The three winning sustainability projects for Dezeen Awards 2021 have been revealed as a recycling centre that features 700 repurposed windows, a restaurant made from upcycled junk and a collection of tiles made of glass from discarded microwaves.
The sustainability categories were newly introduced this year to recognise the efforts of architects and designers who are putting sustainability at the forefront of their practice.
While all projects entered into Dezeen Awards are judged on how beneficial they are to people and the planet, the sustainability awards aim to highlight projects that focus on sustainability above all else, at every level of the design process.
There were 357 entries for the sustainability categories at this year's Dezeen Awards, which are sponsored by Dodds & Shute. Of these, 15 were shortlisted by a panel of sustainability experts. After this, the sustainability master jury met virtually to ratify the winners. The master jury for the sustainability awards includes Nick Shute of Dodds & Shute, environmental design writer and speaker Katie Treggiden, Seetal Solanki of Ma-tt-er, interior designer Simon Hamilton, Lay Koon Tan of Nature Squared and Taiwanese architect Arthur Huang
The sustainability categories are the latest accolades to be announced this week. The winners of the architecture categories were announced on Monday, the winning interior projects were announced on Tuesday and the design category winners were revealed on Wednesday. This...