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AIA Seattle Honor Awards 2026
AIA Seattle's live Honor Awards event at Town Hall Seattle, where a jury of Billie Tsien, Omar Gandhi and Z Smith presents its verdict on 116 submissions
Location: Town Hall Seattle, 8th Avenue, Seattle
Date: 9 November 2026, from 5.30pm
The AIA Seattle Honor Awards is the chapter’s annual design awards programme, presented as a live event where the jury discusses the work in front of an audience. The 2026 event is on Monday 9 November at Town Hall Seattle on 8th Avenue, with doors and bars opening at 5.30pm and the programme running from 7pm to 9pm. It draws architects, designers and clients from across the Puget Sound region.
This year’s jury is Billie Tsien of Studio Tsien in New York, Omar Gandhi of Omar Gandhi Architects in Toronto and Z Smith of EskewDumezRipple in New Orleans, moderated by Seattle design journalist Lauren Gallow. They reviewed all 116 submissions across the Built, Conceptual and Research and Innovation categories. Tickets are $60 general admission, $25 for students and $10 for the livestream, and must be bought online in advance.
For Seattle architects, the Honor Awards is less a gala than a public crit, with an out-of-town jury explaining what it saw in the region’s work. It is the clearest annual read on where Seattle practice stands in national company.
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