Last Light. International Architecture Competition

About Competition

Ideas competition for the redefinition of the 21st-century lighthouse as a habitable space, accessible to visitors, where architecture not only emits light but is lived in, explored, and occupied.

LAST LIGHT invites participants to propose a habitable lighthouse that redefines the traditional concept of a lighthouse through contemporary architectural language.

The project is expected to function not as a purely symbolic object but as a habitable spatial experience, explored and perceived through movement, light, and time.

The lighthouse must integrate an observation space or lookout point oriented toward the Atlantic horizon, a luminous element that acts as a reinterpretation of the traditional lighthouse, and a series of designed spaces including a gallery, a temporary shelter, and a contemplation area.

The Site

Last Light will be located southeast of the historic Cape St. Vincent Lighthouse in Sagres, Portugal, facing the Atlantic Ocean, on an area of approximately 2,430 square meters.

Requirements/ Eligibility

The contest is aimed at all qualified architects and architecture students of the world, as long as English is maintained as the official language.

Schedule

February 2, 2025 | Registration Opens 

February 27, 2025 | End of First Registration Period 

March 16, 2025 | Evaluation Committee Members 

March 20, 2025 | End of Consultation Period 

March 21, 2025 | End of Second Registration Period 

April 5, 2025 | Registration Period Ends 

April 20, 2025 | Deadline for Submitting Proposals 

April 27, 2025 | Evaluation Committee Decision 

April 29, 2025 | Results Announced 

April 30, 2025 | Awards

PRIZES

1º PRIZE US $5,000

+Exhibition and diffusion in the main architecture sites worldwide.

+ Virtual booklet of the best proposals.

3 HONORABLE MENTIONS

+ Exhibition and diffusion in the main architecture sites worldwide.

+ Virtual booklet of the best proposals RATES Variable rates according to scheduled date. 

Rates

Check the registration periods and complete RULES at: https://www.worldarchitecturecompetitions.com/

About the Organizer

We are a company that organizes Architecture Ideas Contests for young architects and architecture students around the world. Every year we strive to create themes related to building a new Architectural culture, from a sustainable and planet-friendly perspective. We always stay up to date with the problems that our planet is suffering, and that, as architects, we can always help with new and innovative ideas.