2026 Glass Magazine Award Winners Announced

This year’s awards program recognizes the best projects, products, programs and personnel in the glass industry.

Two new award categories were introduced to the program this year. The new Legacy Leadership Award shines a light on individuals who make this industry so exemplary. Those nominated for this award are glass industry veterans whose work, leadership and expertise have helped to shape the glass industry. This year’s competition also included a new category: “Architect’s Choice.” A panel of judges, all architects, had the opportunity to select their superlative project from among 77 project nominations.

"From groundbreaking projects to the products, programs and people driving us forward, these honorees represent the very best of what makes this community superlative,” says National Glass Association president and CEO Lakisha A. Woods. “This year’s addition of two new categories is a great reminder that this industry is always growing, and that there are so many ways to recognize the people and work that make it exemplary. The Architects’ choice award demonstrates how critical glass is to the successful performance of the built environment. To all the winners: thank you for raising the bar and inspiring the rest of us. I can't wait to celebrate you at GlassBuild America!"

The competition’s eight winning projects and nine winning products, programs and personnel, will be featured in the August issue of Glass Magazine. Winners will also be recognized at a ceremony at GlassBuild America in Las Vegas, Sept. 23-25. Projects and personnel will be honored on Sept. 23 from 8:40 A.M. to 9 A.M. and products and programs will be honored on Sept. 24 from 8:40 A.M. to 9 A.M.

The 2026 Glass Magazine Award Winners are:

Winning Projects

Project of the Year and Best Feat of Engineering
Glasshouse Theatre | Brisbane, Australia
Nominating company: Kuraray

Project of the Year Runner-Up, Best Green Project and Architects’ Choice Winner
Shanghai Greenhouse Garden | Shanghai, China
Nominating company: Kuraray

Best Decorative Glass Application
Metro D Line Subway Extension | Los Angeles, California
Nominating company: Aragon Construction

Best Retrospective Project
Bob R. Brooks Jr. Justice Building | Little Rock, Arkansas
Nominating companies: Infor, Quaker Commercial Windows & Doors

Best Specialty Glazing Project
Grund Hall | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nominating company: Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope

Best Protective Glazing Project
Mobile International AL Airport | Mobile, Alabama
Nominating company: Innovation Glass LLC

Best Project Team
Heartland Whole Health Institute | Bentonville, Arkansas
Nominating company: Ace Glass

Best Glass Interior
270 Park Ave | New York, New York
Nominating companies: Lafayette Metal & Glass Company, Kuraray and New Hudson Facades

Winning personnel, program and products

Legacy Leadership Award
Oliver Stepe
Nominating company: YKK AP America Inc.

Best Internal Training Program
TIG University
Nominating company: Thompson Innovative Glass

Best Hardware Product or System
Aspire HD High Performance Insulating Glass Entrance System
Nominating company: FHC Frameless Hardware Company

Best Innovation for Installers
Hydraulic Series Shower Hinge
Nominating company: FHC Frameless Hardware Company

Best Innovation for the Factory
FeneVision Tracking — Web-Native Mobile App
Nominating company: Cyncly

R&D
ColorQuant Solar Design Technology
Nominating company: Glass Coatings & Concepts

Best Digital Tool
Glass Wall Designer
Nominating company: Smart Glazier Software

Best Framing System or Component
Series 3000XT
Nominating company: Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope

Best Glass or Glass Component
Pilkington SuperWhite
Nominating company: Pilkington North America

See all the winners