AZ Awards 2027 – Architecture and Design Competition is now open for entries!
The 2027 AZ Awards invite architects, designers and creative practices worldwide to showcase outstanding projects, products and ideas across architecture, interiors, landscape architecture, urbanism and design.
Short description
The 2027 AZ Awards are an international architecture and design competition celebrating outstanding creativity, innovation and excellence across the global design industry.
Founded by AZURE in 2011, the AZ Awards have become an internationally recognised platform showcasing some of the world's most innovative projects, products and ideas in architecture and design.
The 2027 edition invites entries across six main areas: Architecture, Interiors, Landscape Architecture, Urbanism, Products and Emerging Practices, providing an international platform for established professionals as well as emerging creative practices.
Entries are evaluated within the wider tradition of the AZ Awards, which recognises work distinguished by design excellence, innovation, creativity and its contribution to the contemporary built environment.
Selected projects gain significant international visibility through the AZ Awards and AZURE's global architecture and design audience.
Submissions for the 2027 AZ Awards open on 9 November 2026. The Early Bird Deadline is 11 December 2026, while the final deadline for submissions is 26 February 2027.
Eligibility
The competition is international and welcomes entries from the global architecture and design community. The 2027 edition includes opportunities for both established professionals and emerging practices across the fields represented by the competition.
Benefits
➜ Selected projects receive significant international exposure through AZURE and the AZ Awards' global network.
➜ Winners and finalists receive recognition through AZURE's print and digital platforms and the international AZ Awards programme.
➜ Winners receive the distinctive AZ Awards trophy, reimagined each year by a prominent designer and produced exclusively for the competition.
➜ Winners also benefit from a complimentary press kit distribution through v2com newswire, providing additional international media exposure.
Entry fees
Entry fees for the 2027 AZ Awards have not yet been announced.
The organiser is expected to publish complete fee information when submissions open on 9 November 2026.
