The Daylight Award 2026 , Zürich / Schweiz

 

VELUX Stiftung

Daylight Academy

Kirchgasse 42

8001 Zürich

Switzerland

 

The Daylight Award honours and supports research in the scientific understanding of daylight and its significance for health, wellbeing and a balanced ecosystem, as well as its experiential and mental value in architectural design. The intention is to underline the collaboration of disciplines that are usually considered as separate professional realms of expertise.

The Daylight Award strives to raise an integrated understanding of daylight in human life and the wider ecosystem, and to strengthen its positive impact.

 

The Daylight Award in Research is awarded to individuals or smaller groups of researchers or scientists, who have accomplished internationally recognized outstanding and forward-looking contributions in any relevant field of daylight research.

 

The Daylight Award in Architecture is awarded to a single architect or a group of practitioners, who have created distinguished architecture, urban environments or other environmental designs that showcase an outstanding, ground breaking and experientially meaningful use of daylight.

 

Each category laureate, whether an individual or a team, receives a prize of €100,000.

 

Deadline for nominations: 15 September 2025

Announcement of winners: May 2026