The results are in! It is our immense pleasure to introduce and applaud the AZ Awards 2026 winners, all 28 of them from around the globe, whom we officially celebrated at the AZ Awards Gala tonight! Stellar architecture across Canada — including MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects’ Hilltop Cottage in New Brunswick, Daily tous les jours’ Human Perches in Quebec and Lebel & Bouliane’s Durham Spine & Pain Institute in Ontario — stood out alongside equally groundbreaking works in Japan, China, Denmark and the U.S. One firm, Copenhagen’s SLA, won for its lush landscape of Grønningen Bispeparken in Copenhagen as well as its concept for reimagining (together with Arcadis) Toronto’s David Crombie Park. And the Toronto-based firm MJMA took a prize for leading an experiential wayfinding project in New Zealand: the Hiwa Recreation Centre. Clearly, excellence knows no borders.

Collectively, the AZ Awards 2026 winners represent the state of architecture and design — and it’s encouraging and inspiring to honour these projects, products and concepts that exemplify not only aesthetic prowess but also a commitment to social and environmental responsibility. Two phenomenal buildings — Michael Maltzan Architects’ 26 Point 2 Apartments in Long Beach, California, and mcCallumSather and Smart Density’s 1120 Ossington in Toronto — were recognized for bringing joy and a strong sense of identity to multi-unit structures for people transitioning out of homelessness. And many were the awardees elevating mass timber, both by utilizing the construction in novel applications and by bringing out new expressions in wood buildings. These include Montgomery Sisam’s Koffler Scientific Reserve and Moriyama Teshima’s Limberlost Place (both in Ontario) and the Three Roofs Timber Hall in Nagano, Japan, by OOTT.

In addition to the winners chosen by our international jury, we also raise a glass to our People’s Choice honourees, selected by an online vote. In some cases, the people agreed with our official panel — in most others, as we are always delighted to see, their opinions and allegiances diverged dramatically. We are proud to present them all here, and also to celebrate them again in our Summer 2026 edition of Azure, out soon! In that issue, we also fête our Emerging awards winners, which have their own dedicated announcement.

ARCHITECTURE

BUILDINGS OVER 1,000 SQM

Winner & People’s Choice: University of Toronto Koffler Scientific Reserve by Montgomery Sisam Architects, King City, Canada

Awards of Merit:

The Lost Shtetl Museum by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Šeduva, Lithuania

Sydney Fish Market by 3XN GXN with BVN and Aspect Studios, Sydney, Australia

Casa de la Cultura Juchitán by RootStudio, Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, Mexico

BUILDINGS UNDER 1,000 SQM

Winner: Three Roofs Timber Hall by OOTT, Nagano, Japan

People’s Choice: Mabelle Park by LGA Architectural Partners, Toronto, Canada

Awards of Merit:

O-day’min Park Pavilion by gh3*, Edmonton, Canada

Lindsay Boathouse by VJAA with RDHA, Toronto, Canada

HOUSES

Winner: Hilltop Cottage by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, New Brunswick, Canada

People’s Choice: Casa Escalera by VERTEBRAL, Avándaro, Mexico

Awards of Merit:

Casa Tao by HW Studio, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Curved House by Hevia Poblete, Futrono, Chile

VERTEBRAL: Casa Escalera, Avándaro, Mexico

CS2 House by NEMESTUDIO, Denver, USA

Toronjos by PPAA, State of Mexico, Mexico

MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

Winner: 26 Point 2 Apartments by Michael Maltzan Architecture, Long Beach, USA

People’s Choice: Aqualuna by 3XN GXN with Kirkor Architects and Planners, Toronto, Canada

EXPERIENTIAL INSTALLATIONS

Winner: Human Perches by Daily tous les jours, St Jude, Canada

People’s Choice: Mohawk Institute: A Site of National Conscience by WeatherstonBruer Associates, Brantford, Canada

Award of Merit:

Re-Wall by Department of Architecture, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

ADAPTIVE RE-USE

Winners (tie): 

Jiangnan House Yangzhou Guangling by B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio and AESEU, Yangzhou, China

The Art Chapel by PLAIN Design Build, FACT and Actual Architecture Company, Lincoln, USA

People’s Choice: Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal Welcome Pavilion by Lemay, Montreal, Canada

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Winner and People’s Choice: Grønningen-Bispeparken by SLA, Copenhagen, Denmark

Awards of Merit:

Ziibiing Indigenous Landscape by Brook McIlroy, Toronto, Canada

Huizhou Rural Historic Bridge Remains Art Micro-Museum by LUO studio, Huizhou, China

Xili Lake Greenway: Stitching the Divide, Weaving a Shared Future by SWA Group with Atelier XLarge, Shenzhen, China

DESIGN

SINGLE-PIECE FURNITURE

Winner: Petit Rond Series by Troels Grum-Schwensen for FRAMA

People’s Choice: Floe by Edgar Aguilar for Maglin Site Furniture

Awards of Merit:

Asquith Table Collection by Stephen Dalrymple, Peter Coolican and Nathan Clarke for Coolican & Company

Belvedere by Roberto Palomba + Ludovica Serafini for Kartell

Canopy by Gensler for KFI Studios

Floe by Edgar Aguilar for Maglin Site Furniture

FURNITURE SYSTEMS AND COLLECTIONS

Winner: Kobold by Erwan Bouroullec for Ligne Roset

People’s Choice: Pawson Drift Collection by John Pawson for Herman Miller

LIGHTING FIXTURES

Winner: Liiu by Vantot for Luceplan

People’s Choice: Pace by Caine Heintzman for A-N-D

Award of Merit:

141 by Omer Arbel for Bocci

INTERIOR PRODUCTS

Winner: Technicolour Collection by Peter Saville for Kvadrat

People’s Choice: Hero Rubber made with Nike Grind by Mohawk Group

Award of Merit:

Loux Rug Collection by Dienke Dekker for Kvadrat

ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS

Winner: Miele 36-inch Induction Range by Miele

People’s Choice: MARIE Kitchen Faucet by Thomas Vidal Soler for Baril

HOUSEWARES AND TECH PRODUCTS

Awards of Merit:

Polygons flat 3-in-1 Measuring Spoon by Polygons Design

Dyson PencilWash wet floor cleaner by Dyson

INTERIORS

RESIDENTIAL INTERIORS

Winner and People’s Choice: Pine Island Cottage by Thom Fougere Studio and Bureau Tempo, Georgian Bay, Canada

Awards of Merit:

Two-Fold Studio by ONO, Fairfax, USA

JJ2 by Alexandre Bernier Architecte, Montreal, Canada

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

Winner: Monos New York Mercer Flagship by Bernard Dubois Architect, New York, USA

People’s Choice: Suite 115 – Craft cocktail bar by Atelier Sun & Associates, Toronto, Canada

Awards of Merit:

King Street East Showrooms (Arclinea / Andreu World) by Guido Costantino Projects, Toronto, Canada 

Softer Drink Shop by Saksun Studio, Victoria, Canada

Blue Bottle Coffee Busan Cafe by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Busan, South Korea

HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Winner: Durham Spine & Pain Institute by Lebel & Bouliane, Ajax, Canada

People’s Choice: Recess Thermal Station by Future Simple Studio, Montreal, Canada

Awards of Merit:

Jaybird Kingsway by Futurestudio, Vancouver, Canada

OAKV by Atelier Carle, Oakville, Canada

WORKSPACE

Winners (tie):

Office Renovation in OCT Loft by ARC Z, Shenzhen, China 

BESTSECRET by HENN, Munich, Germany

People’s Choice: BESTSECRET by HENN, Munich, Germany

Awards of Merit:

The Independents by Linehouse, Shanghai, China

INSTITUTIONAL

Winner: The Warehouse by T+E+A+M, Hanover, USA

People’s Choice: DL Cinema by One Plus Partnership, Henan, China

CONCEPTS

Winner: $2,500 Vernacular Home by XYLab, Para Dash, Bangladesh

People’s Choice: Église Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague by Agence Spatiale, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Canada

Awards of Merit:

Bond Redux by 5468796 Architecture, Winnipeg, Canada

Rossdale Power Plant Rehabilitation by the marc boutin architectural collaborative, Edmonton, Canada

Astruptunet Exhibition Center by Cornecelli, Vassenden, Norway

Impossible Toronto: On the Courtyard – Learning from European Blocks by Studio VAARO and Gabriel Fain Architects

Kina8at Cultural Centre by KANVA, La Conception, Canada

Platform-19: University of Ottawa Census Courtyard Revitalization by KANVA, Ottawa, Canada

EXPERIENTIAL GRAPHIC DESIGN

Winner: Hiwa Recreation Centre by MJMA Architecture & Design with Haumi NZ and Warren and Mahoney Architects, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, New Zealand

People’s Choice: Gabrielle-Roy Library by Agence Spatiale, Québec, Canada

URBAN DESIGN

BUILT DEVELOPMENTS

Winner and People’s Choice: The Legacy of the Paris 2024 Games: from the Athletes’ Village to a New Living District by PPX Architectes, Île-Saint-Denis, France

Award of Merit:

Vietnamese-German University by Machado Silvetti, Binh Duong, Vietnam

MASTERPLANS AND PROPOSALS

Winner and People’s Choice: David Crombie Park by SLA and Arcadis with Tawaw Architecture Collective, Toronto, Canada

Award of Merit:

Nemunaičiai by Schmidt Hammer Lassen with Kančo Studija, Kaunas, Lithuania

INTERVENTIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Winner: Luther George Park Performance Pavilion by Trahan Architects, Springdale, USA

People’s Choice: Eco Parque Batanes by 3me Arquitectura, Salvatierra, Mexico

Awards of Merit:

Shenzhen Meishajian Viewing Platform by line+ studio, Shenzhen, China

Gordie Howe International Bridge by AECOM Architecture, Detroit, USA, and Windsor, Canada

A+ STUDENT AWARD

Winner: Prairie Park Pavilion by Matthew Garrett and fellow architecture students of University of Kansas

People’s Choice: Assemblies of Unloved Stones by Mo Bayati (University of Toronto)

Awards of Merit:

Memorial of Duality by Chenyu Wen (Violet Wen) (Syracuse University)

Coral – Planetary Biodesign by Jake Levy (Toronto Metropolitan University)

SOCIAL GOOD

Winner: 1120 Ossington by mcCallumSather and Smart Density, Toronto, Canada 

People’s Choice: Biidaaban Kinoomaagegamik by J.L. Richards & Associates, Sagamok Anishnawbek, Canada

Awards of Merit:

Universal Beach by Design HARU, Toronto, Canada

The Lost Shtetl Museum by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Šeduva, Lithuania

ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP

Winner and People’s Choice: Limberlost Place by Moriyama Teshima with Acton Ostry Architects Toronto, Canada

Awards of Merit:

Buffalo Crossing Paul Albrechtsen Visitor Centre by Stantec Architecture, Winnipeg, Canada 

Kaiser Borsari Hall by Perkins&Will, Bellingham, USA