The ten best architectural books 2026

The Frankfurt Book Fair and Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) are presenting the jointly initiated international DAM Architectural Book Award for the eighteenth time.
The ten winners of 2026 are:

Magic Architecture – The Story of Human Housing, The MIT Press
Kho Liang Ie – designer + interior architect + networker, Jap Sam Books
Wir bauen Bildung! – 10 Jahre Bildungsbauoffensive München, JOVIS
Junior Architects – New Paradigms in Design Education, Park Books
Black Architect, Park Books
KUNST AM BAU – Zustände, Erhalt und Vermittlung, arnoldsche Art Publishers
Take On Add Away – A transformation of the Palais des Expositions Charleroi, Ruby Press
DEVADE – Architektura Prahy mezi přísností a diskotékou, The Prague Institute of Planning and Development (IPR Prague)
Kompendium 2009–2017 – Entwurf 1. Jahreskurs Professur Christian Kerez, Quart Verlag
Gabriele Basilico fotografa Aldo Rossi, Humboldt Books

The prize, unique in its kind and now highly regarded, honors the best architectural books of a year.
99 architectural and art book publishers from all over the world accepted the joint invitation to participate.

A jury made up of external experts and representatives of DAM met to select the year’s ten best architectural books from 248 entries. They based their decision on criteria such as design, content, quality of material and finishing, innovation, and topicality.

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