Open to journalists reporting on events and issues within the world of architecture. Entries are also welcome from architectural critics that demonstrate the vital link between the art of architecture and society's understanding of it, providing a broader understanding of architecture as a significant force for change.

Requirements: Three pieces of work and supporting information should be submitted. These must have been completed in the twelve-month period up to 31 August 2026. To help with your submission, read the full entry details page which includes guidance on 'What the judges are looking for'.   

Open to journalists reporting on events and issues within construction and infrastructure. Entries for this category can consist of news and/or features in construction, infrastructure, utilities, civil engineering and transportation sectors.

Requirements: Three pieces of work and supporting information should be submitted. These must have been completed in the twelve-month period up to 31 August 2026.  To help with your submission, read the full entry details page which includes guidance on 'What the judges are looking for' .

Open to journalists reporting on events and issues within the residential property sector. This award recognises journalists writing about policy, land, design, reconstruction, sales/marketing and management issues.

Requirements: Three pieces of work and supporting information should be submitted. These must have been completed in the twelve-month period up to 31 August 2026. To help with your submission, read the full entry details page which includes guidance on 'What the judges are looking for' .

This award recognises excellent feature writing on any built environment topic. Entries for this category should be accompanied by an explanation of no more than 200 words per article outlining its relevance to current issues in the construction/property industry. This category also allows for a series of articles on the same subject.

Requirements: Three pieces of work and a supporting explanation should be submitted. These must have been completed in the twelve-month period up to 31 August 2026. To help with your submission, read the full entry details page which includes guidance on 'What the judges are looking for'.

This award recognises the brand that stands out as a beacon of excellence. The judges are looking for evidence of a complete understanding of the needs of the target audience, a strong commercial performance, outstanding editorial content and design, and constant innovation in responding to the changing dynamics of the brand’s market.

Requirements: To support this entry, the editor needs to provide material that showcases the breadth of work published in the twelve-month period up to 31 August 2026. Editors can select three distinct things that they want to highlight to the judges – these could be individual campaigns or topics, or whole editions of a magazine, or a combination of these. Articles submitted in this category can also be submitted in other categories. To help with your submission, read the full entry details page which includes guidance on 'What the judges are looking for'.

This award celebrates the achievements of new journalists. Journalists entering this category should have no more than two years’ journalism experience as of the year ending 31 August 2026 (verified by a letter from your editor). Entries should demonstrate good research, investigative style and bold subjects representative of the built environment across all the award categories.

Requirements: Three pieces of work and supporting information should be submitted. These must have been completed in the twelve-month period up to 31 August 2026.  To help with your submission, read the full entry details page which includes guidance on 'What the judges are looking for'. 

This award recognises the very best news writing on any built environment topic. Entries in this category should be accompanied by an explanation of no more than 200 words per article (600 words per entry) giving the background to the three articles submitted. For example, you may wish to explain that the story was an 'exclusive' or that the degree of research or teamwork required to produce the story was of particular merit.

Requirements: Three pieces of work and a supporting explanation should be submitted. These must have been completed in the twelve-month period up to 31 August 2026. To help with your submission, read the full entry details page which includes guidance on 'What the judges are looking for'.

Open to podcasts with the built environment at their heart, judges are looking for examples of informative and engaging podcasts that have set the agenda, disseminated fresh ideas and made an impact on their target audience.

Requirements: One podcast episode, with a supporting explanation on why the series should win to be submitted. It must have been aired at any time within the 12 months up to 31 August 2026. To help with your submission, read the full entry details page which includes guidance on 'What the judges are looking for'.

Open to journalists reporting on events and issues across the real estate sector, including commercial property, industrial, data centres, logistics, retail and mixed-use developments. Topics could include new projects, redevelopments, market trends, valuations, investment activity or the people shaping the sector. Entries should demonstrate original journalism that breaks news, provides insight or enhances audience understanding of real estate.

Requirements: Three pieces of work and supporting information should be submitted. These must have been completed in the twelve-month period up to 31 August 2026. To help with your submission, read the full entry details page which includes guidance on 'What the judges are looking for'.

This category rewards an outstanding piece of journalism that broke news with a big impact within the built environment sector. Consideration will be given to the relative significance of the story and the journalist's skill in obtaining the story and the information to support it. Stories can be broken on any platform and can be a straight news story or an investigative feature. Entrants should provide proof of the story's exclusivity in the form of speed to market compared with rival coverage.

Requirements: One piece of work and a document of supplementary information should be submitted. This piece of work must have been completed in the twelve-month period up to 31 August 2026. This piece can also be submitted for another awards category.  To help with your submission, read the full entry details page which includes guidance on 'What the judges are looking for'.