AZURE Announces the 28 Winners of the 2026 AZ Awards

Collectively, the AZ Awards 2026 winners represent the state of architecture and design — and these projects, products, and concepts exemplify not only aesthetic prowess, but also a commitment to social and environmental responsibility

The results are in! On May 28, 2026, AZURE announced the AZ Awards 2026 winners at the AZ Awards Gala, which took place at the St. Lawrence Market North. Stellar architecture across Canada — including MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects’ Hilltop Cottage in New Brunswick, Daily tous les jours’ Human Perches in Quebec, and Lebel & Bouliane’s Durham Spine & Pain Institute in Ontario — stood out alongside equally groundbreaking works in Japan, China, Denmark, and the U.S. One firm, Copenhagen’s SLA, won for its lush landscape of Grønningen-Bispeparken in Copenhagen, as well as for its concept for reimagining (together with Arcadis) Toronto’s David Crombie Park. And the Toronto-based firm MJMA took a prize for leading an experiential wayfinding project in New Zealand: the Hiwa Recreation Centre.

Clearly, excellence knows no borders. Collectively, the AZ Awards 2026 winners represent the state of architecture and design — and these projects, products, and concepts exemplify not only aesthetic prowess, but also a commitment to social and environmental responsibility. Two phenomenal buildings — Michael Maltzan Architects’ 26 Point 2 Apartments in Long Beach, California, and mcCallumSather and Smart Density’s 1120 Ossington in Toronto — were recognized for bringing joy and a strong sense of identity to multi-unit structures for people transitioning out of homelessness. And many were the awardees elevating mass timber, both by utilizing the construction in novel applications and by bringing out new expressions in wood buildings. These include Montgomery Sisam’s Koffler Scientific Reserve and Moriyama Teshima’s Limberlost Place (both in Ontario) and the Three Roofs Timber Hall in Nagano, Japan, by OOTT.

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