With the final submission deadline approaching, the Archello Awards 2026 brings together its largest and most internationally diverse jury to date. This year, 111 architects and designers representing 29 countries across six continents will take part in evaluating entries, creating a jury that reflects the breadth of contemporary architectural practice today.
From major international offices to small independent studios, the Archello Awards jury members work across virtually every scale and typology, offering entrants the opportunity to have their work seen and assessed by an unusually broad group of peers.
The jury stretches across Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia. Among its members are Francine Houben of Mecanoo, Jette Cathrin Hopp of Snøhetta, Doriana Fuksas of Studio Fuksas, Will Plowman of Foster + Partners, Manit Rastogi of Morphogenesis, Emre Arolat of Emre Arolat Architecture, Fran Silvestre of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, Lissa So of Marvel, Robert Konieczny of KWK Promes, and Gabriel Ranieri of Studio Arthur Casas. They are joined by architects from a new generation of smaller and independent practices, including Mjölk, KWY.studio, WORC Studio, Bureau Fraai, THISS Studio, and many others.
A jury reflecting the breadth of global practice
That range is intentional. The Archello Awards span housing, cultural and public buildings, workplaces, education, healthcare, hospitality, mixed-use development, landscape, interiors, adaptive reuse, and smaller-scale interventions. The jury has been assembled to reflect that same diversity. Its members include architects working on major transport and urban infrastructure, specialists in hospitality and interior architecture, designers focused on housing and community projects, landscape architects, sustainability leaders, and practitioners whose work moves between architecture, art, research, and design. Just as importantly, the panel represents very different models of practice—from offices working globally with hundreds or thousands of employees to highly focused studios of only a few people.
Previous winners return as jurors
A defining characteristic of this year's jury is its connection to the awards themselves. More than half of the panel – 56 of the 111 jurors – represent practices associated with winning projects in previous editions of the Archello Awards. Their participation creates a direct continuity between work recognized in earlier years and the projects now entering the 2026 program.
Among them is Camila Ureña, co-founder of Mexico City-based WORC Studio, whose Casa Símera received the Jury Award for Interior of the Year in 2025. Japanese architect Tetsuo Yamaji also returns to the awards from a new perspective after Tetsuo Yamaji Architects received the 2025 Jury Award for Mixed Use Building of the Year for Ginza Wooden Box. Across the wider jury, previous winners from the 2023, 2024, and 2025 editions now sit alongside established international figures and first-time jurors to assess the next generation of projects.
For architects entering the awards, this breadth is intentional. A project is not being considered from a single geographic, stylistic, or professional viewpoint, but within a genuinely international conversation about what constitutes strong architecture today. Large projects compete alongside precisely executed smaller works; established offices share the platform with emerging practices; and architectural quality is considered across very different cultural, economic, environmental, and material contexts.
The final deadline to enter the Archello Awards 2026 is September 30, 2026. Architects and design practices around the world are invited to submit their strongest work and place it before a jury representing an exceptional cross-section of contemporary architectural practice.
Enter the Archello Awards 2026 before September 30 here !
