Leading Canadian contemporary design magazine Azure recently concluded another successful edition of their AZ Awards. Claimed to be Canada's only international, multi-disciplinary design competition of its kind, the awards welcome architects, designers, manufacturers, and students from all design disciplines to send in the best of their work for a chance to win.

As expected, the AZ Awards continue to attract more competition from across the globe. The sixth edition reeled in a total of 826 submissions, which the international jury narrowed down to 66 finalists this past spring. In the end, top honors went to only 18 projects, including those by well-known practices like ZGF Architects, Shim-Sutcliffe, Neri&Hu, Lateral Office, Studio MK27, to name a few. Winners — and finalists! — were celebrated during an award ceremony in Toronto's Evergreen Brick Works.

Have a look at some of this year's winning designs:

Best Commercial Interior - Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: Comme Moi, Shanghai, China.

Best Architecture Under 1,000 Square Metres - Shim-Sutcliffe Architects: Wong Dai Sin Temple, Toronto, Canada.

Best Residential Architecture - Tropical Space: Termitary House, Da Nang, Vietnam.

Best Temporary Architecture - Lateral Office and CS Design: Impulse, Montreal, Canada. 

Best Landscape Architecture - Aldayjover Architecture and Landscape: Aranzadi Park, Pamplona, Spain. 

Best Furniture System - Rimadesio: Cover Freestanding, by Giuseppe Bavuso.

Best Residential Interior - Studio MK27: SP-Penthouse, São Paulo, Brazil.

Best Lighting Installation - Partisans: Gweilo Light. 

Best Furniture Design - Moss & Lam: W1 Tables.

Student A+ Award - Jurgis Gecys (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria): Curonian Spit. 

Best Architecture Over 1,000 Square Metres - Pancorbo + De Villar + Chacón + Martin Robles: Vegas Altas Congress Centre and Auditorium, Villanueva de la Serena, Spain.

(Source: archinect)