eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2027

eVolo Magazine has opened the 2027 edition of the eVolo Skyscraper Competition, an ideas competition for vertical architecture that has run every year since 2006. Architects, students, engineers, designers and artists can take part. Registration closes on 23 February 2027 and projects are due on 9 March 2027 at 23:59 US Eastern Time (UTC minus 5).

There are no restrictions on site, programme or size. The organisers ask entrants to rethink the tower through technology, materials, programme, aesthetics and spatial organisation, and to look at its relationship with nature, with the community and with the city. Suggested lines of enquiry include sustainable systems, new urban methods for crowded and unequal cities, the balance between public and private space, and adaptive structures able to grow and regulate themselves. The underlying question is simple: what is a skyscraper in the 21st century, and what does it owe to its context and its society?

Registration and submission

Early registration costs USD 135 until 8 December 2026; from 9 December 2026 to 23 February 2027 the fee is USD 175, and it is not refundable. Team size is unlimited, individual entries are accepted, multidisciplinary teams are encouraged, and each project needs its own registration. The competition is digital and anonymous: each entry contains two horizontal boards of 24 x 48 inches saved as 150 dpi RGB JPG files with the registration number in the upper right corner, a project statement of up to 600 words and a separate file with the entrants’ details, all in one ZIP folder sent by email. English is the official language.

Prizes and jury

The first prize is USD 5,000, the second USD 2,000 and the third USD 1,000. Winners, honourable mentions and selected entries will be published in eVolo’s forthcoming book. Winners are due to be announced on 18 May 2027. The jury includes Yong Ju Lee, first prize winner of the 2014 competition; José Luis Pérez Hermo, senior architect at COOP HIMMELB(L)AU; and Changsi Wang, senior designer at AlphaX RE Capital and winner of the 2025 competition.