The 2026 ArchiTeam Awards finalists have been announced, with 44 projects across seven categories recognised for their innovation.
Open to ArchiTeam members across Australia, the awards categories for entries include Residential New; Residential Alterations and Additions; Commercial; Community and Public; Heritage; Unbuilt; and Innovation and Contribution.
Led by Phillip Stejskal (Stejskal Architecture) as jury chair, the 2026 jury comprises Phillip Culpan (Jackson Clements Burrow), Chris Barnes (Field Office Architecture), Yvonne Meng (Circle Studio), Anne Taylor (Taylor Buchtmann Architecture), Stuart Tanner (Tanner Architects), Catherine Downie (Downie North), Madeleine Swain (Niche Media) and Jean Graham (ArchiTeam Awards director).
The winners of this year’s program will be formally announced at the ArchiTeam Awards Opening Night on Wednesday, 18 November in Melbourne.
Residential New Award – up to $1 million
Chewton House – Bush Studio
St Kilda East House – Ben Lance Architects
Upper Yarra Valley House – Kasumi Architecture

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Residential New Award – above $1 million
House RaRa – Berresford Architecture
House of Shadows – Atelier Marks Gaal
Mansfield House – Field Office Architecture
Sorrento House – Victoria Merrett Architects
Taranaki – Foomann Architects
Wrighty Tighty Hause – Envirotecture
Yowani – Atelier Marks Gaal

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Residential Alterations and Additions – up to $500,000
Campbell House – Nuud Studio
Collingwood Cottage – Architects Design Office
Living at Cloudstone – Up to Something
Merry – Circle Studio Architects
Not Firewood – Warc Studio Architects
Soft Light Apartment – Tsai Design

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Residential Alterations and Additions – between $500,000 and $1 million
Front House Back House – ioa studio
Thornbury Eucalypt House – Card
This is Monet – Pepper and Well
Toorak House – Pop Architecture
Princes Hill House – Bent Architecture

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Residential Alterations and Additions – over $1 million
Borland Crossman House – Wowowa Architecture
Eleanor – Topology Studio
Haines II – Foomann Architects
Home Calling – Blair Smith Architecture
Yarra House – Fowler and Ward

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Commercial Award
Astrid: Byron Bay – Alte. Studio
Bayswater Warehouse – Amass Architects
Birkenstock at the Maltstore – Melbourne Design Studios

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Community and Public Award
Alma Road Townhouses – Davidov
Keysborough Gardens Primary School – Mihaly Slocombe
Queenborough Oval Facilities Upgrade – Gaetano Palmese Architects
WWHS Rupanyup New Aged Care Wing – EBD Architects
Yarra Ranges Special Development School – Architecture architecture

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Heritage Award
A Rare Survivor: The Thomas Messenger & Co. Glasshouse – Creese Architecture
Borland Crossman House – Wowowa Architecture
Oakover – Amass Architects
Sky Terrace – Ben Callery Architects
This is Monet – Pepper and Well
Yarra House – Fowler and Ward

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Unbuilt Award
Minka Residence – Atlas Architects
The Unconditioned House – Sunlight and Shelter

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Innovation and Contribution Award
Riverside Modern (walking tours and book) – Jake Taylor Architecture
Spec Rep Help Desk – Andever