Call for Entries: 8th Annual Best of LaCantina Competition

LaCantina’s expansive glass door systems continue to redefine the connection between indoors and out, uniting light, air, and openness in one transformative gesture. Whether it's a contemporary coastal retreat, a compact commercial space, or a refined urban renovation, LaCantina's versatile range of folding, sliding, and swing doors enable extraordinary design possibilities across every architectural typology.

If you've completed a residential or commercial project using LaCantina Doors between 2019 and today, this is your moment to shine! LaCantina and Architizer cordially invites U.S-based architects, designers, custom home builders, design-build firms, and interior designers to submit their work to the 8th Annual Best of LaCantina Design Competition.

The competition is 100% free to enter, and entries are open now through Midnight PT on September 12, 2025. Winners will be announced later this year!

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Note: To access the entry portal, use your Architizer login details. If you have yet to create an Architizer account, click on the link above, then click "Need an account?" to create your Architizer login. You'll then be redirected back to the Best of LaCantina entry form. 

Award Categories and Eligibility

The Best of LaCantina 2025 competition is open to architects, designers, custom home builders, design-build firms, and interior designers based in the United States. Both residential and commercial projects are eligible. Finalists will be selected for the following categories:

• Best in Show
• Best Commercial
• Best Rural Residential
• Best Urban Residential
• Best Suburban Residential
• Best Compact
• Best Renovation
• Most Innovative
• Best Planned Concept

To be eligible, projects must include LaCantina products and have been completed between January 2019 and today. The only exception is the "Planned Concept" category, which allows unbuilt or in-progress projects. Entrants must be based in the United States for prizing purposes, but submitted projects can be located anywhere globally.

Returning this year is the Reader’s Choice Award, powered by the expert eye of Architizer’s global design community. This award will go to the project that earns the most votes on Architizer’s Instagram, home to 1.6 million+ followers. Nominees will be selected from the pool of entries by Architizer's editorial team.

Entrants are encouraged to submit their project to multiple categories that match its strengths for maximum visibility.

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Note: To access the entry portal, use your Architizer login details. If you have yet to create an Architizer account, click on the link above, then click "Need an account?" to create your Architizer login. You'll then be redirected back to the Best of LaCantina entry form. 

Winners' Promotion and Prizes

The winner of “Best in Show” will receive a grand prize trip for two to the 2026 AIA Conference on Architecture (AIA26) in San Diego, June 10–13, 2026, including travel, hotel accommodations, and event passes.

New for this year, the grand prize winner will also be invited to participate in a live panel talk hosted by Architizer to discuss their winning project and dive into the details that helped to bring their vision to life!

In addition, the “Best in Show” winner will receive:

• A feature article and promotion on Architizer.com
• Publicity across Architizer’s social media network (4.75M+ followers), including Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and X
• Coverage in Architizer’s Weekly Newsletter (127k+ subscribers)
• A Featured Project spotlight on LaCantinaDoors.com
• Promotion across LaCantina’s marketing channels, including:
  • Email campaigns
  • Social media posts
  • Digital display ads
  • Brochures and print ads
• Invitation to serve as a juror for the 2026 Best of LaCantina competition
• Inclusion in Best of LaCantina 2025 contest promotions

All winning projects from the above categories will be featured in a special editorial publication on Architizer.com, shared widely via Architizer’s newsletter and social media channels.

This year's jury panel will include television host Joshua Temple, real estate expert Kelly Ladwig of Zeitlin Sotheby’s International Realty, LaCantina Product Line Manager Chase Clark, and Architizer's Publisher and Editor in Chief Paul Keskeys. Lean more about the jury here.

ENTER THE COMPETITION →
Note: To access the entry portal, use your Architizer login details. If you have yet to create an Architizer account, click on the link above, then click "Need an account?" to create your Architizer login. You'll then be redirected back to the Best of LaCantina entry form.