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SHORTLISTED PROJECTS

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Finland
atso airola
University
Tampere University of Technology

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Turkey
alicem Öztürk
konuralp senol
University
Bilgi University

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Sweden
ulf mejergren

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Canada
liam van steekelenburg
mitchell cairns-spicer
phil fors
arnel espanol
University
Ryerson University

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South Africa
enrico daffonchio
Company
Daffonchio Architects

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Lithuania
edita bruzikaite

Project authors

Canada
dan rubenzahl
gabriel ramirez
mariam el zein
farah elmajdoub
University
Ryerson University

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Russian Federation
anvar garipov

Project authors

United Kingdom
mirko daneluzzo
michele daneluzzo
cristian li voi
Company
NYXO

Project authors

Turkey
oguzhan zeytinoglu
burcu tasli
cansu celikkaya
duygu kisacik

Project authors

Colombia
juan carlos naranjo
daniel pineda

Project authors

Canada
noeline tharshan
francesca cuda
amanda nalli
christian iannantuono
University
Ryerson

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Netherlands
geoffrey james eberle
thomas sebastian krall

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Germany
inara jaunzeme
jan roth

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United States
shuxin wu

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France
mathieu morit
lea marchal

Project authors

Spain
berta risueño muzás
manuel pareja abascal

Project authors

New Zealand
umer qaiser
matias kaufman
kirsten ibasc
Company
Beca

Project authors

Belgium
george r. paladi

Project authors

France
samuel hervault

Project authors

Canada
reza aliabadi
arman ghafouri - azar

Project authors

United Kingdom
alexander gaul
morgan wild

Project authors

United States
brandon reinke
john annis
Company
Galbraith Carnahan Architects

Project authors

Australia
scott kim

Project authors

France
jean-baptiste petit
jordi rosas

Project authors

Singapore
ker-shing ong
joshua comaroff
shunann chen
oscar korintus
Company
Lekker Architects Pte Ltd

Project authors

Switzerland
charles o. job

Project authors

Portugal
ana rita gomes

Project authors

Poland
weronika kogut
karolina toporkiewicz

Project authors

Lithuania
andrius daujotas
tautvilė džiugytė

Project authors

France
simon barret
hugo ramos-guerrero
tom mestiri
chloé meyer

Project authors

Germany
christian schunke
anna bugoslavska

Project authors

Finland
suvi saastamoinen
simo lahtinen

Project authors

Hungary
bogi kovács
anna gassner
zsolt krausz

Project authors

United States
gautam palav
ingrid bengtson

Project authors

Norway
joana branco
enya aspen
saulius bulavas
einar fuglesteg

Project authors

United States
jiaming 'jamie' sun
chen ding
ye su
University
Illinois Institute of Technology

Project authors

Italy
alessandro sperduti
mattia brambilla

Project authors

Brazil
sarkis semerdjian
domingos pascali
leopoldo schettino
Company

Project authors

United States
jeffrey clancy
 

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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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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