2nd International Aesthetic Design Competition (IADC2027)

Deadline: 29 March 2027 [ 6+ months remaining ]
Results Announcement Expected: 5 May 2027

The 2nd edition of the International Aesthetic Design Competition (IADC2027) has opened for submissions.

Hosted by the Department of Architecture at Alanya University in Türkiye, IADC2027 is open for entries and invites architects, urban designers, interior architects, academics, professionals, and professionally supervised student teams from around the world to participate in an international competition.

The best works will be awarded with cash prizes, certificates, publication, and exhibition.

The competition provides an international platform for recognizing design excellence, creativity, innovation, cultural expression, environmental responsibility, and the integration of aesthetics into architecture and urban design.
Both conceptual/unbuilt projects and completed/built projects are eligible, and projects may be located anywhere in the world. There is no predetermined competition site.

Competition Theme

The central theme of IADC2027 is “Aesthetic Design Ideas for a Better World”.

The theme explores the transformative role of aesthetics in architecture and urban design in addressing contemporary environmental, spatial, cultural, and social challenges. Participants are encouraged to present projects demonstrating how aesthetic thinking can contribute to buildings, public spaces, neighbourhoods, urban environments, and communities.

The competition welcomes contemporary and traditional approaches, experimental ideas, contextual solutions, technological innovation, adaptive reuse, regeneration, and environmentally responsive design.

Competition Categories

Participants must select one of the following two classifications when submitting a project:

ARCHITECTURE — Architectural, interior, building-scale, adaptive-reuse, renovation, regeneration, façade and envelope projects, including new buildings, conceptual projects, interiors, built projects, and architectural interventions.
URBAN DESIGN — Neighbourhood, district, public-space, streetscape, waterfront, regeneration and urban-scale projects, including streets, squares, urban corridors, and urban landscapes.

Participants should select the classification that most closely represents the principal scale and design intention of the project.

The organizer lists the following aesthetic dimensions as guidance: harmony and proportion, material selection, color and texture, spatial composition, light and shadow, cultural and contextual relevance, user experience, sustainability integration, innovation and uniqueness, and visual impact.

Eligibility

Participation in IADC2027 is international and operates under a Professional Category only. There is no separate Student Category in this edition, however, students are strongly encouraged to participate as members of teams supervised or led by an instructor, academic, architect, urban designer, interior architect, or other qualified professional.

Participants – Architects, urban designers, interior architects, academics, professionals, and student teams supervised or led by an instructor, academic, architect, urban designer, interior architect, or other qualified professional
Team size – Individual participation or teams of up to 4 participants. All registered team members must have made a genuine contribution to the submitted work
Qualification – At least one member of each team must be studying or hold a degree in Architecture, Urban Design, Interior Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, or another closely related built-environment discipline
Nationality and age – Participants from all countries and regions are welcome. There are no age restrictions
Multiple entries – Participants may submit more than one project; each project requires a separate registration, payment, and submission
Submission language – English
Anonymity – Evaluation is single-stage and anonymous. Participant names, team member names, university names, company names, logos, email addresses, or any other identifying information must not appear on the jury poster

Prizes

1st Place: €400, Certificate of Achievement, publication in the official competition book with ISBN, and permanent presentation on the competition website.
2nd Place: €300, Certificate of Achievement, publication in the official competition book with ISBN, and permanent presentation on the competition website.
3rd Place: €100, Certificate of Achievement, publication in the official competition book with ISBN, and permanent presentation on the competition website.

In addition, the international jury will select up to 30 projects across the two classifications — up to 15 in ARCHITECTURE and up to 15 in URBAN DESIGN — for Special Mention / Shortlisted Project recognition. Selected projects will receive a Special Mention / Shortlisted Project Certificate, publication in the official IADC2027 Competition Book with ISBN, and permanent presentation and archival on the competition website.

All eligible participants who complete the competition process will receive a Certificate of Participation. Participants whose projects are included in the official exhibition will receive a Certificate of Exhibition.

For team submissions, any cash prize is awarded to the project as a whole.