Nestled among the pine trees of Valle de Bravo, Mexico, Entrepinos clusters six thoughtfully crafted volumes around a patio. Along with Big House, Little House, the Taller Héctor Barroso project is a winner of the 2018 AZ Awards in Residential Architecture: Single Family.

DevolutioN Park, in Xiamen, China, challenges developers to think differently. In an empty 90-square-metre apartment, Jiansong Tang created a rolling green oasis 27 storeys in the sky. The project is a 2018 AZ Awards winner for Temporary/Demonstration Architecture.

The Axyl Chair, designed by Benjamin Hubert and manufactured by Allermuir, is stackable and built on inverted, Y-shaped legs. Better yet: it was engineered to ensure that its footprint would be as minimal as possible.

With the Induction Wall Light, Castor Design has developed an elegant way to revive - and actually improve - expired fluorescent lights. The design is the 2018 AZ Awards Winner in the Lighting Fixtures category.

Patrick Norquet's Pure Paper Color takes paper, available in flat sheets or gently embossed in a number of patterns, and transforms it into a building material. The Ober product is the 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Architectural/Interior Products.

El Califa is a taquería that takes cues from the shape, and infinite manifestations, of the humble taco. The Esrawe Studio project is a 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Commercial/Institutional Interiors.

Impeccable architecture meets an urgent cause in Toronto's Casey House, a modernization of Canada's first standalone care centre for patients with HIV/AIDS. The Hariri Pontarini project won the 2018 AZ Award for Social Good.

Elevated on concrete piers, Gap Cove House is built to withstand New England storm surges and is filled with sustainable features, earning it the 2018 AZ Award of Merit for Environmental Leadership.

The Copenhagen International School, designed by C.F. Møller Architects, isn't just a place for academics - it's a solar power plant, covered in 12,000 photovoltaic panels. The project is a 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Commercial/Institutional Architecture Over 1,000 Square Metres.

On the eastern coast of New Zealand, Orongo Station is a sensitive, sustainable-minded and wonderfully ambitious project - and visitors might not even notice its existence. Take a look at the 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Landscape Architecture.