Deadline: February 19, 2027
The 15th Annual Architizer A+Awards 2027
Architizer (the US architecture media platform Architizer.com).
Hosted in the USA and open worldwide; entries are submitted online, with international jury review and public voting conducted online.
Early-bird deadline: October 23, 2026;
- Typology Categories — eight categories: Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, Sports & Recreation, Cultural, Institutional, Landscape & Planning, and Transportation. Open to projects completed within the past three years or concept projects (unbuilt categories are not bound by the three-year rule).
- Plus Categories:
- Concepts (23): Adaptive Reuse, Art, Color, Community, Context, Craft, Emotion, Environment, Health, Home, Human-Centered Design, Innovation, Landscape, Learning, Light, Locality, Photography & Video, Prefabrication & Modularization, Public Good, Regenerative Design, Renovation, Small Projects, and Workspace.
- Details (7): Brick, Concrete, Facades, Glass, Metal, Stone, and Wood.
- Sustainability Categories (13): Health & Wellness, Sustainable Adaptive Reuse/Renovation, Sustainable Commercial Building, Sustainable Cultural Building, Sustainable Hospitality Building, Sustainable Institutional Building, Sustainable Interior, Sustainable Landscape/Planning, Sustainable Materials, Sustainable Multi-Unit Residential, Sustainable Private House, Sustainable Unbuilt Residential, and Sustainable Unbuilt Non-Residential. Projects must meet at least 9 of 18 sustainability criteria.
- Firm Awards:
- By firm type (7): Best Micro Firm (1–5 staff), Best Small Firm (6–15), Best Mid-Size Firm (16–40), Best Large Firm (41+), Best Interior Design Firm, Best Landscape Design Firm, and Best Emerging Firm.
- By specialization (8): Best Firm for Adaptive Reuse & Renovation, Best Commercial Projects Firm, Best Craft Practice Firm, Best Human-Centered Design Firm, Best Local Firm, Best Public Projects Firm, Best Residential Firm, and Best Sustainable Design Firm. Firm entries must include at least three projects completed within the past ten years.
Open to all participants worldwide
Paid. Per-project entry fees:
Each category confers a Jury Winner (professional jury award), a Popular Choice Winner (public vote award), Finalist, and Commended/Nominated recognitions. Winning work is showcased through Architizer's platform to a global audience of more than 400 million, delivering international exposure and industry recognition.
The Architizer A+Awards is one of the world's largest awards programs focused on promoting and honoring the year's outstanding architecture and spaces. Its mission is to foster global appreciation for architecture of substantive value and to champion the designers essential to delivering quality buildings. The program spans built projects, conceptual schemes, material details, sustainable practice, and firm honors, using a dual-track system of an international expert jury and global public voting — jury winners are selected by the panel, while Popular Choice winners are decided by public voting each May. Entries are submitted online via the official website, requiring applicant and project information, a project description (up to 300 words), and 1–12 project images (JPEG/PNG, up to 30MB each; collages not accepted), with an optional project video. The 15th annual season officially launches on October 5, 2026.
