Past Architecture Competitions

Competitions

IAC Architectural Excellence Scholarship for Architecture Students 2026

Immigrant Architects Coalition · United States

Awards

• Eligibility: Full time students enrolled in a NAAB accredited B.Arch. or M.Arch. programme…
• Fee: No application fee
• Prize: 1,000 USD in total, 500 USD each to two recipients
• Language: English

Closed 4 October 2026

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Competitions

1PAX 2026 Graduate Fellowship

1PAX · Global/Online

Student

• Eligibility: recent architecture graduates and final-year architecture students worldwide, aged 20–28 with professional…
• Fee: No application fee
• Prize: two paid fellowships
• Results: 9 October 2026
• Language: English

Closed 30 September 2026

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Competitions

Sa Pizzedda Brand Identity Competition

Terraviva Competitions · Global

Open call

• Eligibility: open to students, architects, designers, artists, makers and creatives of all kinds,…
• Fee: Early Registrations: 49 €; Standard Registrations: 69 €; Late Registrations: 109 €
• Prize: Up to 8,000 €
• Register by 25 September 2026
• Results: 26 October 2026
• Language: en

Closed 25 September 2026

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Competitions

UNFOLD 2027: Call for Design Schools at Milan Design Week

Domus Academy · Milan, Italy

Open call

• Eligibility: Open to design schools and institutions worldwide
• Register by 25 September 2026
• Language: English

Closed 25 September 2026

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Competitions

CONTEMPORANEA Call for Proposals II, Casa dell’Architettura Rome

Casa dell'Architettura di Roma · Rome, Italy

Open call

• Eligibility: Architects, planners, landscape architects and conservation specialists
• Register by 24 September 2026
• Results: 9 October 2026
• Language: English

Closed 24 September 2026

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Competitions

PUBLIC SEAT Design Challenge

Hapa Collaborative and Green Theory · Vancouver, Canada

Open call

• Eligibility: Open to designers, students and creative thinkers
• Register by 20 September 2026
• Results: 26 September 2026
• Language: English

Closed 20 September 2026

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Competitions

GENDO 48: Soldagen — 48-Hour Architectural Design Competition

Gendo · Online

Ideas competition

• Eligibility: Free to enter. Open to anyone 18+, anywhere in the world. Solo…
• Fee: Free to enter
• Prize: GBP 5,000 first prize, plus People's Choice GBP 500
• Register by 9 September 2026
• Results: 28 September 2026
• Language: English

Closed 13 September 2026

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Competitions

Design Skill Awards 2026: Beyond Portfolio. Into Legacy.

Architecture & Design Community (ADC)

Awards

• Eligibility: Open to all — seasoned architects to fresh innovators
• Results: 9 October 2026

Closed 13 September 2026

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Competitions

International Excellence Awards 2026

Architecture & Design Community (ADC), with Design Skill Magazine

Awards

• Eligibility: Students, independent creatives, emerging talents and established studios; realised and conceptual works
• Results: 5 June 2026

Closed 11 May 2026

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Competitions

HOUZEE AWARDS 2026

Architecture Collection Magazine (ADC Awards)

Awards

• Eligibility: Emerging talents and established firms
• Register by 19 June 2026
• Results: 17 July 2026

Closed 22 June 2026

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