Architecture MasterPrize 2026
All competitions
28 competitions tracked
Design Intelligence Award (DIA) 2026
A China-based, WDO-endorsed industrial design award with a roughly €500,000 total prize pool, spanning Product Group and Concept Group tracks across four sectors.
Tokyo TDC 2027 Annual Awards
A prestigious international typography and graphic design competition from the Tokyo Type Directors Club, open to designers worldwide.
SDGs Design International Awards 2026
A binational academic design competition from Kyushu University (Japan) and Dongseo University (Korea) for student ideas addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Communication Arts Typography Competition 2027
One of the most prestigious competitions for typographic excellence, covering hand-lettering, calligraphy, and type design.
L.A.M.P International Lighting Design Competition 2026
An independent international lighting design competition open to both professional and student designers, with finalists selected across Professional, Student, and Manufactured categories.
KOKUYO Design Award 2027
International product design competition from Japanese stationery and furniture maker KOKUYO, open worldwide with a dedicated student category, themed 'dialogue' for 2027.
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International Design Awards (IDA) 2026
A long-running Los Angeles-based award spanning architecture, interior, product, fashion, and graphic design.
LIT Lighting Design Awards 2026
An international lighting design competition covering lighting products, architectural lighting, and entertainment lighting, marking its 10-year anniversary in 2026.
Pavilion Atlas 2026
An international conceptual pavilion design competition from Buildner and ArchDaily, open to architects, artists, and creatives of all backgrounds.
Buildner's Unbuilt Award 2026
An open international architecture prize for unbuilt (conceptual) projects, judged across small, medium, and large project scales with a dedicated student prize track.
DETAIL Architecture Award 2027
Annual international architecture prize from Germany's DETAIL magazine recognizing completed building projects for the quality of their overall design concept, alongside a dedicated Students & Schools award and an Affordable Housing special prize.
Kingspan MICROHOME 2026
A Buildner and Kingspan-sponsored international competition to design a sustainable, energy-efficient microhome under 25m², open to all backgrounds.
World Design Awards 2026
An international architecture and design award covering commercial, residential, interior, landscape, and urban design projects, open to architects, students, and designers worldwide.
Open Chair Design Competition 2026
A global ideas competition challenging designers to create a full-scale chair that can be 3D-printed at home and assembled with minimal tools.
UX Design Awards 2027
A biannual German award recognizing user-driven digital and physical products, concepts, and student projects in UX design.
Spark Design Awards 2026 (Fall/Winter Cycle)
A long-running, budget-friendly multidisciplinary design competition spanning product, architecture, interiors, graphic, and digital design, judged through a two-phase jury process.
The Architect's Chair – Stockholm Furniture Fair Edition #6
A Buildner and Stockholm Furniture Fair competition inviting architects and designers to distill their design philosophy into a single signature chair or seating piece.
Communication Arts 2027 Illustration Competition
A long-running global illustration competition from Communication Arts magazine; winners are published in the print and digital Illustration Annual.
Green Concept Award 2027
Sibling award to the Green Product Award for early-stage sustainable design concepts and prototypes, with free entry for students.
Indigo Design Award 2026
An independent, Lisbon-based international design competition for graphic and digital design, judged by a jury of professionals from major tech and agency brands, with reduced entry fees for freelancers and students.
The Quiet Tower International Architecture Competition
An open international architecture ideas competition from Buildner inviting designs for an observation tower on Latvia's remote Cape Kolka coastline.
Architizer A+Awards 2027 (15th Annual)
The industry's largest international architecture awards program, judged by a jury of hundreds of professionals plus an online public vote across dozens of building typologies.
DIELINE Awards 2027
A leading global packaging design and CPG design competition from DIELINE, spanning consumer packaging categories from food and beverage to circular/refill design.
Communication Arts 2027 Photography Competition
International photography competition from Communication Arts magazine, honoring outstanding work across advertising, editorial, and other categories.
DNA Paris Design Awards 2027
A Paris-based multidisciplinary design award spanning architecture, interior, landscape, product, and graphic design, open to both professionals and students.
Bundespreis Ecodesign 2026
Germany's federal design award for products, services, and concepts with strong ecological performance.
James Dyson Award 2026
An international student and recent-graduate award for engineering and product design that solves a real problem.
European Product Design Award 2026
An international product design award from Farmani Group recognizing innovation across categories like automotive, consumer electronics, and eco design.