Simba Vision Montessori School in Tanzania (above) by local practice Architectural Pioneering Consultants won the architecture project of the year award. The school was also named education project of the year.

The judges said "this exemplary building manages to do the most with the least. A truly sustainable project with a very limited budget, the building provides a much-needed educational space for the local community that is responsive to people, place and purpose."

The architecture project of the year category is sponsored by Material Bank.

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Restaurant Xokol in Guadalajara (above) by studios Ruben Valdez Practice and ODAmx was named interiors project of the year. It also won restaurant and bar interior of the year.

"Xokol understands the place where it lives and the importance of designing in a specific way for a specific location," the judges said. "The result of this understanding is deep and poetic."

The interiors project of the year category is sponsored by Moroso.

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Cionic Neural Sleeve (above) by Yves Behar's Fuseproject and neuro tech startup Cionic was crowned design project of the year. It was also named product design (health and wellbeing) project of the year.

"For the millions of people suffering from muscular degenerative diseases or injury, this product has the greatest potential to improve the user’s ability to walk and therefore their quality of life," said the master jury.

The sustainability project of the year category is sponsored by Solus and Mirage.

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London architecture studio Mikhail Riches won sustainability project of the year for Park Hill Phase 2 (above). The project was also named sustainable renovation of the year.

The judges said "Mikhail Riches has taken the ruin of a concrete post-war mass housing project, which was an iconic building of its time, and shown how to care for its legacy while giving it dignity."

The sustainable project of the year category is sponsored by Brookfield Properties.

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Scandinavian practice White Arkitekter took home the architect of the year award, while Sumayya Vally of Counterspace (above) was named emerging architect of the year.

Interior designer of the year was awarded to multidisciplinary designer Patricia Urquiola while emerging interior designer of the year was awarded to Paris-based studio Uchronia.

London design duo Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd won designer of the year for their practice Pearson Lloyd. French designer Audrey Large was named emerging designer of the year.

The Designers of the Year categories are sponsored by Bentley.

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Natural Material Studio founder Bonnie Hvillum (above) has been named the first winner of the Bentley Lighthouse Award at this evening's Dezeen Awards ceremony.

The 2023 jury hailed Hvillum for her studio's "uncompromising" work and bio-based material development pioneering.

"The whole oeuvre is impressive and beautiful and demonstrates the path that our industry needs to take towards bio-based research, creating greater material diversity whether by repurposing waste or growing new materials," said the judges.

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