Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Architectural Record Awards
Building of the Year and winner in the Office & Workplace category, Dynafit Headquarters by Barozzi Veiga. Photo © Simon Menges and Nino Tugushi
The announcement of the project awards—the winners include everything from a modular supportive housing complex in Los Angeles, to a wheel-shaped Mexican winery constructed from sand-colored concrete, to a domed mass-timber theater—follow last month’s announcement of those recognized in the award program’s three individual distinctions: MIT’s Caitlin Mueller as Innovator of the Year; Carlos Cerezo Davila, global director of sustainability at KPF, as Rising Professional; and Architect of RECORD Tom Phifer, who is celebrated for a lifetime of achievement in the profession and exceptional work published in the pages of the magazine.
“I’m up here today standing on the shoulders of others,” said Phifer when accepting his award last night in an auditorium filled with his friends, colleagues, and fellow design professionals. “I absolutely love being an architect. I love working with clients and consultants. And I love nothing more than working with my remarkable team—these are the folks that make it happen.”
Each of this year’s winning projects, selected by a jury of editors and distinguished guests, are showcased in the November issue of Architectural Record, alongside nine total honorable mentions. They will also be published throughout the month on the magazine’s website and across our social media channels. Among the winners, in the Office & Workplace category, is Barozzi Veiga’s striking new headquarters for alpine sports company Dynafit located on the German-Austrian border. It was subsequently singled out by the editors as Building of the Year. While numerous North American projects are recognized, other winners, much like our Building of the Year, can be found farther afield, including in Rwanda, Albania, Morocco, China, and Spain’s Basque country.
Winner in the Hospitality category, Pictograma Winery by Rojkind Arquitectos and Amasa Estudio. Photo © Fernando Marroquii
Without further ado, below are all of the winners of the 2025 Architectural Record Awards, as listed by category.
Office & Workplace
Dynafit Headquarters | Barozzi Veiga
Kiefersfelden, Germany
Adaptive Reuse
Pyramid of Tirana | MVRDV
Tirana, Albania
Colleges & Universities
Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture | MASS Design Group
Gashora, Rwanda
Health Care
Heartland Whole Health Institute | Marlon Blackwell Architects
Bentonville, Arkansas
Hospitality
Pictograma Winery | Rojkind Arquitectos and Amasa Estudio
Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico
Housing
Isla Intersections | Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects
Los Angeles
Museums
Wisdome | Elding Oscarson
Stockholm
Performance Spaces
Alice Dodge Wallace Center | Annum Architects
Troy, New York
Pre-K–12 Schools
Maria Manetti Shrem Educational Center | Alvisi Kirimoto
Florence
Sports
Maeztu Pelota Court | Verne Arquitectura and Alejandro Maortua
Aguilar de Codés, Spain
Tall Buildings
BCP Tower | Groupe3 Architectes
Casablanca
Transportation & Infrastructure
Portland International Airport Main Terminal | ZGF Architects
Portland, Oregon
Unbuilt (Firm)
Shanfeng Les Roches School | Neri&Hu Design & Research Office
Unbuilt (Student)
The Afterlife of Plumbed Space | Kar Ching Charlotte Chan (University of California, Berkeley)
Honorable Mentions
EMIT Headquarters, Sheridan, Wyoming, by CLB Architects (Adaptive Reuse & Renovation); The Ragon Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Payette (Health Care); Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus, Toronto, by Weiss/Manfredi (Colleges & Universities); Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring, Chengde, China, by Vector Architects (Hospitality); The Frick Collection, New York, by Selldorf Architects and Beyer Blinder Belle (Museums); Portsmouth Abbey School Student Center, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, by ikon.5 architects (Pre-K–12 Schools); Lindsay Boathouse, Toronto, by VJAA and RDHA (Sports); One Madison Avenue, New York, by KPF (Tall Buildings); Read + Play by Emily Zheng (Unbuilt–Student)
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