The winners of the 2017/2018 AfriSam-SAIA (South African Institute of Architects) Award for Sustainable Architecture + Innovation were announced on 26 October 2018 at an awards ceremony in Cape Town.

The awards were judged by Maryke Cronje, 2018 President of the South African Institute of Architecture (SAIA); Dr Sechaba Maape (sustainability architecture academic and architect); Philippa Tumubweinee (academic and co-founder of IZUBA INafrica Architects); Dr Emmanuel Nkambule (academic with particular interest in the social environment); AfriSam Raw Materials and Sustainability Manager, Niraksha Singh and Richard Stretton (founder of architecture and furniture design studio Koop Design).