Awardees 2025
The second edition of the Ammodo Architecture Award recognises 26 recipients for their exemplary contributions to socially and ecologically responsible architecture. Selected from 168 entries submitted from over 60 countries, the awardees represent a wide range of practices—from established studios to community-led initiatives and collectives. Together, they showcase the rich diversity of global architectural practice and set new standards for social engagement and ecological responsiveness. Each awardee receives a grant to support the further development of their projects.
Global Award: Common Threads
This year’s nominations span six regions—Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia & Oceania—reflecting the global reach and diversity of contemporary architectural practice. The awarded projects reveal shared concerns including adaptive reuse, urban rehabilitation, the transmission of traditional crafts and knowledge, and the restoration of ecological systems. Each project not only responds to the specific challenges of its context but also imagines new possibilities for how architecture can connect communities, nurture environments, and enrich lives.
“We are deeply encouraged by this year’s selection, which reflects the depth and diversity of architectural thinking today. Each of the 26 awardees shows how architecture can engage with the world—socially, ecologically, and imaginatively.”
—Marleen van Driel, Director of Ammodo Architecture.
“The Ammodo Architecture Award 2025 celebrates not a style, but an ethics: architecture as careful stewardship, collective endeavour and patient repair of our social and ecological fabric.”
—Andrés Jaque, Architect, Dean and Professor, Columbia University GSAPP, New York
A multidisciplinary advisory committee
Awardees were chosen by a global advisory committee chaired by Joumana El Zein Khoury, Executive Director of the World Press Photo Foundation, Amsterdam, and including: Andrés Jaque, Architect, Dean and Professor, Columbia University GSAPP, New York; Anupama Kundoo, Architect and Professor, TU Berlin; Floris Alkemade, Architect and former Chief Government Architect of the Netherlands; Mariam Issoufou, Architect and Professor, ETH Zurich; and Loreta Castro Reguera, Architect and Professor, UNAM Mexico City. Projects were sourced through an invitation system organized by regional ambassadors, ensuring global representation and diversity.
Complete list of awardees
Ammodo Architecture Award for Social Architecture
Kampung Mrican Phase 1 by SHAU(Yogyakarta, Indonesia) / VinziRast am Land by gaupenraub+/-(Austria)
Ammodo Architecture Award for Social Engagement
Zheshui Natural Library by LUO Studio (Shanxi, China) / Limbo Museum by Limbo Accra (Accra, Ghana) / Chaki Wasi by La Cabina de la curiosidad (Quilotoa, Ecuador) / Prototype Anti-Seismic House by Aziza Chaouni Projects (Al Haouz, Morocco) / Floating Schools for Community Resilience by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (Pabna, Bangladesh) / Jackfruit Processing Unit and Community Centre by atArchitecture (with Anant Foundation) (Meghalaya, India) / Floating University by Floating e.V. (Berlin, Germany) / Shelter Inclusive Place COPAL by o+h (Yamagata, Japan) / The Wild Mile by Urban Rivers (Chicago, USA) / Sanders Place by NMBW Architecture Studio (Melbourne, Australia) / Machan_Korail Community Platform by Paraa (Dhaka, Bangladesh) / Territorio de los Saberes – Mencoriari by Asociación Semillas para el Desarrollo Sostenible (Peru)
Ammodo Architecture Award for Local Scale
Main Stage of MuyunaFest by Espacio Común (Iquitos, Peru) / Village as House by Robida Collective (Topolò, Italy) / Terrachidia Oasis Campus by Terrachidia NGO (M’Hamid El Ghizlane, Morocco) / Jardín Naturalista Colibrí by Gladiola Camacho Estudio (Monterrey, Mexico) / Jucão Seed House by Laboraterra Arquitetura and Alain Briatte Mantchev Arquitetura ME (Minas Gerais, Brazil) / TerraTimber by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruhe, Germany) / Adobe Vault by Esfahk Mud Center (Esfahk, Iran) / Rural Primary School, Mandi by Dhammada Collective (Mandi, India) / Bankatta Community Initiative by Sustainable Mountain Architecture (Chitwan, Nepal) / Magdy El Khouly Street Renovation by AHS CxA (Cairo, Egypt) / Play–Pause–Ponder by WM Re-Lab (Pakistan) / The Slovo Hall Project by 1to1 – Agency of Engagement (Johannesburg, South Africa)
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