Award Categories
What can be entered
A&D Awards 2022 accepts entries across the following industry segments and geographies:
- Architecture, Asia and International projects
- Architecture – Future Developments, Asia projects
- Interior Design, Asia and International projects
- Product Design, Asia projects
- Innovation & Technology, Asia projects
Please note: Awards for Asia projects are open to all entrants. Awards for International (outside Asia) are open only to entrants with offices based within Asia.
Eligibility Period
Projects in all Categories except Future Developments must have been completed in the Eligible Period between January 1, 2021, and July 20, 2022. For Future Developments, practices must have been awarded a project and responded to a client brief within the Eligible Period.
Entry Requirements
Everything you need to know about the A&D Awards and how to enter can be found in the A&D Awards 2022 Handbook. You can download a PDF version of it here.
Please note the following important requirements:
- Project Name – be careful entering the project name because what you submit will be exactly what appears on the trophy should you be successful. You have up to 60 characters, including spaces. The same applies to the project location and practice name.
- Project Statement – this is your chance to say how you met the client’s needs and why the project is award worthy.
- Project Narrative – this is where you explain how you went about planning and executing the project. Please note that sustainability is an increasingly important factor in the judges’ considerations.
Entry Fees
The entry fee for A&D Awards 2022 is HK$4,200 per submission. Entries submitted before May 25 can enjoy an Early Bird fee of HK$3,600, a discount of about 15% off the normal fee. Volume discounts apply for five entries or more.
Deadlines: Early Bird 25 May 2022. Final Entries 20 July 2022.
Architecture, Asia and International
Projects can be entered for Architecture – Asia or International – in any of the following 13 categories. The descriptors in each category are examples and not exhaustive.
Deadlines: Early Bird 25 May 2022. Final Entries 20 July 2022.
- Best Community
- Best Cultural
- Best Education
- Best Heritage
- Best Hotel, Resort & Leisure
- Best Industrial
- Best Mixed Use
- Best Public Space
- Best Residential / Housing
- Best Residential / Single Home
- Best Shopping & Retail
- Best Transportation
- Best Workplace
Architecture - Future Developments
Open to architectural practices that have responded to a client brief for a new development. Projects can be entered for Architecture – Future Developments in Asia in the following categories:
Deadlines: Early Bird 25 May 2022. Final Entries 20 July 2022.
- Commercial
- Mixed Use
- Residential
Interior Design, Asia and International
Projects can be entered for Interior Design – Asia or International – in any of the following 11 categories. The descriptors in each category are examples and not exhaustive.
Deadlines: Early Bird 25 May 2022. Final Entries 20 July 2022.
- Best Bar & Restaurant
- Best Education
- Best Health
- Best Hotel
- Best Leisure & Entertainment
- Best Public Building
- Best Residential / Housing
- Best Residential / Single Home
- Best Shopping & Retail
- Best Temporary Structure
- Best Workplace
Innovation & Technology, Asia
Open to projects that make the best use of innovation and technology. Projects can be entered for Asia in either of the following 3 categories:
Deadlines: Early Bird 25 May 2022. Final Entries 20 July 2022.
- Commercial
- Mixed Use
- Residential
Product Design, Asia
Open to products used in residential or commercial developments in Asia during the awards eligibility period. Products can be entered in any of the following 3 categories.
Deadlines: Early Bird 25 May 2022. Final Entries 20 July 2022.
- Kitchen & Bathroom
- Lighting
- General