The Australian Institute of Architects has introduced the recipients of the 2026 Worldwide Chapter Structure Awards at a ceremony in Tasmania. Now of their eighteenth yr, the awards rejoice Australia’s contributions to the worldwide constructed surroundings. This system is, based on the Institute, the one one within the nation that honours distinctive buildings located abroad, designed by Australian architects (and Australian-trained worldwide college students).
Jury chair Justin Hill of MSIA commented, “2026 noticed a resurgence in each the variability and variety of entries.”
“Abroad members appear to have lastly come by means of the darkish interval we noticed throughout and after COVID-19, or at the very least their initiatives have, the place many had been delayed, cancelled, or re-cast,” stated Hill.
“However the architect’s journey in every introduced challenge this yr at all times concerned a celebrated and beguiling story, at all times wealthy in artistic expertise and creativeness. Every dealt adroitly with the distinctive calls for that include the better complexities concerned in abroad work.”
Hill was accompanied on the jury by Anuradha Chatterjee of RV College, Cecilia Bischeri of Griffith College, Nick Roberts of Roberts Grey Architects, and Noam Maitless of Maitless and Associates.
This yr’s jurors awarded the Worldwide Chapter Structure Medal – the primary time because the medal was created in 2022 – to the Santa Monica Vermont Residences in East Hollywood, Los Angeles, by Koning Eizenberg Structure.
An Institute communique famous, “The challenge is daring, responsive and restorative in a metropolis that has change into polarised in current a long time of city decline, and is a mannequin for inexpensive housing within the political context of Trump’s America.”
The winners are:
Worldwide Chapter Structure Medal
Santa Monica Vermont Residences – Koning Eizenberg Structure (East Hollywood)
Public Structure
Louise Cox Award
Australia Pavilion World Expo 2025 – Buchan (Osaka)
Award
Kai Tak Sports activities Park – Populous (Kai Tak)
Academic Structure
Named Award
Malibu Excessive Faculty – Koning Eizenberg Structure and NAC Structure (Malibu)
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Residential Structure – Homes (New)
Award
Hundested Home – Sanderson Bell and Einrum Arkitekter (Hundested)
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Residential Structure – Homes (Alterations and Additions)
Commendation
Casa-Museo Molinario Colombari – Lazzarini Pickering Architetti (Milan)
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Residential Structure – A number of Housing
Named Award
Santa Monica Vermont Residences – Koning Eizenberg Structure (East Hollywood)
Commendation
Cloud Island Luxelakes – Denton Corker Marshall (Tianfu New District)
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Business Structure
Peter Muller Award
Additional – MORQ (Pererenan)
Awards
Merdeka 118 – FK (Kuala Lumpur)
TDX Ice Manufacturing unit – NU Structure and Design (Cau Ong Lanh)
Commendation
The CLP Worldwide Headquarters Constructing – Inarc Design Hong Kong Restricted (Hong Kong)
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Inside Structure
Commendation
The CLP Worldwide Headquarters Constructing – Inarc Design Hong Kong Restricted (Hong Kong)
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City Design
Named Award
Guoco Midtown – Denton Corker Marshall (Singapore)
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Sustainable Structure
Named Award
Malibu Excessive Faculty – Koning Eizenberg Structure and NAC Structure (Malibu)
Awards
Hundested Home – Sanderson Bell and Einrum Arkitekter (Hundested)
Kai Tak Sports activities Park – Populous (Kai Tak)
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William J. Mitchell Prize
Robert Nation
Rising Architect Prize
Hayden Federico – Brewer Smith Brewer Group
