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Celebrating the best of Aotearoa New Zealand architecture

 
 

2025 Southern Architecture Awards winners

Nineteen architectural projects have been deemed the very best in Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Local Awards for the Southern region this year, including community pools, a retail precinct in urban Dunedin, and nearly a dozen homes across Otago.
 
 

2025 Gisborne & Hawke's Bay Architecture Awards winners

Eight architectural projects across Hawke’s Bay have been deemed the very best in Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Local Awards this year, including a local high school, a food innovation hub, and a water treatment and storage facility.
 
 

2025 Western Architecture Awards winners

A total of 17 architectural projects across the Taranaki and Manawatū regions have been announced as winners at NZIA's 2025 Western Architecture Awards.
 
 

2025 Wellington Architecture Awards winners

Twenty-four architectural projects from across Wellington and the Kāpiti Coast have been deemed the very best in Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Local Awards this year, spanning a range of projects from world-leading sustainable buildings to Category 1 heritage restorations.
 
 

2025 Waikato & Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards winners

Twenty-six architectural projects across Waikato and the Bay of Plenty have been deemed the very best in Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Local Awards this year, spanning a range of projects from a modern waka storage building on the shore of Lake Rotorua to a new landmark bridge spanning the Waikato River in Hamilton.
 
 

2025 Nelson & Marlborough Architecture Awards winners

Six architectural projects across the upper South Island have been recognised this year in Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Local Awards, spanning a range of projects from coastal Marlborough to the West Coast.
 
 

2025 Canterbury Architecture Awards winners

Discover all 31 winners from Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects' 2025 Canterbury Architecture Awards.
 
 

2025 Auckland Architecture Awards winners

Thirty-six architectural projects across the Auckland region have been deemed the very best in Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Local Awards this year.
 
 

Entries are open for the F. Gordon Wilson Fellowship for Affordable Housing.

The research fellowship will be open to architects and design professionals from Aotearoa New Zealand who want to explore how architecture can help address one of today’s most pressing needs: housing.

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