The newly announced award recognizes a 157-home London housing scheme, putting housing delivery, density and residential design at the center of a major international architecture story.
Location
Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon, United Kingdom
Organizations
Royal Institute of British Architects — Award organizer and announcer; Mary Duggan Architects — Architectural design; RUFF Architects — Architectural design and delivery, as credited by RIBA
The prize elevates a council-commissioned 157-home scheme, offering a timely case study in housing delivery, landscape-led density and the design of shared space.
Location
Coulsdon, South London, United Kingdom
Organizations
Royal Institute of British Architects — Award organizer and announcing organization; Mary Duggan Architects — Architect; RUFF Architects — Architect; London Borough of Croydon — Client and commissioning authority; Rob Parrish Photography — Photography
The award brings together five distinct responses to housing challenges—from community-led Indigenous settlement and bamboo construction to public housing finance and lower-impact building materials—offering an international lens on design’s role in adequate housing.
Location
Awards presented at the World Habitat Day global observance, Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, Muscat, Oman.
Organizations
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) — Award organizer and announcing organization; Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency — 2026 award recipient; provincial housing and town-planning agency; Housing NOW — 2026 award recipient; bamboo construction organization; Société Industrielle de Blocs (SOIB) — Construction-materials company founded by recipient Abdelmalek Ghannem; Municipality of Maricá — Developed and funded the Aldeia do Espraiado – Tekoa Ara Hovy village with the community; Greater London Authority — London government associated with the housing and urban-development initiatives cited in the award coverage
The results pair an unusual sauna-and-greenhouse brief with several distinct design responses to Mývatn’s volcanic landscape and exposed climate. The winning entries offer an editorial angle on sensory sequencing, small-scale hospitality, and climate-responsive concept design; the proposals are competition concepts, not confirmed construction projects.
Location
Lake Mývatn, North Iceland; beside Þúfa – Private Homestay, according to ArchDaily.
Organizations
Buildner — Competition organizer; published the official results and competition press kit.; Slow Travel Mývatn — Official competition partner, as identified by Buildner and ArchDaily.
The four-project shortlist concentrates the award around climate-responsive education and industry, adaptive reuse and cultural architecture. The October 15 winner announcement creates a clear interview and advance-analysis window.
Location
Projects in Bangladesh and Belgium; winner announced in London, United Kingdom
Organizations
Royal Institute of British Architects — Award organizer; WOHA — Architect of shortlisted BRAC University; Nakshabid Architects — Architect of shortlisted Green Field Factory of Karupannya Rangpur Limited; Caruso St John Architects — Architect of shortlisted Royale Belge; Bovenbouw Architectuur — Architect of shortlisted Royale Belge; DDS+ — Architectural collaborator on shortlisted Royale Belge; Francesca Torzo Architetto — Architect of shortlisted Z33; Bijoy Jain — Grand Jury chair; José Toral — Grand Jury member; Sofie De Caigny — Grand Jury member
An immediate South Florida awards story with a September 9 ceremony at The Breakers and a strong regional slate spanning civic, institutional, preservation, residential and interior design.
Location
The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Organizations
AIA Palm Beach — Awards organizer; birse/thomas — Architect, Oculus; LEO A DALY — Architect, Miami Dade College School of Justice and Rinker Business Hall; Foster + Partners — Concept architect, Rinker Business Hall; REG Architects — Architect, House of Refuge restoration; Peacock + Lewis — Designer, Woodfield Country Club Bistro
One of the field's highest-profile international honors has gone to the Polish-American architect, creating a timely opportunity to reassess a career shaped by museums, memorials, cultural memory and emotionally charged urban interventions.
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Organizations
Japan Art Association — Awarding organization; Studio Libeskind — Daniel Libeskind's architecture practice
The deadline closes the project-submission stage for South Florida’s principal AIA chapter awards and provides an immediate opportunity to monitor the region’s forthcoming awards pipeline.
The international furniture-design competition has an imminent September 16 submission deadline. Its special 25th-anniversary brief focuses on manufacturing futures and is open to students, professionals and independent creators.
The competition-winning proposal offers a rigorous preservation story: a substantial new museum is buried beneath a historic moat, using reconstructed water infrastructure and a choreographed descent to expand the Royal Danish Collection without competing with the Renaissance castle.
Location
Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark
Organizations
AART — Lead architect; Fogh & Følner — Architect; VEGA Landskab — Landscape architect; Artelia — Engineer; Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces — Client
The award recognizes a Spanish public-housing system rather than a single photogenic building, making it a strong editorial entry point into procurement reform, bioregional materials, public-sector design capacity and the relationship between architecture and housing policy.
Location
Balearic Islands, Spain
Organizations
OBEL — Awarding foundation; Balearic Housing Institute (IBAVI) — Public housing agency in which the model was developed; Cris Ballester — Co-creator; economist and former IBAVI managing director; Carles Oliver — Co-creator; architect and former head of IBAVI's technical department
A South Florida architecture school is among seven international teams selected for a live, water-focused design charrette at WAF’s Fort Lauderdale edition, creating a strong local interview opportunity ahead of the November festival.
Location
Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Organizations
World Architecture Festival — Organizer; MIU City University Miami — South Florida finalist institution; Columbia University — Finalist institution; Pratt Institute — Finalist institution; University of Toronto — Finalist institution; IUAV University of Venice — Finalist institution; Kingston University — Finalist institution; Institute of Architecture and Planning, NIRMA University — Finalist institution
The newly opened national award cycle is a useful service item for US practices, owners and public agencies. The November deadline covers recently completed new construction, renovations and restorations worldwide when submitted through a US-licensed AIA architect.
Location
United States; eligible projects may be located worldwide
Organizations
The American Institute of Architects — Award organizer
The 35 winning works provide a strong editorial map of where landscape architecture is moving: nature-based coastal infrastructure, Indigenous-led placemaking, urban hydrology, industrial regeneration and major new waterfront public realms.
Location
Awards ceremony at the ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture, Los Angeles, California
Organizations
American Society of Landscape Architects — Awards organizer; Auburn University EWN-LA Design Research Initiative — ASLA/IFLA Global Impact Award recipient; Janet Rosenberg & Studio Inc. — General Design Award of Excellence recipient; Design Workshop — Analysis and Planning Award of Excellence recipient; Wagner Hodgson — Residential Design Award of Excellence recipient; SCAPE — Urban Design Award of Excellence recipient; GGN — Landmark Award recipient
The imminent Argentine competition links a new permanent artwork to the adaptive reuse of the former Alpargatas factory, creating a useful entry point into how commercial redevelopment is handling industrial heritage.
Location
Palacio Molina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Organizations
GES Desarrollos — Competition promoter and Palacio Molina developer; Bandadas — Competition management; Casa FOA — Planned exhibition platform for finalist proposals
The city-backed competition combines a substantial $450,000 prize pool with a rare opportunity to reshape three highly visible entrances to downtown Baltimore. Its focus on infrastructure, civic identity and arrival sequences makes it stronger than a conventional public-art call, and the deadline is one week away.
Location
Three Baltimore gateway corridors: Russell Street from I-295/I-95; Conway Street from I-395/I-95; and President Street from I-83
Organizations
Baltimore Development Corporation — Competition administrator; City of Baltimore — Competition convener; Baltimore City Department of Transportation — Public-agency partner; Baltimore City Department of Planning — Public-agency partner; BCT Design Group — Competition design partner and producer of illustrative concept imagery
The award is directly relevant to practices in Spain, Brazil and Mexico and is unusual in judging built architecture substantially through film and lived experience. The September 14 nomination deadline creates an immediate service opportunity for eligible studios and filmmakers.
Location
International call covering Europe, Brazil, Mexico and Morocco; programme based in Barcelona, Spain
Organizations
Simon — Award founder and organizer; Fundació Mies van der Rohe — Curator; Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize — Official award platform
The September 24 deadline creates a timely opportunity to surface new preservation proposals for cemeteries, temples and sacred landscapes across Argentina, including architectural interventions, interpretation, wayfinding, cataloguing and research.
Location
Argentina; nationwide eligibility for qualifying residents
Organizations
Fondo Nacional de las Artes — Competition organizer and funder
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