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SHORTLISTED PROJECTS

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United States
cass smith
taylor lawson

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Uruguay
federico rodriguez
alejandro lobo
University
Facultad de Arquitectura Diseño y Urbanismo - UdelaR

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Italy
giulio pandolfi
clarissa guerrini
valerio cerri
matteo lorenzini

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Sweden
regina makhmutova
University
Regina Makhmutova

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Ukraine
anna viken
mariya banga
max leonov
Company
Leks Architects

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Germany
daniel selensky

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Germany
jovana marinkovic
erik lippold
rafael marquez lopez

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Switzerland
iluta lorence
kevin schmid
University
hepia

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Denmark
ieva baranauskaite
yang wang

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Lithuania
dainius sadauskas
gintaras duoba
lina mozuraite

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South Korea
hyung seok yoon

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France
yohann hubert
julien marie
University
École Nationale supérieure d'architecture de Lyon (ENSAL)

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Greece
anna tsitonaki
vasilis pliotas
xanthippi tzatha

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United States
peter ballman
daria khapalova

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United Kingdom
joanna day
nicholas langstaff

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South Korea
yonghun lee
doo san baek
seoungyeon lee
dongin choi

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Switzerland
fabio della giacoma

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Canada
hrishikesh tailor
bence sutus
University
Ryerson University

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United Kingdom
daniela ciarcelluti
greg mathers
vincenza de vincenziis
Company
Ciarcelluti Mathers Architecture

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Lithuania
karolina Štreimikytė
viktorija rimkutė
brolis timber

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United States
riyad joucka
michael pryor

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Mexico
alfonso jimenez enciso
elvira ireri islas vaca
barbara trujillo cuellar
Company
anonimous

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Spain
berenice moran
piotr janus

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Argentina
axel gerlero
maria victoria syrewicz
catalina sonzini astudillo

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Australia
alexander galego
hayden wooldridge

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United States
krunal patel
frederic zonsius
Company
FZAD Architecture + Design

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Thailand
nattaphun teerajarungkiat
aomruethai lo-apirakkul
lawit busadajun
nathaphop kriswanitthayukorn

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Finland
roope elojarvi

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Russian Federation
irina solovyeva
petr lyubavin

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Italy
giuseppe parisi
francesco rega

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Portugal
alban wagener
katharina lutz
eduarda vieira
ines nepomuceno

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Romania
petrica butusina
University
"ION MINCU" UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM

Project authors

United Kingdom
hon yen chong
chen-yong tan
University
University of Bath

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United Kingdom
k harper
r graham

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Thailand
bhumipat mekmullika

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Italy
anastasia barasheva
marcella claps
francesco martone

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United Kingdom
ka lok man
prachi rampuria
soham de
todor kuznetsov

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Italy
francesco gatti
elsa sanfilippo
francesco lipari
giuseppe conti

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Japan
yuji harada

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Germany
lara niovi vartziotis
konstantinos goulielmos benning

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Germany
sigurd larsen

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Israel
rotem guy

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United States
brett moss
jorge san martin
daniel rodriguez
jorge rodriguez

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Italy
alessandro carlodalatri
francesco cavaterra

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China
wenjia li
yinan sun
zhiyuan liu

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Italy
tommaso abbado
andrea toccolini

Project authors

Chile
alice ferro
francisca macarena carvacho muñoz

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Italy
valentino danilo matteis
consuelo camerota
teresa pagano
ubaldo soligno

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United Kingdom
bruno almeida santos
mohan karakoc
peter lambertz

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United Kingdom
daisy adebiyi

Project authors

United States
marius pawliczek

Project authors

United States
matthew trzebiatowski
samuel martin
Company
blank studio design + architecture

Project authors

Romania
andra-daniela racasan
andra-daniela racasan
University
University of Architecture and Urbanism Ion Mincu

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Italy
matteo d'inca
daniele zandonella necca

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Sweden
aleksandra borzecka
ida röstlund

Project authors

Iran
saeid alitajer
zeinab rashidi
saeid alitajer

Project authors

Italy
nicola di pietro
mauro tonello
Company
nicola di pietro

Project authors

Portugal
alina jeronimo
paulo carneiro
Company
CAS Sustainable Architecture Collective

Project authors

United Arab Emirates
james martin

Project authors

Italy
luca compri
Company
LCA architetti [luca compri architetti]

Project authors

Spain
victoria aguilar crespo
alejandro aguilar garcía

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Canada
deagan mcdonald
kelsey nilsen
Company
ORIGINS

Project authors

Bulgaria
snezhina aleksieva
pavel tsochev
zhenya atanasova
danail momchilov
Company
Sova

Project authors

Spain
david tapias
carlos gonzalvo
ricard pau
Company
aixoplucs

Project authors

Croatia
marin petković
laura ibrahić
University
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy

Project authors

Romania
marina cipileaga
diana chitulescu

Project authors

Israel
roy david
ileana cristina balan
Company
Roy David Studio

Project authors

Italy
kristina azarić
danica jovanović
University
Politecnico di Milano
 

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
Denver Affordable Housing Challenge

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
Advance registration deadline 17 July 2025
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Mujassam Watan Urban Sculpture Challenge

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
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Re:Form - New Life for Old Spaces

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
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Howard Waterfall Retreat

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
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Recurring architecture competitions

The Architect’s Stair

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
Advance registration deadline 8 July 2025
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Hospice - Home for the Terminally ill

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
Early bird registration deadline 9 July 2025
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new
Concrete Pavilion

Concrete Pavilion

Design a concrete pavilion

Edition #3 ideas COMPETITION
Prize Monetary award
Eligibility Open to all
Early bird registration deadline 9 July 2025
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Museum of Emotions

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
Early bird registration deadline 10 July 2025
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The Architect's Chair

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
Advance registration deadline 17 July 2025
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MICROHOME

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
Advance registration deadline 17 July 2025
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Kinderspace

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
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The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial

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
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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
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Competition results

Norman Foster Foundation Kharkiv Housing Challenge

Norman Foster Foundation Kharkiv Housing Challenge

 Norman Foster Foundation competition series
MICROHOME

MICROHOME

 150,000 € Prize Fund / Kingspan Edition
House of the Future 2023/24

House of the Future 2023/24

 250,000 € Prize fund
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