AZ Awards 2026 Emerging Awards Winners Announced
AZURE magazine has announced the winners of the AZ Awards 2026 Emerging Awards, recognizing new voices in architecture, design, and interiors. The Emerging Architecture Firm winner is AAmp Studio, a Toronto- and Portland, Maine-based practice led by Yale University-educated co-founders Anne-Marie Armstrong and Andrew Ashey. The firm is known for its adaptive reuse projects, including Municipal Grand in Savannah, Georgia, and Jones Commons in Toronto. Honourable mentions in architecture include Ultralocal Architectes (Quebec City), Palma (Mexico City/Sayulita), and Wayback Architects (Toronto). The Emerging Industrial Design Studio winner is smallmediumlarge, a Montreal studio founded in 2023 by Sharlene Dupont-Morin and Juliette Mondoux, recognized for furniture and accessories shown at IDS Toronto, ICFF New York, and SaloneSatellite Milan. The Emerging Interior Studio winner is By Lemoignan, a Montreal designer whose projects include REBL boxing club and Salon Volta in Laval. The awards celebrate studios established within the past decade that excel in aesthetics, functionality, innovation, and social and environmental responsibility.
Key facts
- AAmp Studio won Emerging Architecture Firm.
- AAmp is led by Anne-Marie Armstrong and Andrew Ashey.
- AAmp operates between Toronto and Portland, Maine.
- AAmp's projects include Municipal Grand and Jones Commons.
- Ultralocal Architectes, Palma, and Wayback Architects received honourable mentions.
- smallmediumlarge won Emerging Industrial Design Studio.
- smallmediumlarge was founded in 2023 by Sharlene Dupont-Morin and Juliette Mondoux.
- By Lemoignan won Emerging Interior Studio.
- Tony Lemoignan is the founder of By Lemoignan.
- The awards are for studios established within the past decade.
Entities
Artists
- Anne-Marie Armstrong
- Andrew Ashey
- Véronique Barras-Fugère
- Alexis Ruelland
- Ilse Cárdenas
- Regina de Hoyos
- Diego Escamilla
- Stephen van der Meer
- Jordan Winters
- Sharlene Dupont-Morin
- Juliette Mondoux
- Tony Lemoignan
- Brigitte Shim
- Ravi Handa
Institutions
- AZURE
- AAmp Studio
- Ultralocal Architectes
- Palma
- Wayback Architects
- smallmediumlarge
- By Lemoignan
- Yale University
- University of Toronto
- John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
- University of Maine at Augusta
- BAIDA
- Interior Design Show
- ICFF
- SaloneSatellite
- Concéntrico
Locations
- Toronto
- Canada
- Portland
- Maine
- United States
- Prince Edward County
- Ontario
- Savannah
- Georgia
- Quebec City
- Quebec
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Sayulita
- Logroño
- Spain
- Montreal
- Laval
- New York
- Milan
- Italy