The winners of the 2026 INDE.Awards were announced on Thursday, 30 July, at a 10th anniversary gala held at 1 Hotel Melbourne, celebrating the outstanding projects, people, and products shaping architecture and design across the Indo-Pacific.

Prestige University by Sanjay Puri Architects took out both the Best of the Best and The Influencer categories, recognising the India-based practice’s work as the program’s standout entry of the year.

Australian projects dominated the building categories. The Sydney Fish Market by 3XN, in association with BVN and ASPECT Studios, won The Building.

Woods Bagot’s St Clare retirement living precinct in Kew took The Multi-Residential Building. Peninsula University Hospital by Bates Smart and Architectus won the Health & Wellbeing Space.

The Learning Space was jointly awarded to the Baaka Cultural and Art Centre by Kaunitz Yeung Architecture and The Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne by Wood Marsh. Alpine Lodge by Kim Kneipp Studio and Troppo Architects won The Interior Space, and Ronnoco Farm by Polly Harbison Design won The Living Space.

Internationally, The Work Space went to The Reserve by MonoLab Studio in collaboration with Freight Architects in Singapore.

The Retail Space was awarded to Sabari Jewels by Parinamah in India, and The Social Space to Soul Studio by Palinda Kannangara Architects in Sri Lanka.

In the object categories, The Object was jointly awarded to the Ark Cabinet by Adam & Arthur and the Pavilion Dining Chair by Jon Goulder, Designer & Maker — both Australian entries.

Four practitioners were named Luminaries: David Teh, Founder and Director of Pakatan Reka Arkitek in Malaysia; Kerstin Thompson, Director and Principal of Kerstin Thompson Architects in Australia; Sonali Rastogi and Manit Rastogi, Founding Partners of Morphogenesis in India; and Angelene Chan, Executive Chairman of DP Architects in Singapore.

The Prodigy was awarded to Smita Thomas of Multitude of Sins in India. The Graduate was won by Jordan Knight at Victoria University of Wellington in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

In photography, Martina Gemmola won The Photographer — Residential for Autumnal House, and Ong Chan Hao won The Photographer — Commercial for Calm Room in Singapore.

Winners received trophies crafted by r.a.g.e, a Melbourne hot glass studio led by glass artist Ruth Allen. Entries for the 2027 INDE.Awards open in December.

Main Image: 2026 INDE.Awards winners group picture / Indesign Media

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