorbo + De Villar + Chacón + Martin Robles: Vegas Altas Congress Centre and Auditorium, Villanueva de la Serena, Spain

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Best Architecture Under 1,000 Square Metres Shim-Sutcliffe Architects: Wong Dai Sin Temple, Toronto, Canada

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Best Architecture Under 1,000 Square Metres Shim-Sutcliffe Architects: Wong Dai Sin Temple, Toronto, Canada

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Best Residential Architecture Tropical Space: Termitary House, Da Nang, Vietnam

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Best Residential Architecture Tropical Space: Termitary House, Da Nang, Vietnam

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st Temporary Architecture Lateral Office and CS Design: Impulse, Montreal, Canada

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st Temporary Architecture Lateral Office and CS Design: Impulse, Montreal, Canada

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Best Landscape Architecture Aldayjover Architecture and Landscape: Aranzadi Park, Pamplona, Spain

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Best Landscape Architecture Aldayjover Architecture and Landscape: Aranzadi Park, Pamplona, Spain

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Best Residential Interior Studio MK27: SP-Penthouse, São Paulo, Brazil

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Best Residential Interior Studio MK27: SP-Penthouse, São Paulo, Brazil

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Best Commercial Interior Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: Comme Moi, Shanghai, China

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Best Commercial Interior Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: Comme Moi, Shanghai, China

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Best Architectural Product Anyway Doors: Pivoting Room Divider, by Koen Dries and Rudi Dries, with Marieke Cools

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Best Architectural Product Anyway Doors: Pivoting Room Divider, by Koen Dries and Rudi Dries, with Marieke Cools

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Best Furniture Design Moss & Lam: W1 Tables

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Best Furniture Design Moss & Lam: W1 Tables

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Best Furniture System Rimadesio: Cover Freestanding, by Giuseppe Bavuso

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Best Furniture System Rimadesio: Cover Freestanding, by Giuseppe Bavuso

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Best Lighting Fixture Davide Groppi: Fosbury

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Best Lighting Fixture Davide Groppi: Fosbury

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Best Lighting Installation Partisans: Gweilo Light

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Best Lighting Installation Partisans: Gweilo Light

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Best Interior Product Agape: Ell sink, by Benedini Associati, Diego Cisi and Andrés Jost

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Best Interior Product Agape: Ell sink, by Benedini Associati, Diego Cisi and Andrés Jost

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Best Unbuilt Concept Sanjay Puri Architects: Reservoir

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Best Unbuilt Concept Sanjay Puri Architects: Reservoir

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Best Concept Prototype MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Enough House

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Best Concept Prototype MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Enough House

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Jurgis Gecys (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria): Curonian Spit

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Jurgis Gecys (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria): Curonian Spit

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Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects: Walumba Elders Centre, Warmun, Australia

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Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects: Walumba Elders Centre, Warmun, Australia

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ZGF Architects: Stanford University Central Energy Facility, Palo Alto, U.S.

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ZGF Architects: Stanford University Central Energy Facility, Palo Alto, U.S.

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