These Toronto buildings were just named among the best in the world for 2025

A handful of notable new Toronto buildings were just bestowed with awards recognizing their importance in several categories.

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced the winners of its 2025 Award of Excellence competition last week, with plenty of local landmarks making the cut this year.

This year's awards spanned 20 categories across 20 countries, and Toronto was very well represented, with nine Toronto buildings taking home a combined 12 awards at the annual showcase of the best and brightest builds from across the globe.

"This year's cohort demonstrates not only technical sophistication and design ingenuity but also an ability to respond to the circumstances shaping the world right now—from regional issues and economic challenges to the accelerating climate crisis," according to Javier Quintana de Uña, CEO of CTBUH. 

"These projects prove that tall buildings and the vertical urbanism they engender can instigate better quality of life, ecological resilience and urban equity simultaneously. That's the direction our industry must move in."

Here are all of the Toronto buildings that received an Award of Excellence in 2025:

T3 Bayside

Best Tall Building, by Height, Under 100 meters; Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas

Ontario Court of Justice

Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas

TD Terrace

Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas, Façade Award

CIBC Square Tower I

Urban Habitat Award

The Well

Urban Habitat Award

Lawrence East Transit-Oriented Community

Future Project Award

One Bloor West

Construction Award; Structure Award

CIBC Square Tower II

Innovation Award (Cast Steel Solution)

Scotiabank North Flagship

Space Within Award

James Parakh, Urban Design Manager at the City of Toronto Planning Division and a juror in the Urban Habitat category, noted that "Vertical urbanism isn't just about going taller—it's about rethinking how height intersects with livability, connectivity and the relationship of tall buildings with the street." 

"This year's submissions illustrate how tall buildings can do more than dominate skylines—they can animate streets, enliven their contexts and shape cohesive, healthy neighbourhoods," said Parakh.

Parakh notes that "The most compelling projects treat the base, the tower and the spaces between towers as a continuous urban experience."

"That kind of holistic thinking can benefit cities, improve livability and create vibrant places where people thrive."