AZ Awards 2026 Longlist Reveals Special Category Nominees Across Architecture and Design
Azure Magazine has announced the third and final longlist for the AZ Awards 2026, covering four special categories: Concepts, Environmental Leadership, Social Good, and the A+ Award for student work. Selected by AZURE's editors, these entries advance to the jury round. The Concepts category features projects like Tilt House by Bishop McDowell in Purcells Cove Backlands, Canada, and The Market by Batay-Csorba Architects in Toronto. Environmental Leadership highlights include Limberlost Place by Moriyama Teshima with Acton Ostry Architects in Toronto and Kaiser Borsari Hall by Perkins&Will in Bellingham, USA. Social Good nominees range from 1120 Ossington by mcCallumSather and Smart Density in Toronto to The Lost Shtetl Jewish Museum by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects in Šeduva, Lithuania. Student projects in the A+ Award include Sponge by the Forks by Thy Nguyen from the University of Manitoba and Crest by Clay te Bokkel from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture F_RMlab. The awards gala is scheduled for 2026, with sponsors including Keilhauer, Colombo Design America, Jeld-Wen, Scavolini, Vicostone, and Landscape Forms. Media partners include ArchDaily, Designboom, and The Architect’s Newspaper.
Key facts
- The AZ Awards 2026 longlist includes four special categories: Concepts, Environmental Leadership, Social Good, and A+ Award for student work.
- Entries were selected by AZURE's editors to advance to the jury round.
- The Concepts category features Tilt House by Bishop McDowell in Purcells Cove Backlands, Canada.
- Environmental Leadership nominees include Hero Rubber made with Nike Grind by Mohawk Group.
- Social Good projects include Parc des Gorilles by civiliti in Montreal, Canada.
- Student nominees include Matthew Garrett from the University of Kansas for Prairie Park Pavilion.
- The awards gala will take place in 2026, with tickets available for purchase.
- Sponsors include Keilhauer, Colombo Design America, Jeld-Wen, Scavolini, Vicostone, and Landscape Forms.
Entities
Artists
- Bishop McDowell
- Thy Nguyen
- Matthew Garrett
- David Dowell
- Kexuan Shang
- Mo Bayati
- Ricardo Espinoza
- Chenyu Wen
- Violet Wen
- Blake Klotz
- Jacob MacDougall
- Jake Levy
- Clay te Bokkel
- Alex Li
Institutions
- Azure Magazine
- Batay-Csorba Architects
- PARTISANS
- XYLab
- 5468796 Architecture
- the marc boutin architectural collaborative
- Cornecelli
- Agence Spatiale
- Studio VAARO
- Gabriel Fain Architects
- KANVA
- Stantec Architecture
- Moriyama Teshima
- Acton Ostry Architects
- Perkins&Will
- Mohawk Group
- Nike
- mcCallumSather
- Smart Density
- Design HARU
- J.L. Richards & Associates
- Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects
- GLUCK+ Architecture
- WeatherstonBruer Associates
- Michael Maltzan Architecture
- Acre Architects
- ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski architectes
- civiliti
- University of Manitoba
- University of Kansas
- Kansas State University
- Rice University
- University of Toronto
- University of Waterloo
- Syracuse University
- Dalhousie Architecture Students Association
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- University of Waterloo School of Architecture F_RMlab
- Keilhauer
- Colombo Design America
- Jeld-Wen
- Scavolini
- Vicostone
- Landscape Forms
- ArchDaily
- Archilovers
- Archinect
- Archiproducts
- Designboom
- The Architect’s Newspaper
- Architonic
- Bustler
- Design Week Mexico
- v2com newswire
- World-Architects
Locations
- Purcells Cove Backlands
- Canada
- Toronto
- Mirvish Village
- The Hearn
- Para Dash
- Bangladesh
- Winnipeg
- Edmonton
- Vassenden
- Norway
- Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
- La Conception
- Ottawa
- Bellingham
- USA
- Sagamok Anishnawbek
- Šeduva
- Lithuania
- New York
- Brantford
- Long Beach
- Saint John
- Sherbrooke
- Montreal