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2026 NSW ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
2026 VIC ARCHITECTURE AWARDS Events
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2026 Winners
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ENTRY FEES
| Chapter | Standard entry fee (ex gst) | A+ Membership Fee (10% discount) ex gst |
|---|---|---|
| VIC | $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 | 4 February, 2026 |
| Jury Presentations | 21 & 23 March, 2026 |
| Shortlist Announced | 24 April, 2026 |
| On-Site Visits | 27 April – 1 May, 2026 |
| VIC Awards Night | 19 June, 2026 |
VIC ARCHITECTURE PRIZES
Northern Memorial Park Depot | Searle x Waldron Architecture | Photographer: Peter Bennetts
Victorian architect MEDAL
Northern Memorial Park Depot | Searle x Waldron Architecture | Photographer: Peter Bennetts
The Dimity Reed Melbourne Prize
Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | ARM Architecture | Photographer: Peter Bennetts
regional prize
EmAGN Project Award
Dunstan | SSdH | Photographer: Pier Carthew
2026 JURY
We are thrilled to officially announce the appointed Jury for the 2026 VIC Architecture Awards.
Our jurors contribute unique and varied expertise to the system of peer review, ensuring that innovation and quality remain at the heart of our industry. We thank all jurors for their commitment to the profession and all those who have entered for one of our biggest years yet. Celebrating the very best in Australian Architecture, these awards honour the complexities of Australian design within the challenges of today.
VIEW JURY LIST
Chair of Juries
- Simon Knott
Commercial Architecture:
- Tobias Pond (Chair), Kerstin Thompson Architects
- Marianne Calvelo, Warren & Mahoney Architects
- Lance van Maanen, Kosloff Architecture
- Zoe Spooner (Graduate Juror), Architectus
Educational Architecture:
- Rowan Opat (Chair), Opat Architects
- Stephanie Reed Marshall, Bryant Alsop
- Sophie Davis, MGS Architects
- Liam Blanc (Graduate Juror), Billard Leece Partnership
Heritage:
- Tim O’Sullivan (Chair), multiplicity
- Christophe Loustau, Conservation Studio
- Yvonne Meng, Circle Studios Architects
- Domenica Wenban (Graduate Juror), Bryant Alsop Architects
Interior Architecture:
- Anne Clisby (Chair), Anne Clisby Architects
- Amber Stewart, ARM Architecture
- Richard Blight, Flack Studio
- Oscar Casper (Graduate Juror), Wood Marsh Architecture
Public Architecture:
- Hamish Lyon (Chair), NH Architecture
- Veryan Curnow, Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
- Andy Gentry, Woods Bagot
- Wen Zhu (Graduate Juror), Hayball
COLORBOND Award for Steel Architecture:
- Jean-Francois Laroche (Chair), Hayball
- Evie Blackman, Carter Studio
- Luna Gratton, Brand Architects
- Andrew Gregory (Graduate Juror), STH
Melbourne Prize:
- Aimee Goodwin (Chair), Project 12 Architecture
- Michael Roper, Architecture Architecture
- Marc Debney, Genton
- Dea Cepeda (Graduate Juror), Winter Architect
EmAGN Project Award:
- Steph Bullock (Chair), Chapter President
- Simon Knott, Chair of Juries
- Nicole Eadie, EmAGN Co-Chair
- Alex Daicos (Graduate Juror), DesignInc Melbourne
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions):
- Aaron Roberts (Chair), Edition Office
- Todd de Hoog, SSdH
- Sophie Nash, Nash Architects
- Simone Chait (Graduate Juror), Sibling Architecture
Residential Architecture – Houses New:
- Stefan Mee (Chair), Architectus
- Rachel Nolan, Kennedy Nolan
- Joseph Lovell, Lovell Burton Architecture
- Sammy Bailey (Graduate Juror), Architecture Architecture
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing:
- Clare Cousins (Chair), Clare Cousins Architects
- Julian Anderson, Bates Smart
- Briony Massie, Fieldwork
- Justin Yu (Graduate Juror), Field Work Projects
Small Project Architecture:
- Warwick Mihaly (Chair), Mihaly Slocombe
- Phuong Nguyen, HASSELL
- Zoe Diacolabrianos, WOWOWA
- Gerald Yi En Low (Graduate Juror), BKK Architects
Urban Design:
- Suzannah Waldron (Chair), Searle x Waldron
- Jefa Greenaway, Greenaway Architects (GA)
- David Morison, David Morison Design Strategy
- Marian Alphonso (Graduate Juror)
Regional Prize:
- Kim Irons (Chair), Stonehouse + Irons Architecture
- Lauren Trainor, Eastop Architects
- Justin Noxon, Draper Noxon
- Kean Sheng Khoo (Graduate Juror), Breathe Architecture
Sustainable Architecture:
- Shanica Saenrak Hall (Chair), Northrop
- James Loder, Wardle
- Emilio Fuscaldo, Nest Architects
- Dexter Xian Yang Wong (Graduate Juror), Finding Infinity
Bates Smart Award for Architecture in Media
- Prue Perry (Chair), Bates Smart
- Georgia Birks, Architecture Media
- Timothy Moore, Monash
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.
2026 Shortlist
Showcasing an incredible array of architectural talent and innovation from across VIC, the shortlist for 2025 VIC Architecture Awards has been unveiled.
Victoria’s most outstanding new architecture has been revealed in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2026 Victorian Architecture Awards Shortlist. Comprised of over 200 entrants, the shortlist represents the cutting edge in architectural innovation from the state’s sharpest design minds.
The shortlist for 2026 acts as a roadmap to the new building projects that are shaping Victoria’s contemporary built environment. The shortlist encapsulates design excellence, attracting hundreds of entrants across 15 categories from diverse practices and regions throughout the State. The Australian Institute of Architects is the country’s peak body for architecture, and the Victorian Architecture Awards are the state’s premier design prize.
Australian Institute of Architects 2026 Victorian Architecture Awards Jury Chair, Simon Knott, explained the jury’s shortlisting process and focus for this year’s Awards.
“Sustainability continues to be a priority focus within the industry, with targets and criteria becoming increasingly demanding. Sustainability is no longer a layer applied to a project — it’s woven into the design process from the brief phase, through to completion, and across every discipline and decision. The growing focus on embodied carbon has made adaptive re-use a genuine imperative within Architecture. Working with what already exists is, in many ways, the most responsible position we can take,” said Knott,
“Recognition of First Nations custodianship has also become a meaningful and necessary part of how Architects work. There’s a real range of approaches emerging — some practices are engaging directly with Indigenous practitioners to genuinely Design with Country, while others are finding quieter ways to acknowledge the depth of place that precedes our interventions. Either way, this is now a shift in thinking that is becoming widespread across the industry.”
“Public benefit and impact are shaping projects in major ways. Even where a project is ostensibly private, there’s a growing expectation to consider the broader effect a building has on its surroundings and community. Making projects more comfortable for all, such as designing for neurodivergence is an increasing design driver.”
“And then there’s the reality of cost. Rising austerity is forcing all of us to think harder about doing more with less — which, when approached thoughtfully, often produces better architecture. It also loops back, of course, to sustainability: restraint and resource efficiency are not separate conversations.”
Each year, the projects in the Victorian Architecture Awards shortlist are selected by an esteemed panel of industry experts and leaders. A comprehensive judging process by the jury determines the eventual winners of the Awards, which will be announced on the 19th of June.
Thank you to our event sponsors: Allegion, Alspec Aluminium, AWS Australia, Bate Smart, Blue Scope AUS, Colour Bond Steel, BLDG, City of Melbourne, Dulux, Heritage Council VIC, Interface ANZ, K Five Furniture, Lysaght Australia, McKay Timbers TAS, AW Nicholson PTY LTD, VIC Gov Architect, Siniat Australia and Uni Melb.
VIEW LIST HERE
Commercial Architecture
- Wesley Place Precinct | COX Architecture
- Woodlea Sales Hub | Craig Tan Architects
- 65 Dover Street, Cremorne | Fieldwork
- 500 Bourke Street | FK
- Norwich Plaza, Ballarat | FORUM Studio
- ACC Farran Hall at Trinity College, University of Melbourne | Hayball
- Cloud 9 | NMBW Architecture Studio + Sendit.Archi
- Yiaga | Wardle
- Younghusband | Woods Bagot
Educational Architecture
- Yarra Ranges Special Development School | Architecture architecture
- Emmanuel College Warnambool – Year 9 Learning Centre | Baldasso Cortese
- St Francis Xavier College Berwick GPFLA | Bellemo & Cat
- Port Phillip EcoCentre | Bourke and Bouteloup Architects
- Verrocchi Centre – Ruyton Girls’ School Performing Arts and Learning Resources Centre | Draper Noxon and Hayball in Association
- Braemar College Stage 2 + 3 | Hayball
- 24/7 Latelab | Kosloff Architecture
- Mordialloc Beach Primary School – Foundation Learning Centre | McIldowie Partners
- Peninsula Specialist College | Project 12 Architecture
- Rushworth P-12 College Technology Centre | Sibling Architecture
Heritage
- Sunbury Community Arts & Cultural Precinct | Architecture Associates with Openwork
- Maribyrnong Civic Precinct and Community Hub | DesignInc
- ACC Farran Hall at Trinity College, University of Melbourne | Hayball
- Balam Balam Place | Kennedy Nolan + Openwork + Finding Infinity
- Trades Hall Stage 3 | Lovell Chen
- 425 Collins Street | Lovell Chen
- This is Lumeah, featuring Paul Couch | Pepper & Well
- Palmerston Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects
- Younghusband | Woods Bagot
- Borland Crossman House | WOWOWA Architecture
Interior Architecture
- Sunbury Community Arts & Cultural Precinct | Architecture Associates with Openwork
- Log house | Elida De Felice Architect
- ACC Farran Hall at Trinity College, University of Melbourne | Hayball
- Murrup Barak | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
- House of Light | Jolson Architecture & Interiors
- William Street Chambers | Kennedy Nolan
- Balam Balam Place | Kennedy Nolan + Openwork + Finding Infinity
- 24/7 Latelab | Kosloff Architecture
- Wyndham Law Courts | Lyons
- Studio8 | Partners Hill
- Palmerston Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects
- Yiaga | Wardle
Public Architecture
- Sunbury Community Arts & Cultural Precinct | Architecture Associates with Openwork
- Peninsula University Hospital | Bates Smart and Architectus
- Port Phillip EcoCentre | Bourke and Bouteloup Architects
- New Footscray Hospital | COX Architecture and Billard Leece Partnership
- Pakenham Station | Genton
- Melbourne Metro Tunnel | Hassell, WW+P & RSHP
- Balam Balam Place | Kennedy Nolan + Openwork + Finding Infinity
- Wyndham Law Courts | Lyons
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)
- Terracotta House | Lande Architects
- Anglesea Beach House | Lovell Burton Architecture
- Gore St House | Olaver Architecture
- Studio8 | Partners Hill
- Northcote Residence V | Project 12 Architecture
- Palmerston Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects
- House Freddie | Studio Bright
- Crescent House | Studio Bright
- Fitzroy North House | Therefore
- Eleanor | Topology Studio
- Borland Crossman House | WOWOWA Architecture
Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
- Ora House | Archier
- Mount Macedon House | Ben Lance Architects
- Hislop Hill House | Clare Cousins Architects
- House in a Garden | EDITION OFFICE
- Bruce Street | MUIR Architecture
- A Courtyard House | Office MI—JI
- Bank Street House | Prior Barraclough
- Eyrie Residence | Schmölzer Architecture
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
- Northcote Townhouses | Birthisel Wittingslow Architects, Studio Esteta and Carr
- Neighbourhood | Breathe Architecture and Kerstin Thompson Architects
- Northumberland Road Community Housing | Caleb Smith Architect
- Brunswick Yard | Carr
- Journal Living Campus House | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
- HCA Belmont | Kennedy Nolan
- Nightingale Umarkoo Wayi | Kennedy Nolan
- Elizabeth Street, North Richmond – Big Housing Build | Kerstin Thompson Architects + Hayball
- 9 Wilson Ave | MA+Co
- Merri Northcote | Six Degrees Architects
- SDA Housing Project | Studio Bright
- Gore Street | Woods Bagot
- Shand Road | Ys Housing
Small Project Architecture
- Tender | Placement
- Theatre Works | Nelson and Koo
- Fitzroy Neighbourhood House | Kennedy Nolan
- Swift Walk Arcade | Lian Architects with Hayball
- Memorial Room | Jolson Architecture and Interiors
Urban Design
- Wesley Place Precinct | COX Architecture
- New Footscray Hospital | COX Architecture and Billard Leece Partnership
- Melbourne Metro Tunnel | Hassell, WW+P & RSHP
- Preston Crossing | Hayball
- St Kilda Pier Redevelopment | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects, Site Office Landscape Architecture and AW Maritime
- Balam Balam Place | Kennedy Nolan + Openwork + Finding Infinity
- Merri Northcote | Six Degrees Architects
Colourbond® Award for Steel Architecture
- Emmanuel College Warnambool – Year 9 Learning Centre | Baldasso Cortese
- Balam Balam Place | Kennedy Nolan + Openwork + Finding Infinity
- Summerhill Village | Tandem Design Studio
- Kerrimuir Primary School Gymnasium & Learning Centre | Studio Bright
- Shand Road | Ys Housing
The Dimity Reed Melbourne Prize
- New Footscray Hospital | COX Architecture and Billard Leece Partnership
- Melbourne Metro Tunnel | Hassell, WW+P & RSHP
- St Kilda Pier Redevelopment | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects, Site Office Landscape Architecture and AW Maritime
- Balam Balam Place | Kennedy Nolan + Openwork + Finding Infinity
- Wyndham Law Courts | Lyons
- Younghusband | Woods Bagot
EmAGN Project Award
- Sunbury Community Arts & Cultural Precinct | Architecture Associates with Openwork 6
- Swift Walk Arcade | Lian Architects with Hayball
- This is Lumeah, featuring Paul Couch | Pepper & Well
- Meeniyan Community Hub | Public Realm Lab
Regional Prize
- Bunjil Wellbeing Place | Billard Leece Partnership and Workshop Architecture
- Swan Hill Tourism and Cultural Experience Centre | Common ADR
- 12 Apostles and Poombeeyt Koontapool Lookouts | Denton Corker Marshall
- Bendigo Community Health Services – Eaglehawk Site. | EBD Architects
- Meeniyan Community Hub | Public Realm Lab
- Rushworth P-12 College Technology Centre | Sibling Architecture
Sustainable Architecture
- Union social housing | atelier wagner
- Port Phillip EcoCentre | Bourke and Bouteloup Architects
- Maribyrnong Civic Precinct and Community Hub | DesignInc
- Caulfield Grammar School, Senior School Teaching and Learning Building 01 | DesignInc Melbourne and 3XN
- Melbourne Metro Tunnel | Hassell, WW+P & RSHP
- Balam Balam Place | Kennedy Nolan + Openwork + Finding Infinity
- 24/7 Latelab | Kosloff Architecture
- Materia | Obsessive Architecture
- Younghusband | Woods Bagot
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