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2026 NSW ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
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ENTRY FEES
| Chapter | Standard entry fee (ex gst) | A+ Membership Fee (10% discount) ex gst |
|---|---|---|
| SA | $700 | $630 |
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Entries for 2026 opened on Monday 17 November 2025.
To enter the Australian Institute of Architects Architecture Awards Program, an entrant must be a registered architect and Institute member. To be eligible to enter, entrants must meet the following three requirements:
1. Member Status
- be an architect registered in the State or Territory of the project or deemed to be registered in the State or Territory under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Cmwlth), and
- be an Institute Member at the time of entry, and
- be a principal of the practice who owns, or is a formal licensee, of the copyright in the work being entered.
2. Practical Completion
- The project must have reached practical completion by 31 December in the year proceeding the year of judging. (e.g. To be eligible for the 2024 National Architecture Awards, your project must have reached practical completion by 31 December 2023)
Projects must receive a PASS result in at least 2 out of the 6 sections (General, Projection of Land and Ecological Systems, Siting and Urban Design, Energy Efficiency and Consumption, Selection of Building Materials and Process & Social Issues) on the Sustainable Architecture checklist located at the beginning of the online entry form*. This does not guarantee consideration in the Sustainable Architecture category, you must opt in to do so via the online entry
form.*Entrants in the Small Project Architecture and Heritage categories are still required to complete the checklist to the best of their ability but are NOT required to meet the minimum 2 out of 6 result and are exempt from this requirement.
Watch this video to understand the changes made regarding the sustainability checklist.
ENTRY HANDBOOK
AWARDS AND PRIZES POLICY
Policy
Before submitting an entry into the Chapter Architecture Awards, please become familiar with the Awards, Prizes and Honours Policy.
Terms and conditions
Ensure you also read the Terms and Conditions before submitting an entry.
Consent forms
It is the entrant’s responsibility to ensure that the following Copyright Consent Forms are completed and signed. Entrants are required to submit these forms to the Institute as part of the online entry system.
2026 KEY DATES
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Entries Open | 17 November, 2025 |
| Entries Close | 11 February, 2026 |
| Jury Presentations | 14 March, 2026 |
| SA Awards Night | 20 June, 2026 |
SA ARCHITECTURE PRIZES
Chihuly in the Botanic Garden | Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium | Photographer: Nathaniel Willson
The City of Adelaide Prize for Design Excellence
Findon Technical College | Brown Falconer | Photographer: Bash_Image
EmAGN Project Award
Flinders University Health and Medical Research Building | Architectus | Photographer: Trevor Mein
SA Architecture Medal
SA Creative Collaboration Prize
Image: Cobar Ward Oval Pavilion | DunnHillam Architecture + Urban Design | Photographer: Katherine Lu
2026 JURY
We are thrilled to officially announce the appointed Jury for the 2026 SA Architecture Awards.
These awards celebrate the diversity of built outcomes across the state and the vital contributions of our local members. We congratulate those selected; each juror brings unique expertise to the rigorous peer-review process that defines Australia’s most esteemed architecture awards.
Join us on Saturday, 20 June 2026 where the winners will be announced in a fantastic evening set to celebrate excellence and innovation.
VIEW JURY LIST
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions) & Heritage
- Pippa Buckberry (Chair), Anaglypta Architecture
- Chris Rowlands, RADS
- Andrew Gunner, Max Pritchard Gunner Architects
- Susan Avey, Heritage SA
- Katrina Swiatczak (Guest), AWS
Commercial Architecture & Residential Architecture (Multiple Housing)
- Wayne Grivell (Chair), Swanbury Penglase
- Ryan Horsnell, Troppo
- Caroline Cummins, Brown Falconer
- Kishan Sidhu (Guest), Fielders
Residential Architecture – Houses (New) & Small Project
- Sean Humphries (Chair), Black Rabbit
- Chris Morley, EIW
- James Martin, Skein
- Shannon Wark, Das Studio
- Sarah Taylor (Guest), Brickworks
Educational Architecture
- Leah Salamon (Chair), Studio STH
- Tom Hamper, Phillips/Pilkington Architects
- David Handsaker, Williams Burton Leopardi
- Matiya Marovich, Sans-Arc Studio
- Louisa Rebellato, Architects Ink
Interior Architecture
- Rua Hashlamoun (Chair), Brown Falconer
- Mark Berlangieri, Walter Brooke
- Ben Pitman, Studio Nine
- Rene Majewski, studio gram
- Philippe Naudin, ARM Architecture
Public Architecture & Urban Design
- Simon Frost (Chair), Greenway Architects
- Felicity Gartelmann, Felicity Gartelmann Architecture
- Ed Mitchell, Forum Studio
- Jet O’Rourke, Cumulus Studio
- Orr Niv Shallev, Arup
Sustainable Architecture
- Tain Patterson (Chair), Troppo
- Vlad Doudakliev, Fieldwork
- Wilfred Cheung, Architectus
- Anna Fox, Grieve Gillett Architects
- Ken Long (Guest), Lendlease
City of Adelaide
- Brendan Le Var (Chair), Greenway Architects
- Cllr Eleanor Freeman, City of Adelaide
- Steve Grieve, Senior Architect, Retired
- Andrew Wallace, UniSA
- Beth Neate (Guest), Guildhouse
Expressions of interest to join the 2026 NSW Architecture Awards Jury are open now!
Online Juror Applications close strictly at 11:59pm Thursday, 23 October 2025.
Architects on all juries must be Institute members (Member Level 1, Fellows, or Life Fellows). Non architects, including lay-jurors or expert advisors, are not required to be Institute members.
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