The 53rd Cycle of the WA Awards 10+5+X, organized by the World Architecture Community, has started the voting process to choose the top projects in the Architecture, and Student categories.

On Sunday, 1 March, at 08:00 am GMT +0, the voting process for the WA Awards 53rd Cycle commenced, and it will be closed on Sunday, 15 March 2026 (23:59 GMT +0).

We have once again received a diverse array of innovative projects submitted from 18 countries in the Architecture, Interior Design, and Student categories, spanning the globe. These countries are Turkey, India, Iran, Vietnam, China, the United States, South Korea, Mexico, Colombia, Morocco, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Italy, United Kingdom and Sweden. A great mix and global coverage, to say the least!

WA Honorary Members and previous cycles' WA Awards Winners will cast their Votes to name the first 10 winning projects in each category. The World Architecture Community Members will cast their Votes to name the next 5 winning projects. 

Start your Voting for the 53rd Cycle of WA Awards.

Eternity Residence by SONG Architects in Iran is competing to be the winner of WA Awards 53rd Cycle in the Architecture/Designed category. Image © SONG Architects

SONG Architects' Eternity Residence in Iran, ACE Architecture's Incek Villa Settlement in Turkey, Sonthai Architects Associates' Bavi Heritage in Vietnam, Sanjay Puri Architects' Stella and Cielo in India, Yagmur Bulun's Gatherfold in Turkey, Nassereddine Chaib's Camel Cave Visitors Center in Morocco, HUY DU Nguyễn's HCMC High-Rise Park in Vietnam are among projects competing to be the winner of the 53rd Cycle.

You are the jury now! Choose the best projects for the WA Awards 10+5+X 53rd Cycle

The first group of jury members is composed of WA Honorary Members and former winners of the WA Awards. They will choose the first 10 winning projects. The second group of jury members consists of World Architecture Community Members, who will select the remaining 5 winning projects through their votes.

The above-mentioned jury members may go ahead, and click here to Vote for their preferred projects by on Sunday, 15 March 2026 (23:59 GMT +0) and help choose the best projects of the 53rd WA Awards 10+5+X on the World Architecture Community.

Stella by Sanjay Puri Architects in India is competing to be the winner of WA Awards 53rd Cycle in the Architecture/Realised category. Image © Vinay Panjwani

In the WA Awards Submissions page, the submitted projects are listed under the Architecture page. Then submitted projects are divided into 3 sub-categories; Realised, Designed and Student in the Architecture page. 

WAC's Honorary Members are composed of an exclusive group of invited architects, acclaimed critics, academics and theoreticians, editors of architectural magazines, curators and other experts from architectural centers and other organizations.

Nikos Fintikakis, co-founder of SYNTHESIS AND RESEARCH, acclaimed Indonesian architect Budi Sukada, who is senior lecturer at the University of Tarumanagara, artist and teacher Ruth Jacobson, Alhadeff Architects founder Giancarlo Alhadeff, WAC Professional Member Sanjay Puri, the founder of Sanjay Puri Architects, Consultant & Culture advisor, author of DFID project research 2003 Jane Samuels, Prof. Dr. Şengül Öymen Gür, are among the WAC's Honorary Members.

Hefei Nanmen Primary School Yingzhou Campus by UDG-STUDIO WESTWOOD in China is competing to be the winner of WA Awards 53rd Cycle in the Architecture/Realised category. Image © Schran Photography

2 distinctive groups of WAC Members will Vote the submitted projects 

WA Awards' judging is based on 2 selection processes: WAC Members' Voting and WAC's Honorary Members and earlier WA Award Winners Voting.

The members mentioned above will see "the Vote" button defined for them after clicking on the World Architecture Awards 10+5+X Submissions page. Voting is realized by a mixture of WAC's Honorary Members and earlier WA Award Winners. Their Votes will determine the first 10 winning projects.  

The second judging is WAC Members' Voting, which is realized by the fellow community members of World Architecture Community. Their Votes will decide the next 5 awarded projects.

Voting criteria for the World Architecture Community Members

To Vote for the projects, a WAC member must have at least 1 uploaded project that was uploaded a minimum of 1 month ago on his/her page, and the project must have been opened to the public by being approved by the World Architecture Community. WAC's Members are composed of architects, interior designers, students, and academics. 

Both Voting processes take place simultaneously and will be completed by Sunday, 15 March 2026 (23:59 GMT +0).

HCMC High-Rise Park by HUY DU Nguyễn in Vietnam is competing to be the winner of WA Awards 53rd Cycle in the Architecture/Student category. Image © HUY DU Nguyễn

Now that you know everything, you may go ahead on the Voting Page for your preferred projects by on Sunday, 15 March 2026 (23:59 GMT +0), and help choose the best of the 53rd WA Awards 10+5+X on the World Architecture Community.

The World Architecture Community plans to announce the winners in the middle of March.

See all previous winners for WA Awards 10+5+X here.

WA Awards