The 15 Winners of the ArchDaily 2025 Building of the Year AwardsSave this picture!Background photography Syam Sreesylam. Courtesy of WallmakersSixteen years ago, we launched the ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards with a simple yet powerful idea: to let our readers choose their favorite buildings from our ever-growing library of projects. Thanks to your engagement, this award has grown into one of the most democratic and influential recognitions in architecture. Year after year, your collective insight has highlighted architectural excellence across cultures, economies, and landscapes worldwide.This year was no exception. The 75 finalists have already showcased an outstanding range of spatial solutions, reflecting the power of collective intelligence in crafting a snapshot of today's most compelling architecture. Now, it's time to unveil the winners.The ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards is brought to you thanks to Dornbracht, renowned for leading designs for architecture, which can be found internationally in bathrooms and kitchens.THE WINNERSBest Applied ProductsPETS & HUMAN - Positive House / Studio ruizvelazquez (Spain)Save this picture! Dissolving the interior limits and modeling the structures, subjecting them to movement and expanding perspectives without angles, maintaining the visual continuity of the set, as it happend in the natural world, where everything flows in a subtle harmony, almost magically balanced, which should not be disrupted because everything has a good reason being and a purpose. Save this picture!Commercial ArchitectureCOOSH Boutique Store / Sivak+Partners Studio (Ukraine)Save this picture! COOSH is distinguished by its Scandinavian, minimalist style with accent details so we created a space that represents the same approach by not only being a comfortable store but also focusing a visitor's attention on surfaces, materials, and nuances. Save this picture!Cultural ArchitectureCentro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian / Kengo Kuma & Associates + OODA + VDLA (Portugal)Save this picture! The building's redesign by Kuma draws from the Engawa, a sheltered walkway typical of Japanese dwellings, considered neither totally inside nor outside. Incorporating this typology, the architecture has been integrated into the surrounding gardens of the Gulbenkian Foundation. Save this picture!Educational ArchitectureDuling Educational and Cultural Centre / Elisabeth Lee (China)Save this picture! Our design principle, grounded in sustainability and reverence for tradition, sought to transform a village beset by challenges into an environment offering a safe space in which children could play and learn, and a place for villagers to meet and connect. Save this picture!Healthcare ArchitectureBurtinle District Hospital / Architectural Pioneering Consultants (Somalia)Save this picture! The design adopted the centuries-old principle of the wind catcher a natural form of air conditioning that requires no additional source of power than the wind. The very hot local climate, with temperatures exceeding 35C on the one hand, and strict hygienic requirements of the medical procedures made it imperative to provide a controlled level of indoor climate to the key hospital spaces. Save this picture!Hospitality ArchitectureThe Elyse Montmartre Hotel / Policrnica (France)Save this picture! Previously abandoned, the 850-square-meter space has been revitalized to reflect the architects' distinctive aesthetic, featuring a monochromatic interior defined by architectural woodwork and custom wooden furnishings. Save this picture!HousesSeparo House / HYPERTEXT ARCHITECTURE STUDIO (Iran)Save this picture! Considering that the project is located on the last plot of the village and adjacent to the western mountains, we chose adobe as the primary material in a color that matches the village context and surrounding mountains. This choice allows residents to perceive a harmonious image with the context at the end of the passage. Save this picture!HousingFazenda Canuan School Staff Village / Rosenbaum + Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados (Brazil)Save this picture! The residences were designed to have thermal comfort without the use of artificial air conditioning and to meet the local climatic conditions, which are hot throughout the year, intense exposure to sunlight, winds that carry dust, and torrential rains. Save this picture!Industrial ArchitectureWaste To Energy Campus / INI Design Studio (India)Save this picture! Water conservation and landscaping is a key focus. Unlike routine garbage collection landfills, which are shunned due to stench and toxicity, here citizens benefit from a green social landscape and fresh air. Orchards, green hedge walls, water bodies, and misting systems all guide cool breeze patterns, altering the microclimate. Save this picture!Interior ArchitectureCamel Step Coffee Roasters Shop / Faris Alosaimi (Saudi Arabia)Save this picture! The indoor area, designed to resemble an outdoor space, adds a sense of openness and connection to nature, while the large stone fireplace adds warmth and intimacy. Save this picture!OfficesJAX-MOC Offices / BRICKLAB (Saudi Arabia)Save this picture! Office quarters are organized around three large planters along the spine to echo the micro-environments of the wadi. A small grove of palms is connected to a rainwater collection channel that extends across the park and down to the wadi to further highlight the narrative of the natural landscape. Save this picture!Public & Landscape ArchitectureChaki Wasi, Artisanal Center of the Shalal Community / La Cabina de la Curiosidad (Ecuador)Save this picture! This is a construction based on communal logic; those in charge rotated weekly. Permanent mingas (collective work parties) were held with the participation of women, men, and youth from the community. Interesting links were formed with neighboring communities to obtain wood and straw. Everything was built by hand, with minimal tools, and the structural modules were raised and placed with everyone's strength, thanks to ropes and collective unity. Save this picture!Religious ArchitectureBallie Mosque / Commonsense Studio (Albania)Save this picture! At the core of the mosque's design philosophy lies a nuanced understanding of spatial experience and human-creator connection. Using geometry, an inexhaustible tool in Islamic art and architecture, the mosque's most distinctive featuresits facades, domes, and minaretsauthentically come to life while responding to the strong context. Save this picture!Small Scale & InstallationsKanna Pavillion / Laure Fris Architecture (France)Save this picture! Our intention is to offer anglers at the Marlens water body the possibility to fish in the shelter and set back from other visitors. To maintain an openness to the landscape, the triangular structure widens as one approaches the water. Save this picture!Sports ArchitectureFerdinand E. Marcos Stadium / WTA Architecture and Design Studio (Philippines)Save this picture!Save this picture!Once again, thank you for being a part of the ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards. Your participation and support have been invaluable to its success, and we truly appreciate your commitment to celebrating architectural excellence worldwide.Image gallerySee allShow lessAbout this authorCite: Romullo Baratto. "The 15 Winners of the ArchDaily 2025 Building of the Year Awards" 20 Feb 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1027130/the-15-winners-of-the-archdaily-2025-building-of-the-year-awards&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream