Dezeen Awards 2024 winners announced at London ceremony

All 52 Dezeen Awards 2024 winners were announced at a spectacular ceremony in central London yesterday evening.

The winners were revealed at the annual Dezeen Awards 2024 party attended by shortlisted studios alongside Dezeen Awards judges past and present including fashion designers Christian Louboutin and Ozwald Boateng, designers Giles Tettey Nartey and Sabine Marcelis, alongside architects Nikoline Dyrup Carlsen and Carolina Maluhy.

All Dezeen Awards 2024 winners revealed

The winning projects have been selected from more than 4,130 entries from 82 countries. The 41 project category winners were shortlisted for the architecture, interiors, design and sustainability project of the year awards. These projects went head to head to win the overall project of the year awards.

The six Designers of the Year and the Bentley Lighthouse Award winner were also announced at the ceremony.

View the winning studios on the Dezeen Awards website or read below:

Architecture

The Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens won the prestigious architecture project of the year award, sponsored by Equitone. It was also named civic project of the year.

The judges said, "its bold, repetitive shape serves as a landmark and delivers a powerful architectural statement, seamlessly integrating with the city's geometry making it an outstanding contribution to the community".

The winning Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre was up against projects that included a spherical dome extension using cross-laminated timber in Stockholm, an office building with exposed timber frame in Paris and a restored fortress using timber in Turkey.

Read more about The Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens and the architecture winners ›

Interiors

Aesop Diagonal by Spanish studio Mesura won the prestigious interiors project of the year award, sponsored by Gaggenau. It was also named retail interior (small) project of the year.

"It was a brilliant idea to take something so raw and recycle it in this way," commended the judges. "Taking something that already exists and transforming it in a way that uses minimal resources and giving it an entirely new function."

An apartment with secret door disguised as a bookcase in Barcelona, a converted coal mine into a secluded retreat in Taiwan and a tactile restaurant with carved stone bar in Portugal were a few of the projects competing with the retail store featuring discarded Montjuïc stone.

Read more about Aesop Diagonal and the interiors winners ›

Design

Faneeri folding chair by Forsman Design for Nikari won the prestigious design project of the year award and was also named seating design of the year.

"We were drawn to the restraint of this chair yet impressed by the highly technical yet minimal use of materials that enables the folding chair’s backrest to morph from flat when stored to an elegant, curved and supportive design when opened," said the master jury.

The minimalist seat was up against designs that included a seat clad in hand-stitched bark, a flashlight assembly kit for refugee children and a series of geometric colourful covers depicting real-life architecture.

Read more about Faneeri folding chair and the design winners › 

Sustainability

A figure-eight-shaped accommodation block and various educational spaces designed by US studio MASS Design Group won overall sustainable project of the year. The project was also named sustainable building of the year.

The master jury described the project as "architecture at its best – beautiful, useful and inspiring."

"The Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture respectfully sits within its landscape, using local bio-based materials while regenerating biodiversity and benefitting the local community through training and job creation."

Other contenders for sustainability project of the year included a bold yellow office retrofit in Berlin, a recyclable sofa system made from natural cork and a custom brick made from tea leaves and soil.

Read more about Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture and the sustainability winners ›

Designers of the Year

Bangladeshi practice Marina Tabassum Architects took home the architect of the year award, and Studio Saar was named emerging architect of the year.

Interior designer of the year was awarded to Paris-based studio Chzon run by Dorothée Meilichzon, and Polish studio Mistovia was crowned emerging interior designer of the year.

Sabine Marcelis Dutch studio won designer of the year and Hong Kong designer Didi Ng Wing Yin was named emerging designer of the year.

Read more about the Designers of the Year winners › 

Bentley Lighthouse Award

Mexico City and London-based designer Fernando Laposse, who specialises in plant-based materials won the prestigious Bentley Lighthouse Award.

The annual award recognises designers who are curious and courageous in their approach, and whose work has had a beneficial impact on social and environmental sustainability, inclusivity or community empowerment.

"Fernando Laposse's work engages traditional, almost primitive making techniques, imaginatively transforming local humble materials into powerful contemporary designs," said the master jury.

"His work is focussed on reinvigorating waning craft skills and materials, in turn boosting local ecosystems and supporting his local communities," they continued. "Laposse's creations are almost the byproduct of his broader desire to support regenerative agricultural methods and tackle environmental degradation in his region."

Read more about the Fernando Laposse ›

Dezeen Awards 2024 in partnership with Bentley

Dezeen Awards is the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across the globe. The seventh edition of the annual awards programme is in partnership with Bentley as part of a wider collaboration to inspire, support and champion design excellence and showcase innovation that creates a better and more sustainable world. This ambition complements Bentley's architecture and design business initiatives, including the Bentley Home range of furnishings and real estate projects around the world.

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