This new category will explore the way innovative smart, digital, experiential (light and sound) or unique engineering solutions in the design of buildings, urban places, and environments can shape and positively impact human experience. This award is for buildings that have been completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• JJP Architects and Planners, ALP Ally Logistics Republic Yangmei, Taoyuan, Taiwan
• Minarc, Mildred Residence, Venice, California, USA
• Obayashi Corporation, MITEJIMA Building, Osaka City, Japan
• Obayashi Corporation/ Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd. NARA convention Center, Nara City, Japan
• SHUISHI, Exhibition Center of Shimao Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Center, Shenzen, China

This new category recognises more specifically those building projects intended for arts & cultural purposes. Building projects can include but are not limited to: museums, theaters, concert halls and art galleries. This award is for buildings that have been completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Museum of Modern Art Renovation & Expansion, New York, NY, USA
• gad, Mountain & Sea Art Museum, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China
• KAAN Architecten, Utopia - Library and Academy for the Performing arts, Aalst, Belgium
• Studio Link-Arc, LLC, Nanjing Art Center, Nanjing, China
• The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd, Qingxi
• Culture and History Museum in Sangzhou, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
• The Design Institute of Landscape and Architecture China
• Academy of Art, City Lounge of Zhongshan Road, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China
• Zaha Hadid Architects, Changsha Meixihu International Culture & Arts Centre, Changsha, China

This new category is designed to recognise upcoming talent from younger generation architects in smaller practices around the world. Entries for this category must be from a newly established architectural practice not older than 5 years. In particular the judges are keen to look at projects by emerging practices who have demonstrated new experimental creative ideas and techniques within their project(s).

To enter this category, practices can submit up to two building projects of any type that have been completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• ABVM Studio, Ti kay là, Anse-à-Pitres, Haiti
• AI Studio, Tatlin, Moscow, Russia
• Aurelien Chen, Former Miner's Canteen Refurbishment, Shijiazhuang, China

The ABB LEAF Best Façade Design & Engineering focuses on façade design. This being one of the most important elements when evaluating the aesthetics of a building, as well as its technical performance. The award will take into account the overall building envelope of the project in context of the building design, genre and façade performance in achieving enclosure of the building between January 2018 and May 2021.

• Behnisch Architekten Boston, Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), Massachusetts, USA
• Endo Kenichiro, Endo Architectural Atelier Co., Ltd, Endo Architecture Atelier New Office building, Hokkaido, Japan
• Foster + Partners, Galeries Lafayette, Luxembourg city, Luxembourg
• Lacime Architects, Financial City Community Center, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
• Atelier Ping Jiang / EID Arch, LAND Community Center, Xi'an, China

The ABB LEAF Tall Building Award recognises projects of 75 metres in height or higher. This award is for tall buildings of all functions that have been completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• Dubai Municipality, Dubai Frame, Dubai, UAE
• Foster + Partners, Comcast Technology Center, Philadelphia, USA
• Zaha Hadid Architects, Leeza SOHO, Beijing, China

The ABB LEAF Best Regenerative Impact Award recognises architecture that has had a transformative, positive effect upon its surrounding community and milieu. Judges are keen to see projects that may have been completed sometime ago but since its completion have acted as a catalyst for regenerating the local area. This award is for projects that have been completed between January 2015 and May 2021.

• AAO ZHUBO, GREEN Cloud, Shenzen, Guangdong Province, China Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University CO., LTD. Yan'an Tourist Service Center, Yan'anCity, Shaanxi Province, China
• Dubai Municipality, Dubai Safari, Dubai, UAE
• MAD Architects, Tunnel of Light, Echigo-Tsumari, Japan
• Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron/SZAD, A New Flowing Campus Growing from The Old Chessboard, Shenzhen, China

The ABB LEAF Mixed Use Building Award recognises projects that blend two or more distinct functions within the building. This award is for buildings that have been completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• ingenhoven architects, Kö- Bogen II, Düsseldorf, Germany
• NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD, Museum Tower Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Zaha Hadid Architects, Opus, Dubai, UAE

The ABB LEAF Residential Building Award recognises projects that are specifically used for residential purposes, intended for Single Occupancy. This award is for buildings that have been completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• 2id Architects, Dan Dan Dan House, Hamamatsu, Shizuka, Japan 2id Architects, House in Shiraiwa, Hamamatsu, Shizuka, Japan
• Marc Mogas, SB6 HOUSE, Matadepera, Spain Studio MK27, House on the Sand, Bahia, Brazil
• Takeru Shoji Architects, Hara House, Nagaoka-city, Niigata-prefecture, Japan

The ABB LEAF Residential Building Award recognises projects that are specifically used for residential purposes, intended for Multiple Occupancy. This award is for buildings that have been completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• Bluetown Architects, Song-Zhang-Kou New Rural Housing, Siyang, Jiangsu, China
• Sasaki Architecture + YTRO Design
• Institute+Escenario+Shukou Kensetsu, Escenario Fudomae, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
• UNITEDLAB Associates LLC, Hadohilljo Townhouse, Jeju-do, S-Korea

The ABB LEAF Interior Design Award focuses on Interior Design for either a new-build project or a new refurbishment project completed between January 2018 and May 2021. It can be any type of building.

• DDAA, Maruhiro Office, Higashisonogi District Nagasaki, Japan
• INNOCAD architecture, LEARNSCAPE - Knowledge and Communication Center Leoben, Styria, Austria
• NARUSE INOKUMA ARCHITECTS+a round architects, Dance of Light, Seoul, Korea
• SANJAY PURI Architects, OFFICES@63, Mumbai, India
• Studio Link-Arc, LLC, Banu Restaurant, Zhenzou, China

The ABB LEAF Commercial Building Award recognises projects that are specifically used for commercial purposes. This can be an office, building/factory, premises/shopping mall/retail park. This award is for buildings that have been completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• 3XN, Cube Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• Matheus Farah e Manoel Maia Arquitetura (MFMM ARQUITETURA), Dengo Chocolates Concept Store, São Paulo, Brazil
• NIHONSEKKEI, INC. NIPPO JUNCTION, Tokyo, Japan
• NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD, Kikkoman R&D Center, Noda, Noda-shi, Chiba, Japan
• UNK project, "Academic" Business Center, Russia, Moscow

The ABB LEAF Hospitality Building Award celebrates the interior design and structural design of any hospitality building project. Whether it is a hotel, a restaurant, or a bar, it will be assessed on the merits of all design aspects within that project. This award is for buildings that have been completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• Aedas, Yi by Jereme Leung, the Raffles Hotel, Singapore
• DABURA.m Inc. GALLERIA MIDOBARU, Beppu City, Oita, Japan
• Jestico + Whiles, Zuri Zanzibar, Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania
• llLab, San Sa Village, Beijing, China
• The Design Institute of Landscape and Architecture China
• Academy of Art, Park-Yilan Ju, Hangzhou, China

The ABB LEAF Refurbishment Award highlights the best new concept of an existing building. The award encompasses interior design, building use, and creative use of materials and space to highlight change within an exciting building. This award will look at refurbishments completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• ARCHSTUDIO, Qishe Courtyard, Beijing, China
• DC ALLIANCE, Renovation of Ancient Village – Han Ling, Ningbo, China
• Foster + Partners, Apple Store, Fifth Avenue, New York, USA
• Provencher_Roy, Montréal Tower, Montréal, Canada
• Team V Architecture, RCO House, (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra House), Amsterdam, the Netherlands

The ABB LEAF Public Building Award recognises projects that are specifically used for public purposes. These can include but are not limited to sports stadia, and healthcare, industrial and educational buildings. This award is for buildings that have been completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• AAO ZHUBO, No BOUNDRY TOILET, Shenzen, China
• Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University CO., LTD. Library Cluster Design for the New Campus of Yan’an University, Yan’an, Shaanxi Province, China
• Lacime Architects, Galaxy World Kindergarten, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
• Ping Jiang丨EID Architecture, LAND Community Center, Xi'an, China

The ABB LEAF Best Achievement in Environmental Performance Award focuses on design and architectural innovation relating to the durable and efficient use of materials, technology and effective energy consumption in a new or refurbished building. Entries into the Best Achievement in Environmental Performance category should comprise projects that have completed between January 2018 and May 2021. All projects submitted in this category must be submitted with BREEAM, LEED certification evidence or equivalent environmental accreditation and diagrams.

• 3XN, Olympic House, Lausanne, Switzerland Behnisch Architekten Boston, Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), Massachusetts, USA
• Dubai Municipality, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library (MBRL), Dubai Creek, Al Jaddaf Area, Dubai, UAE
• Jestico + Whiles, Zuri Zanzibar, Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania
• Team V Architecture, Atlas - Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

The ABB LEAF Best Future Building Award celebrates innovative thinking and approaches to design for building projects. Entries into the Best Future Building category should comprise of projects that have been tendered and won, and under construction. *Please provide evidence that the project is currently under construction.

• ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN & RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY CO., LTD.|Sutherland Hussey Harris, National Botanical Museum, Kunming, China
• Atelier Ping Jiang / EID Arch, The Panda Pavillions, Chengdu, China
• KAAN Architecten, New Amsterdam Court House, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Lars Gitz Architects, BaseCamp Lyngby, Lyngby, Denmark
• Studio Link-Arc, LLC, The Cloud——CNZZ Commercial Complex, Shenzhen, China

The ABB LEAF Urban Design Award recognises projects for the design and planning of a group of buildings and/ or public space, including landscape projects within a city, town or village area. These should be completed between January 2018 and May 2021.

• 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio, Stone Nest Amphitheatre for Community Activities, Wei Hai City, Shangdong Province, China
• Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University, Wanzai Ancient City, Yichun, China
• ISA Internationales Stadtbauatelier, Urban Design for Central District of Guangzhou Eastern Transportation Hub, Guangzhou, China
• James Corner Field Operations, Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront Revitalization – Avenue of Stars and Salisbury Garden, Hong Kong, China
• Zaha Hadid Architects, Niederhafen River Promenade, Hamburg, Germany

The accolade recognises an individual or architectural practice that has made outstanding and lasting contributions to international architecture, transforming the way we discuss and process our built environment.

The ABB LEAF Awards overall winner will be chosen from the shortlisted projects in the categories below to recognise the project that represents the most iconic architectural landmark in 2020 that is most likely to have the greatest significance in its field on an international basis.