Architect of the Year Awards 2026
Competition Brief The Architect of the Year Awards 2026 is an international annual online recognition program organized by The Architecture…
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International Residential Architecture Awards 2026
Competition Brief The International Residential Architecture Awards 2026 (IRAA) is an annual online recognition program organized by The Architecture Community,…
Global Architecture Design Awards 2026
Competition Brief The Global Architecture Design Awards (GADA) is an international recognition program open to architects, interior designers, landscape architects,…
Underbridge #2 International Architecture Competition
Competition Brief The Underbridge #2 competition invites architects and designers to reimagine spaces beneath bridges. As cities grow, these overlooked…
Global Future Design Awards 2026
Competition Brief The Global Future Design Awards (GFD Awards) is an annual international recognition program organized by Architecture Press Release…
World Design Awards 2026
Competition Brief The World Design Awards 2026 is an annual open international architecture and design award programme organised by The…
VGA Villa Gioia Architecture Competition 2026
Competition Brief Villa Gioia is an international open architecture competition organized by Terraviva Competitions, an Italian private competition platform based…
French Design Awards 2026 Season 2
Competition Brief The French Design Awards is an international annual design competition organized by the International Awards Associate (IAA), a…
AR House 2026
Competition Brief The Architectural Review runs the AR House awards to recognise originality and excellence in the design of completed…
The House of Oil 2026
Competition Brief ICARCH invites architects and designers to submit conceptual proposals for “The House of Oil”, a temple-like structure dedicated…
Citadel of Wisdom Competition 2026
Competition Brief Citadel of Wisdom 2026 is an open international architecture competition organised by YAC (Young Architects Competitions), based in…
Architectural Concept Design Competition for the “House of Arts” Gallery in Palanga 2026
Competition Brief The Administration of the Palanga City Municipality has announced an open international architectural concept design competition for the…
Una Estación para el Valle: A Station for the Valley 2026
Competition Brief Una Estación para el Valle: A Station for the Valley 2026 is the eighth international student ideas competition…
European Collective Housing Award 2026
Competition Brief The European Collective Housing Award is an international biennial recognition programme co-founded by the Basque Country Architecture Institute…
Archifoto European Awards of Architectural Photography 2026
Competition Brief Archifoto 2026 is the European Awards of Architectural Photography, organised jointly by La Chambre (Strasbourg) and the European…
Cooling Pavilion for Hot Cities Competition 2026
Competition Brief The Cooling Pavilion for Hot Cities 2026 is an open international architecture competition organised by Archi Briefer, a…
UX Design Awards 2026
Competition Brief The UX Design Awards are about finding the user experiences in things like products, services and ideas. They…
Beautify Transportation Challenge 2026
Competition Brief The U.S. Department of Transportation has opened a design challenge encouraging fresh ideas to improve the visual appeal…
TAB 2026 Vision Competition: From Void to Value 2026
Competition Brief The Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2026 (TAB 2026) Vision Competition, titled “From Void to Value: Revisioning Tallinn’s Old Town”,…
Democratic Architecture – Architectural Democracy 2026
Competition Brief The Alliance for Architectural Modernity (Taiwan), commissioned by the National Taiwan Museum, is calling for international submissions for…
IE and JLL Design Wonder Award 2026-2027
Competition Brief The IE and JLL Design Wonder Award 2026-2027 is a fully funded scholarship programme for nine post-graduate students…
