Vectorworks Reveals 2026 Creative Genius Award Winners

	The inaugural competition drew hundreds of submissions from around the world, each showcasing how designers use Vectorworks to transform vision into reality.

Vectorworks, Inc. announces the winners of the 2026 Creative Genius Awards, celebrating extraordinary innovation and technical excellence across architecture, interiors, landscape, and entertainment design disciplines.

The inaugural competition drew hundreds of submissions from around the world, each showcasing how designers use Vectorworks to transform vision into reality. In every category, one grand prize project earned the title of Creative Genius, and two additional projects were honored as Design Innovators.

A panel of Vectorworks executives, industry experts, and creative professionals evaluated entries on design quality, effective use of Vectorworks features, originality and innovation, presentation, and sustainability.

"The Vectorworks community continues to inspire us with their imagination and mastery," says director of customer experience, Tamsin Slatter. "Each Creative Genius Award winner exemplifies what's possible when technology meets vision -- pushing the limits of what can be drawn, documented, and delivered. Their work advances design in their own disciplines and sets a benchmark for how Vectorworks can be used to solve complex, real world challenges."

Of the greatest interest to LSA readers, the winner in the entertainment design category is Ibrahim Kandemir Design Studio, for the Istanbul Festival. Chosen for its visually striking, fully realized production and exceptional technical documentation, with cohesive integration of lighting, video, and staging, supported by a comprehensive suite of drawings and heat maps that exemplify best practices for large scale event design. Design Innovators are Stuart Allyn, of ADR Studios, for the Long Island High School for the Arts - theatre renovation, and Lorenzo de Pascalis, of Exstreme, for the Geolier Ippodrome 2025 Production Design.

In the architecture category, the Creative Genius is Habit Studio for Falkland Retrofit - Modeling the Past, Designing the Future: The Falkland EnerPHit Retrofit -- Recognized for its detailed model, reporting, and 3D visualization that enabled a deep energy retrofit while still honoring the building's history, craft, and design excellence.

The Design Innovators are Chris Burke, of AtLrg, for EV606, and Zeno da Ros for Le Torri del Parco: From Parametric Concept to Built Reality.

Other winners were cited in the categories of landscape and interior design.