July 3, 2026 — 5:00amAn architect-designed outdoor dunny on a secluded hill in NSW bush is nothing like those of the past, when a page ripped from a tatty phone book served as toilet paper. Nor does the new $836 million Sydney Fish Market resemble the old pongy shops or the sheds that inspired its architects.But these winners of the 2026 NSW Architecture awards announced on Thursday night were, like other awarded homes and projects, “distinctly Australian”, said the chair of juries Bill Tsakalos.They responded to our climate, landscape, culture and materials with confidence and originality, he said.Magenta Outhouse, the winner of the Robert Woodward Award for Small Project Architecture by Atelier Marks Gaal.Alex BruntonThe top award winners ranged from Magenta Outhouse – an open air toilet, tub and shower made from recycled materials on the tightest of budgets by young architects Atelier Marks Gael -- to city-shaping projects including Sydney Fish Market, the updated Central Station, and the northern cycleway to the Harbour Bridge.When it came to new homes and alterations and additions, winners turned narrow and awkward-shaped blocks on cliffs, in the middle of the city and near railway lines into award-winning homes, often managing to squeeze a garden oasis in the middle.Cowrie Hole house in Newcastle. Curious Practice won the highest award for new homes, the Wilkinson.