AHO WORKS AWARDS is an award ceremony celebrating diploma projects that have excelled at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO). The awards are presented every semester.
The examiners from the diploma reviews, who also assess whether students have passed, nominate the candidates for the awards. A jury, together with the sponsors, then evaluates the nominated projects. The very best projects in each category receive an award at a formal ceremony and celebration.
Below is an overview of all the awards and winners this spring.
Architecture
Excellence in Professionalism
- Sponsor: Arkitektbedriftene
- Winners: Malin Sem og Julia Stenstadvold
- Project: Coastal practices - The Oslofjord - Alternative scenario: a wastewater treatment plant at Langøya
Prize for Innovation in Use of Steel
- Sponsor: Norwegian Steel Association
- Winner: Marius Soløst
- Project: Material Grounds: A Case Study of Verdalsøra
Excellence in Use of Timber
- Sponsor: Treindustrien
- Winner: Bine Bergan
- Project: Railway Stations on the Move
Excellence in the Use of Concrete
- Sponsor: Betong Norge
- Winners: Øyvind Martin Von Hanno Bast Lie
- Project: Svalastoga pavillion: An act of reproduction
OBOS Prize for Excellence in Residential Architecture
- Sponsor: OBOS
- Winners: Hedda Sofie Helgesen
- Project: Sveisehall 1 - Inhabiting industrial spaces
Statsbygg Prize- finalist
- Sponsor: Statsbygg
- Winner is announced in the spring 2026
- Finalist: Vilde Malmberg Gimming og Johannes Andersen Krogh
- Project: Claiming Svalbard - A Speculative Fabulation on Architecture and Theory
- Finalist: Severin Kokaas Winther
- Project: Handle With Care - Atriet Barnehage