The 2026 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize goes to the Australia-based architecture firm Architectus for its work on the historic Africa Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Africa Hall was constructed partially using local stone, and it incorporates a triptych of stained-glass windows by the artist Afewerk Tekle (1932-2012). The award-winning conservation project on the building began in 2014 and took ten years and $57m to complete. This year’s World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize was chosen from a pool of 73 submissions from 28 countries around the world. This is the first time that an African project has won since the award was founded in 2008.

Source: Ethiopian News January 22, 2026 15:01 UTC