This is the big day: when we announce the finalists for our 2025 Western Living Designers of the Year awards!

Western Living‘s Designers of the Year competition is, of course, our annual celebration of the best designers in Western Canada, and 2025 marks our 18th anniversary. Winners are featured in the September issue of the magazine and online at westernliving.ca, as well on our Instagram and Facebook.

Winners will also be celebrated at (in our humble opinion) the design party of the year: the Western Living Designers of the Year awards party, taking place at Cantu Kitchens and Bathrooms on September 11, 2025.

Plus Coming Soon: People’s Choice Awards Voting!

Our Western Living People’s Choice awards, presented by Thermador, will be returning for our 2025 awards season, and we’ll be announcing the finalists on Monday, June 9—which will be your chance to vote for those projects that take home our 2025 Western Living People’s Choice Awards.

The winners for this reader-selected honour will be announced live on stage at our annual Designers of the Year Awards event on September 11 in Vancouver at Cantu Bathrooms and Hardware, too. Tickets are now on sale for this party of the year!

PLUS:

The Icons Award! We’ll be celebrating leaders in our design community for their mentorship and influence over the Western Canadian design scene. Stay tuned for this announcement.

And now, drumroll please…. here are this year’s finalists.

2025 Western Living Designers of the Year Awards Finalists

Architecture Finalists

Frits de Vries Architect Ltd.

Laura Killam Architecture

MA+HG Architects

One Seed Architecture + Interiors

Scott Posno Design

Splyce Design

Synthesis Design Inc.

 

Arthur Erickson Memorial Award for an Emerging Architect or Residential Designer Finalists

Laura Killam Architecture

One Seed Architecture + Interiors

 

Robert Ledingham Memorial Award for an Emerging Interior Designer Finalists

&Daughters

Ashley de Boer Interiors

Formwerks Interiors

Hillary Rutherford Interiors

Louis Duncan-He Designs

Mera Studio Architects Inc.

Schédio Spaces

Smiddy Stegman

Studio Felix

 

Fashion & Jewellery Finalists

Andrea Blais

E. V. Stenroos

Scandinavia Wolf

The Sonja Picard Collection

 

Furniture Finalists

Autonomous Furniture

Buckshee Woodshop

Caliper Studio

Gillian Segal

Kerfwork

Marrimor Objects

Romney Shipway

Wayne Halabourda

 

Industrial Design Finalists

Alykhan Velji Designs

Annaka Hoelk Studio

KLC kreativ

Mike Randall Design Ltd

Supermarket Studio

 

Interior Design Finalists

Alykhan Velji Designs

Amanda Evans Interiors Inc.

Amanda Hamilton Interior Design

Bidgood

DWK Interiors Inc.

Frits de Vries Architect Ltd.

Gillian Segal Design

Kelly Deck Design

Mera Studio Architects

Project 22 Design Inc

Stephanie Brown Inc.

 

Maker/One of a Kind Finalists

Andrea Copp Ceramics

Danica Kaspar

HEFT Designs

Sfossils

Studio Brovhn

The Sonja Picard Collection

 

Congrats to all of our 2025 Western Living Designers of the Year Awards finalists!

Curious who took home Western Living Designers of the Year titles in the past? Check out the winning designers from years past, or sort winners by category.

And in the meantime—get your tickets to the design party of the year: the Western Living Designers of the Year awards party, September 11 at Cantu Bathrooms and Hardware. Tickets are on sale now!