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Welcome to AN's Best of Design Awards 2024 registration portal. Please follow the link below to register.
COMPETITION INFORMATION
Launch
July 21, 2024
Submission Deadline
September 13, 2024
Announcement of Winners
Winning projects will be published in print in AN’s Best of Design 2024 issue, which will arrive at the end of the year. Photos, descriptions, and juror comments will appear in this gorgeous publication that reaches readers nationwide and is distributed at industry events and conferences throughout 2025.
This coverage will also be featured on our website, where it will reach a national and international audience, and will be promoted via our online and social media platforms. Winners will also receive a limited edition print from Archigram produced especially for AN. Be seen by 1 million+ AN readers and members of the AEC design community!
Eligibility
In order for a project to be eligible for submission, it must have been completed within two years’ time of the submission deadline, so since October 2022. Landscape, public, unbuilt, and representation projects must have been initiated within three years’ time of the submission deadline, so since October 2021.
To be considered for the Emerging Architects Award, the firm should be founded within the last five years. Please include images of three key projects and use the text box to describe your practice.
The Best of Design Awards is open to projects and firms in any place of the world.
Entrants are allowed to submit multiple projects for the same category or the same project in multiple categories but must enter each as a separate submission.
Representatives of firms and developers are allowed to submit on behalf of their clients. Please provide your direct contact information but include the name of the applying firm in the “Company” field on the registration form.
The Adaptive Reuse category is intended for projects where a change of use takes place. The Building Renovation category is intended for projects where improvements are made but the use remains the same. Entrants may submit adaptive reuse/renovation projects in other categories as desired; the winners of other categories are not required to be new construction. Note that the submission of the same project to multiple categories will require the payment of additional registration fees.
Entry Fees
Early Bird: $245 until August 2, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Early Bird Emerging: $125 until August 2, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Regular: $295 from August 3, 2024 until September 13, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Regular Emerging: $150 from August 3, 2024 until September 13, 2024 11:59 p.m. ET.
Student: $45
To uplift students and emerging firms (firms that were founded within the last five years), AN offers reduced pricing, applicable to all categories of the awards and multiple uses. For the Emerging Firm discount use code EMERGING EARLY at checkout during the Early Bird period or EMERGING during regular registration. The Student Discount will automatically be applied to cart when submitting Student Work. Note that applications may be disqualified should a company redeem a code that is not emerging.
There is no limit on the number of submissions you may make, but each must be entered individually and a separate entry fee paid.
Requirements
Submissions must be paid for before making a submission.
Registration and entry can be completed via the submission portal linked to this page.
WRITTEN MATERIAL
Written material includes:
- A written description (up to 150 words). Please remember that submissions will be judged anonymously for a fair jury process. As such, do not reveal the company, brand, studio name, or other identifying marks in the project name, written material, and visual components
- A list of applicable collaborators and manufacturers. (This will not be viewed by the jury so it can include company names)
IMAGES
Up to six images are per submission. Image requirements include:
- File format: 150 DPI, high-resolution JPG.
- Image size: Landscape is preferred
- Color format: RGB
- File size: 5 MB maximum for each image.
- Label image file names in sequence with the photographer’s name in the file name.
- Do not add captions on or within images.
- Do not include your firm, company, school name on the images.
All submissions must be entered online and received by AN no later than midnight ET (11:59 p.m.) on the submission deadline. AN reserves publication rights for all materials submitted as part of the Best Of Design Awards program, extending to all forms of media or content delivery, whether print, online, digital, mobile, or otherwise, now or hereafter created.
Registration fees are nonrefundable.
Submission is no guarantee of publication or an award.
See all of the Submission Guidelines here: https://archpaperawards.com/design24/
All submissions must be entered online and received by AN no later than 11:59pm EST on the submission deadline. The Architect’s Newspaper reserves publication rights for all materials submitted as part of the Best of Practice Awards program, extending to all forms of media or content delivery, whether print, online, digital, mobile, or otherwise, now or hereafter created. Registration fees are nonrefundable. Submission is no guarantee of publication or an award.