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The top 10 skyscrapers of 2025

Continuing our Review of 2025, we look back at the 10 most significant skyscrapers from the year, including a pair of towers in Argentina and a New York supertall.

Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca 780, México, by HEMAA

In Mexico City, HEMAA created a skinny, wedge-shaped skyscraper that recalls the Flatiron Building in New York. The form of the 13-storey building, which has a black, structural steel facade, was dictated by its site between a street and the remnants of the Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca Railroad.

“It required an act of imagination to envision the emergence of a graceful tower that would deftly adapt to the challenging terrain,” the HEMAA team said.

“Comparable to tenacious plants thriving amidst adversity, this tower would unfold, defying expectations.”

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Huergo 475, Argentina, by Adamo Faiden

This green-pigmented concrete tower, which features a series of cantilevers, was one of the year’s most distinctive skyscrapers. The residential building in Buenos Aires was designed to be both monolithic and to blend in with the cityscape.

“The exposed concrete facade serves a structural role while simultaneously defining the project’s identity,” studio co-founder Marcelo Faiden told Dezeen.

“To create a monolithic appearance, a grooved-textured formwork was designed, visually softening the impact of the concrete pouring process.”

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Vilo Tower, Argentina, by Rafael Viñoly Architects

Also in Buenos Aires, architecture studio Rafael Viñoly Architects created a distinctive, 16-storey skyscraper featuring stacked spaces with double-height floors.

Designed as the headquarters for airport operator Corporación América, the tower is wrapped in a facade made of translucent 7.15 metre-by-2.2 metre glass panels.

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Foster Partners New York skyscraper — Photo by Nigel Young

270 Park Avenue by Foster + Partners, New York

Perhaps the most significant skyscraper completed this year was in the USA’s skyscraper capital, New York. Designed by UK studio Foster + Partners as the headquarters for financial company JPMorgan Chase, 270 Park Avenue was the tallest building to be completed this year.

The 1,388-feet-tall (423.1-metre) skyscraper features a stepped-back design that echoes early 20th-century skyscrapers and sits on top of massive columns that fan up from the pushed-back entry facades.

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The One Flagler, USA, by SOM

Informed by Florida’s tropical modernism, The One Flagler in West Palm Beach is wrapped in white concrete facades, designed to invoke trellises.

Located alongside a historic beaux-arts Scientist church, the building was designed to relate to the surrounding buildings and become a landmark.

“At its base, One Flagler carefully complements the historic Beaux-Arts church, and at the top, it creates a bold new beacon on this coastline site,” said SOM partner Chris Cooper.

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Ziraat Bank Headquarters, Turkey, by KPF

In Istanbul, KPF completed a pair of glazed skyscrapers as the centrepiece of the Istanbul International Financial Center.

Rising 40- and 46-storey-high, the skyscrapers contain the headquarters for a bank, while the connected podium contains an auditorium and a shopping centre.

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Yachthouse, Brazil, by Pininfarina

Another pair of skyscrapers that drew global attention were the twin Yachthouse towers in the southern Brazilian city of Balneário Camboriú, where a flurry of construction was examined in a Dezeen feature earlier this year. At 294 metres high, the towers are the tallest buildings in the country.

“With Yachthouse, the objective was never just to build the tallest building – it was to create an architectural icon that embodies performance, elegance, and innovation,” Pininfarina chief architect officer Samuele Sordi told Dezeen.

“The impressive height is a direct result of this ambition, offering unparalleled views, an immersive luxury experience, and a striking presence in the skyline.”

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AGE360, Brazil, by Triptyque and Architects Office

Also in Brazil, French-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque and São Paolo firm Architects Office completed the 124-metre-tall AGE360 skyscraper, which was longlisted for a Dezeen Award.

Located in the Mossunguê neighbourhood of Curitiba, the skyscraper is wrapped in a load-bearing concrete “exoskeleton”.

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Butterfly, Canada, by Revery Architecture

In Vancouver, Revery Architecture created a 178.6-metre-high skyscraper with cylindrical forms that incorporates an early 20th-century church into its base.

The lobby of the 57-story skyscraper, which contains apartments, is directly connected to the church through a floor-to-ceiling glass structure on the ground level called the Galleria.

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China Merchants Bank Headquarters by Foster + Partners nearing completion

China Merchants Bank Headquarters, China, by Foster + Partners

The 388-metre-tall China Merchants Bank Headquarters is the latest supertall skyscraper to be built in Shenzen.

Designed by British architecture studio Foster + Partners, the tower has a distinctive appearance with six rounded forms covered in triangular glass panes rising to a central peak.

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Architecture MasterPrize Reveals 2025 Winners

The Architecture MasterPrize has announced its 2025 winners, with entries spanning 72 countries and a shortlist that reads like a global snapshot of where design culture is heading right now. The program frames this year’s results around design excellence, innovation, and real-world relevance, from sustainability to social responsibility.

Officially released in Los Angeles on December 16, 2025, the announcement positions the awards as a broad cross-section of architecture, interiors, landscape, product design, and architectural photography, all under one umbrella of contemporary practice and craft.

AMP 2025 Winners Spotlight Global Design Excellence

What the 2025 edition signals

If there is a clear takeaway, it is that design quality is being judged alongside cultural impact. The press release stresses how projects are expected to engage with changing climates, shifting urban life, and the everyday experience of spaces, not just look impressive in a photograph.

That global reach is not just a statistic. When submissions come from dozens of contexts, the winners inevitably reflect different constraints, materials, budgets, and public expectations, which makes the final mix more useful as a reference point for anyone tracking international design directions.

Bamboo Villa by 魏玛设计WEIMAR GROUP, AMP 2025 Urban Design of the Year (Photo_ 傍山麓野 - 长沙麓隐青竹湖 _ 魏玛设计)

Top honors across disciplines

The 2025 top honors highlight the award’s intentionally wide lens. From architectural design and interiors to urban work and photography, the category leaders underline how the built environment is shaped by many kinds of authorship, not only buildings.

At the headline level, the winners include an Architectural Design of the Year project in France, an Interior Design of the Year winner in Canada, and firm-level recognition across Asia-Pacific and Europe, plus photography awards that frame architecture as both place and image.

Notable winners and the “big names” effect

Alongside the category winners, AMP’s notable recipients include work associated with globally recognized practices and designers, from Alvaro Siza Vieira and Kengo Kuma to Zaha Hadid Architects and Shigeru Ban, plus firms such as Safdie Architects, Snohetta, Perkins&Will, and OKRA landscape architects.

It is tempting to treat these as predictable inclusions, but their presence also sets a baseline: when household-name studios appear beside emerging practices, it becomes easier to read the shared priorities, whether that is material restraint, stronger public value, or a cleaner relationship between architecture and landscape.

SPORTS AND CULTURAL CENTER MARIE-JOSE PEREC AND JOSEPHINE BAKER by Onze04 Architectes ,AMP 2025 Architectural Design of the Year(Photo_ Juan Cardona)

Why these awards still matter

Award lists can be noisy, but they are still useful when they compile work across many categories and geographies. Here, the winners show how built environment decisions and design thinking translate into real outcomes: civic programs, workplaces, museums, and urban interventions that shape daily routines.

Most importantly, the 2025 announcement keeps the focus on projects that aim to enrich everyday life while responding to contemporary pressures. That mix of ambition and practicality is exactly what the Architecture MasterPrizeis trying to celebrate in 2025.CategoryWinner / ProjectCountry / RegionArchitectural Design of the YearSports and Cultural Center Marie Jose Perec and Josephine Baker, Onze04 ArchitectesFranceInterior Design of the YearSymbolplus Office, Symbolplus Inc.CanadaUrban Design of the YearBamboo Villa, WEIMAR GROUPChinaArchitecture Firm of the YearEquator Works_Singapore / AustraliaInterior Design Firm of the Yearvia architecture limitedHong KongLandscape & Urban Firm of the YearOKRA landscape architectsUtrecht, NetherlandsExterior Architecture Photography of the YearShoayb KhattabUnited Arab EmiratesInterior Architecture Photography of the YearNg Chi Ho GaryHong Kong

SYMBOLPLUS OFFICE by SYMBOLPLUS INC., AMP 2025 Interior Design of the Year (Photo_ Keishin Horikoshi)

Dezeen Awards 2025 Designers of the Year winners announced

Chater Paul Jordan

Dezeen has announced the six winners of Dezeen Awards 2025‘s Designers of the Year at this evening’s ceremony in London, which include MAD, Studio Toogood and Dimore Studio.

Our Designers of the Year awards recognise the best emerging and established talent whose innovative work has made a notable impact on the industry across architecture, interiors and design.

This year, MAD took home the architect of the year award with Tamil Nadu-based Earthscape Studio named emerging architect of the year.

Interior designer of the year was awarded to Milan-based practice Dimore Studio, and Ukrainian studio Mirzoyan was crowned emerging interior designer of the year.

London-based practices Studio Toogood won designer of the year with Andu Masebo named emerging designer of the year.

Read more about all the Designers of the Year below:

Fenix Museum of Migration by MAD. Photo by Iwan Baan

Architect of the year: MAD

Architecture practice MAD was founded in 2004 by principal partner Ma Yansong, and has studios in Beijing, Los Angeles and Rome working across architecture, interiors, design, product design and art.

The studio approaches architecture with an aim to balance humanity and the natural world, creating spaces that support wellbeing and prompt imagination.

Recent projects include a canopy that reinterprets traditional Chinese paper umbrellas at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennaleand the Fenix Museum of Migration in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (pictured).

Photography recently revealed the near-complete exterior cladding on the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, ahead of its opening in September 2026.

“This already prolific studio has had an incredible 12 months, unveiling a major museum project that pushed the boundaries of adaptive reuse, along with a series of installations that explore how buildings of the future can be more climate-friendly,” said the judges.

“All eyes will be on the studio in 2026 as it unveils one of its biggest and most ambitious projects to date, elevating it to well-deserved superstar status.”

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Emerging architect of the year: Earthscape Studio

Founded in 2022 by Petchimuthu Kennedy, Tamil Nadu-based Earthscape Studio practices “earthen architecture” and aims to foster a connection between people and the natural world.

The practice designs nature-friendly spaces informed by experimental techniques and natural materials.

Recent projects include a vaulted residence constructed with locally-produced bricks and recycled materials in Kerala, India, and a farmhouse in which features a sculptural shell coated in mud plaster.

“This studio is going from strength to strength, following a series of residential projects that combine responsible material use with daring form-making,” the judges praised.

“As we look towards a future dominated by climate change, it shows how a sustainable design ethos can pave the way for an architecture that reconnects us with nature, finding exciting new applications for local materials and craft traditions,” they added.

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Photo of living room, designed by Dimore Studio — Latitude 43, Saint-Tropez by Dimore Studio. Photo by Andrea Ferrari

Interior designer of the year: Dimore Studio

Milan-based Dimore Studio, founded by Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci, works to transform interior spaces for the residential, retail and hospitality industries.

The studio’s ouvré is heavily informed by historical periods, using a blend of vintage and contemporary influences when creating their interiors.

Recent projects include a Saint-Tropez apartment, La Dolce Vita Orient Express — also shortlisted for hotel and short-stay interior for Dezeen Awards 2025 — and its own Milan gallery.

“It has been impossible to overlook the rise of this design studio, as it straddles the fields of interior design, collectible design, exhibitions and products,” said the judges.

“The studio has established a recognisable identity, yet every project offers something different. Its strengths lie in the ability to celebrate the past while also looking to the future.”

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Photo of a bar by Nastia Mirzoyan Studio — Bursa Bay by Nastia Mirzoya. Photo by Yevhenii Avramenko

Emerging interior designer of the year: Mirzoyan

Based in Kyiv, Ukraine, Nastia Mirzoyan’s eponymous studio seeks to create playful yet functional spaces, having designed homes, restaurants and sex shops across the residential, hospitality and retail spaces sectors respectively.

Recent projects include a renovated Stalinist-era apartment in the historic centre of Kyiv and a cocktail bar featuring plywood panelled walls and a green latticed ceiling.

“In dark times, this Ukrainian designer has emerged as a leading light,” said the judges. “Her interiors demonstrate an acute awareness of context, but with a playfulness that challenges tradition.”

“From bespoke furniture to clever surface design, she has proven her talent for creating spaces that are both exciting and welcoming,” they continued.

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Assemblage 7: Lost and Found by Faye Toogood. Photo by Genevieve Lutkin

Designer of the year: Studio Toogood

British designer Faye Toogood works across a variety of disciplines to create unconventional designs, including furniture, interiors, homeware and clothing.

Originally trained as an artist, she worked as an editor and stylist before launching her studio in 2008.

Toogood’s work has been exhibited in institutions including the Victoria & Albert Museum, National Gallery of Victoria and Chatsworth House. Her work has also been acquired into permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Artand Vitra Design Museum, among others.

Toogood has designed interiors for fashion brands including Mulberry, Carhartt and Selfridges, and created bespoke installations for Hermès and Tiina the Store.

The designer recently showcased a collection of soft and squishy furniture at London Design Festival2024 and collaborated with her sister to create quirky glasses for eyewear brand Cubbits.

The judges praised Toogood’s “incredible burst of energy over the past 18 months, producing some of the most influential work of her career to date”.

“After spending many years competing with her male peers, she has embraced her own identity as a woman and channelled that into an impressive series of projects,” they added.

“Underpinning her work is a clear dedication to the beauty of craft.”

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Andu Masebo wooden furniture — No.1 Common Around Table by Andu Masebo. Photo by Thom Atkinson

Emerging designer of the year: Andu Masebo

London-based product and furniture designer Andu Masebo’s work is characterised by simplicity and efficiency.

With a focus on using storytelling rooted in the processes involved in making objects, Masebo aims to demystify design and make it more accessible.

Masebo recently created a collection of modular tables with matching stools for AHEC’s No.1 Common project presented at 3 Days of Design and co-curated Dwellings, an exhibition of birdhouses at South London Gallery.

“After bursting onto the design scene in 2023, this designer has proved he is no one-trick pony,” said the judges.

“He understands the power of design as a social driver and channels that into his projects, resulting in works that speak to diverse audiences.”

“With several exciting new things in the works for 2026, his star looks set to rise to even greater heights,” the judges tipped.

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Dezeen Awards 2025 in partnership with Bentley

Dezeen Awards is the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across the globe. The eighth edition of the annual awards programme is in partnership with Bentley as part of a wider collaboration to inspire, support and champion design excellence and showcase innovation that creates a better and more sustainable world. This ambition complements Bentley’s architecture and design business initiatives, including the Bentley Home range of furnishings and real estate projects around the world.