Dezeen Awards 2026 Architecture Shortlist Features 152 Projects from 36 Countries
The architecture shortlist for the 2026 Dezeen Awards comprises 152 entries spanning 19 categories from 36 nations. Among the standout submissions are a country house in the UK featuring rammed earth walls, guesthouses in Ukraine with glass facades, and a mosque in Qatar topped with a stone roof. The jury panel includes renowned figures such as Annabelle Selldorf and Norman Foster. Winners will be revealed live on 16 November at London's Royal Opera House. The shortlist highlights projects like Amami House in Japan, Ananda in India, and Bairro Padre Cruz Market Hall in Portugal. Categories encompass rural houses, civic, cultural, and educational projects, among others. Tickets for the ceremony are currently available for purchase.
Key facts
- Dezeen Awards 2026 architecture shortlist includes 152 projects across 19 categories.
- Projects come from studios in 36 countries, including China, Finland, Kuwait, Portugal, Thailand and Uruguay.
- Shortlisted works include a UK rammed-earth house, Ukrainian thatched-roof guesthouses, and a Qatar mosque with a perforated stone-clad steel roof.
- The architecture jury features Annabelle Selldorf, Daniel Libeskind, Ma Yansong, Amanda Levete and Norman Foster.
- Dezeen Awards 2026 is in partnership with Trimble.
- Winners will be announced at the Dezeen Awards 2026 party on 16 November at the Royal Opera House in London.
- All 19 category winners will compete for architecture project of the year.
- The interiors shortlist will be published tomorrow, followed by the design shortlist on Wednesday.
Entities
Artists
- Annabelle Selldorf
- Daniel Libeskind
- Ma Yansong
- Amanda Levete
- Norman Foster
- Dorte Mandrup
- Farshid Moussavi
- Jaime Prous
- Didier Faustino
- Stefano Boeri
- Koffi Diabaté
- Manuel Cervantes
- Toru Teraoka
- Sanjay Puri
- Iwan Baan
- Aldo Amoretti
- Clemens Poloczek
- Florian Bouziges
- Shinya Sato
- Parham Taghioff
- Rasmus Hjortshøj
- Mikael Olsson
- Bruno Augsburger
- Vinay Panjwani
- Thurston Empson
- Del Rio Bani
- Studio Millspace
- Studio CAPN
- Martin Lotti
- Zandra Rhodes
- Nao Tamura
- James Melia
- Natasha Jen
- Michael Anastassiades
- Rianna Lowrance
- Maarten Baas
- Laurids Gallée
- Boris Acket
- Pablo Castillo
- Allen Kaufmann
- Yabu Pushelberg
- Ville Auvinen
- Tom Fereday
- Carole Baijings
- Ronan Bourollec
- Andreas Engesvik
- Marcin Rusak
- Masaya Kawamoto
- Aya Kawabata
- Brodie Neill
- Adam and Arthur
- Mathias Hahn
- Ichiro Iwasaki
- John Tree
- Esben Bala Skouboe
- Pierre Neirinckx
- Marco Zito
- Lidewij Edelkoort
- Kelechi Ejikeme
- Raf Simons
- Samuel Accoceberry
- Teruhiro Yanagihara
- Muneji Toh
- Edward Linacre
- Sylvain Willenz
- Isern Serra
- Jaime Hayon
- Tekla Evelina Severin
- Julien Sebban
- Smita Thomas
- Benni Allan
- Wendy Saunders
- Christopher Cronin
- Tom Dixon
- Raul Sanchez
- Anna Carin
- Kenta Hirayama
- Szymon Keller
- Agata Kurzela
- Marina Abramović
- Ulay
- Kerry Kounnapis
- Alexander
- Kaitlyn Wolfe
- Davidov
- Benjamin Wilkes
- Jessy Van Gorp
- Farid Karim
- Manu Bano
- Steve Jensen
- Scott Whitby
- Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
- Henry Woide
- Anson Smart
- Mike Kelley
- Richard Gaston
- Ryan McDonald
- Yevhenii Avramenko
- Chan Hao Ong
- Thomas Adank
- Hiroki Kawata
- Alexis Armanet
- Adam Firman
- Gisbert Pöppler
Institutions
- Dezeen
- Dezeen Awards
- Trimble
- Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
- Farshid Moussavi Architecture
- Herzog & de Meuron
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro
- Sakai Architects
- Thought Parallels Architecture
- Prior Barraclough
- Taller Segovia Molina
- HW Studio
- Jaime Prous Architects
- Studioninedots
- Inglis Badrashi Loddo
- Extrastudio
- YOD Group
- Studio FSJ
- Shisuo Design Office
- Norm Architects
- Dock4 Architects
- Studio Weave
- PPAA
- Dowen Farmer Architects
- SO-IL
- Tankhouse
- Harp and Harp
- Herault Arnod Architectures
- Ribas & Ribas Arquitectos
- Anttinen Oiva Architects
- Woonwerk Architecten
- Levs Architecten
- Bea Portabella Arquitectura
- Aatismo
- Architecture for London
- Bradley Van Der Straeten Architects
- I-Kanda Architects
- From Architects
- Wadhal
- SSdH
- Rever & Drage
- Muci
- ZAV Architects
- Nimtim Architects
- Mecozzi Verdini
- Studio Grieveson
- Proctor & Shaw
- ODDO Architects
- REDO Architects
- Nordic Office of Architecture
- White Arkitekter
- 3XN GXN
- BVN Architecture
- Aspect Studios
- KPF
- Zita Architectes
- Studio VDGA
- Think Tank Architecture
- Carmody Groarke
- Blight Rayner Architecture
- Chatillon Architectes
- Wulf Architekten
- Mecanoo
- Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects
- BetweenSpaces
- LBBA Architecture
- Primary Architects
- O'Neill Rose Architects
- FGMF
- Soar Design Studio
- Corstorphine & Wright
- Schemata Architects
- Foster + Partners
- Charged Voids
- L'Atelier Senzu
- Goettsch Partners
- Turner Works
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
- LLLab
- Payette
- DP Architects
- Daichi
- Ibuku Studio
- Manuel Cervantes Estudio
- Arches
- Office of Toru Teraoka (OOTT)
- FAAB
- Kosloff Architecture
- Civic Architects
- Atelier Architettura Chinello Morandi (AACM)
- Parallel Studio
- Estudio Arquitectura Campo Baeza
- Sanjay Puri Architects
- Dorte Mandrup
- Studio SC
- OODA
- Line+ Studio
- Koffi Diabaté Architectes
- Chartier-Corbasson Architectes
- STARTT
- Pilbrow & Partners
- Stefano Boeri Interiors
- Built Works
- AMAA
- JAR Office
- Plantea Estudio
- Zeller & Moye
- Mold Architects
- Staple Studio
- Sanderson
- Cobe
- AECOM
- Penzel Valier
- EMBT
- Archermit
- À Part Architectes
- United Units Architects
- Neiheiser Argyros
- Arkibygg Arkitektar
- Royal Opera House
- Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Grand Palais
- Ismaili Center Houston
- Jacob's Pillow Doris Duke Theatre
- The Lost Shtetl Jewish Museum
- Australian War Memorial
- Soho Theatre Walthamstow
- The Colosseum
- Techo International Airport
- Gordie Howe International Bridge
- Trimble SketchUp
- Bocci
- Kvadrat
- Fuseproject
- Golem
- Pearson Lloyd
- Besley & Spresser
- Cozmo
- Moooi
- Isokon
- Marset
- Wästberg
- Licht Kunst Licht
- Speirs Major Light Architecture
- DPA Lighting
- Expolight
- Slalom
- Pretty Plastic
- Tarkett
- Kirkby Design
- Byborre
- Another Country
- Workstories
- Formway
- Allsteel
- Wilkhahn
- Minimal
- Bora
- Pentagram Design
- Novy
- Polestar
- Tangerine
- Heirloom
- Suri
- DavidHugh
- Blond
- Ammunition
- Meco Studios
- Ōura
- Kohler Health
- Grohe
- Apaiser
- Acrylicize
- The Lego Group
- Formation
- Jäger&Jäger
- Migliore+Servetto
- Lin Shaobin Design
- Schnitler&Co
- Fieldwork Facility
- Atelier Andrea Gassner
- Overtreders W
- Daily Tous Les Jours
- Taelon7
- Pills
- Atelier YokYok
- UHA
- The New Raw
- MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
- Datecrete Studio
- Floral Affairs
- Reef Design Lab
- The Vernacular Modern
- GreenJams
- We+
- Front
- Other Matter
- Woodio
- Music of Architects
- Michael Tower Architecture
- Beijing Pro Lighting Design
- Studio Onesta
- Studio Hasuike
- Studio Laurids Gallée
- Studio Aslak Siimes
- Studio Rootfull
- Freitag
- Personal Studio
- AtMa
- Design Bridge and Partners
- C Cúbica Arquitectos
- Unfold
- Arudeko
- Emmesteel
- AF Design Lab
- Meneghello Paolelli
- IOUs Studio
- Noo.ma
- Spacon
- TAF Studio
- Edward Linacre Studio
- Marcin Rusak Studio
- Pablo Castillo Design
- Allen Kaufmann Objects
- Studio Ville Auvinen
- Yabu Pushelberg
- Gaggenau
- Programa
- Framery
- Snøhetta
- YSG Studio
- Tom Dixon's Design Research Studio
- Wunderwall Design
- Kenta Hirayama Architect & Associates
- Maison Osaïn
- Raul Sanchez Architects
- BekArch
- Alana Marie Interiors
- Anna Carin Design
- Aagnes
- Studio Muka
- Bureau Tempo
- Cambra Buró
- Lind + Almond
- Cuaik | CDS
- Cristina Carulla Studio
- &Daughters
- Preen
- AÉ02
- Loop Design Studio
- Oficina de Práctica Arquitectónica (OPA)
- INC Architecture & Design
- Gras
- Aptdotapt
- Cateto Cateto
- Tant A Temps Design
- Verhaal
- Kerry Kounnapis Architecture
- Nikjoo
- BAR Studio
- Hernandez Delagarza
- Cheng Chung Design (CCD)
- Szymon Keller Studio
- Holloway Li
- SZ-Architects
- Studio Aluc
- Studio Lieu
- A Studio
- Ater Architects
- Geller Studio
- Reims 502
- Occupy Studio
- Bruzkus Greenberg
- i29
- Kokuyo
- Yohak Design Studio
- Not A Hotel
- Piercy & Co
- Ste Marie
- Universal Design Studio
- Temp Project
- Whatever Design Office
- AIA Estudio
- Uncommon Architects
- Amass
- Eternal Architectural Design
- Linehouse
- COS
- Bulthaup Barcelona
- Studio Pheasant
- Skynoa
- Up2date Architects
- HOK
- Atelier Carle
- Lekker Architects
- Unknown Works
- LTMC
- I IN
- Denizens of Design
- Atelier Write
- Prostorske Prakse
- V&A Design Studio
- Flip Studio
- B2 Architecture
- JA Projects
- Sara&Sara
- Serbian Pavilion
- Agata Kurzela Studio
- Note Architects
- Studio Julliana Camargo
- Farid Karim Design
- Minimuc Design Studio
- LAM Studio
- Alexander & Co
- Davidov Architects
- Fermetti
- Sidetracked Studio
- Pepper & Well
- Kan Atelier
- RooMoo Design Studio
- Enbee Architecture and Design
- Steve Jensen Design
- Suha
- Scott Whitby Studio
- Woods Bagot
Locations
- Amami Island
- Japan
- Kerala
- India
- Melbourne
- Australia
- Santiago de Queretaro
- Mexico
- Puerto Vallarta
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- London
- United Kingdom
- Lourinhã
- Portugal
- Ukraine
- Beijing
- China
- Anhui
- Odsherred
- Denmark
- Bruny Island
- Isle of Wight
- Valle de Bravo
- Laval
- France
- New York City
- United States
- Ordino
- Andorra
- Jakobstad
- Finland
- Antwerp
- Belgium
- Eindhoven
- Kamakura
- Cadaqués
- Massachusetts
- Montevideo
- Uruguay
- Tehran
- Iran
- Raelingen
- Norway
- Sydney
- Marche region
- Italy
- Hanoi
- Vietnam
- Lisbon
- Oslo
- Skövde
- Sweden
- Hualien County
- Taiwan
- Loon-Plage
- Pune
- Kinshasa
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Doha
- Qatar
- Brisbane
- Paris
- Reutlingen
- Germany
- Houston
- Texas
- Šeduva
- Lithuania
- Taichung City
- Bengaluru
- Xinyang
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Fujisawa
- Panchkula
- Shenzhen
- Guangzhou
- Sembawang
- Singapore
- Kanagawa
- Guanacaste
- Costa Rica
- Bezdonys
- Karuizawa
- Sopot
- Poland
- Indore
- Mohali
- Enschede
- Piove di Sacco
- Kazole Village
- Zanzibar
- Madrid
- Herning
- Canberra
- Matosinhos
- Hangzhou
- Grand-Bassam
- Ivory Coast
- Rome
- Arzignano
- Catsfield
- La Punta Zicatela
- Mérida
- Serifos Island
- Greece
- Tokyo
- Teshima Island
- Zuchwil
- Switzerland
- Fredericia
- Naples
- Tibet
- Morez
- Phnom Penh
- Cambodia
- Wuhan
- Seyðisfjörður
- Iceland
- Ribatejo
- Kuwait
- Thailand
- Schiphol
- Cologne
- Shanghai
- Osaka
- Yerevan
- Armenia
- Boston
- Milan
- Nantong
- Seoul
- South Korea
- Scotland
- Edinburgh
- Mykonos
- Cáceres
- Costa Del Sol
- Mataró
- Rio de Janeiro
- Czech Republic
- Prague
- Hong Kong
- Kazakhstan
- Almaty
- California
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Arizona
- Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur
- Hakone
- Courmayeur
- Guadalajara
- Mexico City
- Querétaro
- Berlin
- Ruhr
- Canada
- Ontario
- Toronto
- Vancouver
- Hasaniya
- Romania
- Bucharest
- Bukovel
- Kyiv
- Zhejiang
- Shaanxi
- Hefei
- Gaoping
- Chengdu
- Xiangzhou
- Chongqing
- United Arab Emirates
- Dubai
- Abu Dhabi
- Byron Bay
- Hobart
- Taichung
- Utrecht
- Bangkok
- Philippines
- Manila
- Ireland
- Limerick
- Zeebrugge
- Dentergem
- Slovenia
- Ljubljana
- Venice
- Indonesia
- Jakarta
- Bali
- Ubud
- Cambridge
- Athens