The A’ Design Award was "born out of the desire to underline the best designs and well-designed products." It is an international award whose aim is to provide designers, architects, and innovators from all design fields with a platform to showcase their work and products to a global audience. This year's edition is now open for entries; designers can register their submissions here.
While there is no shortage of design awards out there, the A' Design Award stands out for its exceptional scale; with over 100 design categories. Alongside a category for Architecture, Building and Structure Design, the award features a number of categories that may be beneficial to those in the world of architecture—including categories for Good Industrial Design, Good Architecture Design, Good Product Design, Good Fashion Design, and Good Communication Design. You can see all of the categories on their website here.
Winners of an A' Design Award receive a trophy alongside a host of other benefits: a certificate, inclusion in an exhibition, inclusion in a yearbook publication, winners' badges, an exclusive interview to be featured on the A' Design Awards website, inclusion in the world design rankings, an invite to a gala night hosted by the awards for networking, feedback notes from the award jury, and participation in an extensive PR campaign are all offered to winners among other benefits. Click here to see the full list of benefits.
Entries will be judged by A' Design Award's jury of hundreds of experts from around the globe including scholars, professionals and media members. Each jury members is required to sign a jury agreement and follow a code of conduct. In addition, jurors may not be employees of the participating companies to avoid conflicts of interest. This jury process has been designed to lead to a more fair and equitable awards process, with no single juror exercising undue influence on the results of the awards. You can find out more about the jury and its process here.
The submission period for the A' Design Award closes on February 28th. You can submit your designs here, or find out more about the awards in multiple languages here. After the winners are announced on April 15th, a selection of architecture-related winners will be featured in a post on ArchDaily. See a selection of winners from previous years below.
Cloud Park (Xixi Center Office and Business Building) / Meng Fanhao
Platinum A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Winner, 2017 - 2018
Grotto Sauna / PARTISANS
Platinum A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Winner, 2015
Da Chang Muslim Cultural Center / Hejingtang Design Studio
Platinum A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Winner, 2018
Qingtie CR Town Sales Office Sales Office / Kot Ge - LSDCASA and Studio HBA
Platinum A' Interior Space and Exhibition Design Award Winner, 2017 - 2018
ICE Krakow (Concert and Congress Centre) / Ingarden & Ewý Architects Ltd.
Platinum A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Winner, 2014 - 2015
Heavenly Water Service Center / Zhenfei Wang
Platinum A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Winner, 2016 - 2017
City Lounge, St. Gallen (Urban Living Room) / Carlos Martinez and Pipilotti Rist
Platinum A' Street Furniture Design Award Winner, 2016-2017
Hadar´s House / Asante Architecture & Design
Gold A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Winner, 2018
Light Waterfall Sales Center / Kris Lin and Jiayu Yang
Platinum A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Winner, 2017 - 2018
Hubertus Hotel / Elisabeth Mitterer, Lukas Rungger, and Andreas Profanter
Platinum A' Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design Award Winner, 2016 - 2017
Kiyosato Villa with Exhibition Space / Satoshi Okada
Gold A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Winner, 2017
Yukyu En Hofu City Crematorium / Shunmyo Masuno
Platinum A' Landscape Planning and Garden Design Award Winner, 2016-2017
Solar Egg Public Sauna / Furniture and Bigert & Bergström
Golden A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category, 2017-2018
Beijing Expreesoup / Joy Chou
Golden A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award, 2017-2018
Qin Service Center / Chin-Feng Wu
Gold A' Interior Space and Exhibition Design Winner, 2015
Useful links:
Check out the A’ Design Award Presentation: http://www.designaward.com
In-depth Presentation of A’ Design Accolades: http://www.whatisadesignaward.com
Enter your works to the A’ Design competition: http://www.adesignaward.com/registration.php
Instructions for submission: http://www.adesignaward.com/entryinstructions.html
Browse award-winning designs: http://www.awardeddesigns.com
Read Interviews with Award Winning Designers: http://www.design-interviews.com
Discover World Design Rankings: http://www.worlddesignrankings.com
We will publish a selection of winners on April 15 at ArchDaily. Register your works here: https://competition.ades