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BLT BUILT DESIGN AWARDS 2025
THE WORLD’ S BEST ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR, LANDSCAPE AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS REVEALED
The BLT Built Design Awards 2025 have recognised a new cohort of designs that push architecture and construction forward. Hosted by the 3C Group, the awards celebrate excellence across architecture, interiors, landscapes, and construction products. This year’ s programme drew entries from 68 countries and received almost 900 projects, illustrating the event’ s global reach and the diversity of its participants.
At the centre of the honours is the Architectural Design of the Year, which went to Zaha Hadid Architects for the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The station is part of the world’ s longest driverless transit system and serves as a critical interchange. Its threedimensional lattice encases platforms across four levels, optimising pedestrian circulation. Perforated concrete panels reinterpret traditional regional screens to reduce solar gain, and high-efficiency cooling and passive design strategies helped the building achieve LEED Gold certification.
The Interior Design of the Year accolade went to Aatma Manthan Museum, designed by Sanjay Puri Architects. Located within a 270 foot high statue in Nathdwara, Rajasthan, the museum encourages self reflection. Its designers overcame an irregular floor plan and multiple structural elements by orchestrating a sequential flow through 18,000 ft ² of galleries, using a neutral palette that enhances audiovisual experiences and guides visitors through the soul( aatma), mind( mana), and body( tann).
In the landscape category, LANDPROCESS earned Landscape Architecture of the Year for its regenerative redesign of the Thailand Government Complex in Bangkok. Led by Kotchakorn Voraakhom, the project reclaimed 18.5 acres of impermeable
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