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ArchDaily invites you to the launch of the 6th edition of its Next Practices Awards. Taking place during Design Week Mexico, the event will explore how emerging practices are expanding architecture's capacity to act and produce change: from the tools and knowledge they work with to the social, environmental, cultural, and material realities they engage with.

Hosted at the iconic Design House in Mexico City, and in conjunction with Design Week Mexico and Cesantoni, the launch will feature a live conversation between three winners of the 2026 edition and two previous winners from Mexico, and will be moderated by ArchDaily.

ArchDaily is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Next Practices Awards, recognizing 20 emerging and forward-thinking practices expanding the possibilities of architecture today.

Now in its sixth edition, Next Practices continues to look beyond conventional definitions of the profession to identify the people, ideas, and methodologies driving the discipline. The 2026 edition is our strongest and most globally representative to date, bringing together different approaches, scales, and contexts that broaden our understanding of how and by whom architecture is being practiced.

From extreme climates to rural communities, informal cities, and territories affected by displacement and environmental vulnerability, this year's selection engages with a wide range of realities. Drawing from engineering, ecology, digital fabrication, material research, vernacular and Indigenous knowledge, advocacy, and critical research, these practices reflect what is "next": the capacity to respond to specific conditions and actively shape the world around them.