AZURE Magazine announces the opening of submissions to the AZ Awards, an international competition celebrating excellence in design juried by a panel of international experts. Winners and finalists will be published in AZURE's third annual awards issue.

Submissions are open to designers and design firms, manufacturers, clients, and students.

CATEGORIES INCLUDE:

ARCHITECTURE: single-family and multi-unit residential; commercial and institutional; landscapes; temporary and demonstration spaces

DESIGN: furniture, furniture systems, lighting, interior products.

INTERIORS: residential; commercial & institutional.

CONCEPTS: unbuilt competition entries, other unrealized concepts.

A+ AWARD: $5,000 prize for work developed by a student enrolled in a post-secondary design or architecture program in 2012.

Sponsored by TD Bank Group. ENTER NOW: awards.azuremagazine.com.