2028 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture

Applications are open for the 2028 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, the 21st edition of an award created in 2006 by architect and researcher Jana Revedin and endorsed by the International Union of Architects (UIA) since 2024. This edition runs under the theme “Architecture Is Circularity” and closes on 29 January 2027.

Theme and criteria

The theme looks at architecture’s relationship to planning at every scale, from territories and cities to buildings, materials and regenerative systems, and asks for circular strategies that change how the built environment is designed, transformed and sustained. Rather than a single project, the award recognises a nominee’s overall professional, scientific, social and political engagement. Entries are judged on innovation, design quality and contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Who can enter

The call is open to architects, designers, urban and landscape designers worldwide, for built or studied projects as well as research, writing or experimentation. It is a single stage, open procedure with one category and five global winners; all entries must be in English and use the official template on the award’s submission platform.

Prizes and key dates

• Each of the five laureates receives a diploma, an invitation to the annual Global Award Symposium in Paris with travel and accommodation covered, and publication in the annual monograph.
• Questions close on 20 November 2026 and answers are published by 27 November 2026.
• Submissions close on 29 January 2027 and the jury meets on 3 May 2027.
• The laureates are announced in the first half of 2028 at the symposium in Paris.

Jury

The jury is chaired by Jana Revedin and includes Marie-Hélène Contal, Jacopo Galli, Spela Hudnik, Deniz Incedayi, Ashraf M. Salama and Nuno Soares (both representing the UIA), with past laureates Anupama Kundoo and Andreas Kipar.

Read the full conditions and submit through the application link.