The Palladio Awards
We will be accepting entries for the 2027 Palladio Awards in late summer 2026.
Founded in 2002, the annual Palladio Awards honor outstanding achievement in traditional design. The Palladio Awards Ceremony celebrates both individual designers and design teams whose work enhances the beauty and humane qualities of the built environment. Through creative interpretation or adaptation of design principles, we honor techniques developed through 2,500 years of Western architectural tradition.
The Palladio Awards is produced by TRADITIONAL BUILDING and presented at the TRADITIONAL BUILDING CONFERENCE, the first and only national awards program for the traditional design of residential and commercial/institutional projects.
The 2025 Palladio Awards Ceremony took place June 10, during the Traditional Building Conference in Williamsburg, VA.
2026 Palladio Award Winners
Traditional Building magazine’s Palladio Awards, the premier national awards program recognizing excellence in traditional design, announced its 2026 winners across a diverse range of residential and commercial categories. The awards celebrate outstanding achievement in classical and traditional architecture, craftsmanship, and design.
This year’s winners represent the highest level of skill and creativity in the field, with projects spanning restoration and renovation, new construction, adaptive reuse, interior design, and craftsmanship. From historic preservation efforts to innovative new traditional designs, the winning projects demonstrate the enduring relevance and beauty of classical architecture in the modern built environment.
For more than 20 years, the Palladio Awards have recognized both individual designers and design teams whose work enhances the beauty and humane qualities of the built environment.
The winners will be featured in TRADITIONAL BUILDING’S July Palladio Awards issue. TRADITIONAL BUILDING is a national publication which serves architects, designers, builders, interior designers, craftspeople and building artisans who design and build classical buildings.
See Application and Entry Requirements for the Palladio Awards.
For inspiration on the types of projects we consider, see our previous winners.
The Raphael Awards recognizes the best in traditional architectural drawing and painting. The Raphael Award, named in honor of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbina (1483-1520), a leading painter of the Italian Renaissance who was a renowned draftsman as well. The award seeks to encourage the study of Classical and Neoclassical architecture through the practice of drawing by hand. Submissions for this annual awards program will be accepted starting in April of each year.