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Introducing the 2026 WL Designers of the Year
Robert Ledingham Memorial Award 2026: Schédio Spaces
Industrial Designer of the Year 2026: Nolan Talbot-Kelly
Thousands of votes, eight standout projects: meet the designers and designs Western Living readers chose as this year’s favourites.
Dozens of standout projects: the Western Living People’s Choice Awards, presented by Thermador, hand the judging over to you.
One project from each of our 2026 Designers of the Year finalists was entered in its respective category, and readers cast their votes. You voted. We counted. Here are the 2026 winners.
Readers were drawn to this home, which reimagines the detached house as a private yet light-filled dwelling centred on a courtyard. Passive design strategies, durable timber construction and layered spatial connections help integrate nature into an otherwise urban infill home.
Read more about RUFproject, our 2026 Architectural Designer of the Year.
This multigenerational, off-grid family retreat brings together three modest cabins arranged around a central courtyard and connected by decks and pathways on a forested coastal site overlooking the Strait of Georgia, Desolation Sound and Hernando Island.
Read more about Studio Balcaen Kwan, our 2026 Arthur Erickson Memorial Award winner.
Soaring timber ceilings, a textured stone fireplace and moody natural materials in earth tones define this coastal family retreat, echoing the wild and remote Salt Spring Island landscape it inhabits.
Read more about HB Design, our 2026 Interior Designers of the Year.
An 855-square-foot live-work artist loft—the designer’s own—is transformed into an eclectic, layered home that softens its industrial character, including exposed brick and metal beams, with patterned textiles and vintage furniture.
See more of Quintessential Living’s Eclectic Loft.
This sculptural collection of nursery furniture is designed with longevity in mind, including convertible bassinets that can become toy boxes or bookcases after babyhood.
Explore Storkcraft’s Art of Nursery collection.
This modular wall system turns ordinary walls into customizable compositions of connected shelves and decorative tiles. Made from wood and metal, the colourful components can be rearranged into everything from floral bookshelves to large-scale feature walls.
See more of Nikki Alagha Design’s Pixi system.
This Riley Park home in Vancouver features a low-growing “woodland floor” front garden that pairs diverse foliage with limited hardscape: three locally quarried sandstone boulders, natural pavers and a neat line of rectilinear concrete leading to the front entrance.
See more of CYAN Horticulture’s West 22nd Avenue Project.
This handmade hooked rug uses geometric forms and layered colour to turn the visual language of mathematics and computation into a richly textured, functional work of art.
See more of Jamie Girouard’s hooked-rug work.
The editorial team at Western Living loves nothing more than a perfectly designed space, place or thing: and we’re here to tell you about it. Email us your pitches at [email protected].
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