Launched in 2002, the AR Future Projects awards are a window into tomorrow’s cities. Spanning 12 categories, they celebrate excellence in unbuilt and incomplete projects, and the potential for positive contribution to communities, neighbourhoods and urban landscapes around the world.

Entering the awards puts your work in front of a panel of highly respected judges and enables you to gain global recognition. All entries are published in the AR Future Projects awards catalogue, sent to all readers of The Architectural Review, and distributed at two leading property events: MIPIM in Cannes and FOOTPRINT+ at Old Billingsgate, London. 

In addition to future work, we are also interested in unbuilt and speculative projects and ideas that are currently being tested and investigated: find out more about the prizes for student projects, competition entries and sustainable research and development on the entry guidelines page .

Winners of 2024's awards will be given complimentary tickets to attend FOOTPRINT+ in May as well as be invited to a celebratory lunch with The Architectural Review.

Extended entry deadline: 15 December 2023

Entry deadline

Why Enter

All entries are published in the AR Future Projects awards catalogue, distributed to readers of The Architectural Review, at MIPIM, the world’s largest real estate market event, and at FOOTPRINT+ in the UK.

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Previous winners

Past winners include Grafton Architects, SO-IL, White Arkitekter, Allies and Morrison, 5468796, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, 3XN Architects, Nomos, Nikken Sekkei, Valentino Architects, Studio MK27, Aedas, Haptic Architects and OMA.

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Categories

Entries to the 12 future projects categories will be reviewed by an international judging panel, who will choose one winner per category as well as an overall winner. Plus, there are a further 3 prizes to be won.

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How we feel having won...

' Fraser & Partners was honoured to receive a 2023 AR Future Projects Award for the design of C6, set to be the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower. As a practice committed to climate positive architecture, this international recognition helps us demonstrate the intrinsic value of regenerative design and upfront sustainability investment for long-term benefits .'
Lucas Menegazzo, Associate Director, Fraser & Partners -   Tall buildings category winner

' To win an AR Future Projects award means several things to us. It confirms our architectural skills through a third party recognition. Coming from an acknowledged magazine and jury, it brings inspiration to the design team and our company as a whole. This also gives us the opportunity to showcase our qualities to clients and future employees. In this case the project is not yet built, but the award confirms our abilities of creating strong concepts and clearly communicate them. '
Ola Spangen, CEO & Partner, ASAS Arkitektur -   Housing category winner

' In our research and work at CINARK we constantly try to get biogenic materials and sustainable architecture on the agenda. We are by all means very honored to have won the AR future projects Awards 2023 and we find it indeed courageous of this year’s jury to point at our project. '
Anne Beim, Henriette Ejstrup Andersen and Lykke Arnfred, CINARK -   Sustainable research and design prize winner

'Winning an AR Future Projects award has surely brought more international media attention on our project in Burkina Faso. It has also made us really proud ! It was unexpected and overwhelming for the entire team. It has improved our confidence as a studio and it helps validate what we’re trying to do as architects.'

Ophélie Herranz Lespagnol, Partner, NOMOS - Highly Commended and Civic and community category winner

'We are incredibly proud of The AR's recognition of our project. In a time when we are all striving to minimize our environmental impact, it is fantastic to be able to showcase to the rest of the industry an example of what a well-integrated Transit-Oriented Community (TOC) can look like. To promote the use of public transportation and reduce individual CO₂ emissions, the sure path forward is through urban densification, bringing us closer together around appealing multimodal transport hub.'

Thomas Grave Larsen, Partner, Arkitema - Infrastructure category winner

'We are very excited that our proposal is chosen also due to its attention to reuse materials and the projects main focus on social and ecological sustainability. As a studio we are proud to receive international attention in the world of architecture.'

Ola Spangen, CEO & Partner, ASAS Arkitektur - Housing category winner

'It is surprising and affirming and it gives us a strong feeling that there is an increasing interest in biogenic materials and that ‘furry architecture’ can act as a game changer in industrialised construction.'

Anne Beim, Henriette Ejstrup Andersen and Lykke Arnfred, CINARK - Sustainable research and design prize winner

' We feel privileged that our client, BaneNOR Eiendom, holds this as one of their highest priorities. With The AR's awarding of Trondheim Central Station, we hope to inspire even more infrastructure owners, developers, and consultant colleagues around the world. ' Thomas Grave Larsen, Partner, Arkitema - Infrastructure category winner