view all category shortlists below<\/a>).<\/p>\nThe 2026 categories also include the Gold Award for \u201cthe best of the best\u201d which is chosen from the winners of the project focussed categories, and the Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s winners will be revealed at an evening ceremony on 7 October co-locating with the Building the Future Conference at Convene Sancroft, St Pauls, London.<\/p>\n
2026 shortlist<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
BEST ARCHITECT EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n
Broadway Malyan<\/p>\n
Cousins & Cousins<\/p>\n
Donald Insall Associates<\/p>\n
GT3 Architects<\/p>\n
JTP<\/p>\n
MAP Architecture<\/p>\n
Morris + Company<\/p>\n
M\u00e6<\/p>\n
Root And Erect<\/p>\n
Stride Treglown<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
CREATIVE CONSERVATION ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n
Burrell Foley Fischer<\/p>\n
Clews Architects<\/p>\n
David Kohn Architects<\/p>\n
dMFK<\/p>\n
Donald Insall Associates<\/p>\n
Group Ginger<\/p>\n
iKAD Architects<\/p>\n
Sheppard Robson<\/p>\n
Simpson & Brown<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
DIGITAL DESIGN INNOVATION AND OPTIMISATION AWARD<\/p>\n
ECD Architects<\/p>\n
HLM Architects<\/p>\n
KPF<\/p>\n
RCKa<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
EDUCATION ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR (NURSERY \u2013 6TH), sponsored by Swisspearl<\/p>\n
AHR<\/p>\n
AtkinsR\u00e9alis<\/p>\n
HLM Architects<\/p>\n
IID Architects<\/p>\n
Kennedy Woods<\/p>\n
Office S&M Architects<\/p>\n
Rivington Street Studio<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
HIGHER EDUCATION ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR, sponsored by benx<\/p>\n
David Kohn Architects<\/p>\n
HLM Architects<\/p>\n
NBBJ<\/p>\n
Sheppard Robson<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
HOUSING ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR, sponsored by wienerberger<\/p>\n
Bell Philips<\/p>\n
GRID Architects<\/p>\n
Haworth Tompkins<\/p>\n
HTA Design<\/p>\n
Maccreanor Lavington<\/p>\n
Metropolitan Workshop<\/p>\n
Morris+Company<\/p>\n
M\u00e6<\/p>\n
Napier Clarke Architects<\/p>\n
RCKa<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
INDIVIDUAL HOUSE ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n
David Kohn Architects<\/p>\n
Fieldwork Architects<\/p>\n
McLean Quinlan<\/p>\n
Napier Clarke Architects<\/p>\n
Paper Igloo<\/p>\n
Paul Archer Design<\/p>\n
Rural Office<\/p>\n
Selencky Parsons Architects<\/p>\n
Str\u00f6m Architects<\/p>\n
William Tozer Associates<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
INDUSTRY\/MANUFACTURING PARTNER OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n
ACS Stainless Steel Fixings<\/p>\n
Internorm Windows UK<\/p>\n
Quickslide Windows & Doors<\/p>\n
RCKa \/ Rollalong<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
INTERIOR ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n
Cousins & Cousins<\/p>\n
dMFK<\/p>\n
Fieldwork Architects<\/p>\n
Gibson Thornley Architects<\/p>\n
GRID Interiors<\/p>\n
John Robertson Architects<\/p>\n
Office S&M Architects<\/p>\n
SODA Studio<\/p>\n
Stuart Forbes Associates<\/p>\n
Tigg Coll<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
OFFICE ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n
dMFK<\/p>\n
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios<\/p>\n
Gort Scott<\/p>\n
Henley Halebrown Architects<\/p>\n
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands<\/p>\n
Sheppard Robson<\/p>\n
Squire & Partners<\/p>\n
Stiff + Trevillion<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
ONE-OFF MAJOR PROJECT ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR (OVER \u00a3100m), sponsored by RIBAIA<\/p>\n
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, 1 Broadgate<\/p>\n
Hugh Broughton Architects, Discovery Building<\/p>\n
NBBJ, Life and Mind Building, University of Oxford<\/p>\n
Oberlanders Architects, Craighouse<\/p>\n
Stuart Forbes Associates, Fulham Pier<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
ONE-OFF SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR (UNDER \u00a35m)<\/p>\n
Goldstein Heather, West London House<\/p>\n
Greenaway Architecture, Contemporary Extension to 1980\u2019s House, Northamptonshire<\/p>\n
Gresford Architects, The Old Orchard<\/p>\n
O\u2019DonnellBrown, Millport Town Hall<\/p>\n
Paper House Project, Greenview House<\/p>\n
Rural Office, Park & Dare Theatre<\/p>\n
Stephen Marshall (Urbanism), Maggie\u2019s Northampton<\/p>\n
Studio Grieveson, St. George Villa<\/p>\n
Thomas-McBrien Architects, New Wave House<\/p>\n
TiggColl, Float House<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
PUBLIC BUILDING ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Suttons<\/p>\n
Burrell Foley Fischer<\/p>\n
FaulknerBrowns<\/p>\n
Haworth Tompkins<\/p>\n
Hugh Broughton Architects<\/p>\n
INI Design Studio<\/p>\n
John Puttick Associates<\/p>\n
Morris+Company<\/p>\n
RCKa<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
PUBLIC REALM AND PLACEMAKING ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n
East Architecture Landscape Urban Design<\/p>\n
HTA Design<\/p>\n
Publica<\/p>\n
Root And Erect<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
RADICAL RETROFIT AND REINVENTION ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n
ArkleBoyce Architects<\/p>\n
Dow Jones Architects<\/p>\n
FaulknerBrowns<\/p>\n
Gensler<\/p>\n
Gibson Thornley Architects<\/p>\n
Klas Hyll\u00e9n Architecture<\/p>\n
KPF<\/p>\n
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands<\/p>\n
Piercy&Company<\/p>\n
shedkm<\/p>\n
Squire & Partners<\/p>\n
van Heyningen and Haward Architects<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
REGENERATIVE DESIGN ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n
AHR<\/p>\n
HLM Architects<\/p>\n
HTA Design<\/p>\n
Mccreanor Lavington<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
RETAIL AND LEISURE ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n
Faulkner Browns<\/p>\n
GT3 Architects<\/p>\n
Holland Harvey<\/p>\n
Populous<\/p>\n
Stuart Forbes Associates<\/p>\n
Studio Moren<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
YOUNG ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Steel for Life, The Future of Steel Construction<\/p>\n
andre kong studio<\/p>\n
Common Wonder<\/p>\n
Kennedy Woods<\/p>\n
Studio Colab<\/p>\n
Studio Grieveson<\/p>\n
Studio MUTT<\/p>\n
Unknown Works<\/p>\n
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