Building of the Year 2026

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The Award
The Process
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The Award
The Process
The Rules

At ArchDaily, we trust you to identify the buildings that—through their beauty, intelligence, creativity, or service to the community—represent the best architecture of the year. Once again, you’ve delivered. From thousands of entries, you narrowed the field to 5 finalists per category, and now, to 15 outstanding winners. From all of us at ArchDaily, thank you for being part of this journey—and here are your winners!

At ArchDaily, we trust you to identify the buildings that—through their beauty, intelligence, creativity, or service to the community—represent the best architecture of the year. Once again, you’ve delivered. From thousands of entries, you narrowed the field to 5 finalists per category, and now, to 15 outstanding winners. From all of us at ArchDaily, thank you for being part of this journey—and here are your winners!

At ArchDaily, we trust you to identify the buildings that—through their beauty, intelligence, creativity, or service to the community—represent the best architecture of the year. Once again, you’ve delivered. From thousands of entries, you narrowed the field to 5 finalists per category, and now, to 15 outstanding winners. From all of us at ArchDaily, thank you for being part of this journey—and here are your winners!

Building of the Year 2026 (Voting closed)

Trace of Land / ELSE

Building of the Year 2026 (Voting closed)

Trace of Land / ELSE

Award Category: Small Scale & Installations

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Installations & Structures

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Rocca Pietore, Italy

Architects: ELSE
Area: 100 m²
Year: 2025
Photographs:Gustav Willeit, ELSE, Elisa Cappellari

Category: Installations & Structures
Lead Architects: Zhifei Xu, Zimo Zhang
Construction Team: Zhifei Xu, Zimo Zhang, Qiannan Ruan
Clients: SMACH
City: Rocca Pietore
Country: Italy

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