We’re kicking off the 16th annual AZ Awards with our very first reveal. This long list of editor’s picks from the major categories of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape features compelling projects across various scales and contexts. In the coming days, we will unveil our selections in Design, Interiors and the special categories. Stay tuned! (And, while you’re here, get your early bird ticket to the AZ Awards 2026 Gala, taking place on May 28 in Toronto!)

Architecture — Commercial and Institutional Buildings Over 1000sqm

Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects: The Lost Shtetl Jewish Museum, Šeduva, Lithuania

Metaform Architects: Helix – Post Headquarters, Luxembourg

Studio Gang: David Rubenstein Treehouse at Harvard University, Boston, USA

Thirdspace Architecture Studio: Hoverspace, Belagavi, Karnataka, India

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

Moriyama Teshima Architects with Acton Ostry Architects: Limberlost Place, Toronto, Canada

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

Chevalier Morales with Brian Elsden Burrows Architecte – Le Groupe Architex: 900 Saint-Jacques

Zaha Hadid Architects: Greater Bay Area Sports Centre, Nansha, China

Zaha Hadid Architects: Xi’an International Football Centre, Xi’an, China

Hariri Pontarini Architects with Iredale Architecture: Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum, Burnaby, Canada

5468796 Architecture: 90/100 Alexander, Winnipeg, Manitoba

MJMA Architecture & Design + DIGSAU: Princeton University Class of 1986 Fitness and Wellness Center, New Jersey, USA

HDR + MJMA Architecture & Design: John Deutsch University Centre, Kingston, Canada

Sanjay Puri Architects: Prestige University, Indore, India

Montgomery Sisam Architects: University of Toronto Koffler Scientific Reserve, King City, Canada

RootStudio: Casa de Cultura Juchitán, Oaxaca, Mexico

Stantec Architecture/Two Row Architect: Anishnawbe Health Toronto Indigenous Community Health Centre, Toronto, Canada

Architecture — Commercial and Institutional Buildings Under 1000sqm

ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski architectes: Kwigw8mna “Our and Everyone’s House”, Sherbrooke, Canada

Mackin Architects: Tla’amin Ɂəms ʔayɛ (“Our House”) Cultural Centre, Sunshine Coast, Canada

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

VJAA with RDHA: Lindsay Boathouse, Toronto, Canada

OOTT: Three Roofs Timber Hall, Nagano, Japan

LGA Architectural Partners: Mabelle Park, Toronto, Canada

Adaptive Re-use

Slow Coral Design: Urban Renewal: Landsee, Daqing City, China

B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio: Jiangnan House Yangzhou Guangling, Yangzhou, China

Ian Moore Architects: The Corner Store, Surry Hills, Australia

Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: An Urban Artifact | The Telegraph Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia

YFS and WUGE Studio: Heritage “Ay” Kiln Adaptive Renewal, Ningde, China

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

ODA Architecture with Estudio Aisenson Arquitectos: OLA Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

RDHA: Hazel McCallion Central Library Renovation and Addition, Mississauga, Canada

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

Residential Architecture — Houses

Bishop McDowell: Lawrencetown House, Halifax, Canada

Williamson Williamson: House of Monitors, Toronto, Canada

HW Studio: Casa Tao, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Clayton Korte: Vineyard Residence, Buellton, USA

Omar Gandhi Architects: East River Residence, East River, Canada

DUST Architects: Sombra de Santa Fe, Sante Fe, USA

Fabrication Studio: Copper House, Toronto, Canada

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

Peter Braithwaite Studio: B-Frame, Terence Bay, Canada

Hariri Pontarini Architects: Riverdale, Muskoka, Canada

Hevia Poblete: Curved House, Futrono, Chile

GLA: Wall layer and Canopy Roof, Sapporo City, Japan

VERTEBRAL: Casa Escalera, Avándaro, Mexico

5468796 Architecture: Arthur Residence, Winnipeg, Canada

Akb Architects: Timbertop House, Mono, Canada

NEMESTUDIO: CS2 House, Denver, USA

PPAA: Toronjos, State of Mexico, Mexico

Wayback Architects: Trent Hills House, Trent Hills, Canada

Residential Architecture: Multi-unit Buildings

3XN GXN with Kirkor Architects and Planners: Aqualuna, Toronto, Canada

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

De Zwarte Hond: Lighthouse, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Studio Gang: Verde, San Francisco, USA

Experiential Installations

Marlon Blackwell Architects with Stephen Burks Man Made, D.I.R.T. STUDIO, TEN X TEN and Jonathan Boelkins: PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity | The US Pavilion at the at the 19th International Biennale Architettura of La Biennale di Venezia

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

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

Daily tous les jours: Forest Mixer, Hornby Island, Canada

Mason Studio: Light Gathering in the Yuàn: Reframing Dining Through Light, Memory, and the Chinese Diaspora in Toronto, Canada

WeatherstonBruer Associates: Mohawk Institute: A Site of National Conscience, Brantford, Canada

Experiential Graphic Design

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

Agence Spatiale: Gabrielle-Roy library, Québec, Canada

URBAN: Built Development

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

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

BDP Quadrangle / Stantec Architecture / Two Row Architect: Indigenous Hub, Toronto, Canada

URBAN: Unbuilt Development

SLA and Arcadis: David Crombie Park, Toronto, Canada

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

WW+P Architects and Planners: Poplar Regional Health and Wellness Village, Collingwood, Canada

URBAN: Interventions and Infrastructure

Machado Silvetti: Downtown Cary Park, Cary, USA

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

3me Arquitectura: Eco Parque Batanes, Salvatierra, Mexico

PXP- Design intégré: Jeanne-Mance Park – Bleachers for the Everyday Life, Montreal, Canada

Studio MH: Playground X, Shanghai, China

O2 Planning and Design: Eau Claire Park and Promenade: The Resilient Edge, Calgary, Alberta

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

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

Landscape Architecture

Turenscape: Embracing Flood: Xingjiang River Ecological Corridor, Shangrao, China

Lemay + Angela Silver + AtkinsRealis: Place des Montréalaises, Montreal, Canada

SLA: Grønningen-Bispeparken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Guangzhou S.P.I Design: Shuangjie River Park, Qianhai, Shenzhen, China

XISUI Design with NAP: Forest Delight: Eco-Logs Children’s Camp on Wuling Mountain, Chengde, China

Brook McIlroy: Ziibiing Indigenous Landscape, Toronto, Canada

CCxA Architectes paysagistes with gh3*: Leslie Lookout Park, Toronto, Canada

Mikyoung Kim Design with Elkus Manfredi Architects: TMC Helix Park, Houston, USA

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

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

Keilhauer is the EMERGING Category sponsor. Colombo Design America, Jeld-Wen, Scavolini, Vicostone and Landscape Forms are the Gala Sponsors for the 2026 AZ Awards.

Media Partners: ArchDaily, Archilovers, Archinect, Archiproducts, Designboom, The Architect’s Newspaper, Architonic, Bustler, Design Week Mexico, v2com newswire*, and World-Architects.

*v2com will provide one gift-certificate to all 31 winners of 2026 to distribute one Multi press kit (25 images) on v2com newswire; and a 50% Gift-Certificate to all 2026 AZ Award finalists.