Every year The Architect’s Newspaper gathers manufacturers across the built environment to survey and honor the designs that help create safer, healthier, and beautiful buildings and interiors. This work is recognized and celebrated in AN’s 11th annual Best of Products Awards.
Across the entries and winners of this year’s program, material sourcing emerged as a running theme. In addition to using recycled materials and creating more efficient recycling programs, many brands have turned their attention to using regenerative materials, offcuts that would otherwise go to landfills, and bio-based materials that help protect against deforestation. Many of the winning products this year, chosen by a discerning jury of architects, designers, and industry professionals, demonstrated this commitment to natural materials, employing them effectively to play into the materials’ strength and style.
Meet the members of this year’s jury below, and then read on to view the 2025 Best of Products Awards winners, honorable mentions, and editors’ picks.
Jury
Acoustics
Made with 60 percent recycled PET felt solutions, Wood Textures offer nature-inspired designs across three patterns.
Appliances & Plumbing: Bathroom Fixtures

Aileron is defined by minimalist lines, distinctive knurling, and a handcrafted character that pays homage to aeronautical design.
Appliances & Plumbing: Bathroom Plumbing

Inspired by midcentury design, this drain emphasizes a fluid, organic aesthetic with smooth contours.
Appliances & Plumbing: Kitchen Appliances

This induction range includes a matte-finish cooktop and indicator light bar to reflect the power and heat intensity for each cooking zone.
Building Materials & Facades: Composites

A lightweight, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) wall system, EXOSHELL uses a single layer of composite ballistic armor plate bonded to a pultruded composite frame, making it ideal for use in rapid-deployment shelters and recovery.
Building Materials & Facades: Glass

Available with dots or square patterns, Bird Guard is designed to reduce bird collisions while preserving clear views.
Building Materials & Facades: Metal

GreenGirt Steel is an entry-level continuous insulation system that delivers thermal performance, structural strength, and faster installation—all in a cost-conscious package.
Building Materials & Facades: Stone and Concrete
Building Materials & Facades: Timber

Sylva features wood cladding sourced from abundant and sustainably grown U.S. forests.
Building Materials: Weather, Air Barriers, & Insulation

This crystal-clear acrylic adhesive simplifies code compliance and makes it easy to verify nailing patterns.
Facades: Structural Systems

Multifaçades is a rainscreen cladding system for building envelopes that includes a wide range of cladding materials that can be installed within the same panel.
Finishes & Surfaces: Interior Flooring (Carpeting)
Finishes & Surfaces: Interior Flooring (Hard Flooring)

Sunset repurposes domestic oak sourced from the four rail fences that reign in U.S. pasturelands, helping to relieve pressure on other threatened wood species.
Finishes & Surfaces: Interior Surfaces

Crafted from rapidly renewable flax fibers and bio-based resins, RAMPART Fiber offers a luxurious wood-like finish for interiors.
Finishes & Surfaces: Outdoor

Made from renewable bamboo strips and engineered using high-temperature compression, this decking offers versatility and durability.
Finishes & Surfaces: Walls & Wallcoverings

ekoa is a durable, natural, high-performance wall protection made from rapidly renewable flax with low-carbon production.
Furnishings: Accessories
Furnishings: Commercial (Hospitality)
Furnishings: Commercial (Office)

The upright pitch and elegant posture of this chair brings an elevated style to everyday office furniture.
Furnishings: Outdoor

Borne from a collaboration with Luca Nichetto, CUBE is a modular outdoor kitchen line that can incorporate grills, refrigerators, trash, and other elements.
Furnishings: Residential

Designed by architect John Pawson, Drift is a minimalist seating collection composed of 80 percent natural, plant-derived materials.
Hardware: Architectural
Hardware: Decorative

Merging raw and refined elements, this collection features handcrafted and hand-polished solid metal bars secured in place with cast knuckles.
Lighting: Architectural

Hero Grille is a sleek linear luminaire designed to maintain clean architectural lines while offering versatile lighting solutions, including those in tight ceiling spaces.
Lighting: Decorative

This linear aluminum fixture uses a hyper-minimal form to offer powerful lighting in versatile applications.
Lighting: Outdoor

Aya uses bio-red lighting to adapt to seasonal insect activity and minimize disruption to wildlife and human circadian rhythms.
Lighting: Systems

This new solid-state luminaire is a LED linear fixture with a ceramic-emitting surface—eliminating plastics found in almost all competing products.
Openings: Doors

Ideal for luxury homes, high-end condos, modern resorts, and commercial spaces, Nova.LS protects sight lines to merge the indoors with outdoors.
Openings: Windows
Technology: Design & Build Software
Technology: Smart Building, Smart Home & Automation Systems

Sensedge Go is a wireless air quality monitor that installs without wiring, tools, or an IT configuration requirement.
Textiles: Indoors

Designed in collaboration with Note Design Studio, these textiles use 100 percent post-consumer recycled polyester which lends a matte appearance and soft touch.
Textiles: Rugs
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