ATX Design of the Year 2025

Early Bird Registration Ends in:

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.

Competition Timeline

Early Bird Registrations Deadline

28th Feb 2025

Standard Registrations

1st March 2025 to

31st May 2025

Submission Dealdine

1st July 2025

Result Announcement

31st July 2025

Jury Members

Will Brock Plowman

Partner at Foster+ Partners,

Dubai U.A.E.

Dom Cheng

Founder and Principal at NONUMENT, Ontario, Canada

Kritika Kharbanda

Sustainability Head at Henning Larsen, New York, U.S.A.

Zuzanna Montwill

Founder at MONDO Studio, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Emirjeta Taipi

Director at ThreeStudio,
New York, U.S.A.

Dima Stouhi

Business Developer at DAAily Platforms, Beirut, Lebanon

Sara Campagna

Senior Associate at UNStudio,
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Christos Koukis

Architect at The Place Bureau, London, United Kingdom

How will I recieve the Unique Registration Code?

After completing the checkout, you will automatically receive an email from architerrax within 72 hours, confirming your registration along with the URC.
Who is this competition for?

This competition is open for all architecture, planning, interior designing and graphic designing students. *this includes the graduates of 2020
Can the students of different colleges/academic years/fields be a part of the same team?

Yes, as long as the participants are students of the relevant courses. ( i.e. students of architecture, planning, designing )
Can the registration details be changed?

Yes, the registration details can be changed before the submission deadline. Teams are allowed to add, remove or swap team members as long as total members does not exceed three. Incase of any change in registration details you must notify us via mail ( with the previously registered email id).
Is the registration fee refundable?

The registration fee is non refundable. It will only be refunded in case of cancellation of the competition.
Is there any specific site or limitation to site area?

No, we have deliberately kept the site selection and area open for participants. The participants are free to select a real or hypothetical site. The objective is to think beyond the site constraints and design freely.