Why enter

• All entries will be published in the AR Future Projects catalogue available to all AR readers
• All entries will be reviewed by an international judging panel, and one winner per category – as well as an overall winner – will be chosen
• The overall winner will receive £1,500 of prizemoney
• Winners of the prizes for student projects, unsuccessful competition entries and ideas for sustainable research and development will receive £500 each
• All entries will be featured in a gallery on the AR Future Projects website.
• All winning projects will be promoted on the AR website, emails and via social media, which have a following of over a million readers worldwide
• All winners will receive a winners’ pack including a trophy, certificate, catalogue, winners’ badge and press release
• All winners will be invited to a celebratory event and winners’ lunch during Salone del Mobile in Milan.

Who can enter

For the 13 future project categories, architects, developers, funders, contractors and anyone else who can demonstrate their involvement in the project that is being submitted is welcome to enter. Both the name of the architect and the name of the client will need to be provided when filling in the entry form

For the student prize , we accept finished projects from students who graduated after 1 January 2025, completing their masters, RIBA Part 2, or equivalent in that year

For the competition entry prize , we accept unsuccessful proposals submitted to an architecture competition that announced its results after 1 January 2024. These can’t have won or been commended in the competition, and should be entered by one of their authors

For the sustainable research and design prize , we accept ideas to improve the environmental performance of the construction industry. These ideas can be on the drawing board, at prototyping stage or currently being tested on site, and can be entered by one of their authors

What can be entered

Projects on the drawing board or at an early stage of construction (expected completion date should be after 1 June 2026) that have a client associated to them and fit one of the following 13 categories – please note that, for all categories, it is very important for the judges to understand the context in which the scheme will be built, and judges reserve the right to change the category of entries without informing the entrant

• Civic and community 
  
• Commercial mixed use
  
• Cultural regeneration
  
• Education
  
• Hotels and leisure
  
• Health
  
• Housing
  
• Infrastructure
  
• New and old
  
• Offices
  
• Regeneration and masterplanning
  
• Retail
  
• Tall buildings
  

We are also interested in unbuilt and speculative work as well ideas that are currently being tested and investigated:

• Student prize
  Architecture school provides young architects with an infinite playing field onto which to speculate, whether critically commenting on the world we live or imagining better tomorrows. This prize will be awarded to a 2025 graduate for a project that is propositional, experimental and radical
• Competition entry prize
  Unsuccessful competition entries should not be thrown into the bin. This prize seeks to recognise work and ideas that were dismissed by the judging panel of a design competition after 1 January 2024, but that architects can learn and draw inspiration from
• Sustainable research and design prize
  The built environment generates nearly 40% of annual global CO₂ emissions. This prize is looking for innovative uses of materials and new construction techniques, for ideas around the reduction of architectural waste and more sustainable design methodologies. The winner will receive £500
  

Entry fees

If you're making more than one category entry, each additional entry will only be charged at 50%.

To make that saving, please contact Prudence Fabre on +44 (0)203 953 2914 or prudence.fabre@emap.com.

Example of cost saving on category entry using standard price:

1x entry £599

2 x entries £898.50

3 x entries £1,198

Prize entry fees:

Student prize

Competition entry and Sustainable research and design prizes