Excellence in sacred architecture reflected across the 2026 Faith & Form International Awards for Religious Architecture & Art winners

Nonprofit Partners for Sacred Places has announced the winners of the 2026 Faith & Form International Awards for Religious Architecture & Art.

Founded in 1978, the program aims to honor excellence and innovation in architecture, design, and art for religious places. This year, 12 winners were chosen out of 75 entries from nine countries. The recognized projects include the creation, restoration, and re-use of religious buildings, landscapes, and artworks.

“This year’s entries represented a cross-section of place and spiritual connection and were significant for the remarkable solutions they offered their congregations,” said Joshua Zinder, AIA, chair of the award’s five-person jury. “From the smallest entryway to the reinvention of city-scaled interventions, the projects address critical issues of our time through adaptive reuse, historic restoration and thoughtful insertions that create new and transcendent spaces.”

Look below to see the winning projects.

Liturgical/Interior Design Award: Immaculate Conception Chapel at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
Voith & Mactavish Architects
Ambler, Pennsylvania

Religious Architecture/New Facilities Award: The Chapel of St. Ignatius and the Gayle and Tom Benson Jesuit Center
Trahan Architects
New Orleans, Louisiana

Religious Architecture/Renovation Honor Award: Saint James Cathedral Portico
Gerrick Office
Seattle, Washington

Religious Architecture/Renovation Award: Kol Rinah Synagogue
Patterhn Ives
St. Louis, Missouri

Religious Architecture/Renovation Award: North Shore Congregation Israel: Frank Memorial Hall and Rebecca K. Crown Social Hall
Eckenhoff Saunders
Glencoe, Illinois

Religious Architecture/Renovation Award: San Francisco Zen Center: Beginner’s Mind Temple
Studio Bondy Architecture
San Francisco, California

Religious Architecture/Renovation Award: Scotland AME Zion Church Antunovich Associates
Potomac, Maryland

Religious Architecture/Restoration Honor Award: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mesa Arizona Temple
GSBS Architects
Mesa, Arizona

Religious Architecture/Restoration Honor Award: San Esteban Parish Church
Chérrez y Cantera Arquitectos, Xavier Chérrez, and Raquel Cantera Arguedas, Navarre, Spain

Religious Architecture/Restoration Award: The First Church of Christ, Scientist
Finegold Alexander Architects + Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) Boston, Massachusetts

Sacred Landscape Honor Award: Ganen Gomado
Shoji Oshio + UAArchitects
Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan

Sacred Landscape Award: Marian Gardens at Christ Cathedral Domusstudio Architecture
Garden Grove, California