Previous winners
Formerly known as Women in Architecture, the W Awards celebrate exemplary work by women and non-binary people, and in the fields of gender and architecture. The work of all winners and finalists has been published in the pages of The Architectural Review since 2016 – visit the AR online shop to order back issues of the magazine.
2023 W Awards Winners
Find out more about the 2023 W Awards winners and shortlists here.
Viviana Pozzoli
Co-founder of Equipo de Arquitectura - Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture 2023
Kirsten Gabriëls Webb
Associate at Sergison Bates - MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice 2023
Kazuyo Sejima
Co-founder of SANAA - Jane Drew Prize for Architecture 2023
Phyllis Lambert
Founding Director Emeritus, Canadian Centre for Architecture - Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture 2023
2022 W Awards Winners
Swati Janu
Founder of Social Design Collaborative - Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture 2022
Fiona Monkman
of Islington Architects - MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice 2022
Farshid Moussavi
Jane Drew Prize for Architecture 2022
Mona Hatoum
Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture 2022
2021 W Awards Winners
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KATE MACINTOSH
Jane Drew Prize for Architecture 2021
LESLEY LOKKO
Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture 2021
ALICE BROWNFIELD
MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice 2021
ARIADNA ARTIGAS, ANNA CLEMENTE, EULÀLIA DAVÍ, CRISTINA GAMBOA, LAURA LLUCH AND NÚRIA VILA FROM LACOL
Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture 2021
2020 W Awards Winners
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FRANCESCA TORZO
Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture
TRACY MELLER
MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice
YASMEEN LARI
Jane Drew Prize for Architecture
BEATRIZ COLOMINA
Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture
2019 W Awards Winners
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XU TIANTIAN
Moira Gemmil Prize for Emerging Architecture
SHEILA O'DONNELL
Architect of the Year Prize
HELENE BINET
Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture
ELIZABETH DILLER
Jane Drew Prize for Architecture
2018 W Awards Winners
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SANDRA BARCLAY
Architect of the Year Prize
MADELON VRIESENDORP
Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture
AMANDA LEVETE
Jane Drew Prize
GLORIA CABRAL
Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture
2017 W Awards Winners
Rozana Montiel, Gabriela Carrillo, Denise Scott Brown and Rachel Whiteread
Find out more about the 2017 W Awards winners and finalists here.
2016 W Awards Winners
Gabriela Etchegaray, Jeanne Gang, Odile Decq and Julia Peyton-Jones
Find out more about the 2016 W Awards winners and finalists here.
2015 W Awards Winners
Tatiana von Preussen, Catherine Pease and Jessica Reynolds; Teresa Borsuk; Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara; Jane Priestman
2014 W Awards Winners
Julia King, Francine Houben and Kathryn Findlay
2013 W Awards Winners
Olga Felip, Alison Brooks and Eva Jiřičná
2012 W Awards Winners
Hannah Lawson; Michál Cohen and Cindy Walters; Zaha Hadid