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Tasmanian Architecture Awards Winners 2026

The State's Best New Architecture Unveiled

The Ablutions at Wybalenna | Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania | Photographer: Adam Gibson

Tasmania’s most outstanding new architecture has been revealed in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2026 Tasmanian Architecture Awards. The 31 awarded projects represent the cutting edge in architectural innovation from the state’s sharpest design minds. 

The winners for 2026 act as a roadmap to the new building projects that are shaping Tasmania’s contemporary built environment. The Australian Institute of Architects is the country’s peak body for architecture, and the Tasmanian Architecture Awards are the state’s premier design awards. 

Australian Institute of Architects 2026 Tasmanian Architecture Awards Jury Chair, Martin Stephenson, explained the commonalities in this year’s award winners. 

“The Australian Institute of Architects Tasmanian Architecture Awards recognise projects making significant contributions to Tasmania’s built environment and community.  Winners range from exceptional examples of complex adaptive reuse and reduced embodied carbon, to projects which are significant not for what is added but for what is removed — seeking meaningful and compelling truth-telling and reconciliation through subtraction and revelation,” said Stephenson.  

“Notable across many of the projects is the respect for existing buildings and a careful and restrained approach to conservation and integration of the new. Whether it be a significant civic building extension or a reinterpretation of the humble Tasmanian Shack, a clear theme of respect for physical and social history prevails in this year’s entries and highlights what outstanding architecture can achieve.”

Each year, the projects awarded in the Tasmanian Architecture Awards are selected by an esteemed panel of industry experts and leaders. A comprehensive in-person, on-site judging process by the jury determines the winners of the Awards, which were announced on Saturday, 30th May.

This year, the jury included:

  • Martin Stephenson RAIA | Rosevear Stephenson (Jury Chair)
  • Kate Symons RAIA | Studio Ilk Architecture & Interiors
  • Maddie Sewell RAIA | Up to Something
  • Felix Blackman RAIA | BE-Architects
  • Dr Julian Worrall RAIA | University of Tasmania – Architecture & Design School

Additional Tasmanian Chapter prize juries:

The Henry Hunter Triennial Prize Jury

  • Sarah Lindsay RAIA | LXN Architecture
  • Pippa Jensen RAIA | Pippa Architecture
  • Chris Haddad RAIA | Archier

EmAGN Project Award Jury

  • Daniel Lane RAIA | Preston Lane
  • Martin Stephenson RAIA | Rosevear Stephenson
  • Agatha Partyka RAIA | Partyka Architecture

Emerging Architect Prize Jury

  • Daniel Lane RAIA | Preston Lane
  • Kate Shepherd RAIA | Fairbrother
  • Alex Nielsen RAIA | So.Architecture

SWT Blythe Student Prize Jury

  • Sam Perversi-Brooks RAIA | NH Architecture
  • Lara Maeseele RAIA | Lara Maeseele
  • Aaron Lougoon RAIA | Licht Architecture


SEE ALL THE PROJECTS ENTERED IN THIS YEAR’S AWARDS

The 2026 Tasmanian Architecture Award Winners are as follows.

For full citations, view the full media release.

COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE        

EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE    

ENDURING

  • Tasmanian Chapter Enduring Architecture Award
    Dorney House at Fort Nelson | Esmond Dorney

HERITAGE

PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS)  

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (NEW)

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – MULTIPLE HOUSING 

SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE   

COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE

SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 

CHAPTER SPECIFIC AWARDS 

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