Ammodo Awards 2025: Social & Ecological Excellence

2025 has become an important year for architecture which set a strong focus on meaningful, community-centered, and environmentally conscious design. Following this global celebration of excellence, the Ammodo Architecture Awards 2025 also highlight how architects and designers around the world are shaping a better future through socially and ecologically responsible projects.

A Global Award Supporting Responsible Design

The second edition of the Ammodo Architecture Award honored 26 recipients whose work contributes to social well-being and ecological care. Selected from 168 submissions across more than 60 countries, the winners represent a wide mix of practices, established studios, young collectives, and community-led groups.

To support their ongoing work, each awardee receives a grant ranging from €10,000 to €150,000. The award is not only a recognition but also a platform that brings these designers together, helping them share knowledge and exchange ideas on the main themes identified by the advisory committee.

How the Selection Was Made

Awardees were chosen by an international advisory committee led by Joumana El Zein Khoury, Executive Director of the World Press Photo Foundation. Other members included notable figures such as:

• Andrés Jaque, Dean of Columbia GSAPP

• Anupama Kundoo, Professor at TU Berlin

• Floris Alkemade, former Chief Government Architect of the Netherlands

• Mariam Issoufou, Professor at ETH Zurich

• Loreta Castro Reguera, Professor at UNAM, Mexico City

Nominations were collected through a special invitation process involving regional ambassadors, ensuring a wide and diverse representation of architectural voices from around the world.

This year’s recipients come from Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia & Oceania, with projects that span both urban and rural settings and address urgent global challenges such as housing and community living, education and cultural spaces, ecological restoration, adaptive reuse of existing buildings, the preservation of traditional knowledge, and the revival of natural systems; each project responds to its specific environment and local needs while proposing new ways for architecture to strengthen communities, protect ecosystems, and improve everyday life.

The Ammodo Architecture Awards 2025 show how architects and designers around the world are using creativity and responsibility to tackle today’s most pressing social and ecological challenges. By supporting projects that focus on community needs, environmental care, and innovative design solutions, the awards encourage a new direction for global architecture—one that values impact as much as aesthetics. As the field continues to evolve, this year’s selection demonstrates that meaningful architecture is not only about building structures, but also about building stronger communities, restoring natural systems, and shaping a more resilient and hopeful future.