A nine-storey building housing nine turnkey restaurants - designed in Tokyo by Key Operations - earned a 2018 AZ Award of Merit in Architecture: Commercial/Institutional Under 1,000 Square Metres.

With Big Space, Little Space, Buffalo architecture firm Davidson Rafailidis repurposed a 1920s garage into a home filled with fluid spaces, surprising skylights and additional outdoor spaces. The live-work space is a 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Single Family Residential Architecture.

Impeccable architecture meets an urgent cause in Toronto's Casey House, a modernization of Canada's first standalone care centre for patients with HIV/AIDS. The Hariri Pontarini project won the 2018 AZ Award for Social Good.

The Bentway, a concept developed by Public Works and Greenberg Consultants, aims to transform the area beneath a Toronto expressway into a 1.75-kilometre public park, filled with amphitheatres, playgrounds, bike paths, playgrounds and markets. It's the 2018 AZ Awards Winner in the Ideas/Prototypes category.

Elevated on concrete piers, Gap Cove House is built to withstand New England storm surges and is filled with sustainable features, earning it the 2018 AZ Award of Merit for Environmental Leadership.

Rios Clementi Hale Studios' ROW DTLA, a Los Angeles project that combines structured wayfinding, signed landmarks and colourful accents, is effortlessly excellent - which is why it won the 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Experiential Graphic Design.

The Copenhagen International School, designed by C.F. Møller Architects, isn't just a place for academics - it's a solar power plant, covered in 12,000 photovoltaic panels. The project is a 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Commercial/Institutional Architecture Over 1,000 Square Metres.

Molteni&C's Gliss Master-Glass furniture system, designed by Vincent Van Duysen, transforms everyday storage into a stunning display box, proving that closets can more seamlessly integrate into the home. The sophisticated design won the 2018 AZ Award in the Furniture Systems category.

On the eastern coast of New Zealand, Orongo Station is a sensitive, sustainable-minded and wonderfully ambitious project - and visitors might not even notice its existence. Take a look at the 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Landscape Architecture.

Moment Factory brought new life - and new lights - to a Montreal mainstay with their mesmerizing Jacques Cartier Bridge Interactive Illumination. The project won the 2018 AZ Award in the Lighting Installation category.