AN’s 2026 Best of Practice Awards is now open

The Architect’s Newspaper’s sixth annual Better of Apply Awards is open for submissions!

Operating an organization—from the group of labor circulation to the portfolio and influence of labor—is itself a design undertaking. Better of Apply celebrates this typically missed work to acknowledge the highest firms that form the constructed surroundings to be larger and higher.

To partake in Better of Apply is to affix the ranks of nationwide firms constructing the long run. Winners and finalists are shared on-line in addition to in print in Better of 2026, an end-of-year situation that may journey to conferences all through 2027.

Architects, structural engineers, sustainability consultants, historic preservationists, panorama architects, and different firms within the North American AEC trade are eligible to enter. The complete checklist of classes are:

Architects (Small, Medium, Massive, Further-Massive and New corporations)
Acoustic Guide/Engineer
Developer
Fabricator
Facade Guide
Normal Contractor
Graphic Design & Wayfinding
Historic Preservation
Inside Designer
Panorama Architect
Lighting Designer
MEP Engineer
Pictures Studio
Render & Visualization
Structural Engineer
Sustainability Guide
Know-how

Begin submissions now to reap the benefits of early chicken pricing—$245 per entry, down from $295. Rising corporations are additionally inspired to submit. AN provides discounted entry for corporations based throughout the final 5 years—$125 per entry throughout early chicken and $150 throughout common registration—with the code EMERGING.

Submissions are open by way of April 10, 2026 by midnight ET. Study extra in regards to the submission course of and particulars right here, and keep tuned for the upcoming 2026 jury announcement.