Architecture Photography MasterPrize Names 2026 Winners, With Hong Kong Facades and a Kanazawa Library Taking Top Titles
At the 2026 Architecture Photography MasterPrize (APMP), Derry Ainsworth received the award for Exterior Architecture Photography of the Year for his work titled Hong Kong Modern Mosaics. The Interior category was claimed by Tzu Chin Yu from TCY Studio for the Kanazawa Umimirai Library, designed by Coelacanth K&H Architects. More than a thousand entries from 59 nations were evaluated. An international jury selected 53 projects for the Best of Best designation, which included notable photographers such as Suirong Huang, Amirreza Dehnadi, Kris Provoost, and others. Additionally, works by Brad Feinknopf, Lucia Cooper, and several others were also acknowledged. This marks the eleventh edition of the APMP.
Key facts
- Derry Ainsworth won Exterior Architecture Photography of the Year for Hong Kong Modern Mosaics
- Tzu Chin Yu of TCY Studio won Interior Architecture Photography of the Year for the Kanazawa Umimirai Library by Coelacanth K&H Architects
- Photographers from 59 countries entered more than a thousand projects in the 2026 edition
- Entries for 2026 came from 92 countries in total
- 53 projects received the Best of Best distinction
- An international jury of photographers, editors, curators and visual professionals chose the winners
- The APMP is the photography program of the Architecture MasterPrize, now in its eleventh edition
- The 2027 call for entries is detailed on the architectural photography awards page
Entities
Artists
- Derry Ainsworth
- Tzu Chin Yu
- Suirong Huang
- Amirreza Dehnadi
- Ingo Rasp
- Kelvin Yuen
- Brad Feinknopf
- Victor Romero
- Kris Provoost
- GaryFive
- David Valinsky
- Alex Fradkin
- Lucia Cooper
- Althaf Abdul Rasheed
- Will Pryce
- Barbara Karant
- Francesco Russo
- Todd Saunders
- Frank Gehry
Institutions
- Architecture Photography MasterPrize
- Architecture MasterPrize
- TCY Studio
- Coelacanth K&H Architects
- NBBJ
- Deed Studio
- Behnisch Architekturbüro
- PetaPixel
Locations
- Hong Kong
- China
- Kanazawa
- Japan
- Shenzhen
- Abu Dhabi
- United Arab Emirates
- Stuttgart
- Germany
- Karjat
- India
- Blenheim Palace
- United Kingdom
- Fogo Island Inn
- Newfoundland
- Canada
- Philadelphia
- United States