Architerrax Design of the Year 2025

Overview

Select between two categories that embody ATX Design of the Year. Whether showcasing an academic project or a real-world solution, this competition emphasizes innovation, creativity, and architecture's impact on meaningful change.

Category 1: Design for Change
Propose a design solution that addresses the urgent challenges faced by refugees of war, focusing on creating dignified and impactful solutions.

Category 2: Academic Excellence
Showcase your best academic project on an international platform, gaining recognition while representing your school and work to a global audience.

Choose your category whether academic or impact-driven and compete for the Design of the Year

Design for Change:
The Design for Change category invites participants to address one of today’s most urgent global challenges, providing architectural solutions for refugees of war. Participants are encouraged to think beyond traditional shelter designs and offer creative solutions that meet the broader needs of displaced populations. This category emphasizes real-world impact, taking into account the practical, human centered, and contextual aspects of designing for humanitarian crises.  Academic Excellence:

The Academic Excellence:
This category offers architecture students and recent graduates an opportunity to share their most compelling academic work on an international stage. Whether it’s a thesis, a studio project, or any design project, this category is dedicated to celebrating the creativity and innovation cultivated within academic environments. This category emphasizes academic excellence, focusing on the design clarity, innovative design approaches, and critical thinking skills demonstrated in architectural projects. 

Total Prize Money: 4000 USD 

Registrations & Competition Timeline:

Early Bird Registrations: 1st January to 28th February 2025 (20 USD)
Standard Registrations: 1st March to 31st May 2025 (30 USD)
Late Registrations: 1st June to 30th June 2025 (40 USD)
Submission deadline : 1st July 2025
Result Announcement  : 31st July 2025 

To learn more visit: www.architerrax.com/atxd2025