2026 Best of Design Awards Jury Announced
The Architect's Newspaper has announced the jury for the 14th annual Best of Design Awards, an international, project-based program recognizing excellence in buildings, interiors, landscapes, and masterplans. The jury comprises award-winning architects, landscape architects, curators, and critics including Sebastian Adamo (adamo-faiden), Jayden Ali (JA Projects), Fernanda Canales, Julie Eizenberg (KoningEizenberg Architecture), Beatrice Galilee (The World Around), Mark Lamster (The Dallas Morning News), Elizabeth Roberts (Elizabeth Roberts Architects), Roderick Wyllie (Surfacedesign), and Jennifer Yoos (VJAA). Submissions are open until September 18 at midnight ET. The jury will evaluate entries on presentation, innovation, use of new technology, sustainability, and design quality. The Project of the Year will be selected from all category winners.
Key facts
- The 14th annual Best of Design Awards is organized by The Architect's Newspaper.
- The jury includes Sebastian Adamo, Jayden Ali, Fernanda Canales, Julie Eizenberg, Beatrice Galilee, Mark Lamster, Elizabeth Roberts, Roderick Wyllie, and Jennifer Yoos.
- Submission deadline is September 18 at midnight ET.
- Awards cover buildings, interiors, landscapes, and masterplans.
- Project of the Year is chosen from all category winners.
- Evaluation criteria include presentation, innovation, new technology, sustainability, and good design.
- Mark Lamster won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
- Beatrice Galilee was the first curator of contemporary architecture and design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Entities
Artists
- Sebastian Adamo
- Jayden Ali
- Fernanda Canales
- Julie Eizenberg
- Beatrice Galilee
- Mark Lamster
- Elizabeth Roberts
- Roderick Wyllie
- Jennifer Yoos
- Marcelo Faiden
- Hank Koning
- Vincent James
- Wolfgang Tillmans
- Cornelia Parker
- Adrián Villar Rojas
- Philip Johnson
Institutions
- The Architect's Newspaper
- adamo-faiden
- JA Projects
- Fernanda Canales
- KoningEizenberg Architecture
- The World Around
- The Dallas Morning News
- Elizabeth Roberts Architects
- Surfacedesign
- VJAA
- University of Buenos Aires
- Polytechnic University of Catalonia
- Columbia GSAPP
- Di Tella
- Princeton University
- Politecnico di Milano
- CCA
- Harvard GSD
- Porto Academy
- RIBA
- EPFL
- ETSAM
- Guggenheim Museum
- Deutsches Architekturmuseum
- Storefront for Art and Architecture
- Design Museum
- Vogue
- Wallpaper*
- The Architects' Journal
- London Mayor's Office
- Columbia University
- British Pavilion
- Venice Biennale
- V&A East Museum
- Smithsonian Design Museum Cooper Hewitt
- Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City
- ETSAB–UPC
- Royal Academy of the Arts
- Ifa Galerie
- Yale School of Architecture
- Princeton University School of Architecture
- MuseumLab
- University of Melbourne
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Australian Institute of Architects
- National Academy of Design
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Lisbon Architecture Triennale
- Gwangju Design Biennale
- Shenzhen Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism
- Aberrant Architecture
- The Gopher Hole
- Building Design
- Elle Decor
- Icon
- Domus
- Little Brown
- Deep Vellum
- UC Berkeley
- Harvard Graduate School of Design
- American Institute of Architects College of Fellows
- University of Minnesota
- Architectural Association
- Cooper Union
- Washington University in St. Louis
- University of Arkansas
- COOL HUNTING
- MOLD Magazine
- Curbed
- Vulture
- e-flux
- Spike Art Magazine
- Apartamento
- SEEN Journal
- Cite
- University of Houston
- PLAT
- Park Books
- International Committee of Architecture Critics
- MIT
- Rice University
Locations
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Montevideo
- Uruguay
- New York City
- United States
- London
- United Kingdom
- Paris
- France
- Caribbean
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Madrid
- Stuttgart
- Germany
- Venice
- Italy
- Pittsburgh
- South Central Los Angeles
- Melbourne
- Australia
- Malibu
- California
- San Francisco
- Minneapolis
- Boston
- Austin
- Houston
- Dallas
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Gwangju
- South Korea
- Shenzhen
- China
- Hong Kong
- East London
- St. Louis
- Arkansas