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To celebrate the latest addition to this series, we offer the four volumes in a bundle!
Architecture Is Transformation celebrates the 2026 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture winners’ ability to welcome, embrace, and foster transformation in our built environment. Their work demonstrates how urban and rural infrastructures can be reimagined, how architectural materials can be adapted, and how immaterial aspects can be thoughtfully integrated into design strategies—making built environments more responsive to rapidly evolving social and ecological challenges.
2026 Global Award Laureates:
Ye Man (ZSYZ), Doan Thanh Ha (H&P Architects), Loreta Castro Reguera and José Pablo Ambrosi (Taller Capital), Amelia Tavella (Amelia Tavella Architects), and Andreas Kipar (LAND).
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Architecture Is Construction provides a compelling narrative on how architecture can foster a harmonious balance between built and natural environments by highlighting context-sensitive construction, zero-carbon strategies, and the reimagining of vernacular techniques, in projects by 2025 winners Marie Combette and Daniel Moreno Flores (La Cabina de la Curiosidad), Andrea Gebhard, Hoang Thuc Hao, Salima Naji, and Marie and Keith Zawistowski.
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Architecture Is Education highlights the impact of education in the field of architecture, illustrated by the groundbreaking work of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2024 winners Iyas Shahin and Wesam Al Asali (IWLab), Andrés Jaque, Klaus K. Loenhart, Ciro Pirondi, and Marina Tabassum. Focusing on four key areas—experimentation, dissemination, consultancy, and training—this publication demonstrates how architectural education is a vital force in addressing global sustainability challenges.
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Architecture Is Experimentation shines a spotlight on the intersection of architectural innovation and sustainable solutions through the lens of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture laureates: Ronald and Erik Rietveld, Benedetta Tagliabue, Simon Teyssou, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, and Xu Tiantian. This publication brings to the fore their pioneering efforts in merging community engagement, technological innovation, and deep respect for cultural and urban heritage to advance sustainable architectural practices.
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Global Award Winners 2007–2026
2026: Ye Man (ZSYZ), Doan Thanh Ha (H&P Architects), Loreta Castro Reguera & José Pablo Ambrosi (Taller Capital), Amelia Tavella (Amelia Tavella Architects), and Andreas Kipar (LAND)
2025: Marie Combette & Daniel Moreno Flores (La Cabina de la Curiosidad), Andrea Gebhard (m.g.k.), Hoang Thuc Hao (1+1>2), Salima Naji (Atelier Salima Naji), and Marie & Keith Zawistowski (onSITE)
2024: Iyas Shahin and Wesam Al Asali (IWLab), Damascus – Andrés Jaque, New York – Klaus K. Loenhart, Graz – Ciro Pirondi, São Paulo – Marina Tabassum, Dhaka
2023 : Benedetta Tagliabue, Barcelona – Xu Tiantian, Bejing – Simon Teyssou, Le Rouget-Pers – Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Copenhagen – RAAAF (Ronald Rietveld & Erik Rietveld), Amsterdam
2022: Martin Rauch, Schlins, Vorarlberg – Anupama Kundoo, Auroville, Berlin – Okan Bal & Ömer Selçuk Baz, Yalin Architectural Design, Istanbul – Dorte Mandrup, Copenhague – Gilles Clément, Crozant
2021: Teresa Moller, Santiago – Solano Benitez & Gloria Cabral, Asuncion – Severiano Porto, Manaus – José Cubilla, Asuncion – Richard Sennett, London
2019: Rozana Montiel, Mexico – Werner Sobek, ILEK, Stuttgart – Ersen Gürsel, Istanbul – Ammar Khammash, Amman – Jorge Lobos, EAHR, Copenhagen
2018: Boonserm Premthada, Bangkok Project Studio, Bangkok – Raumlabor, Berlin – Marta Maccaglia, Associacion Semillas, Pangoa – Nina Maritz, Nina Maritz, Windhoek – Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, Frédéric Druot, Paris
2017: Takaharu Tezuka + Yui Tezuka, Tokyo – Brian MacKay-Lyons & Talbot Sweetapple, Halifax – Assemble, London – Sonam Wangchuk, Leh, Ladakh – Paulo David, Funchal
2016: Patrice Doat, Grenoble – Derek van Heerden & Steve Kinsler, East Coast architects, Durban – Kengo Kuma, Tokyo – Gion Antoni Caminada, Vrin – Patama Roonrakwit, Case Studio, Bangkok
2015: Marco Casagrande, Helsinki – Santiago Cirugeda, Seville – Jan Gehl, Copenhagen – Juan Roman, Talca – Rotor, Brussels
2014: Christopher Alexander, Arundel – Tatiana Bilbao, Mexico – Adrian Geuze, West 8, Rotterdam – Bernd Gundermann, Auckland – Martin Rajnis, Prague
2013: José Paulo Dos Santos, Porto – Ted Flato & David Lake, Lake-Flato, San Antonio – Kevin Low, Kuala Lumpur – Marie Moignot & Xavier De Wil, MDW, Brussels – Al Borde, Quito
2012: Salma Samar Damluji, Beirut – Anne Feenstra, Kabul – Andreas Gjertsen & Yashar Hanstad, TYIN Tegnestue, Oslo – Philippe Madec, Paris – Suriya Umpansiriratana, Bangkok
2011: Shlomo Aronson, Jerusalem – Carmen Arrospide Poblete, Patronate MachuPicchu, Cuzco – Teddy Cruz, San Diego – Anna Heringer, Laufen – Vatnavinir, Reykjavik
2010: Steve Baer, Albuquerque – Phil Harris & Adrian Welke, Troppo, Darwin – Junya Ishigami, Tokyo – Giancarlo Mazzanti, Bogota – Snohetta, Oslo
2009: Patrick Bouchain Paris – Thomas Herzog, Munich – Bijoy Jain, Studio Mumbai, Mumbai – Francis Kéré, Berlin – Sami Rintala, Bodø
2008: Alejandro Aravena, Santiago – Fabrizio Carola, Naples – Andrew Freear, Rural Studio, Auburn – Philippe Samyn, Brussels – Carin Smuts, Cape Town
2007: Françoise-Hélène Jourda, Paris – Wang Shu & Lu Wenyu, Hangzhou – Hermann Kaufmann, Schwarzach – Stefan Behnisch, Stuttgart – Balkrishna Doshi, Ahmedabad