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2026 Winners
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 (detailed on the following pages of this media release) 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 winning projects 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.
Read the full winners media release.
The 2026 Tasmanian Architecture Award winners are:
COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
- Tasmanian Chapter Colin Philp Award for Commercial Architecture
Black Swan | Preston Lane
EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
- Tasmanian Chapter Sydney Blythe Award for Educational Architecture
The Forest | Woods Bagot
- Tasmanian Chapter Educational Architecture Award
Bowen Road Primary School | MANA Architects
- Tasmanian Chapter Educational Architecture Commendation
Cambridge Primary School | Bence Mulcahy
- Tasmanian Chapter Educational Architecture Commendation
Legana Primary School | Cumulus Studio
ENDURING
- Tasmanian Chapter Enduring Architecture Award
Dorney House at Fort Nelson | Esmond Dorney
HERITAGE
- Tasmanian Chapter Roy Sharrington Smith Award for Heritage
The Homestead Renewal at Wybalenna | Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
- Tasmanian Chapter Alan C Walker Award for Public Architecture
Albert Hall Renewal | TERROIR
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS)
- Tasmanian Chapter Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions) Award
Balfour Terrace | Cumulus Studio
- Tasmanian Chapter Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions) Commendation
Mount Stuart Greeny Flat | Bence Mulcahy
- Tasmanian Chapter Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions) Commendation
Boa Vista | Licht Architecture
- Tasmanian Chapter Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions) Commendation
Mid Century River Home | Maguire and Devine Architects
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (NEW)
- Tasmanian Chapter Esmond Dorney Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Sandford | 1+2 Architecture
- Tasmanian Chapter Residential Architecture – Houses New Award
Spring Beach House | Scale Architecture
- Tasmanian Chapter Residential Architecture – Houses New Commendation
Flowerpot | TANNER
- Tasmanian Chapter Residential Architecture – Houses New Commendation
Isabel and Elsie | Christopher Clinton Architect with Core Collective Architects
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – MULTIPLE HOUSING
- Tasmanian Chapter Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing Award
Queens Walk Housing | Cumulus Studio
SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE
- Tasmanian Chapter Peter Willmott Award for Small Project Architecture
The Ablutions at Wybalenna | Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE
- Tasmanian Chapter COLORBOND Award for Steel Architecture Award
The Ablutions at Wybalenna | Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
- Tasmanian Chapter Barry McNeill Award for Sustainable Architecture
The Forest | Woods Bagot
- Tasmanian Chapter Sustainable Architecture Award
Isabel and Elsie | Christopher Clinton Architect with Core Collective Architects
- Tasmanian Chapter Sustainable Architecture Commendation
Mid Century River Home | Maguire and Devine Architects
- Tasmanian Chapter Sustainable Architecture Commendation
Spring Beach House | Scale Architecture
- Tasmanian Chapter Sustainable Architecture Commendation
Cambridge Primary School | Bence Mulcahy
CHAPTER SPECIFIC AWARDS
- Tasmanian Chapter SWT Blythe Student Prize
Jack Rose | The Archive
- Tasmanian Chapter Emerging Architect Prize
Guy Edwards | BE-Architects
- Tasmanian Chapter EmAGN Project Award
Albert Hall Renewal | TERROIR
- Tasmanian Chapter Henry Hunter Triennial Prize
Inveresk Library, University of Tasmania | Wardle
- Tasmanian Chapter President’s Prize
Professor Rufus Black | Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Tasmania
- Tasmanian Chapter Tasmanian Architecture Medal
The Ablutions at Wybalenna & The Homestead Renewal at Wybalenna | Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
ENTRY FEES
| Chapter | Standard entry fee (ex gst) | A+ Membership Fee (10% discount) ex gst |
|---|---|---|
| TAS | $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.
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2026 KEY DATES
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Entries Open | 17 November, 2025 |
| Entries Close | 10 February, 2026 |
| Jury Presentations | 21 February, 2026 |
| TAS & INT Chapter Awards Night | 30 May, 2026 |
TAS ARCHITECTURE PRIZES
Image: Sydney Metro City Stations | Sydney Metro | Photographer: Peter Bennetts
Tasmanian Architecture Medal
Parliament Square Hobart | fjcstudio (formerly fjmtstudio) | Photographer: Adam Gibson
The John Lee Archer Triennial Prize
Image: Rosebery Engine Yards | GroupGSA | Photographer: Tyrone Branigan
SWT Blythe Student Prize
EmAGN Project Award
Tolpuddle Tasting Room | TANNER ARCHITECTS | Photographer: Dearna Bond
Image: North Head Viewing Platforms | CHROFI and Bangawarra with National Parks and Wildlife Service | Photographer: Clinton Weaver
People’s Choice
2026 JURY
We are thrilled to officially announce the appointed Jury for the 2026 TAS Architecture Awards.
The Australian Institute of Architects Tasmanian Chapter is delighted to unveil the jury for the 2026 Tasmanian Architecture Awards. The awards offer an unrivalled opportunity to showcase the extraordinary depth and breadth of Tasmania’s architectural talent.
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MARTIN STEPHENSON RAIA – Jury Chair | Rosevear Stephenson
Martin is a founding Director of Rosevear Stephenson with 28 years of experience in the residential, heritage, public and industrial fields. With over twenty state and four national Australian Institute of Architects awards, his long standing collaboration with Craig Rosevear has produced one of Tasmania’s most awarded architectural practices with an enduring reputation for quality and timelessness.
Since forming Rosevear Stephenson in 2004, Martin has demonstrated a commitment to private housing and heritage adaptive reuse projects whilst also venturing into selected public and civic projects such as The Ether Building at Mona and the Port Arthur Historic Site Visitor Centre Redevelopment.
Whilst adept at all aspects of architectural practice, Martin’s particular interest lies in
satisfying client needs with concise conceptual ideas, considered detailed design and
precise construction resolution.
Kate Symons RAIA | Studio Ilk Architecture & Interiors
Kate Symons is the founding Director of Studio Ilk Architecture & Interiors (est. 2020), a Hobart-based practice delivering a broad range of residential, commercial, heritage, and landscape-driven projects. Her practice is committed to thoughtful, enduring, and place-responsive design, with a detail-led focus on highly resolved documentation.
Strong relationships with clients, consultants, and communities underpin her approach, which she sees as the foundation of successful projects. Kate actively contributes to the profession through the Australian Institute of Architects, including as a current Tasmanian Practice Committee member, and passionately supports mentorship, equity, inclusion, and the UTAS Work Integrated Learning program.
Maddie Sewell RAIA | Up to Something
Maddie Sewall is an architect and artist living and making in Melbourne/Naarm and Hobart/Nipaluna. After eleven years at Breathe Architecture as the Director of Houses, Maddie is now Director and Founder of her own architecture practice with a focus on residential and small commercial work.
Passionate, friendly, and a go-to for sustainable housing, Maddie enjoys contributing to the industry, regularly participating on panels, committees and mentoring programs. She is currently working on new houses and renovations in both states, and with her partner, runs Cloudstone AiR, an emerging artist residency program in Tasmania.
Felix Blackman RAIA | BE-Architects
Felix Blackman is a Tasmanian architect and director of BE-Architects, an emerging practice working across architecture, interiors, wayfinding, and environmental design. His work is grounded in connection to place, with a particular focus on sustainability, material performance, and the careful negotiation of heritage and contemporary conditions.
Felix has experience across residential, commercial, heritage, and adaptive reuse projects in urban, rural, regional, and coastal contexts throughout Tasmania. Alongside practice, he collaborates in design studios at the University of Tasmania and remains actively involved in professional and disciplinary conversations through the Australian Institute of Architects.
Dr Julian Worrall RAIA | University of Tasmania – Architecture & Design School
Dr Julian Worrall is an architect, scholar, curator and critic, and the Professor and Head of the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Tasmania. Educated in architecture at the University of Adelaide, the University of California Berkeley, and with a PhD in architectural and urban history from the University of Tokyo, his practice career has included stints with Klein Dytham Architects (Tokyo) and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (Rotterdam).
A noted authority on Japanese architecture and urbanism, his books include 21st Century Tokyo (2010) and Japan Works (2021), and his architectural criticism has been published globally, including in Domus, 2G, Arch+, Architecture Australia and The Japan Times. He has contributed to exhibitions at major institutions internationally, including co-directing the Australian representation “Unsettling Queenstown” at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. He lives in Launceston with his wife Miwa, son Leo, and a black cat named Max.
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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