Design Educates Awards

🏆Design Educates Awards 2025 edition is now open! We are glad to announce that the new edition of the awards has begun! We are looking for projects that go beyond aesthetics and bring real meaning, educational value, and social impact. If your architectural, product, or design solution inspires, tells a story, changes perceptions, or stimulates critical thinking—submit your entry! Both completed projects and concepts from the past five years are eligible to participate. More information and application submission on our website: https://lnkd.in/ecR-QWhY #DesignEducatesAwards #DEAwards2025 #Architecture #ProductDesign #SocialImpact #Innovation

We introduce to a member of Jury Design Educates Awards 2025, Prof. Rainer Mahlamäki — Partner & Co-Founder, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki architects. You can see the full panel of jury on our website designeducates.com Credits: Mika Huisman, Pawel Paniczko, KUVIO

Honorable mention in Architectural Design 2024 Ripple Location: Tokyo Team: Takatoku Nishi On sunny days, when the sun shines and a certain amount of wind blows, light is led into the space from the pipes in the ceiling, creating a phenomenon of light that looks like drops falling onto the surface of the water. The light constantly moves with the wind and falls to reveal new sights. This architectural space is a remarkable manifestation of the seasonal, daily and time-of-day changes caused by the atmosphere, and the sights that can be experienced differ depending on the time of day when you visit. Learn more at /designeducates.com #lightandspace #naturalphenomena #architecturalpoetry #windandlight #sustainableaesthetics #ephemeraldesign #atmosphericarchitecture #natureinarchitecture #sensoryexperience #environmentalart

We introduce to a member of Jury Design Educates Awards 2025, Prof. Barbara Holzer —Architect, lecturer, cofounder and director of Holzer Kobler Architekturen You can see the full panel of jury on our website designeducates.com images: Jan Bitter, Kurt Hoerbst, Hiroyuki Oki

Honorable mention in Architectural Design 2024 Tomac Winery Company name: Dva arhitekta ĆURKOVIĆ d.o.o. Location: Donja Reka Team: The office Dva arhitekta was established in 1992. Today it operates as two individual offices in Zagreb. Design team: Tomislav Ćurković, Zoran Zidarić, Marko Galić and Barbara Vuković. "NATURAL / UNINHIBITED Relying on tradition, preserving our grandfather's values, and using ancient but modernized methods and related experiences is the way to natural and uninhibited wine. We knew that architecture should follow such thinking. To make a wine without interventions, a biodynamic winemaker should use grapes the way nature produces them. Just like that, we used each building material in its raw naturalness." Learn more at /designeducates.com Photo credits: Sandro Lendler #naturalarchitecture #biodynamicwinery #sustainabledesign #rawmaterials #vernaculararchitecture #ecoarchitecture #strawroof #winerydesign #materialhonesty #sustainablewinemaking #architecturenature

We introduce to a member of Jury Design Educates Awards 2025, Prof. Toyo Ito — Architect, founder of Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. You can see the full panel of jury on our website https://lnkd.in/ecR-QWhY Credits: Form Practice, Madeni Jais, Koichi Torimura, Patrick Lopez Jaimes, Danstek, Luis Gordoa, Tomio Ohashi

Announcing Jury Panel of Design Educates Awards 2025! Our esteemed jury consists of world-renowned architects, designers, innovators and educators who are successfully expanding the boundaries of what is possible in their fields: Prof. Toyo Ito ( Architect, founder of Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize), Prof. Barbara Holzer (Architect, lecturer, cofounder and director of Holzer Kobler Architekturen) Prof. Rainer Mahlamäki (Partner & Co-Founder, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki architects), Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas (Architect and designer, leading "Studio Fuksas"), Prof. Thomas Schroepfer (Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Director Future Cities Laboratory Global Singapore-ETH Centre), Francine Houben (Creative Director/Founding Partner at Mecanoo), David Basulto (Founder, CEO, editor-in-chief of ArchDaily), Prof. Benedetta Tagliabue (Principal Architect and Co-Founder of Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT Architects), Julie Payette (Founding Partner of V2COM newswire, publicist), oskar zieta (Architect, artist and process designer, founder and CEO of Zieta Studio.), Martin Reuter (Architect, Managing Director at ingenhoven associates), Dr Peter Kuczia (Architect, founder of Kuczia Architects, initiator of the ‘Design that Educates Awards’) At DEAwards we are honoured to work with such outstanding professionals, we are grateful for that support.

Honorable mention in Architectural Design 2024 Reciprocal House Company name: GIANNI BOTSFORD ARCHITECTS LIMITED Location: London, UK Team: Architect: Gianni Botsford Architects Structural Engineer: TALL M & E Engineer: Integration Quantity Surveyor: Measur Landscape Architect: FLLO Contractor: New Wave Metal Fabricator: Weber Industries "Reciprocal House is ‘locally adapted’ to its context much like a species would adapt and evolve to perform better in differing contexts. This approach, starting with the forensic analysis of a site, whether in an urban setting or not, allows nature to lead the design process, providing living spaces embracing light, views, fresh air and privacy. Cities can successfully density if these issues are incorporated as a driver for a project and an understanding that sustainability starts by providing somewhere one would want to live. In 1968, the Architect Norman Foster extended a former coach house behind a pub in Hampstead, London, with a lightweight structure of steel, concrete blocks and large span glazing. It is one of the first built structures by Foster & Partners and clearly expresses the approach they would take with an uncompromising simplicity, directness and economy of means." Learn more at /designeducates.com Photo credits: James Eagle, Schnepp Renou #reciprocalhouse #sustainabledesign #contextualarchitecture #normanfosterinspired #adaptivearchitecture #urbanliving #lightweightstructures #architecturalhistory #materialpalette #privacydesign #evolutionarydesign

Honorable mention in Architectural Design 2024 Initiative Rising Star - Schulgebäude für Hopley, Simbabwe Company name: Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e. V. Location: Harare, Zimbabwe Team: Peter Bauer, Sonja Bian, Berta Franziska Bilger, Claudia Gajda, Patrick Jagiella, Yannik Kremer, Verena Metzger, Lukas Mütze, Alessa Preiss, Carina Waiblinger, Robert Wipperfürth, Kristina Ziadeh "The Rising Star School in Hopley, a district of Harare, forms a new center primarily for the children, but also for the adults of the community. Founded in 2010 and growing continuously, this primary school becomes a landmark in the vicinity of smaller residential building structures after the completion of the school building. The expressive appearance of the building through the massive, but - depending on the perspective - filigree architecture is characterised by round arches. The lessons take place under the arches and thus form a characteristic feature in the environment of the otherwise uniformly built Zimbabwean schools. A special feature during the seven construction phases over the last seven years is the everyday coexistence: the children go already to class of the previously completed phase, while the builders work on the next phase right next door. This cooperation shows not only mutual respect but also the acceptance of challenges and continuous support. It's hard to believe that the new school building is entirely handcrafted. " Learn more at https://lnkd.in/dMbZzpNs Photo credits: Kristina Ziadeh, Greg Amira, Plain Sight Film #communitycenter #primaryschooldesign #risingstarschools #hopleyharare #handcraftedarchitecture #sustainableconstruction #naturalventilation #localmaterials #brickarchitecture #educationforall

Honorable mention in Architectural Design 2024 Fire Department and Daycare Center Waldshut-Tiengen Location: Robert-Gerwig-Str. 19 79761 Waldshut-Tiengen Team: Martin Bächle Karin Meid-Bächle Hanna Diesch (projektverantwortliche Mitarbeiterin) Alexandra Maria Bolocan (projektverantwortliche Mitarbeiterin) Achim Schreiner freier Architekt (Bauleitung) "The site for the new fire station and daycare center project in waldshut is prominently located at the southern end of a row of large flat buildings, supermarkets and parking garages, in the immediate vicinity of the main railway station and in the visual axis of the southern entrance to the town of waldshut. the new building fits in with the existing buildings and is self-confident in terms of shape and color. The building lines are precisely continued on the first floor and upper floor of the western side of robert-gerwig-straße. on the eastern side of robert-gerwig-straße, the incoming sloping façade was designed in an alternation of orthogonal and sloping building edges. The new building was developed as a compact structure with two equal and covered entrances for the fire department to the west and the daycare center to the east. Through a meandering interplay of closed mural and structural façades, the entrances are designed with projecting upper floors and façade changes depending on the function. The result is an urbanistically striking brick-red building that corresponds to the contents of the fire department and the day care center. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/enDySpwD Photo credits: Roland Halbe Fotografie Stuttgart #DesignEducatesAward #Awards #ArchitecturalDesignAwards #firestationdesign #daycarearchitecture #mixedusebuilding #waldshut #brickredfacade #urbanplanning #compactarchitecture #functionaldesign #sustainabilityinarchitecture #communityspaces