2026 Shortlist

Below you will find the full shortlist for the 2026 Build It Awards in association with The National Self Build & Renovation Centre. Congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist! This year’s winners will be announced at a special gala lunch on Friday 27th November – click here to book your tickets!

Best Architect or Designer for a Renovation Project 

• Detailed Planning – Leverton Street
• Pardini Hall Architecture – Belsize Park
• Paul Archer Design – Bendat House
• Weave Architects – House By The Park

Best Architect or Designer for an Extension Project 

• Cherry Architects – House on the Hill
• Detailed Planning – Wharfedale Gardens
• Model Projects – Period Property Transformation
• Offset Architects – Vine Avenue
• Paul Archer Design – Mount Park
• Rak Architecture – Allerford Potting Shed Extension
• V4 Architects – Grafton Gables
• Weave Architects – House by the Park
• William Green Architects – West Court

Best Architect or Designer for a Self Build Project 

• Allan Joyce Architects – Sable House
• AR Design Studio – Island Retreat
• Ercle Designs – Belle Vista
• Flint Architects – Hawthorn House
• Gregory Phillips Architects – Hertfordshire residence
• Joseph Bamber Design – Speckled Wood
• KAST Architects – Topsails
• LSL Architecture – Lawsons Farm
• Offset Architects – Melrose
• PJT Design – FUTUREbarn at Waterside

Best Brick Home – Sponsored by Approved Consultant Services

• Gregory Phillips Architects – Hertfordshire residence
• Fabric Design Group & Northcot Brick – Chapter
• Paul Archer Design – Queens Crescent

Best Cladding or Roofing Product

• Cedral by Etex – Cedral Facades
• Lifestiles – Ashbury Multi Handmade
• Roof Maker – Hinged Slimline Roof Lantern
• Roof Maker – Luxlite Plus

Best Custom Build Project 

• Oakwrights – Church View
• Pelham Structures – St Edmunds Lane
• Wellbank Park

Best Eco Home 

• Awen Design – Brook Lodge Farm
• KAST Architects – Wooden House
• MBC Timber Frame & Gresford Architects – Entrance Cottage
• R-Wall, KOST Architects & JPK Contractors – Chichester Close
• The School of Natural Building – Bield Eco Home
• SIPS@Clays and Kate Jackson Architects – Foxglove Walk
• WB Timber Innovations – Duck End Barn

Best Glazed Doors

• Kloeber – Aluminium KustomFold Door
• Lacuna of Denmark – Lacuna Primetime
• Norrsken – S319 Innova Inline Sliding Door
• The Residence Collection – Timber Alternative Entrance Door

Best Heating, Ventilation or Cooling System

• Airflow Developments – Adroit Comfort Cooling Solutions
• H D Services – Itchen Abbas and Avington Village Hall Installation
• NIBE Energy Systems – NIBE S2060
• Stiebel Eltron – LWZ 07.1 Premium HKL 230 Central
• The Unico System – Eco-friendly Year-Round Comfort

Best Home Technology Product or Installation

• Q Acoustics – Easyfit Speaker Series
• Shelly – PRO EM range
• Theben Automation – iON Prime room controller

Best ICF Home

• Ercle Designs – Belle Vista
• KAST Architects – Topsails
• R-Wall, KOST Architects & JPK Contractors – Chichester Close

Best Insulation Product

• Hemspan & WB Timber Innovations – Biohaus Building System
• Sisalwool – Sisalwool
• Spray Cork – ReveCork Projected Professional
• STEICO – STEICOprotect L dry

Best New Building Product

• Eco Tiffin – AirDrain
• Spray Cork – ReveCork Projected Professional
• Wienerberger & Anderwood Homes – Eco-brick
• Wooden Windows – Online Window & Door Builder

Best Oak Frame Home – Sponsored by Stovax & Gazco

• Green Oak Carpentry – Little Budbridge
• Oakmasters – Boxhill Caravans
• Oakwrights – Cherry Orchard

Best Plumbing or Drainage System

• Eco Tiffin – AirDrain
• H D Services – HD-SM Sewage Treatment System
• Rainwater Harvesting – Back up in a Box Direct Feed Rainwater Harvesting System

Best Self Build for Under £500k

• Awen Design – Brook Lodge Farm
• Citizen Architects – Old St Leonard’s Hall
• The School of Natural Building – Harehead Cottage

Best Self Build Mortgage Lender

• Bath Building Society
• Chorley Building Society
• Darlington Building Society
• Furness Building Society
• Hinckley & Rugby Building Society
• Mansfield Building Society
• Tipton & Coseley Building Society

Best SIPs Home

• Ecologic SIPs – Harland Road
• Glosford Timber Solutions – Vine Barn
• HebHomes – Dunlop Longhouse
• JML SIPs – Tombain Farm
• SIP Build UK – Beamish Passive House
• SIPs Eco Panels – Edinburgh family home
• SIPS@Clays – Middlefield
• SIPS@Clays & Kate Jackson Architects- Foxglove Walk

Best Staircase 

• Edge Bespoke – Helical feature stairs
• First Step Designs – Humfrey Lane
• Max-Stairs – Church House Staircase

Best Stove

• ACR Heat Products – Tempus
• Eurostove – Mendip Stoves’ Loxton Double Sided Stove
• Onyx – Avita

Best Timber Frame Home – Sponsored by The Unico System

• Elsworth Projects – Wren House
• Fiddes Architects – Number One, The Paddocks
• Fleming Homes – Westering, Lochcarron
• Frame Technologies – Robins Yard
• MBC Timber Frame & Gresford Architects – Entrance Cottage
• Pelham Structures – Berryview
• Scandia-Hus – Court Glebe

Best Turnkey Home

• Baufritz – House Willett
• HebHomes – Dunlop Longhouse
• Pelham Structures – Clarendon House
• Scandia-Hus – Blackhouse

Best Windows

• Norrsken – P31A Triple-Glazed Alu-Clad Timber Window
• Quickslide Windows & Doors – Legacy Premier uPVC Sash Window
• Roseview Windows – Ultimate Rose
• Victorian Sliders – ECOSlide

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