The Architecture MasterPrize (AMP) 2026 recognizes excellence in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, product design, and architectural photography. Open to professionals and students from around the world, the award celebrates innovative projects shaping the built environment. Winners receive international recognition through publication, media exposure, and inclusion in the official AMP winners’ showcase. Additional benefits include the MasterPrize trophy, winner certification, use of the winner seal, and publication in the Architecture of the Year book.

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The Fondation Jacques Rougerie – Académie des Beaux-Arts has launched the 2026 edition of their international Architecture and Innovation Competition. The competition is open for architectural project related to flood-prone lands, the sea, or space. In 2026, a total of six International Grand Prizes will be awarded, each endowed with €7,000, for a total prize fund of €42,000.

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Warming Huts: Art + Architecture Competition on Ice, is open for entries for 2027 to participants from all over the world. This competitions is open to all architects, students of architecture, landscape architects, interior designers, artists and industrial designers who have a proven portfolio of design work. It is the intention of this competition to foster and encourage the formation of multi-disciplinary teams. The budget for the creation and construction of each project is $16,500 (CAN). Three teams will be selected as winners. Winning entries will be placed along the Nestaweya River Trail located on the Assiniboine and Red rivers in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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The UIA-HYP CUP 2026 International Student Competition in Architectural Design is now open for registration. Now entering its 15th consecutive edition, the UIA-HYP CUP is the only UIA-endorsed international student architecture competition held annually in mainland China. Organized by the School of Architecture, Tianjin University; the School of Architecture, Inner Mongolia University of Technology; and Urban Environment Design (UED) Magazine, the competition provides a global platform for architecture students to engage with contemporary architectural, urban, and environmental challenges. The competition operates under the overarching theme of Architecture in Transformation, while the specific topic is proposed each year by the Jury Chairman. The 2026 topic “Villagers: Urban, Suburban, Rural” invites students to explore new forms of community across different ways of living.

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The 2026 IIDA Global Excellence Awards have been announced. 2026 commemorates the 17th annual design competition. The IIDA Global Excellence Awards honor excellence in originality and creativity in international interior design and interior architecture projects across 19 categories. Winners will be celebrated with an awards ceremony in Paris, France in February 2027. Winners will also be featured on IIDA.org and across IIDA’s social media platforms, receive official digital assets, including competition winner logos for self-promotion, and coverage in an official press release distributed to leading industry outlets and media partners.

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Farmani Group is calling for submissions to the 20th annual International Design Awards (IDA) and seeks to discover emerging talent for 2026. The organizers are inviting all architects, interior designers, product designers, graphic designers and fashion designers to submit their creative works. The International Design Awards (IDA) exists to recognize, celebrate and promote exceptional design visionaries and discover emerging talent in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic and Fashion Design worldwide.

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The Korean Federation of Design Industry Associations (KODIA) is calling for applications to the Global Design iT Award 2026. This is Korea’s representative international design award, celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. The Award’s purpose is to discover design companies and designers who have created social impact with special ‘iT’ designs and to promote international exchange.

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Celebrating a decade of shaping global architectural discourse, Volume Zero proudly introduces Tiny House 2026 – their 31st international architecture competition. Tiny House 2026 aims to celebrate individuality, reimagine sustainability and to exalt simple, innovative yet resourceful living. This competition stands as a testament to Volume Zero’s ongoing mission: to explore how architecture can create thoughtful, efficient, and inspiring living environments within a minimal footprint. The total prize fund for 2026 is $5,000. The best four projects will be awarded. 10 Honorable mentions will also be selected.

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TerraViva Competitions launches the 6th edition of Tactical Urbanism NOW! — the international competition that challenges participants to design tactical interventions that prototype new ways of adapting public spaces to everyday urban challenges. Participants are invited to explore how temporary, lightweight interventions can act as powerful tools for testing ideas, responding to local conditions and rethinking the future of public space. Like urban acupuncture, these precise and targeted actions release energy within the urban fabric, triggering broader transformations that extend beyond their physical footprint. Prizes up to $10,000 will be awarded to the winners, selected by an international jury.

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The sixth Radicepura Garden Festival announces an international competition for the selection of garden designers. It is launched on an international scale as an open call for ideas. The theme for 2027 is “Gardens of Hope: Cultivating Coexistence“. Eight (8) winning projects will be realized by their teams and will be guided and supervised by the Radicepura staff. The total budget for the realization of each garden – strictly for construction costs –  is €10,000.

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