ATX Design of the Year 2025

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Design for Change

Propose a design solution that addresses the urgent challenges faced by refugees of war, focusing on creating dignified and impactful solutions.

Showcase your groundbreaking academic projects—be it a thesis, studio work, or creative design. Celebrate the innovation fostered in academic spaces on an international stage.

Academic Excellence

Select between two categories that embody ATX Design of the Year. Whether showcasing an academic project or a real-world solution, this competition emphasizes innovation, creativity, and architecture's impact on meaningful change.

01 Design for change

The Design for Change category invites participants to tackle one of today’s most critical global challenges: developing architectural solutions for refugees of war.

As a conceptual design category, it encourages creative and visionary approaches that address a specific aspect of the refugee experience.

02 Academic Excellence

The Academic Excellence category offers architecture students and recent graduates an opportunity to share their most compelling academic work on an international stage.

Whether it’s a thesis, a studio project, or any design project, this category is dedicated to celebrating the creativity and innovation cultivated within academic environments.