Open calls for architects, students and writers. Judged anonymously, on the work alone, with a ₹50,000 prize in each.
Entries open soon
Your final-year thesis, judged on the strength of its idea, its research and the architecture it arrives at.
Who can enter: Final-year architecture students, and graduates who completed their thesis in the last two years.
Entries open soon
An original essay on architecture, cities or the built environment, in your own words and your own voice.
Who can enter: Open to everyone: students, architects, designers and anyone who writes about the built world.
Open calls from other organisers, nearest deadline first. Details were checked against each organiser's page on 20 Oct 2026; confirm dates and fees there before you enter.
Submit by 12 Nov 2026
City of Gliwice
A concept for the 14 km Kłodnica river corridor: public space, linked green areas, walking and cycling routes and climate resilience.
Professional, urban and landscape · Gliwice, Poland
Submit by 16 Nov 2026
Beijing Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources, Beijing Institute of Architects (UIA-endorsed)
A riverside pavilion on the Yong Ding River and a pilot project for the 2029 UIA World Congress of Architects in Beijing.
Professional, pavilion · Beijing, China
Submit by 22 Nov 2026
Van Alen Institute with the Pan-African Biennale
A revival of the historic Paris Prize, funding international field research into reparative and regenerative urbanism.
Research fellowship · Africa and its diaspora (field research)
Submit by 30 Nov 2026
Buildner with the City of Vancouver and UBC SALA
Proposals for tall buildings that help define a made-for-Vancouver approach to height, density and public space downtown.
Ideas, tall buildings · Downtown Vancouver, Canada
Submit by 30 Nov 2026
Buildner
Design a stimulating, safe and inclusive kindergarten that supports early learning, creativity and community.
Ideas, education · Any site in your home country
Submit by 30 Nov 2026
CPDI Africa
Scalable housing prototypes that draw on indigenous African architecture, climate response and contemporary living.
Ideas, housing · Africa (prototype)
Submit by 1 Dec 2026
UNI
A drive-in theatre for 400 cars on a 4-hectare site in Riyadh's King Abdullah district.
Ideas, cultural · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Submit by 3 Dec 2026
Volume Zero
An adaptable, inclusive micro public space of up to 3,000 sq ft, site-specific or a replicable module.
Ideas, public space · Ideas / site of your choice
Submit by 4 Dec 2026
Terraviva Competitions
Reinvent the newsstand as a civic landmark, with new programmes and services for city life today.
Ideas, small building · Any site in the world
Submit by 11 Dec 2026
Terraviva Competitions
Convert the old stable of a historic Lombard farmhouse into two contemporary duplex homes.
Adaptive reuse, housing · Pavia, Italy
Submit by 13 Dec 2026
FORMAS.AI and PAACADEMY
Reimagine an existing building across three generations (inherit, alter, pass on), using AI as part of the design process.
Ideas, adaptive reuse, AI · Any 50 × 50 m site with an existing building
Submit by 16 Dec 2026
Young Architects Competitions (YAC) with the Municipality of Marradi
Turn poet Dino Campana's empty house into a museum and a place for learning and contemporary poetry.
Museum, adaptive reuse · Marradi, Italy
Submit by 23 Dec 2026
Volume Zero
A tiny home of up to 300 sq ft for two, sustainable and multifunctional, with a renewable energy source.
Ideas, housing · Ideas / land, water or mobile
Submit by 5 Jan 2027
Buildner
Design a signature chair, bench or stool that expresses your architectural thinking; winners are shown in Stockholm.
Furniture · Ideas / no site
Submit by 11 Jan 2027
Buildner
Convert a former horse barn into a small restaurant built around shared meals, with light guest rooms nearby.
Adaptive reuse, hospitality · Near Braga, Portugal
Submit by 18 Jan 2027
Buildner
A riverfront market and public space at the gateway to the future High Falls State Park.
Ideas, market and public space · Rochester, New York, USA
Submit by 30 Jan 2027
ArchiBriefer
An open museum pavilion of up to 150 m² that brings art and local history into a Copenhagen public space. Recognition only; no cash prize is published.
Ideas, pavilion · Copenhagen, Denmark
Submit by 1 Feb 2027
18th Comprehensive School "William Gladstone", Sofia
An open international competition for a new wing and schoolyard for one of Bulgaria's largest schools, beside its historic building.
Professional, education · Sofia, Bulgaria
Submit by 22 Feb 2027
Buildner
A "silent" competition: a museum of two halls evoking opposite emotions, presented without words.
Ideas, museum · Any site, real or imagined
Submit by 1 Mar 2027
Buildner with Yoga Farm Italy
An open-air timber yoga pavilion with a moon-shaped platform beneath a historic oak.
Pavilion, landscape · Central Italy
Submit by 9 Mar 2027
eVolo
The long-running ideas competition for the skyscraper of the future: new technology, materials, programmes and forms.
Ideas, tall buildings · Ideas / no site
Submit by 22 Mar 2027
Municipality of Limassol
An open single-stage competition for a new arts centre for production, residencies, digital arts and performance.
Professional, cultural, built · Limassol, Cyprus
Submit by 24 May 2027
Buildner
Turn part of the historic Cantoni cotton mill into a museum; the client has said it is interested in building the winner.
Museum, adaptive reuse · Lake Como, Italy
Submit by 18 Oct 2027
Buildner with ArchDaily
An award for unrealised architecture, interior, furniture and landscape projects, in three size categories.
Award, unbuilt work · Your own project