Bricolage named the winner of the Architect’s Journal Small Projects Award 2026.

Castlands Road has been named the winner of the AJ Small Projects 2026!

Our self-build home in Catford, south-east London, was awarded the AJ’s ‘best in low-cost design’ prize at a ceremony held on Thursday evening (30 April) at the University of Liverpool School of Architecture, in the new extension designed by O'Donnell + Tuomey.

Our project was selected as the standout among 20 shortlisted projects, from 170 entries, with construction costs of up to £399,000. The decision followed a full day of live judging and was announced to an audience of 300 people.

Judges commented that the project, a family home for the practice’s director, tackled the national housing crisis and set out a model for ‘addressing bigger issues about how a family could afford a house in London, creating a framework for doing so’.

Read more: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/aj-small-projects-2026-winners-revealed