A roundup of the 2026 Lysaght Inspirations Design Awards winners across every category, from Overall Winner Larnangurrak (Our Place) to the inaugural Resilient Building Design and Student awards, each realised in LYSAGHT® steel
The 2026 Lysaght Inspirations Design Awards celebrate the best of Australian architecture, with projects spanning the country and the full breadth of design from a corporate and community centre built on Country to an off-grid eco-tourism development airlifted into the desert. Across every category, the judges looked for design that is technically resolved and deeply connected to its place, climate and community, with LYSAGHT® steel helping shape each result.
This year also introduced a new category, the Resilient Building Design Award, recognising projects designed to endure and adapt in a changing climate.
"The 2026 field showed how far Australian design has come in putting place, culture and performance first. From a community centre shaped on Country to a student scheme resolved like a built project, these winners prove that steel can carry both meaning and rigour." - The 2026 judging panel
2026 winners at a glance
Overall Winner & Commercial & Industrial Design:
Larnangurrak (Our Place) by Y2 Architecture
Residential Design:
MacKenzie House by Designers of Space
Regional Design:
Blackheath Mountain Retreat by Matthew Dynon Architect
Resilient Building Design (inaugural):
Uluru-Kata Tjuta Signature Walk by Troppo Architects
Student Award:
Goodwood Green Community Hub by Sasha Rounsefell, Adelaide University
People's Choice Award:
To be announced
Overall Winner & Commercial & Industrial Design
Larnangurrak (Our Place) by Y2 Architecture
Designed with the Dja Dja Wurrung people in Golden Square, Victoria, Larnangurrak is a corporate and community centre whose folded, ochre form draws on rock formations important to Country. LYSAGHT LONGLINE 305® clads the walls and KLIP-LOK® covers the roof, letting the cladding carry both the cultural idea and the weather skin. Read the full story: URL to come
Residential Design
MacKenzie House by Designers of Space
In Chandler, Queensland, MacKenzie House takes the clean lines of a classic barn and brings them up to date, wrapped in LYSAGHT ENSEAM® from the ZENITH® range. Pre-finished cladding keeps maintenance low for an active, outdoor-loving family. Read the full story: URL to come
Regional Design
Blackheath Mountain Retreat by Matthew Dynon Architect
Built off-site in Sydney and trucked up the mountain, this modular family home steps down a steep Blue Mountains block under one continuous shell of LYSAGHT LONGLINE 305® in COLORBOND® steel, Monument Matt. Read the full story: URL to come
Resilient Building Design (inaugural winner)
Uluru-Kata Tjuta Signature Walk by Troppo Architects
The inaugural Resilient Building Design winner, this off-grid eco-tourism development was fabricated off site and lifted by helicopter onto Anangu Country, leaving the ground untouched. LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB® and KLIP-LOK® in a custom COLORBOND® steel Etna Red™ finish let the lodges settle into the red dunes. Read the full story: URL to come
Student Award
Goodwood Green Community Hub by Sasha Rounsefell, Adelaide University
A design concept for Goodwood, South Australia, Goodwood Green pairs a precinct shaped by Kaurna cultural values with a 40-apartment Passive House building clad in LYSAGHT LONGLINE 305®, reaching a 9.1 NatHERS rating. Read the full story: URL to come
People's Choice Award
The 2026 People's Choice Award winner will be announced shortly. Check back soon to see which project captured the public's vote.
The public voted the Signature Walk its favourite from the 2026 shortlist, with more than 1,000 votes cast. The People's Choice Award joins the project's inaugural Resilient Building Design Award, so the airlifted eco-lodges on Anangu Country have now been recognised by the judges and the public. Read the full story: URL to come
A standout year
Congratulations to everyone who entered the 2026 Lysaght Inspirations Design Awards. The calibre of this year's projects reflects the depth of talent across Australian architecture and design, and the many ways LYSAGHT® steel can help bring ambitious ideas to life. Stay tuned for more on the winners across our website and social channels.
Frequently Asked Questions
Larnangurrak (Our Place) by Y2 Architecture is the Overall Winner and Commercial & Industrial Design Winner. Designed with the Dja Dja Wurrung people in Golden Square, Victoria, the corporate and community centre uses LYSAGHT LONGLINE 305® wall cladding and KLIP-LOK® roofing.
MacKenzie House by Designers of Space in Chandler, Queensland, won the Residential Design Award. Blackheath Mountain Retreat by Matthew Dynon Architect in Blackheath, New South Wales, won the Regional Design Award. The projects feature LYSAGHT ENSEAM® and LONGLINE 305®, respectively.
The Resilient Building Design Award is new for 2026 and recognises projects designed to endure and adapt in a changing climate. Its inaugural winner is the Uluru-Kata Tjuta Signature Walk by Troppo Architects, an off-grid eco-tourism development on Anangu Country.
Adelaide University student Sasha Rounsefell won the Student Award for Goodwood Green Community Hub. The design concept proposes a precinct shaped by Kaurna cultural values and a 40-apartment building designed to Passive House principles, with LYSAGHT LONGLINE 305® cladding and a 9.1 NatHERS rating.
The People's Choice Award winner is still to be announced. This roundup will be updated once the result is confirmed, alongside links to the individual winner stories as they become available.
