ARCHITECTURAL FOCUS
Founded to honour exemplary contributions to the built environment, the BLT Built Design Awards rely on a diverse jury of architects, designers, developers, academics, and media representatives who rigorously evaluate submissions. Among them were Eduardo Salgado Mordt, Partner at LACAL Architektur GmbH; Samantha Lassoudry, Founder and Chief Designer of Lassoudry Architects;
Sagamore North Cottage. Akb Architects Photo: Shai Gil
VOSS Architekten GmbH was honoured for the Dockyard and for the SAB office building in Berlin; the Austrian firm Baumschlager Eberle Architekten won for Maison de l’ Innovation; Taiwan’ s JJP Architects and Planners took commercial honours with the KANTO PPC Taoyuan Headquarters; Sheppard & Rout Architects of New Zealand were recognised for the Punangairi Visitor Centre; Paul Murdoch Architects from the United States won in the cultural category for The New Museum of Architecture and Design; and China’ s Big Valley Architectural Design Co., Ltd. was awarded for the Zhou Gong Mountain International Conference Center in Ya’ an, Sichuan.
These results show the variety of distinguished practices celebrating excellence across sectors such as cultural, commercial, residential, healthcare, and industrial projects, and underscore how the BLT Awards attract both established studios and innovative new voices.
Andreas Rupf, Head of ETH RAUM and Founder of SPEKTRUM GmbH; Mona Vijaykumar, Associate Urban Designer at Perkins & Will; Muhammad Habsah, Director of U + A, part of the 10N Collective; Serhii Makhno, Founder of MAKHNO Studio; Juliet Kavishe, Executive Board Member of the Pan Afrikan Design Institute; Stanislas Helou, Founder of Thinking Luxury; Sonsoles Vela Navarro, Founding Partner of studioVRA and Associate Director of Architecture at Tulane University; and Rudi Stouffs, Dean’ s Chair Associate Professor and Assistant Dean( Research) at the College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore.
Winners gain international visibility on the BLT website, appear in the annual Book of Design, and receive the distinctive BLT trophy. The 2025 honourees will be celebrated at a gala ceremony this November in Basel, Switzerland, where the international design community will come together to applaud their achievements. The event will not only recognise the winning projects, but will also serve as a gathering of industry leaders, a chance to exchange ideas, and an opportunity to showcase how design continues to shape our future.
For a complete list of winners, visit the BLT Awards website at www. bltawards. com.
The Meander. Fillet Edge
Photo: Tianjian Li
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