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2026 Studio Award Winners

July 22, 2026

We are pleased to announce the Texas Society of Architects’ 2026 Studio Award winners. Jurors Rod Kruse, FAIA, of Iowa State University College of Design and BNIM in Des Moines, IA; Jimenez Lai of UCLA Architecture and Urban Design and Bureau Spectacular in Los Angelos; Zeinab Maghdouri of Reed Hilderbrand in Cambridge, MA; and Jenny Sabin, AIA, of Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and Jenny Sabin Studio in Ithaca, NY, reviewed 79 entries and awarded nine projects.

The winning designs will be featured in the upcoming Awards issue of Texas Architect magazine. Thanks to everyone who entered, and congratulations to all the honorees!



An Incomplete Catalog of Suburban Alternatives

Gail Borden, FAIA, Borden Parternship
image by Borden Partnership 

Flow

Jennifer Luna, Elizabeth Ramos, Fernando Mata, Nancy Gonzalez

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design, University of Houston

image by Jennifer Luna, Elizabeth Ramos, Fernando Mata, Nancy Gonzalez 


HOUSTON-VARIATIONS

HOME-OFFICE
image by HOME-OFFICE  

Interim City: Recreate, Record, Recover

UltraBarrio
image by UltraBarrio 

Oak Keeper Acorn Granary

TATA Design Workshop
image by TATA Design Workshop 

Pompidou At Home

Grace Andrews and Madeline Ju

Rice School of Architecture, Rice University

image by Grace Andrews and Madeline Ju 


Tactful Tangibles: Near Northside Adaptive Reuse

Samantha Garza 

Rice School of Architecture, Rice University

image by Samantha Garza 


The In-Between House

Ezequiel Alvarenga & Benjamin Mendoza 

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design, University of Houston

image by Ezequiel Alvarenga & Benjamin Mendoza 


Veiled Porch: A Cloud-like Civic Microclimate

Tucker de Vazquez Architecture
image by Tucker de Vazquez Architecture 

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