ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

THE ARCHITECT’S
STAIR

Submission panel is closed

Closing date for project submission
14 July 2025
SUBMISSION PANEL IS CLOSED

23:59 (LONDON TIME)

Announcement of the winners
16 September 2025

Did you miss the competition registration deadline? Don’t worry—there are plenty of other exciting architecture competitions you can still join!

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Celebrating your unbuilt architecture visions with a €100,000 prize

PRIZE FUND

100,000 €

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

11 September 2025

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International architecture ideas competition. Open to all.

10 edition MICROHOME
Design a new small-scale home concept in the 10th edition of MICROHOME — 100,000 € prize + construction
PRIZE FUND

100,000 €

+ potential to be realised

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

25 September 2025

International
architecture competition

URBAN SCULPTURE CHALLENGE

Transforming public spaces through art while celebrating heritage and inspiring the future.

TOTAL PRIZE

50,000 €

ELIGIBILITY

Open to all

Registration deadline

24 July 2025

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Open architecture competitions

  • Closest deadline first
  • Project competitions first
    Selected winning projects have the potential to be constructed
  • Ideas competitions
    Experimental competitions with the focus on pushing the boundaries of creativity
Mujassam Watan 
Urban Sculpture Challenge

Design iconic urban sculptures for the prestigious Mujassam Watan competition and compete for 50,000 €

50,000 € PRIZE project COMPETITION
Prize 50,000 € + Potential realisation
Eligibility Open to all
Final registration deadline 24 July 2025
Re:Form - 
New Life 
for Old Spaces

Choose a site—used, abandoned, or forgotten—anywhere in the world, and give it a new purpose

ideas COMPETITION
Prize Monetary award
Eligibility Open to all
Final registration deadline 24 July 2025
Howard 
Waterfall Retreat

Design a house near an iconic waterfall in the USA

project COMPETITION
Prize Monetary award
Eligibility Open to all
Final registration deadline 24 July 2025
Denver Affordable Housing Challenge

AIA (American Institute of Architects) invites you to design affordable housing in Denver

Affordable Housing Series 19th Edition ideas COMPETITION
Prize Monetary award
Eligibility Open to all
Final registration deadline 18 September 2025

Recurring architecture competitions

The Architect’s 
Stair

Take a step and make a statement!

Take a step and make a statement! Edition #2 ideas COMPETITION
Prize Monetary award
Eligibility Open to all
Final registration deadline 24 July 2025
new
Kinderspace

Design a kindergarten of tomorrow

Architecture for Children’s Development #3 ideas COMPETITION
Prize Monetary award
Eligibility Open to all
Early bird registration deadline 24 July 2025
The Last 
Nuclear Bomb Memorial

Design a memorial that speaks to the cause of ending all nuclear weapons programs

Edition #6 ideas COMPETITION SILENT CONTEST For this competition, NO DESCRIPTION TEXT is allowed. The architecture ideas must be communicated strictly with visuals.
Prize Monetary award
Eligibility Open to all
Advance registration deadline 10 September 2025
Buildner's Unbuilt Award 2025

Celebrating your unbuilt architecture visions with a €100,000 prize

100,000€ Prize / 2025 ideas COMPETITION
Prize 100,000 €
Eligibility Open to all
Advance registration deadline 11 September 2025
Concrete 
Pavilion

Design a concrete pavilion

Edition #3 ideas COMPETITION
Prize Monetary award
Eligibility Open to all
Advance registration deadline 17 September 2025
The Architect's 
Chair

Take a seat and make a statement!

Take a seat and make a statement! Edition #4 ideas COMPETITION
Prize Monetary award
Eligibility Open to all
Final registration deadline 18 September 2025
Museum of 
Emotions

Use architecture to create different emotional states

Edition #7 ideas COMPETITION SILENT CONTEST For this competition, NO DESCRIPTION TEXT is allowed. The architecture ideas must be communicated strictly with visuals.
Prize Monetary award
Eligibility Open to all
Advance registration deadline 18 September 2025
MICROHOME

Design a new small-scale home concept in the 10th edition of MICROHOME — 100,000 € prize + construction

100,000 € Prize Fund / Kingpsan Edition #10 ideas COMPETITION
Prize 100,000 € + Potential realisation
Eligibility Open to all
Final registration deadline 25 September 2025
Hospice - 
Home for the 
Terminally ill

Design a safe and supportive space to those struggling with a terminal illness

Edition #5 ideas COMPETITION
Prize 10,000 €
Eligibility Open to all
Advance registration deadline 9 October 2025

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