2026 New Zealand Architecture Awards shortlist

3 August 2026

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Sixty-eight projects have been shortlisted for the 2026 New Zealand Architecture Awards, spanning housing, heritage, hospitality, commercial and public architecture across Aotearoa.

Commercial Architecture

90 Devonport Road by Warren and Mahoney
Air New Zealand – Hangar 4 by Studio Pacific Architecture
Horizon by SkyCity by Warren and Mahoney and Moller Architects in association
Mount Cardrona Station – Homestead by Leuschke Group Architects
Ōtepoti Building by Warren and Mahoney and Aukaha Pūtahi Teia by Falk Tapsell and Beca in association
The Chief Post Office Refurbishment by Cheshire Architects
Wynyard Quayside by Warren and Mahoney

Education

St Patrick’s Chapel, Dilworth School by Jasmax
Tāwhaki Nui-a-Hema / Motueka High School Maths and Horticulture Block by Arthouse Architects and Sheppard & Rout Architects
Toi Manawa by Patterson Associates

Gardener’s Rest by Megan Edwards Architects

Enduring Architecture

Gibbs House – Eastbourne (1998) by Gerald Parsonson Architect
The Point (2000) by Moller Architects
The Princess Margaret Hospital (1959) by Manson, Seward & Stanton

Heritage

Auckland Art Gallery Kia Whakahou, Kia Whakaora by Ignite Architects and DPA Architects in association
Ayrburn Precinct by SA Studio
Christchurch Boys’ High School Main Block Restoration & Refurbishment by Athfield Architects, Paul Cummack Conservation and Clare Kelly Heritage Architect in association
Diocesan School for Girls’ Chapel of Our Glorified Lord and St Barnabas’ Chapel by Salmond Reed Architects and Creative Arch in association
Gardener’s Rest by Megan Edwards Architects
Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui by Athfield Architects and Tihei in association
The Chief Post Office Refurbishment by Cheshire Architects and Salmond Reed Architects in association

Hospitality

Ayrburn Precinct by SA Studio
Bunker Bar by Studio John Irving
Huka Lodge Gym, Spa and Wellness by Christian Anderson Architects
Te Arai Links North Clubhouse by Cheshire Architects
The Loft and Kitchen Refurbishment – Craggy Range by RTA Studio

Courtyard House by Anna-Marie Chin Architects

Housing

Chamberlain Tower by EADA Architects
Courtyard House by Anna-Marie Chin Architects
Double Courtyard House by Roberts Gray Architects
Ember by Monk Mackenzie
Jack’s House by W3 and Cede in association
Orchard House by Fearon Hay Architects
Parenga House by Tennent Brown Architects
Rare Earth by Assembly Architects
Roseman Whare by Sunday Architects and Burgess Treep & Knight Architects in association
Sand Boxes by Herbst Maxcey Metropolitan Architects
Tahi House by Patterson Associates
Textured Bach by Nic Owen Architects
Two Sheds by RTA Studio

Housing – Alterations and Additions

Sergeant’s Cottage by Guy Tarrant Architects
Chapter Street by Warren and Mahoney
Dolly by Studio John Irving
Onetangi Pavilions by Lynda Simmons Architect and Sayes Jackson Architects
Red Threads by Pac Studio
Waka Huia by Pac Studio
Yansané McMillan House by Bonnifait + Associates Architects (Atelierworkshop)

Housing – Multi-unit

Aro Living Townhouse Development by architecture+
Our Whare Our Fale by First Light Studio and Central Pacific Collective in association
Exhibit by Monk Mackenzie
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church Stage 2 by Andrew Barrie Lab
Rongo Te Ata by Ashton Mitchell

Te Tumu – New Zealand International Convention Centre by Warren and Mahoney, Moller Architects and Woods Bagot in association

Interior Architecture

Beca House – Te Paeroa o Te Kawau by Warren and Mahoney
Precinct Flex – Pipiri Lane by Warren and Mahoney
Te Tumu – New Zealand International Convention Centre by Warren and Mahoney, Moller Architects and Woods Bagot in association
TRA by Jose Gutierrez

Planning and Urban Design

Dallington Bridge by Isthmus

Public Architecture

BNZ Theatre by Jasmax and Charcoalblue in association
Chapel of St Thérèse of Lisieux by Bull O’Sullivan Architecture
MTG – Hawke’s Bay Museum Research & Archives Centre by RTA Studio
Te Rua Archives New Zealand by Warren and Mahoney and Tihei in association
Te Tumu – New Zealand International Convention Centre by Warren and Mahoney, Moller Architects and Woods Bagot in association
The Court Theatre by Haworth Tompkins and Athfield Architects in association
Whakamaru by Three Line Studio

Small Project Architecture

Aluume Spa by Hyndman Taylor Architects
Kererū Corner by Shaw & Shaw Architects
Living House by RTA Studio
St Luke’s Hospitality Centre by Andrew Barrie Lab
Summerhill ’23 & ’24 by Andrew Barrie Lab, Gregory Mann and Billy Pengelly in association

The New Zealand Architecture Awards are presented annually by Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. Established in 1905, the membership-based professional organisation represents more than 90 percent of registered architects in Aotearoa and currently has more than 4,000 members.