TraMod AWARDS 2026: Tradition + Modernity in Architecture & Design

TraMod ACADEMY has opened the call for submissions for TraMod AWARDS 2026, the fourth edition of the world’s first international award dedicated to the interactions between tradition and modernity in architecture and design. Entries are open now and close on 30 November 2026.

If your work engages with cultures, societies, identity, history and the relationship between past, present and future, TraMod AWARDS is looking for it. The programme accepts both professional projects — built or unbuilt (concept) — and student projects, across four design disciplines. The awards are directed by Dr. Javad Eiraji and judged in Istanbul, Turkey.

Why Tradition + Modernity

TraMod ACADEMY is the world’s first international academy devoted to studying how tradition and modernity interact in architecture and design. The awards apply that lens to practice: entries are assessed on how convincingly a project reads its cultural, social and historical context and translates it into contemporary form. Work that treats identity, memory and vernacular knowledge as active design material — rather than surface decoration — is what the jury is asked to look for across all four disciplines.

Categories & Types

Submissions are organised into two categories and four project types.

• Category A — Professional: built or unbuilt (concept) projects
• Category B — Student

• Architecture Design
• Interior Design
• Fashion Design
• Industrial-Product Design

Grand Jury Panel

Professional | Architecture & Interior Design

• Prof. Dr. Azra Akšamija — Full Professor, MIT Department of Architecture; Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
• Selçuk Avcı — Founder of Avcı Architects
• Dr. Armin Daneshgar — Founder of Daneshgar Architects
• Raza Ali Dada — Managing Partner at Nayyar Ali Dada & Associates
• Sonia Ashoor — Founder and Principal of SACD; nominated for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage
• Reza Daneshmir — Founder of Fluid Motion Architects
• Pepe Gascón — Founder of Pepe Gascón Arquitectura
• Dr. Ali Derya Dostoğlu — Co-Founder of Per Se Architecture
• Caroline Rodlauer — Managing Director, ROSA Architektur ZT GmbH
• Hooman Balazadeh — Founder of HOOBA Design Group, RIBA winner
• Mohammad Saifullah Siddiqui — Aga Khan Laureate, CEO of DB Studios

Professional | Fashion & Product Design

• Prof. Dr. Maria Carolina Garcia — Head of Fashion Department
• Artsi Ifrah — Founder of Maisonartc
• Maripi Robles — Founder and CEO of No Solo Una Idea
• Dr. Şakir Özüdoğru — Eskişehir Technical University
• Eva María Mercedes Torales Zotelo
• Ana María Sossa Londoño
• Alexandra Cabral — Co-Founder of PONTE
• María Inés Strasser — Director of the Strasser School of Design

Student Category

• Prof. Dr. Neslihan Dostoglu — Istanbul Kultur University
• Prof. Dr. Magdalena Kozień-Woźniak — Dean, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology
• Prof. Dr. Hayriye Esbah-Tuncay — Dean, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University
• Prof. Dr. Banu Manav — Dean, Faculty of Art and Design, Kadir Has University
• Prof. Dr. Bojan Baletić — Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb
• Prof. Dr. Ece Ceylan Baba — Vice Rector, Yeditepe University
• Prof. Dr. Aslıhan Ünlü — Dean, Faculty of Architecture & Design, Özyeğin University
• Prof. Dr. Alper Cabuk — Former Vice Rector, Eskişehir Technical University
• Prof. Dr. Osman Tutal — Eskişehir Technical University

Key Dates

Registration and submission run on three tiers, and each tier closes for both steps at the same time — you register and submit within the same window rather than registering early and submitting later. All deadlines are given in Istanbul time (GMT+3), and the final tier closes at 23:59 on 30 November 2026.

• Opening announcement: August 2026
• Early bird registration & submission deadline: 10 October 2026
• Standard registration & submission deadline: 10 November 2026
• Late registration & submission deadline: 30 November 2026, 23:59 Istanbul time
• Longlists, shortlists, winners announcement & gala night: December 2026

Entry Fees & Submission Guide

Registration is free for students, which makes the student category one of the few no-cost routes into an international awards programme of this scale; it is worth weighing against the other open competitions and awards we are currently tracking. Professional entries are 100 USD. Entering earlier does not change the fee tier described above, but it does secure a place before the standard and late deadlines close.
Full submission requirements, board formats and file specifications are published in the organiser’s official guide: tramodacademy.com/submission-guide.

Venue & Organizer

Awards venue: Istanbul, Turkey. Awards director: Dr. Javad Eiraji. Organizer: TraMod ACADEMY, the world’s first international academy for studying interactions between tradition and modernity in architecture and design — tramodacademy.com.

Registration

Register and submit at tramodacademy.com/AWARDS2026. Full requirements are set out in the organiser’s submission guide.

Connect

• Instagram: @TraModAcademy
• Awards Director: @Javad.Eiraji
• Website: tramodacademy.com
• Enquiries: [email protected] · [email protected]
• WhatsApp: +90 538 899 7525