Each year ARCHITECTURAL RECORD’S editors put out a call for manufacturers to send us the best new building products on the market—from furniture to flashing—and invite a jury of architects, designers, and product specialists to review product data sheets, photos, and sometimes real samples, to help us determine which are the most outstanding.

This year, for the first time, manufacturers submitted their entries through a digital process, which the jury then used to vote remotely during a first round of judging. In September, the jurors met in our New York City office for a second round of judging, which resulted in the selections we present here, alongside a group of Editors’ Choice winners selected from products published throughout 2012.

Our jury was as tough as you’d expect. They didn’t want products to sacrifice aesthetics for performance or ones that were unnecessarily complex. They liked modularity and flexibility and dismissed entries that they felt were “too heavy,” “too expensive,” or “not refined enough.” We hope the results of our jury’s intense scrutiny will help in your ongoing search for the perfect product solution.

This button identifies the jury’s favorite product in each category.

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