MAGIC™ Wins Two 2026 Architizer A+Product Awards and Earns Top 5 Finalist Recognition

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David Hurtado Aug 7, 2026

When a commercial ceiling needs to manage sound, carry lighting, introduce biophilic elements, and remain practical to coordinate and specify, the challenge is rarely one component in isolation. It is getting those elements to work together as one architectural system. We developed the MAGIC™ modular architectural system around that exact specification challenge, bringing acoustics, illumination, and greenery into a coordinated system for ceilings and walls.

This year, that approach received recognition across three categories in the 2026 Architizer A+Product Awards. MAGIC™ was named Jury Winner in Ceilings, Popular Choice Winner in Acoustics, and a Top 5 Finalist in Commercial Design. Together, the results give the MAGIC™ collection two category wins and a third finalist placement within one awards program.

We are especially grateful that the recognition came through two different paths. The Jury Winner distinction reflects professional jury selection, while the Popular Choice Winner title reflects public voting. Reaching the Top 5 in Commercial Design also places MAGIC™ within a category that looks beyond a single performance attribute and toward its role in commercial interiors.

Category	2026 Recognition	Recognition Path
Ceilings	Jury Winner	Jury-selected winner
Acoustics	Popular Choice Winner	Popular Choice vote
Commercial Design	Top 5 Finalist	Finalist shortlist

What Are the Architizer A+Product Awards?

The Architizer A+Product Awards recognize products and materials created for architectural and interior applications. Categories span building systems, finishes, fixtures, furnishings, acoustics, ceilings, and other areas that shape how commercial spaces are designed and built.

For us, recognition across Ceilings, Acoustics, and Commercial Design is particularly relevant because MAGIC™ was never conceived around a single decorative feature. The system addresses several requirements that designers often need to resolve simultaneously: acoustic control, lighting composition, visual identity, biophilic elements, modularity, and coordination between building trades.

What Makes MAGIC™ Technically and Visually Distinct

At the center of MAGIC™ is a simple design principle: sound, light, and nature can be treated as parts of the same architectural composition rather than separate layers added one after another.

The system is built around Soundcore® 60% recycled PET felt, with configurations capable of delivering acoustic performance up to 0.95 NRC. Lighting can be integrated within the same modular composition, while greenery introduces another layer of depth, texture, and biophilic design.

MAGIC™ Highlights

Acoustic performance: Configurations can achieve up to 0.95 NRC, helping control reflected sound in commercial interiors.
Integrated lighting: Lighting can support task, ambient, or accent requirements while remaining part of the ceiling composition.
Material efficiency: Soundcore® is made from PET with 60% recycled content and is fully recyclable.
Finish flexibility: A broad selection of solid colors and wood-grain finishes supports different palettes without changing the core acoustic material.
Fire performance: Felt and greenery options are available with ASTM E84 Class A performance.
Specification support: Material documentation and performance data help teams evaluate the system alongside project requirements.

Architectural Inspiration

A ceiling occupies one of the largest uninterrupted visual fields in many commercial interiors. Yet it is also where mechanical services, lighting, acoustic treatment, access requirements, structure, and suspension systems have to coexist.

MAGIC™ treats that overhead plane as a coordinated design opportunity. Modules can establish rhythm, create visual zones, soften large open areas, frame circulation, or introduce greenery without requiring each design element to become a separate visual system.

That coordination matters because strong commercial ceiling design is not simply about adding more features. It is about deciding which features should share a language, where performance needs to be concentrated, and where visual restraint is more appropriate.

From Concept to Space: Where MAGIC™ Thrives

Because the system combines multiple functions within modular configurations, we see it fitting a wide range of commercial environments:

Workplaces: Acoustic coverage and integrated lighting can help define open collaboration areas, shared spaces, and circulation zones.
Hospitality: Layered forms, illumination, and biophilic elements can create stronger ceiling identity in lounges, restaurants, reception areas, and gathering spaces.
Education: Acoustic treatment can support speech clarity while modular ceiling elements help organize multipurpose and collaborative settings.
Retail: Suspended compositions can establish zones, guide movement, and introduce visual hierarchy without relying entirely on floor-level elements.
Civic and public interiors: Large-volume spaces can benefit from acoustic absorption while maintaining a ceiling treatment with architectural presence.

The value of modularity becomes clearer as project requirements change. Designers can adjust composition, density, lighting, greenery, and acoustic coverage rather than treating the ceiling as one fixed assembly.

Acoustic Performance Meets Design Coordination

Acoustic ceiling systems work best when performance is considered early enough to influence layout rather than being added after the visual concept is already resolved. With MAGIC™, acoustic felt is part of the design vocabulary from the beginning.

The same applies to biophilic elements. Acoustic Greenery can contribute visual softness and natural texture, but foliage density, lighting position, acoustic coverage, suspension, and maintenance access still need to work together. Integrating those decisions helps reduce conflicts between what a ceiling should look like and what it has to do.

In practical specification terms, we look at several factors together: required acoustic coverage, fixture placement, module dimensions, mounting conditions, plenum constraints, access needs, fire performance, finish selection, and the visual density of greenery. No single metric determines the right configuration.

Why This Recognition Matters Beyond Awards

The three 2026 placements are meaningful because they recognize different aspects of the same system. A Jury Winner result in Ceilings speaks directly to the overhead architectural application. A Popular Choice win in Acoustics reinforces the importance of sound management within that design. The Commercial Design finalist placement reflects the system’s relevance within the larger interior environment.

This recognition also follows our 2025 A+Product Award recognition for Lanai, when that acoustic greenery ceiling system received the Popular Choice distinction in Acoustics. The continuity matters to us less as a count of awards than as evidence that acoustic performance and architectural expression increasingly belong in the same specification conversation.

What Specifiers Should Evaluate in an Integrated Ceiling System

Before selecting a configuration, we believe several project conditions deserve particular attention:

Acoustic requirement: Establish where absorption is needed and how much coverage supports the intended use of the space.
Lighting intent: Coordinate task, ambient, and accent lighting with module spacing rather than treating fixtures as an overlay.
Ceiling infrastructure: Review suspension points, services, plenum depth, access zones, and other overhead constraints early.
Material and code requirements: Confirm fire performance, material composition, environmental documentation, and other project-specific criteria.
Visual composition: Determine the appropriate balance of felt, illumination, greenery, color, scale, and repetition for the architecture.
Adaptability: Where standard configurations do not suit the design intent, custom solutions can address geometry, scale, pattern, and other project-specific conditions.

These decisions are most effective when they are coordinated rather than handed from one scope to the next. That is where an integrated system can reduce fragmentation without removing design flexibility.

Three Categories, One Coordinated Idea

Placed among the 2026 A+Product Awards winners, MAGIC™ received recognition in three areas that closely match the system’s purpose: ceilings, acoustics, and commercial design.

We see that combination as the most meaningful part of this year’s result. Acoustic performance does not have to look separate from the architecture. Lighting does not have to be treated as an afterthought. Biophilic elements do not have to compete with ceiling geometry. When those requirements are considered together, the ceiling can perform several jobs while still reading as one deliberate architectural element.

Designing More Into the Ceiling With Less Fragmentation

Two 2026 Architizer A+Product Award wins and a Top 5 finalist placement make this an important year for MAGIC™. More importantly, the categories themselves reinforce the thinking behind the collection: commercial ceilings are being asked to contribute to acoustics, illumination, visual identity, and connection to nature at the same time.

Our goal with MAGIC™ is to make those requirements easier to coordinate without reducing them to a single fixed aesthetic. For designers and specifiers, that means working with a modular system in which performance and expression can be considered together from the beginning.

FAQ

What is the MAGIC™ collection?

MAGIC™ is a modular architectural system that integrates acoustic PET felt, lighting, and biophilic elements into coordinated ceiling and wall compositions for commercial interiors.

What awards did MAGIC™ receive in 2026?

MAGIC™ was named Jury Winner in Ceilings and Popular Choice Winner in Acoustics in the 2026 Architizer A+Product Awards. It was also selected as a Top 5 Finalist in Commercial Design.

What acoustic performance can MAGIC™ provide?

Depending on the configuration, MAGIC™ can provide acoustic performance up to 0.95 NRC. Actual project performance depends on factors such as material thickness, coverage, spacing, mounting conditions, and the overall assembly.

Can lighting and greenery be adjusted independently?

Yes. The modular approach allows designers to vary acoustic elements, lighting, greenery, module density, and composition according to the space and performance requirements.

What should be coordinated early when specifying MAGIC™?

We recommend establishing acoustic targets, lighting intent, ceiling and plenum constraints, suspension conditions, access requirements, fire-performance criteria, finish selections, and greenery density early in the specification process.

Is MAGIC™ limited to ceiling applications?

No. MAGIC™ is designed as a modular architectural system for both ceilings and walls, although the appropriate configuration depends on the project’s design intent, mounting conditions, and performance requirements.

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