Honors and awards

Landry Design Group wins Home of the Year and more at the International Builders’ Awards

Los Angeles-based LDG—renowned for designing spectacular estates in California, Florida, and across the globe—honored by the building industry’s premier residential design awards program

NKBA announces 2026 Design Awards winners

The National Kitchen & Bath Association, owners of the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), kicked off KBIS on Monday, February 16, 2026, with the highly anticipated NKBA Design + Industry Awards gala at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida. The annual celebratory event brought together trailblazing designers, media and brand executives to recognize top kitchen and bath industry talent.

Broyhill Family Foundation Awards new grant to Future Designers Dummit 

Expanded funding boosts scholarship opportunities for annual student event in High Point

IFDA educational foundation announces design scholarships for 2026

LEWISVILLE, N.C., Jan. 30, 2026 — Applications will be accepted between March 1 and March…

KBIS 2026 expands categories to award excellence in booth design

Each year, KBIS is proud to honor the outstanding efforts that bring the show to life and create a vibrant, design-forward atmosphere for attendees. Now, these structural feats will be awarded in expanded categories divided by both square-footage and product type, and exhibitors will have a chance to describe key features, special elements, and standout innovations that set them apart.

Montpelier selects Studio Zewde as design partner for memorial project

he Montpelier Foundation (TMF) in collaboration with the Montpelier Descendants Committee (MDC) today announced the selection of Studio Zewde, a nationally celebrated and New York based landscape and urban design firm, to lead the design of Montpelier’s forthcoming Memorialization Project, a transformative initiative to honor the lives, labor, and legacies of the enslaved community who lived and worked at Montpelier.

WithIt celebrates  “Age of Aquarius – WOW Awards” at the Las Vegas Market

The 29th edition of the WOW Awards will be held during the Las Vegas Market, on Sunday, January 25, 2026 at ANDMORE’s World Market Center, Worldview-B16. The WOW Awards Gala will begin with networking and cocktails from 6-6:50pm, a 7pm gala dinner which is followed by the awards ceremony from 8-9pm.

Calvin Ma is the 2025 recipient of the ISFD Tom Conley Student Scholarship 

Ma, currently a graduate student at California Polytechnic State University in Pomona, CA, is also the recent winner of the ISFD John Conrad Student Pinnacle Awards for his modernly designed Elaine Chair.

World Architecture Festival 2025 winners announced

the three-day festival will see over 460 live pitches from the 2025 finalists in front of over 160 international judges. Today has seen shortlisted projects from around the world compete for 21 award categories within Completed Buildings, Future Projects, and Interiors. Award winners include OMA, Sordo Madaleno, Studio Arthur Casas and NIKKEN SEKKEI.

Sutton Tower in NYC wins International BLT Built Design Award

850-foot Landmark on Manhattan’s Waterfront Showcases New York Luxury on a Global Stage and Ranks Among Top-Selling New Developments of 2025