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post updated 20 June 2025

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Free Architecture Competitions in 2025

Recently Added Architectural Contests on e-architect – listed chronologically:

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Recently added on e-architect:

Steedman Fellowship in Architecture Call for Proposals

Architect Fumihiko Maki (1928-2024), in his seminal text “Investigations in Collective Form,” grapples with architecture’s role in an increasingly complex society. Collective Form emerged when buildings came together to produce something larger than the sum of their parts. While today many of these same challenges exist, the notion of Collective Form has also expanded.

The Steedman 2026 jury seeks mindful research proposals on architecture’s role in producing collective forms/ forums that catalyze a more politically engaged discipline and citizenry. The award for the 2026 winning proposal will be $100,000.

Steedman Fellowship in Architecture

2026 Steedman Fellowship Theme

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JUNE 2025

Tiny Library 2025 Competition

(12 June 2025: Registrations Deadline)

20 June 2025: Submissions Deadline

We introduce the latest architectural contest by this team of young enthusiastic architects and founders of the international architecture and design magazine called “Volume Zero”.

The Volume Zero platform exhibits numerous innovations by architects and designers from all over the globe. This architecture and interior design magazine represents the vanguard of future-forward design.

Under this initiative, the team have come up with New-Age International Design Competitions. After successfully hosting 25 international architecture competitions, they now host the 26th edition of their Architecture Competitions, Tiny Library 2025. This design contest aims to encourage the creative imagination of young designers and students from around the globe to explore their creative limits.

The architectural competition challenges its participants to rethink and re-imagine the idea of the Library as a 21st-century self-learning and educational incubation space that not only sheds light on conventional means of knowledge but also encourages its users to interact, share ideas, and grow together.

Participants are required to design a Tiny Library optimized for 50 users with engaging multifunctional spaces for all ages and spatial experience. Entrants need to choose a site in a rural or remote context for the building design proposal. It should be located where they feel accessibility to knowledge may change the existing circumstance and the structure should not exceed 300 sqm of built-up area.

This architecture contest aims to encourage the creative imagination of young designers and students from around the globe to explore their creative limits.

The schedule:

12 June 2025: Standard Registrations deadline

20 June 2025: Closing date for Submissions

28 August 2025: Announcement of winners

Tiny Library 2025 Competition

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Maryhill Cross, Glasgow

20 June 2025: deadline
Location: Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Maryhill Housing Association (MHA) requires a design team for the regeneration of Maryhill Cross in north Glasgow, western Scotland.

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Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre, Tunbridge Wells

24 June 2025: deadline
Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is seeking a town planner for a rethink of the Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre.

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Most shopping centre, Czech Republic

27 June 2025: deadline
Location: Most, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
An open international architecture contest for a retrofit and upgrade the Brutalist-style Prior shopping centre in the Czech Republic city of Most.

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Europan 18 competition

29 June 2025: Submissions Deadline

17 November 2025: Results

Design contest Youtube video: E18 competition

Europan 18 competition has 47 European sites in 12 different countries.

Europan is a thematic competition of ideas / projects of architecture, urbanism and landscape, followed by implementation processes.

It is a tool for European cities and urban actors to find and develop innovative strategies for their sites in transformation.

Europan is a platform for young professionals of urban, landscape and architectural design under 40.

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JULY 2025

Imperial War Museum London level 4 and 5 galleries

2 July 2025, pm: deadline
London, England, UK
The Imperial War Museum (IWM) London is recruiting a design team for an overhaul of its level 4 and 5 galleries.
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029271-2025

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Willen Road Sports Ground, Newport Pagnell

7 July 2025: deadline
Location: Newport Pagnell, City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, southern England, UK
Newport Pagnell Town Council is seeking an architect and quantity surveyor for an upgrade of its Willen Road Sports Ground.
Total value (estimated)
£2,000,000 excluding VAT
£2,400,000 including VAT

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Station Island artwork, Wellingborough

18 July 2025, 12pm: deadline – proposals must be submitted as a PDF document along with the entry form
Location: Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire, central England, UK
A competition is being held for a new artwork at the Station Island housing development in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

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Tulcea square, Romania

18 July 2025: deadline
Location: Tulcea, Northern Dobruja, Romania
The Romanian Order of Architects has announced an open international contest to upgrade Mircea cel Bătrân Square in Tulcea.

Architecture Competition Jury:

Full Members:

– Arh. Andreea Catrinel Matache – Representative of CA, chief architect
– Arch. Ana Maria Zahariade
– Arch. Laura Cristea
– Arch. Urb. Irina Popescu-Criveanu
– Arch. Gustavo Figueira Serrano
– Landscape Arch. Jörg Michel
– Landscape Arch. Barnabás Ede Szakács

Deputy Members:

– Arh. Alexandru Axinte
– Eng. Simion Tănase

Prizes:

1st Place the estimated value of the design services contract – 1.944.355 RON without VAT (~ 390.940 EUR without VAT)
2nd Place Prize in the amount of 99.470 RON without VAT (~ 20.000 EUR without VAT)
3rd Place Prize in the amount of 49.735 RON without VAT (~ 10.000 EUR without VAT)
4th Place Prize in the amount of 12.434 RON without VAT –
1st mention (~ 2.500 EUR without VAT)
5th Place Prize in the amount of 12.434 RON without VAT –
2nd mention (~ 2.500 EUR without VAT)

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SEPTEMBER 2025

10th edition MICROHOME

25 September 2025: Registration Deadline

29 October 2025: Submissions Deadline

Prizes: 100,000 €

The 10th edition of MICROHOME continues Buildner’s mission to challenge and inspire architects and designers to push the boundaries of small-scale living. This special edition, hosted in collaboration with Kingspan, a leader in high-performance building solutions, introduces an exciting new opportunity—one winning project will be selected for construction in partnership with Hapi Homes, a company pioneering tech-driven,

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OCTOBER 2025

Buildner’s Unbuilt Award 2025

30 October 2025: Registration Deadline

20 November 2025: Submissions Deadline

Prize 100,000 €

Architects and designers from around the globe are invited to submit their unbuilt projects, whether conceptual ideas or detailed plans awaiting realization. The Unbuilt Award 2025 is an opportunity to showcase creativity and receive global recognition for designs that shape the future.

Beyond the Game: Adaptive Arenas for Tomorrow

16 October 2025: Registration Deadline

Architecture Competition from Ethos Empowers

Title: “Beyond the Game: Adaptive Arenas for Tomorrow”
Organizer: Ethos Empowers

Theme/Focus: Participants are challenged to design multi-purpose arenas that are flexible, adaptable, and reversible—spaces that can transform, relocate, or disassemble as needs change. The design should cater to both,large events and small gatherings, ensuring seamless functionality, accessibility, and sustainability.
Eligibility: The competition is open to all currently enrolled Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students, as well as young professionals from the fields of Architecture, Planning, Civil Engineering and Design who graduated in 2023 or later, across the globe.

October 16 2025: Registration Deadline

October 29 2025: Submission Deadline
There is no registration fee
Prizes: Cash Prizes for the top three winners:

1st: ₹ 75,000/-
2nd: ₹ 50,000/-

3rd: ₹ 25,000/-
Top 10 entries to be published on our website.
Top 3 winners get free entry to ARKANCE IN BIM for Design Program (120 hours) worth Rs. 80,000/-

All participants who have submitted the entries will get a discount voucher of 40% on the BIM for Design Program.
E-Certificates for all participants who have submitted competition entries.
Website: https://ethosempowers.com/ideace/events/designaddvance2025

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DESIGN CONTESTS ARCHIVE

Architecture Competitions Archive

Past Architecture Competitions – selection:

Kaira Looro 2025 Competition for Nursery Schools in Africa

(10 June 2025: Submission Deadline deadline)

Kaira Looro 2025 Competition

The lack of quality educational facilities in many rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa poses a significant barrier to children’s development. Education plays a crucial role in nurturing cognitive skills, emo-tional growth, and social abilities, preparing them to face life’s challenges with resilience and crea-tivity. However, in many of these regions, children are deprived of these fundamental opportunities due to the absence of safe and stimulating environments.

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Dedalo Minosse Prize for Architecture

(21 May 2025: Registrations Deadline)

International Prize For Commissioning A Building.

Entries for the 13th edition of the Dedalo Minosse Prize for Architecture are open until 21 May 2025:

Dedalo Minosse Prize for Architecture 2025

Sirius Master Plan International Architecture Competition

(31 May 2025: Submission Deadline)

The competition is aimed at the strongest architectural bureaus. This design contest aims to create a world-class advanced scientific, technological and educational environment immersed in a unique water-climatic national park.

Sirius Master Plan International Architecture Competition

Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Competition
Location: London, England, UK
(20 January 2025: Submission Deadline)
Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Competition

PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity — U.S. Pavilion Exhibits
Location: Venice, Italy
(17 January 2025: Submission Deadline)

The 4th Quadrant of Victory Square International Architectural Competition
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
4th Quadrant of Victory Square Prague Competition

City of The Future Competition
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
£10k Prize
City of the Future Urban Design Competition, Belfast

YAC Competition
YAC Competitions

Some Key Older Design Contest featured on e-architect:

Central City Square of Rahovec Architecture Competition

Camden Highline Architecture Competition

Winter Pavilion London Architecture Competition

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