International Design Competitions

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RETHINKING ARCHITECTURE

INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITIONS

Join the industry's best design competitions and build your portfolio.

Showcase your innovative designs, gain global exposure, and advance your career.

Why join our competitions?

Challenge your creativity, enhance your portfolio, and gain recognition in the industry.

Connect with industry experts, receive personalised feedback, and elevate your skills as you compete for prestigious awards and recognition.

Transform your ideas into solutions that shape the future of architecture and jumpstart your career as a leader in design innovation.

This was also a very unforgettable and enjoyable competition experience - everything is thanks to Larsen Liverpool's efforts and dedication!

I would like to express my gratitude to Larsen Architecture for giving us this opportunity to showcase our work to architectural design enthusiasts around the world. Wishing Larsen Liverpool better and better success!

Yating Kou

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Feature your work in the most prestigious architecture publications
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Build your best portfolio
Push the limits of your creativity
Develop your skills
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Beyond the competitions

Taking part in one of our competitions means more than simply creating a beautiful project. Below is an example of a team of designers that won one of our competitions and has gained international recognition, featuring in the Architects Competitions Yearbook 2023 and being selected as the cover of their 2024 Edition.

Our competitions provide opportunities for reward and recognition that can change the course of your career forever.

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Volcanic Architecture, 2025 EDITION

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Click here to see the previous winners of this competition, 2023 Edition.

Join our revolutionary architecture competitions and be a part of shaping the future leading the way towards a more sustainable and harmonious way of living.

Experience a unique platform and showcase your design talents in a focused environment. Gain valuable insights from industry experts, receive personalised feedback, and elevate your skills as you compete for prestigious awards and recognition

Emporda Wetlands Competitions

The sheer cliffs of the Guilleries Natural Park within the Catalan Pre-Pyrenees make this area the perfect spot for gracvity-defying architecture.

Join the Tavertet Competition Bundle and submit a joint design.

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Emporda Wetlands Competitions

The sheer cliffs of the Guilleries Natural Park within the Catalan Pre-Pyrenees make this area the perfect spot for gracvity-defying architecture.

Join the Tavertet Competition Bundle and submit a joint design.

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Emporda Wetlands Competitions

The sheer cliffs of the Guilleries Natural Park within the Catalan Pre-Pyrenees make this area the perfect spot for gracvity-defying architecture.

Join the Tavertet Competition Bundle and submit a joint design.

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Use our past competitions for your own projects.

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project briefs, professional site photography, 2D and 3D topography models, site analysis, and much more.

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Greek Eco-Village Competitions

Rethink architecture with a world leading Mediterranean Eco Village. Revolutionise and redefine sustainable living.

3 Projects with over £10,000 in awards!

Demonstrate your creativity and innovation with this competition. Design a self sustaining Eco-Village, town Hall and floating Eco-House.

Empordà Wetlands, Spain

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Reimagining Disused Quarry Competitions

Reimagine the dramatic industrial setting of an abandoned quarry. Use your creativity to bring this desolate landscape back to life.

Create a regenerative landscape plan, one-of-a-kind, revolutionary concert hall and a biophilic open-air pavilion in a stone quarry of your choice.

Choose your own site

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Fjords Escape Competitions

Immerse yourself in limitless imagination with this extraordinary design challenge that blends nature's beauty with human ingenuity.

Design a hidden, off-grid escape and horticulture wellness retreat, and an underwater sauna experience beneath the frozen waters of the Nærøyfjord UNESCO World Heritage Site.

UNESCO Nærøyfjord, Norway

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Gravity Defying Cliff-Edge Architecture

Design a Cliff-Edge Hotel and Suspended Sleeping Pod in this incredible location. This is your chance to show the world just how creative you are!

We are looking for a unique and awe-inspiring design that appears to defy gravity. The challenge is to create a sustainable, environmentally conscious structure, or set of structures that sit peacefully, teetering at the edge of the cliffs, providing an emotive experience for visitors.

Pre-Pyrenees Cliffs, Spain

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Pantà de Sau - Reviving the Church

Design a piece of iconic architecture for the area, reviving the sunken church of Sant Romà de Sau. This design will act as a beacon to attract visitors and be a recognisable symbol of the area, reflecting the famous church that sits, partially submerged, in the reservoir. This briefs ask for a unique piece of architecture that combines new and old and a meditation space that will reflect the church, allowing city dwellers to reconnect with the nature in this incredibly dramatic site.

Sau Reservoir, Spain

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If you are interested in taking part in, or using any of our open or closed competitions, you can download the full competition briefs using the link below.

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