Architecture Today Awards 2026 Finalists

Architecture Today’s Test of Time Awards represent a cultural shift away from celebrating newness and towards a focus on longevity. The Awards Committee has selected 36 projects across 11 categories, alongside five finalists for the Student Prize. The finalists will present their projects to the jury at the Live Finals on 9 September 2026.

Category: Education

Bath Schools of Art and Design

Bath Schools of Art and Design

Grimshaw
Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3EL
Completed 2019

The Goldsmiths Centre

The Goldsmiths Centre

Lyall Bills & Young (LBY) Architects
Clerkenwell, London EC1M 5AD
Completed 2011

West Court, Jesus College

West Court, Jesus College

Níall McLaughlin Architects
Jesus College, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, CB5 8BL
Completed 2017

Westminster Academy

Westminster Academy

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
255 Harrow Road, London, W2 5EZ
Completed 2007

Category: Healthcare

Belfast Health & Wellbeing Centres: The Arches

Belfast Health & Wellbeing Centres: The Arches

Penoyre & Prasad and TODD Architects
1 Westminster Avenue North, Belfast BT4 1NS
Completed 2004

Royal Trinity Hospice

Royal Trinity Hospice

TP Bennett
30 Clapham Common North Side, London SW4 0RN
Completed 2009

Carpe Diem Dementia Village

Carpe Diem Dementia Village

Nordic Office of Architecture
Dønskiveien 45, Sandvika, Norway
Completed 2020

Category: Hospitality, Sport & Leisure

Gardens by the Bay

Gardens by the Bay

WilkinsonEyre
18 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore 018953
Completed 2012

SEC Armadillo

SEC Armadillo

Foster + Partners
Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW
Completed 1997

The London Eye

The London Eye

Marks Barfield Architects
Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7PB
Completed 2000

Category: Individual House

Architect’s Own House and Studio at 129 Maze Hill

Architect’s Own House and Studio at 129 Maze Hill

Myles Dove, Myles & Deirdre Dove
129 Maze Hill, London SE3 7UB
Completed 1968

Eagle Rock House

Eagle Rock House

ritchie*studio
Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 2EA
Completed 1981

Orange Cottage

Orange Cottage

Project Orange
Prentice Street, Lavenham, Suffolk CO10 9RD
Completed 2006

Turn End

Turn End

Peter Aldington — submitted by John Pardey
Townside, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire HP17 8BG
Completed 1967

Category: International

Calgary Central Library

Calgary Central Library

Snøhetta — submitted by Calgary Municipal Land Corporation
800 3 Street SE, Calgary, AB T2G 2E7, Canada
Completed 2018

Polk County Science Building, Florida Southern College

Polk County Science Building, Florida Southern College

John McAslan + Partners
Lakeland, Florida 33803, United States
Completed 2001

The Glucksman

The Glucksman

O’Donnell + Tuomey
University College Cork, Cork T12 V1WH, Ireland
Completed 2004

Andermatt Concert Hall

Andermatt Concert Hall

Studio Seilern Architects
1 Bärengasse, Andermatt 6490, Switzerland
Completed 2019

Category: Landscape & Public Realm

Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain

Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain

Gustafson Porter + Bowman
West Carriage Drive, London W2 2UH
Completed 2004

Duke of York Square

Duke of York Square

Studio PDP
King’s Road, Chelsea, London SW3
Completed 2008

Greenford Quay

Greenford Quay

HTA Design
Tillermans Court, Grenan Square, Greenford UB6 0FP
Completed 2019

Gardens by the Bay

Gardens by the Bay

Grant Associates
Singapore, Southeast Asia
Completed 2012

Category: Mixed Use & Retail

15 Clerkenwell Close

15 Clerkenwell Close

GROUPWORK
15 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0AA
Completed 2017

Blue House Yard

Blue House Yard

Jan Kattein Architects
5 River Park Road, London N22 7TB
Completed 2017

Hawley Wharf

Hawley Wharf

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
45 Kentish Town Road, London NW1 8NX
Completed 2019

Category: Religion & Culture

Southwark Cathedral

Southwark Cathedral

Richard Griffiths Architects
London Bridge, London SE1 9DA
Completed 2001

The Holburne Museum

The Holburne Museum

Eric Parry Architects
Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2 4DB
Completed 2011

The Roundhouse

The Roundhouse

John McAslan + Partners
Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8EH
Completed 2006

The Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall

Allies and Morrison
Southbank, London SE1 8XX
Completed 2007

Eden Project

Eden Project

Grimshaw
Bodelva, Cornwall, PL24 2SG
Completed 2000

Category: Residential

Accordia

Accordia

FCBStudios with Grant Associates, Maccreanor Lavington and Alison Brooks Architects
Aberdeen Avenue, Cambridge CB2 8DZ
Completed 2008

Hanham Hall

Hanham Hall

HTA Design
Whittucks Road, Hanham, Bristol BS15 3FR
Completed 2013

Category: Transport & Infrastructure

Preston Bus Station

Preston Bus Station

John Puttick Associates
Tithebarn Street, Preston, Lancashire PR1 1YT
Completed 2018

Category: Workplace

Lloyd’s of London

Lloyd’s of London

RSHP
One Lime Street, London EC3M 7HA
Completed 1986

Turnmill

Turnmill

Piercy&Company
63 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5NP
Completed 2015

White Collar Factory

White Collar Factory

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
1 Old Street Yard, London EC1Y 8AF
Completed 2017

Category: Student Prize

Ephemeral Ground, Living Archive

Ephemeral Ground, Living Archive

Taokai Ma
Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL

Learning the Ropes

Learning the Ropes

Alžbeta Franeková
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University

Samudaya Beyond the Arches

Samudaya Beyond the Arches

Paige Hurst
De Montfort University

Site of Transmission

Site of Transmission

Thomas Massey
London School of Architecture

Theseus: A New Housing Typology

Theseus: A New Housing Typology

Joe Russell
Harvard University