The Architect’s Newspaper’s 6th annual Best of Practice Awards is open for submissions!
Running a company—from the organization of work flow to the portfolio and impact of work—is itself a design project. Best of Practice celebrates this often overlooked work to recognize the top companies that shape the built environment to be bigger and better.
To partake in Best of Practice is to join the ranks of national companies building the future. Winners and finalists are shared online as well as in print in Best of 2026, an end-of-year issue that will travel to conferences throughout 2027.
Architects, structural engineers, sustainability consultants, historic preservationists, landscape architects, and other companies in the North American AEC industry are eligible to enter. The full list of categories are:
- Architects (Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large and New firms)
- Acoustic Consultant/Engineer
- Developer
- Fabricator
- Facade Consultant
- General Contractor
- Graphic Design & Wayfinding
- Historic Preservation
- Interior Designer
- Landscape Architect
- Lighting Designer
- MEP Engineer
- Photography Studio
- Render & Visualization
- Structural Engineer
- Sustainability Consultant
- Technology
Start submissions now to take advantage of early bird pricing—$245 per entry, down from $295. Emerging firms are also encouraged to submit. AN offers discounted entry for firms founded within the last five years—$125 per entry during early bird and $150 during regular registration—with the code EMERGING.
Submissions are open through April 10, 2026 by midnight ET. Learn more about the submission process and details here, and stay tuned for the upcoming 2026 jury announcement.
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