2026 Winners

Celebrating the Winners of the 2026 Building and Architect of the Year Awards. We’re delighted to congratulate this year’s winners and finalists. The awards were presented at the Gala Ceremony on 23rd April 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry.

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Outstanding Contribution to Architecture

RECIPIENT

Jan van Dijk

van Dijk Architects

Building of the Year

WINNER

Ireland's First Net Zero Energy Supermarket

SDS Design Engineers & Lidl Ireland

Architectural Practice of the Year

WINNER

DMVF Architects

Rising Star in Architecture

WINNER

Barry Foote

Reddy A+U

FINALISTS

Eunan Deeney

Nest Architects

Barry Foote

Reddy A+U

Frank O'Kane

Studiorogers Architects

Building of the Year - Office

WINNER

The Shipping Office

Henry J Lyons

FINALISTS

Parnell Square

DMVF Architects

National Transport Authority Headquarters

eml Architects

The Shipping Office

Henry J Lyons

Smithstown Light Engineering

O'Neill O'Malley

Sysco Foods

O'Neill O'Malley

The Frame Dublin

Reddy A+U

Building of the Year - Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality

WINNER

Hazel Tree Lodge Bunclody

Stephen Carr Architects

FINALISTS

The Marcus Portrush

Consarc Design Group

Moxy Dublin Docklands

Davey and Smith Architects

The Haven Hotel

MDP+ Partners

Weston Airport Terminal

NBK Architects

The James Hotel

Roscar Ltd.

Hazel Tree Lodge Bunclody

Stephen Carr Architects

Building of the Year - Public

WINNER

Portlaoise Library

MCOH Architects

FINALISTS

Belfast Grand Central Station

John McAslan + Partners with RPP

Portlaoise Library

MCOH Architects

Killaloe Garda Station

Reddy A+U / Hugh Kelly Architects

Shankill Shared Women's Centre

TODD Architects

Meakstown Community Centre

Vision Contracting Limited

Building of the Year – Educational (Under 10M)

WINNER

Sacred Heart University Dingle Campus Redevelopment

MRG Consulting Engineers Ltd

FINALISTS

RCSI PBS Labs

MDO Architects

Alexandra College Dining Hall Extension

MOLA Architecture

Sacred Heart University Dingle Campus Redevelopment

MRG Consulting Engineers Ltd

Gaelscoil Eois National School, Clones

Oppermann Associates

Scoil Mhuire, Rockcorry

Oppermann Associates

Building of the Year – Educational (Over 10M)

WINNER

University of Limerick Students Centre

Cotter & Naessens Architects

FINALISTS

University of Limerick Students Centre

Cotter & Naessens Architects

Down High

McAdam Design

NRC Ballymena

McAdam Design

St Ronan’s College

McAdam Design

RCSI Dental Education Centre Sandyford

MDO Architects

UCD O'Connor Centre for Learning

RKD

Elmgrove Primary School, Belfast

TODD Architects

Building of the Year - Medical & Health

WINNER

University Hospital Limerick, Acute Inpatient Ward Block

OCMA / KJA Architects

FINALISTS

Barretstown Medical Centre

MDO Architects

University Hospital Limerick, Acute Inpatient Ward Block

OCMA / KJA Architects

Bon Secours Hospital Limerick

Reddy A+U + HOK (Design Architect)

Nenagh Primary Care Centre

van Dijk Architects

Building of the Year - Retail

WINNER

Keanes Jewellers Limerick

Healy Partners Architects

FINALISTS

Applegreen Dunshaughlin

Corgan

Keanes Jewellers Limerick

Healy Partners Architects

Ireland's First Net Zero Energy Supermarket

Lidl Ireland

Housing Project of the Year

WINNER

Bóithrín na Saoirse

desiun Architects

FINALISTS

Bóithrín na Saoirse

desiun Architects

No. 15

FKL architects

Claremont Howth

Henry J Lyons

St. James, Blackrock

Horan Rainsford Architects

The Ironworks, Dundrum

Reddy A+U

Railway Court, Dublin 1

Seán Harrington Architects & Circle VHA

Single House Building of the Year

WINNER

Irish Countryside Home in Cookstown

Des Ewing Architects

FINALISTS

Moat Lane

Brennan Furlong Architects

Ashleigh Beag

Crean Salley Architects

4 Walls 7 Gardens

Denis Byrne Architects

Irish Countryside Home in Cookstown

Des Ewing Architects

Gort Uí Ghaoithín

fuinneamh workshop architects

Brackenhill

Healy McKeown Architects

FEA House

Marshall McCann Architects

Mountjoy House

Nest Architects

House Extension Refurbishment

WINNER

On the Bay

Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects

FINALISTS

On the Bay

Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects

Botanic

Brennan Furlong Architects

Roseville Cottage

CWPA

Tigh Ghlas

DMVF Architects

Hillcrest

Healy McKeown Architects

Marsh Road

Ian Black Architect

Malone Deco House

Marshall McCann Architects

King's Road

Nest Architects

Rathfarnham Corner

Patrycja Rogala Architect

B House

praxis architecture

Building Refurbishment for a Single Building or Development

WINNER

Weston Airport Terminal

NBK Architects

FINALISTS

Dalkey Forge

ARGO Development Studio

The Marcus Portrush

Consarc Design Group

Parnell Square

DMVF Architects

Keanes Jewellers Limerick

Healy Partners Architects

Murphy's on Main Street, Ederney, Co Fermanagh

keys and monaghan architects

Sacred Heart University Dingle Campus Redevelopment

MRG Consulting Engineers Ltd

Weston Airport Terminal

NBK Architects

Eastpoint P2

Reddy A+U

Conservation Award for a Single Building or Development

WINNER

Parnell Square

DMVF Architects

FINALISTS

Dalkey Forge

ARGO Development Studio

The Marcus Portrush

Consarc Design Group

Parnell Square

DMVF Architects

Tigh Ghlas

DMVF Architects

Church of The Holy Family

John Halligan Architects

Murphy's on Main Street, Ederney, Co Fermanagh

keys and monaghan architects

Sacred Heart University Dingle Campus Redevelopment

MRG Consulting Engineers Ltd

Elmgrove Primary School, Belfast

TODD Architects

Sustainability Award for a Single Building or Development

WINNER

Vantage Business Park

Gottstein Architects

FINALISTS

Vantage Business Park

Gottstein Architects

New Gate Arts & Culture Centre

McGurk Architects

Roddy McCorley Heritage Centre

McGurk Architects

Mountpark Grange Castle West

Tsl Projects

Social Impact Award

WINNER

Clon Road & An tÁrd Housing Developments, Ennis, Co. Clare

Hassett Leyden Flynn Limited

FINALISTS

The Gasyard, Derry

Gravity Architects

Clon Road & An tÁrd Housing Developments, Ennis, Co. Clare

Hassett Leyden Flynn Limited

Murphy's on Main Street, Ederney, Co Fermanagh

keys and monaghan architects

NRC Ballymena

McAdam Design

The Factory Building (Google)

MDP+ Partners

Aoibhneas Women’s Refuge, North Dublin

Reddy A+U

Ross Street Mews

Studiorogers Architects

Meakstown Community Centre

Vision Contracting Limited

Building of the Year – Net Zero/Passive House

WINNER

Ireland's First Net Zero Energy Supermarket

Lidl Ireland

FINALISTS

Moville Passive House

Newtownstewart Mc Kinney/Birney & Co Architecture

Ireland's First Net Zero Energy Supermarket

Lidl Ireland

Building of the Year – International

WINNER

Ireland's Pavilion at Expo 2025, Osaka

Office of Public Works

FINALISTS

Art Barn, Secret Bay

ARGO Development Studio

Saint James School of Medicine

ARGO Development Studio

Villa Anasa

ARGO Development Studio

Ireland's Pavilion at Expo 2025, Osaka

Office of Public Works

Building of the Year - Industrial

WINNER

Rosslare EuroPort Terminal 7

Office of Public Works (Design) and Reddy A+U (Delivery)

FINALISTS

Bausch + Lomb Area 10 Expansion

Diarmuid Reil Architects

Vantage Business Park

Gottstein Architects

Rosslare EuroPort Terminal 7

Office of Public Works (Design) and Reddy A+U (Delivery)

Affordable/Inclusive Housing Project of the Year

WINNER

Ross Street Mews

Studiorogers Architects

FINALISTS

Clon Road Housing Scheme, Ennis, Co. Clare

Hassett Leyden Flynn Limited

Ross Street Mews

Studiorogers Architects

Crokers Hill Social Housing

van Dijk Architects

Design Concept Award

WINNER

Scotch House

ACT

FINALISTS

Scotch House

ACT

The Irish Emigration Museum

Geoffrey Whelan Architects