Congratulations to everyone who entered the 2025 Next Work Environment Competition.
Across the categories, a broad range of creative solutions came in from around the globe and we are excited to share the winners and honorable mentions with you! We invite you to see their entries and more through the custom articles we’ve created for them.
Winning projects scored the highest cumulative points across multiple rounds and jury discussions. Honorable mentions represent the next highest scores. Jurors were given the discression to honor projects in the categories that best suited the submission. Now on to the awards!
Professional Honorable Mentions:
Siem Reap House & Commune • Siem Reap, Cambodia: Christlinne Briones | Monica Loddo | Selena Whitehead | Senghong Hour | Channary So | Reamchan Pich of The Room Architecture and Design
Sculpting Belonging: Experiential Systems for Connection • Austin, TX, USA: Dan Cheetham | Justin Ponzi of FYOOG
Confidential Client • Houston, TX, USA: Michael Rey | Dick Lew | Ryan Marchesi | Robert Grove | Catherine Black | Diego Gonzalez Alvidrez of Gensler
Designing Workplaces for Neurodiversity: The Next Step in Inclusion • North Attleboro, MA, USA: Haril Pandya of TRIA Architects
Digantara Aerospace Company • Pune, India: Ashish Singh of Studio AsA
Re:Space — Rethinking Work, Reusing the World • Lisbon, Portugal: Carlos Gonçalves | Teresa Câmara Jacinto from Avila Spaces
Professional Winners:
Experiential Category
Turf Design • Chicago, IL, USA
TEAM: Elizabeth Von Lehe (Cannon Design) | Shamus McVicar (Cannon Design) | Hannah Straus (HDR) | Peter Randolph (Geniant) | Christina Brown (Xtina Bow Beena) | Tim Nguyen (HED) | Wanda Cano Mejia (HDR) | Gabriella Morris (HDR) | Carolyn Noble (Turf)
Inside Your Office Category
Rightsize Facility Showroom • Chicago, IL, USA
TEAM: Mason Awtry | Jessica McCambridge | Kristi Thompson | Mackenzie Quinn of Rightsize Facility
Workplace Category
Brooks Running Headquarters • Seattle, WA, USA
TEAM: Ben Spicer | Ryan Mullinex | Miles Stemper | Emily Yensland | Jasmine Mitchell | Alicia Jenkins of NBBJ
Pick A Problem Category
Modern Buildings Deserve Modern Period Care • Duxbury, MA, USA
TEAM: Ellen Cynar | Denielle Finkelstein | Thyme Sullivan | Lindsay Domaas of UNICORN
Adaptive Reuse Category
Gardner Skelton • Durham, NC, USA
TEAM: Jennilyn Schuster | Ashley Hall of Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
Overall Theoretical Winner
Re:Space — Rethinking Work, Reusing the World • Lisbon, Portugal
TEAM: Carlos Gonçalves | Teresa Câmara Jacinto from Avila Spaces
Thank you, our readers, for participating in our second annual People’s Choice voting in our most popular submission category – Office Design! You followed the excitement and voted
to help us determine which professional office design you would ‘like’ to work in most! On
, we’ll invite you inside the 3 winning submissions as chosen by you!
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