{"id":704521,"date":"2026-07-22T03:18:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/704521\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T03:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:18:47","slug":"2026-test-of-time-awards-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/704521\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Test of Time Awards finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Find out which projects have made it to the finals of 2026 Architecture Today Test of Time Awards.\n<\/p>\n

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Architecture Today\u2019s Test of Time Awards represent a cultural shift away from celebrating newness and towards a focus on longevity. In contrast to most awards programmes, they assess buildings that have been in use for several years and can demonstrate a strong track record in delivering on their environmental, functional, community and cultural ambitions.<\/p>\n

Supported by The Concrete Centre, Society Building and VMZINC, the awards encourage a greater focus on building performance evaluation and shared learning, helping the industry understand how buildings adapt, endure and continue to serve their users over time.<\/p>\n

Architecture Today\u2019s Awards Committee<\/a> has selected 36 projects across 11 categories: Education; Healthcare; Hospitality, Sport & Leisure; Individual House; International; Landscape & Public Realm; Mixed Use & Retail; Religion & Culture; Residential; Transport & Infrastructure; and Workplace. Five student projects have also been selected as finalists for the Student Prize.<\/p>\n

The finalists will present their projects to the jury at the Live Finals on 9 September 2026.<\/p>\n

The Awards Committee\n<\/p>\n

Isabel Allen (Chair)
Editor, Architecture Today
Jihoon Baek
Previous Student Prize winner and Architectural Designer, Carter Gregson Gray
Henrietta Billings
Chair, SAVE Britain\u2019s Heritage
Catherine Burd
Director, Burd Haward Architects
Ali Francis
Previous Student Prize winner and Project Manager, Opera
Gavin Hale-Brown
Principal, Henley Hale-Brown
Innes Johnston
Senior Partner, Max Fordham
Dieter Kleiner
Director, RCKa
Jonathan Lowy
Operational Marketing Manager, VMZINC
Lee Mallett
Director, Urbik<\/p>\n

Oli Marshall
Campaigns Director, The Twentieth Century Society
Paul Monaghan
Executive Director, Head of Design Studio, AHMM
Loreana Padron
Director, Carbon Futures
Craig Robertson
Associate and Head of Sustainability, AHMM
Tim Soar
Photographer
Elle Thompson
Previous Student Prize winner and Architect, RSHP
Charlotte Walker
Senior Planner, Lichfields
Hannah Wilson
Associate, Piercy&Company<\/p>\n

The Education Award\n<\/p>\n

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Bath Schools of Art and Design
Grimshaw
Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3EL
Completed 2019<\/p>\n

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The Goldsmiths Centre
Lyall Bills & Young (LBY) Architects
Clerkenwell, London EC1M 5AD
Completed 2011<\/p>\n

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West Court, Jesus College
N\u00edall McLaughlin Architects
Jesus College, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, CB5 8BL
Completed 2017<\/p>\n

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Westminster Academy
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
255 Harrow Road, London, W2 5EZ
Completed 2007<\/p>\n

The Healthcare Award\n<\/p>\n

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Belfast Health & Wellbeing Centres: The Arches
Penoyre & Prasad and TODD Architects
1 Westminster Avenue North, Belfast BT4 1NS
Completed 2004<\/p>\n

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Royal Trinity Hospice
TP Bennett
30 Clapham Common North Side, London SW4 0RN
Completed 2009<\/p>\n

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Carpe Diem Dementia Village
Nordic Office of Architecture
D\u00f8nskiveien 45, Sandvika, Norway
Completed 2020<\/p>\n

The Hospitality, Sport & Leisure Award\n<\/p>\n

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Gardens by the Bay
WilkinsonEyre
18 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore 018953
Completed 2012<\/p>\n

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SEC Armadillo
Foster + Partners
Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW
Completed 1997<\/p>\n

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The London Eye
Marks Barfield Architects
Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7PB
Completed 2000<\/p>\n

The Individual House Award\n<\/p>\n

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Architect\u2019s Own House and Studio at 129 Maze Hill
Myles Dove, Myles & Deirdre Dove
129 Maze Hill, London SE3 7UB
Completed 1968<\/p>\n

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Eagle Rock House
ritchie*studio
Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 2EA
Completed 1981<\/p>\n

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Orange Cottage
Project Orange
Prentice Street, Lavenham, Suffolk CO10 9RD
Completed 2006<\/p>\n

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Turn End
Peter Aldington
Submitted by John Pardey
Townside, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire HP17 8BG
Completed 1967<\/p>\n

The International Award\n<\/p>\n

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Calgary Central Library
Sn\u00f8hetta
Submitted by Calgary Municipal Land Corporation
800 3 Street SE, Calgary, AB T2G 2E7, Canada
Completed 2018<\/p>\n

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Polk County Science Building, Florida Southern College
John McAslan + Partners
Lakeland, Florida 33803, United States
Completed 2001<\/p>\n

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The Glucksman
O\u2019Donnell + Tuomey
University College Cork, Cork T12 V1WH, Ireland
Completed 2004<\/p>\n

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Andermatt Concert Hall
Studio Seilern Architects
1 B\u00e4rengasse, Andermatt 6490, Switzerland
Completed 2019<\/p>\n

The Landscape & Public Realm Award\n<\/p>\n

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Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain
Gustafson Porter + Bowman
West Carriage Drive, London W2 2UH
Completed 2004<\/p>\n

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Duke of York Square
Studio PDP
King\u2019s Road, Chelsea, London SW3
Completed 2008<\/p>\n

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Greenford Quay
HTA Design
Tillermans Court, Grenan Square, Greenford UB6 0FP
Completed 2019<\/p>\n

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Gardens by the Bay
Grant Associates
Singapore, Southeast Asia
Completed 2012<\/p>\n

The Mixed Use & Retail Award\n<\/p>\n

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15 Clerkenwell Close
GROUPWORK
15 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0AA
Completed 2017<\/p>\n

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Blue House Yard
Jan Kattein Architects
5 River Park Road, London N22 7TB
Completed 2017<\/p>\n

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Hawley Wharf
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
45 Kentish Town Road, London NW1 8NX
Completed 2019<\/p>\n

The Religion & Culture Award\n<\/p>\n

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Southwark Cathedral
Richard Griffiths Architects
London Bridge, London SE1 9DA
Completed 2001<\/p>\n

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The Holburne Museum
Eric Parry Architects
Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2 4DB
Completed 2011<\/p>\n

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The Roundhouse
John McAslan + Partners
Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8EH
Completed 2006<\/p>\n

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The Royal Festival Hall
Allies and Morrison
Southbank, London SE1 8XX
Completed 2007<\/p>\n

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Eden Project
Grimshaw
Bodelva, Cornwall, PL24 2SG
Completed 2000<\/p>\n

The Residential Award\n<\/p>\n

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Accordia
FCBStudios with Grant Associates, Maccreanor Lavington and Alison Brooks Architects
Aberdeen Avenue, Cambridge CB2 8DZ
Completed 2008<\/p>\n

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Hanham Hall
HTA Design
Whittucks Road, Hanham, Bristol BS15 3FR
Completed 2013<\/p>\n

The Transport & Infrastructure Award\n<\/p>\n

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Preston Bus Station
John Puttick Associates
Tithebarn Street, Preston, Lancashire PR1 1YT
Completed 2018<\/p>\n

The Workplace Award\n<\/p>\n

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Lloyd\u2019s of London
RSHP
One Lime Street, London EC3M 7HA
Completed 1986<\/p>\n

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Turnmill
Piercy&Company
63 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5NP
Completed 2015<\/p>\n

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White Collar Factory
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
1 Old Street Yard, London EC1Y 8AF
Completed 2017<\/p>\n

The Student Prize\n<\/p>\n

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Ephemeral Ground, Living Archive
Taokai Ma
Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL<\/p>\n

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Learning the Ropes
Al\u017ebeta Franekov\u00e1
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University<\/p>\n

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Samudaya Beyond the Arches
Paige Hurst
De Montfort University<\/p>\n

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Site of Transmission
Thomas Massey
London School of Architecture<\/p>\n

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Theseus: A New Housing Typology
Joe Russell
Harvard University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Find out which projects have made it to the finals of 2026 Architecture Today Test of Time Awards.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-704521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}