A window into tomorrow’s cities and landscapes


Spanning 13 categories, the awards celebrate excellence in unbuilt and incomplete projects, and the potential for positive contribution to communities, neighbourhoods and landscapes around the world.

Entering the awards puts your work in front of a panel of highly respected judges and on a global stage. All entries are published in the AR Future Projects awards catalogue, available to all readers of The Architectural Review, and winners will be invited to AR Future Projects Live, a public event held in Milan during the Salone del Mobile in April 2026.

In addition to future work, there is also interest in unbuilt and speculative projects and ideas currently being tested and investigated. Find out more here.

Deadlines:

Early bird: Friday 10 October 2025

Entry deadline: Friday 21 November 2025

Early bird deadline

Why enter

All entries are published in the AR Future Projects awards catalogue, available to every AR reader

Read 2025’s catalogue

Categories

The awards include 13 categories for future projects, plus three prizes for projects that will never be built

Discover all categories

Previous winners

Past winners include Gort Scott, Grafton Architects, SO-IL, Nomos, White Arkitekter, Studio MK27, Haptic Architects and OMA

See last year's winners

‘Receiving the AR Future Projects award as a young practice, when all of our projects are still future projects, is momentous. We appreciate the recognition of our work and the timely encouragement that it brings.’

Atelier of Spatial Matters, Competition entry prize 2025 winner

‘This accolade is particularly timely as we embark on a fundraising campaign with local partners and NGOs, propelling our project from the prototyping phase to the completion of the entire building.’

Guillaume Othenin-Girard / the University of Hong Kong, Highly commended and Cultural regeneration 2025 winner

‘We seldom present unbuilt projects, however it’s definitely worth sharing with the most appropriate audience, none other than the AR Future Project awards.’

K-Studio, Hotels and leisure 2025 winner

‘Having won this award has already helped with fundraising efforts.’   

Gort Scott, Overall winner and Education 2025 winner

‘The AR Future Projects awards is an opportunity to showcase your work which will help you immensely’ 

Neri & Hu, Commercial mixed use 2025 winner

‘Winning this awards fuels us with energy, and to have recognition form our peers is also very important.’

Guillaume Othenin-Girard / the University of Hong Kong, Highly commended and Cultural regeneration 2025 winner