ELIGIBILITY
All submissions must be the work of international architects and architectural firms either working nationally or internationally for projects both in their respective countries and abroad. U.S. architecture firms headquartered inside or outside the United States are eligible to enter projects built or to be built, in the U.S. and around the world.

CRITERIA
Criteria for submissions includes any commercial, corporate, institutional, or residential building type or urban planning project, built or unbuilt worldwide, designed or build after January 1st, 2024.

Building types and categories are: corporate headquarters and office facilities, retail, hospitality, institutional, health care, government, transportation, educational, and residential and interiors of any kind, including renovations and restorations, landscape architecture, and urban planning projects. Previously awarded buildings are not eligible.

JURY FOR AWARDS
A jury of recognized design practitioners, business professionals, educators, and critics review the submissions and select winning projects for awards.
Previous juries have been held under the auspicious of the following professional associations: The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, The Union of Architects of Russia, The Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA), and The American Institute of Architects. Each Submission is Juried Anonymously.

RESULTS
Selected and awarded recipients will be required to prepare either framed drawings or photographic panels and models for exhibition. The Museum will exhibit the awarded projects in an exhibition format and publish the selected winners either on the Museum’s website or in a catalogue by Metropolitan Arts Press or both. Previous exhibitions have taken place in London, Brussels, Istanbul, Einhoven, Buenos Aires, Florence, Athens, and Chicago. Architects, associate architects, clients, developers, landscape architects, planners, contractors, and structural engineers are cited for their individual contributions.

DEADLINE

Closing Date for 2026 application is December 1st, 2025

FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION FORM

In order to apply you need to visit awardapplication.com Organization Page. You need to create an account applying all your company information. If you already have created an account from past years submissions please log in with your username and password. All required fields must be filled in. After a successful application you will receive an email with a unique ID number for your submission, a pre-invoice for your submission and a pdf document with all information in case you choose to pay with bank transfer. All final invoices are sending to all clients periodically after we check all transactions passed through correctly. You can always log in to your account to see passed submissions or download your passed invoices.

Criteria for submissions includes any commercial, corporate, institutional, or residential building type or urban planning project, built or unbuilt worldwide, designed or built after January 1, 2024. 

PROJECT DETAILS & MATERIAL

Credits
All information submitted will be included in all online presentation, exhibition and Award publication catalogue. Please ensure that possible changes or mistakes according to credits, images and project description may incur costs. During your submission please advise all examples given in every section to ensure all credit details filled in correctly.

Project Description
All project descriptions should be edited in English, should be ready to use in any type of online presentation or publication and should not be more than 400-500 words. There is a specific text tab to include it when submitting so please do not forward it with email or any other way to us.

Project Categories
Building types and categories are: Airports and Transportation Centers, Bridges and Infrastructure, Building Technology, Cemeteries, Civic Centers, Commercial Buildings, Community Centers, Corporate Buildings, Display/Installations, Energy Buildings, Entertainment, Government Buildings, Hospitals/Medical Centers, Hotels, Industrial, Interiors, Libraries, Mixed Use Buildings, Monuments, Multi-Family Housing, Museums and Cultural Buildings, Office Buildings, Parks and Gardens, Private Homes, Public Space, Religious Buildings, Restaurants/Resorts, Restoration/Renovation, Retail/Showrooms, Schools and Universities, Skyscrapers/High Rises, Social Housing, Sports and Recreation and Urban Planning/Landscape Architecture. Previously awarded buildings are not eligible.

Project Images

1. ASPECT RATIO 16:9 (1920px Χ 1080px Landscape or Portrait)
2. ASPECT RATIO 1:1 (1080px X 1080px Square format)
You can upload images in mixed formats.
3. RESOLUTION: 300dpi/image, max 6MB per file.
The file names should use explicitly Latin characters. (Please upload 4-6 images)
4. FILE TYPE: JPG, PNG.

Notes
• All images file names should use only Latin characters
• If you want to forward Plans/Sections/Elevations pdfs or more images for the jury procedure or blueprints please use the dropbox link to upload. Make sure your dropbox folder is public so we can have access.

All images file names should use only Latin characters. If you want to forward more images for the jury procedure or blueprints please use the dropbox link to upload. Make sure your dropbox folder is public so we can have access. Application fee is €395 (euro) per project.

For issues and requirlease immediately contact/email Fachanan Conlon
by phone +353 (0)1 6708781 or email fachanan@europeanarch.eu

MORE INFO
The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies
28 Butlers Court
Sir Rogerson's Quay
Dubln 2, Ireland
TEX/FAX: +353/(0)1-670 8781
Email: fachanan@europeanarch.eu