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Meet this year's finalists shaping the future of Western Canadian design.
Today’s the day: meet the finalists for the 2026 Western Living Designers of the Year Awards.
Now in its 19th year, our annual competition celebrates the architects, interior designers, landscape designers, furniture designers, industrial designers and makers shaping Western Canadian design. This year’s finalists were announced live at Thermador in Vancouver on June 17.
The category winners will be featured in the September issue of Western Living and online at westernliving.ca. We’ll also celebrate them at our annual Designers of the Year Awards event on September 10, 2026, at Inform in Vancouver.
Every finalist is also automatically entered in the 2026 Western Living People’s Choice Awards, presented by Thermador. Voting opens now (until July 9th at 11:59 p.m. PT), giving you the chance to choose the standout project in each category.
The People’s Choice winners will be announced live on stage at the Designers of the Year Awards event on September 10. We’ll also present this year’s Icons Award, honouring a leader whose mentorship and influence have helped shape Western Canada’s design community.
And now, the part you came for. Here are the 2026 finalists.
Frits de Vries Architects + Associates JWT Architecture and Planning Lamoureux Architect Inc. Little Giant Architecture & Interiors Measured Architecture RUFproject Scott Posno Design Secter Architecture+Design
DAE Design Architecture Everyday Inc. Daria Sheina Studio Greenway Studio Architecture Majida Devani – BBLOC Noble. Architecture + Interiors Sanders Green Architecture Studio Balcaen Kwan Architecture and Design Sumer Singh Studio Architecture Inc. Twobytwo Architecture Studio
Covet Interiors Jenalee Nordstrom – Schédio Spaces Jessica Bremner Design Louis Duncan-He Moor Interior Design NAKO Design Quintessential Living SHIFT Interiors Smiddy Stegman Studio Felix
Grant Macpherson Design Hinterland Design Justin L. Segal Kerfwork Ko Júbilo Matthew Thornhill Wayne Halabourda
Grant Macpherson Design Nikki Alagha Design Nolan Talbot-Kelly Taddei Studios
Alykhan Velji Designs Amanda Hamilton Interior Design Falken Reynolds Interiors Frits de Vries Architects + Associates HB Design Nyla Free Designs Inc. project 22 design inc PURE Design Inc. SmithErickson Designs Inc. Sophie Burke Design Studio Roslyn
Andrew van Egmond Dave Demers, CYAN Horticulture Maria Galdon & Co. Landscape Architecture (MG&Co.)
AdrianMartinus Anna Lin EVStenroos Jamie Girouard Meg Hübert Ceramics Onida Garner Scandinavia Wolf The Sonja Picard Collection Zadel Jewellery Studio
Congratulations to all of our 2026 Western Living Designers of the Year Awards finalists.
Curious who has taken home a Designers of the Year title in the past? Browse the winners by year or explore past winners by category.
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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