SAPA Awards

SAPA Awards: Showcasing Bold Design, Innovation & Sustainability

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The SAPA Awards is a competition that focuses on recognising and promoting the achievements of skilled professionals. These awards reward your most beautiful recent achievements based on architectural design, technical expertise, innovation and sustainability.

The competition is divided into seven categories, for which you can submit your achievement(s). You cannot register for the ‘Sustainability’ category: every project is eligible for this award.

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SAPA Awards Residential - Individual Living
The SAPA Award Residential – Individual Living celebrate outstanding architecture in detached residential homes where aluminium solutions are integrated in an innovative and aesthetic way. The award emphasizes sustainability, comfort, and architectural refinement in standalone housing projects.
SAPA Award Residential - Collective Living
The SAPA Award Residential - Collective Living celebrate leading residential projects where collective living is enhanced through innovative aluminium architectural solutions. The award recognizes projects that promote sustainability, quality of life, and a strong sense of community within shared living environments.
SAPA Award Public, Study & Leisure
The SAPA Awards - Public, Study & Leisure celebrate inspiring buildings in the public, educational and leisure sectors where aluminium is used in a smart and aesthetic way. The award recognizes projects that excel in functionality, sustainability, and architectural expression within a social context.

SAPA Award Work & Mixed use
The SAPA Awards - Work & Mixed Use celebrate forward-thinking projects where workspaces and multifunctional areas are seamlessly integrated with aluminium systems. The award highlights innovation, flexibility, and sustainability in buildings that blend working, living, and social interaction.
SAPA Award Health & Care
The SAPA Awards – Health & Care celebrate architectural projects in the healthcare sector where aluminium contributes thoughtfully and aesthetically to healing and functional environments. The award focuses on sustainability, comfort, and user-friendliness in hospitals, care facilities, and other health-related buildings.
SAPA Award Imagine beyond limits
The SAPA Award: Imagine Beyond Limits is a prestigious prize that celebrates creativity, sustainability, and innovation in architecture. It challenges architects and designers to push boundaries with aluminium solutions that are both functional and visionary.

SAPA Award Sustainability
You cannot submit projects for this category. This award is presented by the jury to the project that stands out in the selection in terms of sustainability. The combination of building materials used, the architectural concept, the residential concept and, of course, the use of Hydro CIRCAL for the exterior joinery are the criteria that the jury will take into account.

SAPA Awards 2026 registrations

Pre-registration starts on Monday 1th of September 2025. Prepare your projets in three steps: Complete the questionary - Get the signed permissions of the project owner and architect - Provide min. 5 high-resolution pictures with signed authorisation of the photographer that these pictures can be used by Hydro Building Systems.

Please note that only one winner will be selected per category and each participant is only eligible for one award in this edition. So don't wait too long, gather all the necessary information and send your files as complete as possible by email to sapa-awards@hydro.com.

The deadline for submitting applications is 1 April 2026.