AR Future Projects Awards 2025

Launched in 2002, the awards are a window into tomorrow’s cities. Spanning 13 categories, they celebrate excellence in unbuilt and incomplete projects, and the potential for positive contribution to communities, neighbourhoods and urban landscapes around the world.

Category Award / Open to Students
Type International, Award, Open, Single-Stage
Genre Architecture, Urban
Country London, UK
RegDeadline 22 November 2024 (See "Entry Fee" below) GoogleCal iCal
22 November 2024 (via Online)
Eligibility All
Target Field Projects on the drawing board or at an early stage of construction (expected completion date should be after 1 June 2025) /For the student prize, Sustainable research and design prize and the competition entry prize: See "Categories" below

Categories
- Civic and community
- Health
- Commercial mixed-use
- Cultural regeneration
- Education
- Hotels and leisure
- Housing
- Infrastructure
- New and old
- Offices
- Regeneration and masterplanning
- Retail
- Tall buildings
This year we are also looking to receive entries for two new prizes recognising proposals that will not get built - at least not in their current iteration:
- Student prize
We accept finished projects from students who graduated after 1 January 2023, completing their masters, RIBA Part 2, or equivalent in that year
- Sustainable research and design prize
We accept unsuccessful proposals submitted to an architecture competition that announced its results after 1 January 2023. These can't have won or been commended in the competition, and should be entered by one of their authors
- Competition entry prize
We accept ideas to improve the environmental performance of the construction industry. These ideas can be on the drawing board, at prototyping stage or currently being tested on site, and can be entered by one of their authors

Jury
Not yet announced

Prize
The overall winner will receive £1,500.
Winners of the prizes for student projects, unsuccessful competition entries and ideas for sustainable research and design will receive £500 each.

Entry Fee
Future Projects categories:
Early bird deadline (before 12 October 2024): £549 〜
Final entry deadline (after 13 October 2024): £599 〜
Student Prize
Early bird deadline (before 12 October 2024): £25
Final entry deadline (after 13 October 2024): £49
Sustainable research and design prize
Early bird deadline (before 12 October 2024): £49
Final entry deadline (after 13 October 2024): £99
Competition Entry Prize: £50
Early bird deadline (before 12 October 2024): £49
Final entry deadline (after 13 October 2024): £99

Links
Past winners

Organizer
The Architectural Review

Official Website