Architecture award 1

No matter the subject, friendly competition is a useful way to push yourself, to ensure you excel in your field, grow, and share your very best work with a wider audience. By its very nature, architecture and design are perfectly suited to competition; ever since the very first buildings, architects have sought recognition for their work. Every year, firms and individuals compete for the prestige associated with winning an award, knowing that a win would propel their project too far greater heights — and simply taking part has substantial benefits.

Here, Arch2o presents five of these architecture and design awards, each with different methods of entry and intent, from those honoring a lifelong body of work, to those open to all: student architects to internationally-renowned firms.