The 19 winners of the architecture public vote for Dezeen Awards 2026 have been revealed, with projects by Blight Rayner Architecture, Foster + Partners and Schemata Architects voted as readers’ favourites.
French studio Collectif Encore‘s transformation of a former industrial warehouse into an open civic infrastructure won the majority vote in each of its two competing categories.
Tehran-based studio ZAV Architects also won twice, with readers selecting two of the practice’s projects to win in their respective categories.
Dezeen Awards 2026 public vote winners revealed this week
Dezeen Awards 2026, in partnership with Trimble, will reveal all public vote winners this week. The interiors winners will be published tomorrow, followed by the design winners on Wednesday.
Readers were invited to choose their favourite projects out of the 392-strong shortlist in this year’s vote.
The vote took place between 28 September and 16 October, spanning shortlists in each of Dezeen Awards’ three main category sectors. This year’s architecture category sponsors include Michelmersh and Sanderson.
All winning architecture projects are listed below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the Dezeen Awards website, where you can find an image and more information about the project.
The public vote is separate from the main judging process, in which entries are assessed by our panel of industry-leading judges. The overall winners of this year’s programme will be announced at the Dezeen Awards 2026 party on 16 November at the Royal Opera House in London.
Read on to see the list of this year’s public vote winners for the architecture categories:
Architecture public vote winners:
- House (urban) of the year 2026. House 144º, Barcelona, Spain, by Jaime Prous Architects and Pineda & Monedero
- House (rural) of the year 2026. Casa Plaj, Lourinhã, Portugal, by Extrastudio
- Housing project of the year 2026. La Querola, Ordino, Andorra, by Ribas & Ribas Arquitectos
- House renovation of the year 2026. Fisherman’s House in Cadaques, Cadaqués, Spain, by Bea Portabella Arquitectura
- House extension of the year 2026. Golmorad, Tehran, Iran, by ZAV Architects
- Civic project of the year 2026. New Government Quarter, Oslo, Norway, by Nordic Office of Architecture and Haptic Architects
- Cultural project of the year 2026. Glasshouse Theatre, Brisbane, Australia, by Blight Rayner Architecture
- Workplace project (small) of the year 2026. Uchida Shōten New Head Office, Fujisawa, Japan, by Schemata Architects
- Workplace project (large) of the year 2026. Florentia Village, London, United Kingdom, by Turner Works
- Leisure and wellness project of the year 2026. Sanctum, Bezdonys, Lithuania, by Arches
Architecture public vote winners, continued:
- Education project of the year 2026. Prestige University, Indore, India, by Sanjay Puri Architects
- Heritage project of the year 2026. Pantheon Micro-Architectures for Archaeology, Rome, Italy, by STARTT
- Hospitality project of the year 2026. Perma, Serifos Island, Greece, by Mold Architects
- Infrastructure and transport project of the year 2026. Techo International Airport, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, by Foster + Partners
- Small project of the year 2026. Ring of Bjólfur, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, by Arkibygg Arkitektar
- Mixed-use project of the year 2026. La Friche d’Oloron-Sainte-Marie, d’Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France, by Collectif Encore
- Landscape and urban design project of the year 2026. Olive Leaf, Minoudasht, Iran, by ZAV Architects
- Sustainable building of the year 2026. Rammed Earth House, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, by Tuckey Design Studio
- Sustainable renovation of the year 2026. La Friche d’Oloron Sainte-Marie, d’Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France, by Collectif Encore
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