30 projects have been shortlisted in the 2026 Wellington Architecture Awards.
The shortlisted projects were selected from entries in the awards programme of the Wellington Branch of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects.
The shortlist was compiled by a jury led by Amanda Bulman of Three Line Studio and rounded out by James Fenton (James Fenton Architect), Severin Soder (Architectus) and lay juror Haley Hooper (Studio MØN and Wellington City Council).
The winners will be announced on Thursday 11 June.
Commercial Architecture
• Te Aumihi, Marine Base by Makers of Architecture
• Te Puna by Studio Pacific Architecture and Tihei in association
• Wellington International Airport Fire Station – AFS by Designgroup Stapleton Elliott
Education
• Kenepuru Early Childcare Centre by Isthmus
• St Patrick's College - Resilient Renewal by Designgroup Stapleton Elliott
• Te Kura Matua o Wainuiomata - Wainuiomata High School Rebuild by S&T Architects
• Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Te Ao Mārama Campus, Porirua by APG Architects
Enduring Architecture
• Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History (2001) by Studio Pacific Architecture
• Gibbs House – Eastbourne (1998) by Gerald Parsonson Architects
• Pātaka Art + Museum (1998) by architecture+
Heritage
• Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui by Athfield Architects and Tihei in association
Housing
• H House by Parsonson Architects
• House Beside the Tōtaras by Edwards White Architects
• Island Bay Infill House by Lovell and O'Connell Architects
• Kāpiti House by Studio Pacific Architecture
• Kuratawhiti Street Dwelling by Silverwood Architects
• Parenga House by Tennent Brown Architects
Housing - Alterations and Additions
• Sergeant's Cottage by Guy Tarrant
• Totara Renovation by Patchwork Architecture
Housing – Multi-unit
• Aro Living townhouse development by architecture +
• Mahora Te Aroha by Novak+Middleton
• Our Whare Our Fale by First Light Studio and Central Pacific Collective in association
• The Bay by Novak+Middleton
• Waka Ama Street Housing by Studio Pacific Architecture
Interior Architecture
• Executive Wing – Level 3 Ministerial Suites by Studio Pacific Architecture
• Social Project Wellington CBD by Designgroup Stapleton Elliott
• Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui by Athfield Architects and Tihei in association
Public Architecture
• Southern Cross Wellington Hospital Redevelopment by Peddle Thorp
• Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui by Athfield Architects and Tihei in association
• Te Rua Archives New Zealand by Warren and Mahoney and Tihei in association
