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Elevated Exteriors: 12 Award-Winning Products Transforming Outdoor Spaces

The Final Entry Deadline for Architizer's 2025 A+Product Awards is Friday, January 24. Get your brand in front of the AEC industry’s most renowned designers by submitting today.

From a young age, we’re told, “Never judge a book by its cover.” Solid advice when talking about the downstairs neighbor who notoriously never smiles, the local Dobermann everyone crosses the street to avoid, or that blackened banana that’s unexpectedly perfect when peeled. When it comes to architecture, however, not so much.

In architecture, the outside is just as important as the inside. A well-designed exterior can be so much more than a pretty face; it is a key component in realizing how a building interacts with its environment. Curb appeal is one of a building’s key selling points, attracting attention and driving interest. But a well-designed exterior can do so much more than just boost property value; it can improve energy efficiency, transform underused spaces and even enhance occupant well-being.

With that in mind, these twelve products, winners of this year’s A+Product Awards, are designed to elevate exteriors by reviving façades, illuminating lawns and increasing outdoor functionality. Whether through bold lighting designs, ingenious cladding systems or ingenious glazing solutions, each of these innovations demonstrates how considered choices can take an exterior from ok to outstanding.

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Obi

By Expormim USA LLC

Jury Winner, Outdoor Furniture, 2024 A+Product Awards

Inspired by Japanese tradition, Obi’s elastic band detail brings a bold, graphic edge to its elegant design. This seemingly simple feature adds a layer of sophistication, echoing the “obi” sash that adorns traditional kimonos. With an aluminum frame and indoor-level comfort, Obi is a modern outdoor seating collection that perfectly balances simplicity with style, making it ideal for terraces or garden spaces.


Outdoor Coral

By David Trubridge Lighting

Popular Choice Winner, Exterior Lighting, 2024 A+Product Awards

Marking 20 years of design excellence, Outdoor Coral combines geometric beauty with eco-conscious materials. Inspired by nature’s intricate forms, its Panelex construction ensures both visual and environmental longevity. Whether installed as a statement piece or in clusters, Outdoor Coral is perfect for outdoor spaces, casting intricate shadows that add texture and mood to any setting.


DesignRail Modern

By Feeney

Popular Choice Winner, Best of the Year, Residential Design, 2024 A+Product Awards

This cable railing system is engineered specifically for unobstructed views and contemporary appeal, with hidden fasteners and a minimalist aesthetic. Its modular design allows for long spans, reducing the need for additional posts and, in turn, opening up vistas. Optional features like LED-ready rails and DrinkRail enhance both practicality and evening ambiance, making it an exceptional choice for patios, balconies and other outdoor living areas.


COASTAL METAL SCULPTURE

By BELT Metal Art+Design Studio

Popular Choice Winner, Best of the Year, Architectural Design, 2024 A+Product Awards

Combining Art Deco aesthetics with cutting-edge craftsmanship, Coastal Metal Sculpture uses stainless steel and dynamic LED lighting to animate facades and railings. Each piece is meticulously designed using both traditional and innovative techniques. Its bold lines and striking mirror finish bring a sculptural element to exterior spaces, elevating them into visual landmarks.


Northport Lighting

By Landscape Forms

Jury Winner, Exterior Lighting, 2024 A+Product Awards

Northport reinvents traditional acorn street lamps with a refined, minimalist approach. Its subtle negative-space design evokes nostalgia while remaining contemporary, offering versatility for parks, promenades, and historic streetscapes. Combined with adjustable LED technology, Northport Lighting balances heritage and innovation, creating exteriors that feel timeless yet firmly rooted in the present.


CUPACLAD

By CUPA PIZARRAS S.A.

Popular Choice Winner, Building Envelopes, Cladding, & Roofing, 2024 A+Product Awards

CUPACLAD’s natural slate façade offers a durability that will last for over a century, with no maintenance required. The carbon-neutral production process reflects CUPA’s commitment to sustainability, while its versatility allows architects to experiment with both traditional and modern compositions. Whether used for residential or commercial projects, CUPACLAD exemplifies the strength and beauty of natural materials.


Redwood Timbers & Uppers

By HUMBOLDT SAWMILL COMPANY

Popular Choice Winner, Best of the Year,  Positive Impact, 2024 A+Product Awards

Harvested sustainably in FSC-certified forests, Humboldt’s redwood timbers bring natural strength and warmth to outdoor structures. Ideal for everything from exposed beams to elegant cladding, its rich tones and inherent durability make it a highly versatile choice for all exteriors. Redwood’s natural resistance to decay and pests further underscores its enduring appeal for both architects and homeowners.


VITAE

By THE CUT

Jury Winner, Cabinetry & Millwork, 2024 A+Product Awards

Outdoor kitchens seldom reach the craftsmanship of a product like Vitae, where natural stone and timber meet modular precision. Designed to adapt seamlessly to indoor or outdoor spaces, the kitchen embodies versatility with striking materials that turn a functional cooking area into a truly unique design statement.


Universal Series™ Window Wall

By Cascadia Windows & Doors

Popular Choice Winner, Glass & Glazing, 2024 A+Product Awards

Combining expansive glazing with top-tier thermal performance, the Universal Series™ Window Wall creates striking façades that improve energy efficiency. Its fiberglass frame, customizable to project specifications, offers a perfect balance of form and function.


Evo-Flex

By Evo-Doors by Renlita

Jury Winner, Best of the Year, Architectural Design, 2024 A+Product Awards

Evo-Flex transforms exterior spaces with its gas strut window system, which is ideal for pass-through bar tops and outdoor kitchens. Its sleek, self-lifting aluminum frame is designed for immense durability and ease of use, creating seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor living areas.


RE/8 Bio-circular Architectural Mesh

By Kaynemaile

Popular Choice Winner, Best of the Year, Sustainable Design, 2024 A+Product Awards
Jury Winner, Building Envelopes, Cladding, & Roofing, 2024 A+Product Awards

This 3D mesh offers an innovative approach to shading and façades, crafted from bio-based polymers that reduce carbon footprints by 80%. With its ability to provide solar reduction and airflow, RE/8 combines functionality with sustainability, making it an essential choice for environmentally conscious design.


VetraSpan-L

By Sentech Architectural Systems

Jury Winner, Glass & Glazing, 2024 A+Product Awards

VetraSpan-L delivers 50-foot spans of uninterrupted glass, creating exteriors with unparalleled transparency. Its advanced structural system eliminates vertical joints, providing a seamless connection to the surrounding landscape and elevating modern façade design to new heights.

The Final Entry Deadline for Architizer's 2025 A+Product Awards is Friday, January 24. Get your brand in front of the AEC industry’s most renowned designers by submitting today.

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realme 14 pro series introduces world’s first cold-sensitive smartphones that change color


the back case is made of natural, micro-crystal pearl shell powder, and the color begins to shift as soon as the temperature drops below 16 degrees celsius.

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realme 14 pro series introduces world’s first cold-sensitive smartphones that change color


the back case is made of natural, micro-crystal pearl shell powder, and the color begins to shift as soon as the temperature drops below 16 degrees celsius.

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water-based paper batteries by flint are recyclable and fully compostable after their life cycle


at the end of their lifecycle, users can remove the vacuum-sealed casing and expose the parts to natural elements like sunlight, rain, and soil to begin degradation.

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sony and honda release AFEELA 1, an electric car with plant-based materials in the cabin


first introduced at CES 2024 as a concept car, the sony honda unveils the production-ready model at the trade event in las vegas.

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grown from bacteria and yeast, BioHybrid gaming device evolves, adapts, and biodegrades


the biologically grown interactive device can integrate into various aspects of daily life -- from keyboards and wearables to architectural components.

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grown from bacteria and yeast, BioHybrid gaming device evolves, adapts, and biodegrades


the biologically grown interactive device can integrate into various aspects of daily life -- from keyboards and wearables to architectural components.

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From Function to Feeling: 14 Progressive Products Transforming Interior Design

The Final Entry Deadline for Architizer's 2025 A+Product Awards is Friday, January 24. Get your brand in front of the AEC industry’s most renowned designers by submitting today.

The most exciting interiors are the ones that speak to us. Not literally, of course — although who wouldn’t want a floor lamp with some spicy opinions — but in the way they resonate with us. We’re talking about the kind of spaces that spark conversation, encourage engagement and leave a lasting impression. They go way beyond ‘nice’ and they more than meet the metric of ‘functional’. What they are is often different to different people, but always they challenge, delight and, above all, make us think.

Artful interiors are about emotions. They’re spaces where the items within, be it a Tiffany lampshade or a Nakashima dining table, are part of a larger story, one that is written with the intent to make you feel. They celebrate uniqueness, not just in the end result but throughout the design process itself. They are the result of opportunities seized by designers to take risks, play with form and colour, and ultimately bring their uninhibited ideas to life.

The following products, winners of this year’s Architizer A+Product Awards, do just that, aiding the creative freedom that great designers demand. They provide the means to take risks, explore new ideas and challenge conventional thinking about interiors. Each is impeccably designed and manufactured for an industry that sees space as an opportunity to experiment and innovate, becoming part of the conversation to create environments that inspire.


Casper Collection

By LightArt

Popular Choice Winner, Decorative & Free Standing Lighting, 2024 A+Product Awards

Think of light not as a passive fixture but as a sculptural medium that can transform entire spaces. LightArt’s Casper Collection embodies this view, offering sleek, white lights that provide even illumination on all four sides. Reimagined from the inside out — LEDs, drivers, lensing and housing have all been re-engineered — Casper now achieves a 30% weight reduction and boasts a lifespan well beyond its 70k-hour rating. Designers can form continuous linear runs or intricate geometries, specifying tunable white or RGB options to craft atmospheric gradients or vibrant statements. Minimal glare, subtle uplighting, and flexible hang points ensure these fixtures are way more exciting than the usual overhead glow.


BuzziCee + BuzziPlanter

By BuzziSpace

Jury Winner, Contract Seating, 2024 A+Product Awards

Well-being, connectivity and sustainability often set the tone for modern spaces in today’s world. To that end, BuzziCee and BuzziPlanter offer designers a chance to create a holistic interior experience. BuzziCee’s acoustic seating employs recycled materials and ergonomic form to absorb ambient noise, creating comfortable pockets of calm. Alongside it, BuzziPlanter integrates lush greenery into the design, celebrating biophilia with eco-conscious construction. Together, they blend aesthetics, acoustics and nature into adaptable zones that bring human-centered values into offices, lounges, or social hubs. These pieces allow designers to use furniture not just as a functional backdrop but as an active, life-giving element of their interiors.


Seem 1 Acoustic Louver

By Focal Point

Jury Winner, Lighting, Recessed & Mounted Lighting, 2024 A+Product Awards

When ceilings take on a more valuable role, like illumination and acoustics, innovation emerges. Focal Point’s Seem 1 Acoustic Louver integrates ID+ technology into PET felt baffles, delivering deep regress louver cells that precisely channel light in broad or focused beams — all while softening sound overhead. Designers can choose bidirectional illumination, pairing direct and indirect light to shape mood and function, and mix louver finishes with a rainbow of felt colors for an elegant and customized aesthetic. By turning technical nuance — cutoff angles, beam spreads, acoustic absorption — into a palette of creative choices, Seem 1 allows designers to compose environments that engage the senses, encourage interaction, and embrace expressive risk-taking.


Arborisa

By Arktura

Jury Winner, Finishes, Acoustic, 2024 A+Product Awards

Not every acoustic solution need be linear and subdued. With Arborisa, Arktura looked to tree canopies for inspiration, conjuring large-scale, cable-hung “clouds” of PET-felt baffles that mimic the organic complexity of branches. Each of the four modules — Nest, Axil, Aura, Denza — is unique and channels natural motifs into angular lines and layered silhouettes. Specifiable in wood-inspired finishes or duo-tone Soft Sound® textures, Arborisa is ideal for designers looking to break away from standard acoustical treatments. 


Ova

By Matthew McCormick Studio

Popular Choice Winner, Pendant Lighting, 2024 A+Product Awards

Ova captures the grace of molten glass and transforms it into a modular, artisan-crafted pendant light. Over a year of experimentation refined every detail—from the spacing between glass layers to the delicate inner “spine” that masks the LED source, resulting in a luminous form that radiates warmth. Available in clear or frosted outer shells, Ova’s diffuser creates a soft glow that shifts as you move around it, breathing life into static spaces. Rather than settling for conventional lighting, Ova nudges designers to treat illumination as an art form, urging them to shape environments that wow visitors.


TRIBA

By AQForm

Jury Winner, Decorative & Free Standing Lighting, 2024 A+Product Awards

Some products prove that precision and versatility can be expressive and ornamental. TRIBA is one such light fitting. Hybrid optics, varied diameters, and multiple mounting strategies come together in a design that ensures visual comfort without sacrificing performance. Offered in LED or replaceable light source formats, TRIBA suits a host of project types, from liner suspension in residential corridors to grouped layering in commercial displays. TRIBA adapts effortlessly to scale and need.


Edge

By Sige Spa

Jury Winner, Best of the Year, Residential Design, 2024 A+Product Awards

Organization can be elegant without being fussy, and Edge proves just that. A modular wardrobe system, Edge relies on telescopic elements, soft-close runners, rubber profiles, and carefully chosen materials that dampen noise and protect garments. Enhanced by a semi-glossy warm grey finish that subtly catches the light, Edge provides functional order while maintaining a refined, contemporary look.


Admix Tables

By Allsteel

Popular Choice Winner, Contract Furniture, 2024 A+Product Awards

Furniture should invite agility and Admix Tables provide a spectrum of reconfigurable options — telescoping legs, wheelbarrow features, casters, and glides — that respond to evolving team sizes, collaborative modes and technological demands. Their open design supports integrated wire management and accessory trays, bag hooks and footrests. Rather than imposing rigid hierarchies, Admix empowers designers to craft spaces where functionality, user experience and adaptability shine.


Futurismo Collection

By GRAFF

Jury Winner, Fixtures & Fittings – Kitchen, 2024 A+Product Awards.

Paying homage to architectural Futurism, Futurismo borrows from a movement known for its embrace of modernity, dynamic lines, and innovative use of materials and layers those principles into a beautiful faucet collection. Futurismo caters to diverse needs—bar faucets, pot fillers, independent side sprays—expanding its use across commercial and residential applications. Each piece’s architectural form and advanced finish options (like Gunmetal or Polished Gold PVD) speak to designers who wish to turn a kitchen or bathroom fixture into a focal point, reaffirming that even the most common elements can carry forward vision and innovation


Obi

By Expormim

Jury Winner, Outdoor Furniture, 2024 A+Product Awards

Why should outdoor seating have the dull predictability of a plastic chair? Obi challenges that notion by taking inspiration from the kimono’s belt (obi), introducing an elastic band that wraps the sofa’s backrest cushions in a contrasting material. Backed by an aluminum injection-molded frame and extruded profiles that are 100% recyclable, Obi combines cultural storytelling with ergonomic design. It’s comfortable, weather-resistant and visually intriguing — a mix that encourages designers to blur boundaries between indoor refinement and outdoor resilience. In this, Obi demonstrates that authenticity can elevate even the most functional furnishings.


Memory Components

By Siqueira+Azul

Popular Choice Winner, Residential Furniture, 2024 A+Product Awards

Not all storage has to fade into the background. Memory Components is a collection of small timber side furniture that transforms and can be configured into multiple setups. Drawers of varying sizes, swiveling trays, and open compartments allow designers to tailor functionality, while visible joint details highlight the craftsmanship of the natural wood. Positioned side by side, these pieces form a stunning continuous sideboard. Designers who favor simplicity, honesty and sophistication will find in Memory Components a beautiful, eye-catching and adaptable piece of feature furniture.


Arktura x Pure+FreeForm Collaboration – Wall Panels

By Arktura

Popular Choice Winner, Walls & Wall Coverings, 2024 A+Product Awards

Walls need not be silent, static surfaces. With Arktura’s perforated panel systems and Pure+FreeForm’s premium metal finishes — ranging from Hollywood and Parisian Rust to refined wood grains — interior surfaces can be used to tell stories of pattern and texture. Over 30 style options in Vapor®, Trace®, and other lines let designers customize modules that balance aesthetic flexibility with technical precision. Whether embracing metallic patinas or naturalistic hues, this collaboration encourages professionals to expand their design vocabulary, step out of their comfort zone and adopt something new and expressive.


REGUPOL Upscale

By Regupol

Popular Choice Winner, Flooring, 2024 A+Product Awards.

Footwear, footsteps and the thrum of daily activity shape how we experience a space from the ground up. REGUPOL Upscale’s Luxury Rubber Tile (LRT) and Plank (LRP) harness recycled tire rubber and EPDM chips to create a flooring solution that balances comfort, slip resistance, acoustic control and easy maintenance. With various sizes, colors and edge profiles, Upscale adapts to education, corporate, retail, hospitality and healthcare environments. Its dense, customizable patterns minimize visible wear, while sustainable sourcing ensures an ethical footprint. Upscale exemplifies how floor design can be both earth-conscious and design-forward, enabling creators to explore color and pattern with ease.


Seyun Collection

By Zaha Hadid Design

Jury Winner, Residential Furniture, 2024 A+Product Awards

Heritage, craftsmanship and advanced fabrication are the basis of the ambitious Seyun Collection, which extends Zaha Hadid Design’s architectural language into elegant furniture. Chairs, armchairs, barstools and tables use sustainably sourced wood, machine precision and hand finishing to reveal striking grain patterns and powerful asymmetries. Modular dimensions allow tables to unite into unique configurations, their corner details forming interlocking, organic geometries.

In Seyun, the fusion of material honesty, digital tooling, and artisanal care is evident and stands as an example of the continuous innovation, bold decisions and the willingness to explore complexity and beauty that both Zaha Hadid Design and leading furniture manufacturer Karimoku are known for.

The Final Entry Deadline for Architizer's 2025 A+Product Awards is Friday, January 24. Get your brand in front of the AEC industry’s most renowned designers by submitting today.

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anomalia’s mycomuseum exhibits mycelium as compostable blocks & recyclable leather chair


a show that exhibits the future of fungi, the collection also includes a garment with fine mycelial threads added to the base of the clothing.

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ola saad znad on reviving ancient marsh arab reed weaving at dubai design week pavilion


'a present/absent mudhif' revives the materials and techniques that have sustained the marsh arabs for centuries and now face degradation.

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