2026 Awards

The St Albans Civic Society Awards 2026 will celebrate imaginative development and design initiatives which have been completed within the city in the previous two years – anything from an entire housing scheme to a beautifully restored archway. While many of the projects considered are architectural, and can involve restoration as well as new buildings, we have also previously given awards to green space refurbishment. To qualify, all nominated projects will need to have been completed by the end of 2025, which means that projects undertaken during 2024 and 2025 are eligible.

Our Awards cover anything that enhances the quality of our city’s amenities, environment or public realm – whether domestic or commercial, be it a striking new build or a skilled restoration project. Our special prize, the Trevelyan Award, is presented for a striking conservation project. We look for a wide range of nominations – this could be new development, large or small, a restored window on a period property, a rebuilt wall, even a small extension, anything that adds to the character of its surroundings and displays craftsmanship and creativity.

Nominations have now closed and the shortlist will be announced soon. The Awards presentation will take place on 13th October at the Abbey Theatre.

This year, St Albans Civic Society is delighted to be partnering with The St Albans Times to introduce our first-ever People’s Choice Award. This is in addition to the awards decided by the Civic Society’s judging panel. The Society’s judges will assess the nominees against the criteria for each award category, while the People’s Choice winner will be chosen by readers of the St Albans Times. For more information click here.

2024 Awards – the winners

The May 2024 awards presentation at the Abbey Theatre covered projects completed in the two and a half years to 31st August 2023. At the ceremony, shortlisted entries were showcased and the winners listed below were announced. You can see full details on our Awards 2024 page.