2026 NY Architectural & Interior Design Awards: Season 2 is now open for entries!
The NY Architectural & Interior Design Awards 2026: 2 Season, recently organised by International Awards Associate Inc (IAA) is an international competition that recognizes excellence in architecture, interior design, urban planning, landscape design, and conceptual projects worldwide.
Short description
The NY Architectural & Interior Design Awards 2026: 2 Season, recently organised by International Awards Associate Inc (IAA) is an international competition that recognizes excellence in architecture, interior design, urban planning, landscape design, and conceptual projects worldwide.
The NY Architectural Design Awards stand as a prestigious platform, recognizing the world's most exceptional architectural designs. This award platform unites the most innovative and outstanding works crafted by skilled architects, visionary designers, and aspiring students from every corner of the globe. The NY Architectural Design Awards celebrates the ingenuity and creativity that shape our spaces, pushing the boundaries of form, functionality, and sustainability to create structures that inspire awe and admiration.
The award extends its invitation to global architects, and every designer / student who are inspired to diversify the keystones of success in interior design, urban design and planning, as well as conceptual designs, honoring established or emerging individuals on a global design community of excellence.
The NY Architectural & Interior Design Awards recognizes the world’s greatest architectural designs, while celebrating the truly extraordinary designs that shape skylines, communities and living spaces from the past, present, and future. This is where you put up a challenge for conventional ideas, through a global platform that transforms your innovation, creativity, and vision into a grander scheme of brilliance and achievements.
Categories:
The NY Architectural & Interior Design Awards categories include Commercial Architecture, Residential Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Innovative Architecture, Conceptual Design, Urban Design and Planning, and many more.
Entries must be produced within the last FIVE (5) calendar years up through the final deadline. All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published or implemented and may not be modified for the competition.
There are TWO (2) levels of achievement in the competition:
➜ Design of the Year (Only ONE highest score point from each category will be recognized as Residential Architecture / Commercial Architecture / Institutional Architecture / Cultural Architecture / Urban Design and Planning / Interior Design / Landscape Architecture / Innovative Architecture / Historical Preservation and Renovation / Conceptual Design / Student Design of the Year.)
➜ Gold Winner (85 - 100 points)
➜ Silver Winner (60 - 84 points)
The NY Architectural Design Awards categories include Commercial Architecture, Residential Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Innovative Architecture, Conceptual Design, Urban Design and Planning, and many more.
Evalutation criteria:
➜ Creativity / Originality / Concept / Idea
➜ Content / Brief / Objective / Planning / Execution
➜ Innovation / Technology
➜ Quality / Functionality / Sustainability
➜ Overall Impression / Wow! Factor / Memorable
All winners for 2026 will be announced on Nov 6, 2026.
Submission requirements
Entry Brief:
Kindly provide a synopsis of your design of approximately 350 words. The brief should strengthen your entry, as well as providing the jury a better understanding of your project. A written translation or adaptation of non-English entries is highly recommended.
Image Submission:
The submissions should be saved in a flattened JPEG or JPG format. (Keep them under 4MB, 1,200px wide is preferable, 300dpi, RGB).
Video / Audio Submission:
Entries with audio/video must be submitted with a direct URL that will take judges directly to the work:
1. Upload video/audio to Vimeo/YouTube/Youku.
2. Paste the URL link into the URL field.
➜ Entries must be produced within the last five calendar years up through the final deadline.
➜ All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published or implemented and may not be modified for the competition. The NY Architectural Design Awards may request proof of initial production and/or publication date.
Eligibility
The NY Architectural & Interior Design Awards accepts entries from Design Professionals, Architects, Interior Designers, Landscape Designers, Urban Planners, Design Innovators, Renovators, Design Firms, Design Agencies, Freelance Professionals, Organizations, Students and anyone aged 18 and above residing anywhere in the world.
Benefits
➜ The Design of the Year winners receive a complimentary Ava Statuette and an exclusive winner certificate.
➜ One professionally designed certificate commemorating the winning entry, which includes entry title, entering company/winners' name and category. Decal will be affixed indicating the level of win.
➜ Gold winners will be featured on NY Architectural Design Awards site's Gallery, where professionals can view your work.
➜ A press release template sent to major industry outlets, celebrating your win.
➜ Professionally designed logos for use on websites, in email signatures, etc.
➜ In addition to the complimentary certificates, Gold and Silver winners may purchase futuristic NY Awards statuettes, and/or additional customized certificates.
➜ Gold winners will get featured on social media or our media partner on Muse.World’s website.
Entry fees
2026 Entry Deadline & Fees:
➜ Early Bird Deadline (May 15 - Jun 17, 2026)- $209
➜ Regular Deadline (Jun 18 - Jul 15, 2026) - $219
➜ Final Deadline (Jul 16 - Aug 19, 2026 ) - $239
➜ Final Extension Deadline (Aug 20 - Sep 16, 2026) - $249
