The Architecture Drawing Prize by Make Architects, Sir John Soane’s Museum and the World Architecture Festival
Dezeen Competitions: The Architecture Drawing Prize aims to celebrate and showcase architectural drawings in a variety of formats.
The competition welcomes the use of digital programmes and AI, as well as celebrating the skill of hand drawing.
This competition is now closed
Organisers: Make Architects, Sir John Soane’s Museum and the World Architecture Festival
Competition: The Architecture Drawing Prize
Judges:
- Ken Shuttleworth, founder of Make Architects
- Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell, artists
- Lily Jencks, founder of Lily Jencks Studio
- Federica Minozzi, Iris Ceramica Group CEO
- Narinder Sagoo, head of design communications at Foster + Partners
- Louise Stewart, head of exhibitions at Sir John Soane’s Museum
- Paul Finch, World Architecture Festival programme director and chair of the jury
Submission deadline: 12 September 2025
Winner announcement: October 2025
Prizes: The winners will have their work displayed at the World Architecture Festival in Miami from 12 to 14 November 2025. The overall 2025 winner will be announced at the private preview of The Architecture Drawing Prize exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum, which will run from 28 January to 15 February 2026 and will feature a selection of winning and shortlisted entries
Competition overview
The Architecture Drawing Prize, sponsored by Iris Ceramica Group, is an annual drawing competition that celebrates and showcases the art and skill of architectural drawing across multiple formats.
Established in 2017, The Architecture Drawing Prize is a collaboration between Make Architects, Sir John Soane’s Museum and the World Architecture Festival.
The prize is a platform for reflecting on and exploring how drawing continues to advance the art of architecture today. It embraces the creative use of digital tools and digitally produced renderings, while recognising the enduring importance of hand drawing.
There will be multiple winners and a special prize for hand drawing to mark the initial inspiration for the awards.
Eligibility and judging criteria
Entries are welcomed from architects, designers and students from around the world.
The standard entry fee is £99 and the entry fee for under 30’s and students is £49. Participants can use the discount code TADPUNDER30 towards the end of the entry process to enter for £49.
How to enter
World Architecture Festival invites entries of all types and forms, from conceptual to technical or construction drawings, cutaways or perspective views and anything in between.
Submissions must include:
- Title of entry
- Name of entrant
- Project description outlining the intention or context of the drawing. This must also include means or method of production (details of digital programmes used and how AI has been deployed if relevant) and dimensions of the original
Submission deadlines
The entry deadline for all submissions is 12 September 2025. The winners will be announced in October 2025.
About the World Architecture Festival
The World Architecture Festival is an architectural and design event held annually to showcase architecture projects. It is the only architecture festival that includes a live judged awards programme, with “crit rooms” to present a judging panel, seminars and networking events.
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