This year’s finalists for the National Architecture awards’ sustainability category include a compact Canberra housing development and the largest commercial use of hempcrete in the country. Architecture ‘holds a mirror up to who we are as a society — what we value, what we’re willing to invest in, what we want to leave behind,’ says Adam Haddow, the chair of the jury for the awards. ‘The architects on this list … [have] designed buildings built to last, not just physically, but in the way they’ll continue to serve people long after the ribbon is cut.’
Australia’s best sustainable architecture for 2026 – in pictures
This year’s finalists for the National Architecture awards’ sustainability category include a compact Canberra housing development and the largest commercial use of hempcrete in the country. Architecture ‘holds a mirror...
Younghusband by Woods Bagot, Melbourne
Yitpi Yartapuultiku by Ashley Halliday Architects, Port Adelaide
Port Phillip EcoCentre, Bourke and Bouteloup Architects, Melbourne
North Wright Compact Housing, Trella Architecture and Interiors, Canberra
The Forest, Woods Bagot, Hobart
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