Architectural Design Awards - WA Awards 39th Cycle Now Open for Submission

World Architecture Community has opened the WA Awards 10+5+X 39th Cycle to accept innovative projects from all around to be judged by a panel of star jury, including world-renowned architects, high-profiled academics and top design leaders, as well as WA Awards' previous winners and World Architecture Community Members.  All architects, interior designers, architecture and interior design students can send their entries until November 8, 2021 (23:59 GMT). Registrations are free to WAC and participants need to upload their works to their WAC pages first and they can send their entries whenever they want before the deadline. ADF (NPO Aoyama Design Forum) proudly supports the WA Awards as one of media partners.

Eligible Members

Only Architects, Architecture Offices, Interior Designers, Interior Design Offices, Architecture and Interior Design Students are eligible to apply to WA Awards 10+5+X.

Categories

WA Awards is accepting projects for architects, interior designers and students under 2 major sections: Architecture and Interior Design. Then projects should be sent under these 3 sub-categories Realised, Designed and Student. All participants should send their projects that meet these conditions: 

For Architecture:

• WA Designed Award: Projects that were not built
• WA Realised Award: Projects that are actually built (built maximum within the last 10 years)
• WA Student Award: Projects designed by Students/Academics (projects must have been studied in students' undergraduate years or in Master's Degree), only "Designed/Conceptual" projects valid - Student category projects must be presented with Supervisor or Tutor/Instructor's name and surname in the "Project Team" section during the upload. Student category projects which don't comply with these criteria will be removed from the competition.

For Interior Design:

• WA Realised Award: Projects that are actually built (maximum within the last 10 years)
• WA Student Award: Projects designed by Students/Academics (projects must have been studied in students' undergraduate years or in Master's Degree), only "Designed/Conceptual" projects valid - Student category projects must be presented with Supervisor or Tutor/Instructor's name and surname in the "Project Team" section during the upload. Student category projects which don't comply with these criteria will be removed from the competition.

Evaluation Criteria

WA Awards' evaluation criteria is based on Novelty, Originality and Creativity in design that reflect and inspire a commitment to the art of architecture are the major criteria. World Architecture Community tries to bridge the gap between theory and practice; thus the architect’s explanations and member’s discussions on submissions will be critical for recognition as much as the design itself.

Timetable & Calendar

The timetable for our 3-4 cycles per year is identical between cycles. The first months as of the announcement of the new cycle, you are welcome to upload and submit your projects for WA Awards consideration. The 39th WA Awards submission is open till November 8, 2021 (23:59 GMT).