The Design Educates Awards, the awards that annually recognize the best projects that respond to complex social and environmental contexts and carry educational value, have announced the results of the 2023 edition. 

The awards look for what will have a lasting impact on users and the environment and showcase the world's best ideas and realizations that can educate.

The 2022 edition attracted applicants from 40 different countries. Most of these entries represent architectural projects, but as the award becomes more widely recognized, it is gaining interest among product, installation, and service designers. 

"Although the educational layer still does not play a critical role in the design process, we are once again given proof that many architects and designers are genuinely driven by a desire to bring about change in their work," said the Design Educates Awards.

"Year after year, we at the DEAwards and the Jury Panel of the Awards are surprised by how many disciplines design can draw inspiration from and how much hope it can bring for a better tomorrow." 

"That’s why this year the Jury Panel honored 80 incredible projects," the team added.

Toyo Ito, Anna Heringer, Achim Menges, Lucy McRae, Prof. Masayo Ave, Prof. Joyce Hwang, Julie Payette, David Basulto, Han Wenqiang, Dr. Peter Kuczia were among the judges for this year's edition.

World Architecture Community is official Media Partner for the 2023 Design Educates Awards.

All awards will be presented to all participants in an awards ceremony and Architecture in Foyer Conference.

The awards ceremony will be held during the Architecture in Foyer 2023 worldwide conference at the Solarlux Campus in Germany (Melle, Lower Saxony, Germany) on September 28–29, 2023. 

The meeting will be hosted by Solarlux GmbH (the strategic partner of the awards). It will consist of an exhibition of the results of the DEAwards, lectures by distinguished architects and designers, laureates' presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities. Participation in the awards ceremony is free (registration is required).

See the full list of Design Educates Awards here.

Architectural Design

Winner of the year 2023: Bat Trang Ceramic Community House. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Winner of the year in Architectural Design: Bat Trang Ceramic Community House by 1+1>2 Architects 

Fjordenhus by Studio Other Spaces. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023 

Gold Prize in Architectural Design: Fjordenhus by Studio Other Spaces

Silver Prize. NONSPACE by On Architects Inc. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Silver Prize in Architectural Design: NONSPACE by On Architects Inc.

Silver Prize. Premier Office by Tropical Space. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Silver Prize in Architectural Design: Premier Office by Tropical Space

Silver Prize. Greenhouse Home by Outline Arkitektur AS. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Silver Prize in Architectural Design: Greenhouse Home by Outline Arkitektur AS

Bronz Prize. Blind School Classroom Make Over by Creative Crews. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Bronze Prize in Architectural Design: Blind School Classroom Make Over by Creative Crews

Bronze Prize. Venice Biennale 2014: Elements of Architecture / Venice Biennale 2014: Fundamentals by OMA. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Bronze Prize in Architectural Design: Venice Biennale 2014: Elements of Architecture / Venice Biennale 2014: Fundamentals by OMA

Bronze Prize. Yazidi Refugee Community Center, Bersive Camp 2 by ABCD Collaborative / InSitu-Project / Vide Terra / Habibi International / HIS Foundation / MedEast / Catalytic Action. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Bronze Prize in Architectural Design: Yazidi Refugee Community Center, Bersive Camp 2 by ABCD Collaborative / InSitu-Project / Vide Terra / Habibi International / HIS Foundation / MedEast / Catalytic Action

Bronze Prize. A story of 14,858 tiles by KOSHISH. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Bronze Prize in Architectural Design: A story of 14,858 tiles by KOSHISH

Product Design

Winner of the year. Origami Bottle by DiFOLD. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Winner of the year in Product Design: Origami Bottle by DiFOLD 

Responsive Design

Responsive Design. Releaf Bags by Releaf Paper. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Winner of the year in Responsive Design: Releaf Bags by Releaf Paper

Solarlux Choice

Solarlux Choice. Ressurrection Chapel by LP architektur ZT GmbH. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Solarlux Choice winner: Ressurrection Chapel by LP architektur ZT GmbH

Universal Design

Winner of the year in Universal Design. EDIBLE; Or, The Architecture of Metabolism by ANAcycle. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023

Winner of the year in Universal Design: EDIBLE; Or, The Architecture of Metabolism by ANAcycle

All winning projects can be seen on Design Educates Awards' website. 

Winners also receive a lifetime title, label, and certificate that proves the project's uniqueness. 

The Design Educates Awards is organized by Laka Foundation, a nonprofit and nongovernmental organization. The inspiration for the awards theme comes from the research called Educating Buildings (Bildende Bauten) by Dr. Peter Kuczia.

Top image: Winner of the year in Architectural Design: Bat Trang Ceramic Community House by 1+1>2 Architects. Image courtesy of Design Educates Awards 2023.

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