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Submit architectural and urban design projects, concepts, and ideas demonstrating the transformative role of aesthetics in creating better built environments.
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Get matched →The 2nd International Aesthetic Design Competition (IADC2027) invites architects, urban designers, interior architects, academics, professionals, and professionally supervised student teams from around the world to submit architectural and urban design projects, concepts, and ideas demonstrating the transformative role of aesthetics in creating better built environments. Both conceptual/unbuilt and completed/built projects are eligible, and projects may be located anywhere in the world.
"Aesthetic Design Ideas for a Better World" — the competition 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 better buildings, public spaces, neighbourhoods, urban environments, and communities.
Participation is international; participants from all countries and regions are welcome. Participants may submit projects individually or as teams of up to four members. 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. No age restrictions apply.
First Prize: Certificate of Achievement, publication in the official competition book with ISBN, and permanent presentation on the competition website. Second Prize: Certificate of Achievement, publication in the official competition book with ISBN, and permanent presentation on the competition website. Third Prize: Certificate of Achievement, publication in the official competition book with ISBN, and permanent presentation on the competition website. Special Mentions and Shortlisted Project recognitions also awarded.
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Submit online via the OJS platform. Submission requires three compulsory components: a 200-word English project description (Microsoft Word format), one A2 horizontal project poster (PDF, max 20 MB), and the payment receipt. Anonymous submission is mandatory: participant names, team member names, university names, company names, logos, and email addresses must not appear anywhere on the jury poster; failure to maintain anonymity may result in disqualification. Participants retain intellectual-property and authorship rights but grant IADC permission to reproduce and display submitted materials for competition-related purposes.