Hislop Hill House by Clare Cousins Architects
Gore Street House by Olaver Architecture
Apartment on The Loop by Billy Maynard Architects
Magenta Outhouse by Atelier Marks Gaal
Borland Crossman House by Wowowa Architecture
The Homestead Renewal at Wybalenna by Taylor and Hinds Architects with The Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
Twenty-one projects and one emerging architecture practice have received commendations in this year’s Houses Awards.
Truth Telling at Wybalenna by Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania.
Fitzroy Neighbourhood House by Kennedy Nolan.
SDA Robust Housing Project by Studio Bright.
The Open Field Agency by MAPA Art and Architecture.
Wilya Janta Explain Home by Wilya Janta, Office, Troppo Architects and Paul Memmott.
Yitpi Yartapuultiku (The Soul of Port Adelaide) by Ashley Halliday Architects with Yitpi Yartapuultiku Working Group Port Adelaide, PAE Council and Wax Design.
A total of 62 projects, located across each of Australia’s states and territories, as well as overseas, are in contention to win the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2026 National Architecture Awards.
A busy Sydney transport hub has claimed the prestigious NSW Architecture Medallion, with the jury lauding its “remarkable clarity and ambition.”
The three major winners of this year’s awards were all located in Alice Springs, reflecting the high calibre of work emerging from Australia’s remote centre.
A commercial tower in Brisbane, celebrated for the way it “enrich[es] city life beyond its boundaries,” received the highest honour in this year’s awards.
An Aboriginal-led cultural centre took out the awards’ top prize, along with three other named category awards.
A restored and redeveloped heritage landmark picked up the awards’ highest honour, as well as the Joseph Reed Award for Urban Design and the Dimity Reed Melbourne Prize.
A focus on meaningful community engagement emerged as a common theme among this year’s shortlisted projects.
An ambitious relocation of multiple university faculties into a vertical CBD campus received the highest honour in this year’s awards.
From a purpose-built Aboriginal youth centre to civic projects that give back to the urban realm, this year’s winners highlighted architecture’s capacity to strengthen communities.
The commendations for the 2026 Australian Interior Design Awards
The Best of State recipients in the 2026 Australian Interior Design Awards
