Celebrating the rising stars in architecture

Launched in 1999, the AR Emerging awards grant early recognition to young designers and celebrates the architectural stars of tomorrow. Established in response to the heavy-hitting Gold Medals, Pritzkers, and other lifetime achievement awards, the AR Emerging awards recognise a promising portfolio of work and propel young talent onto the international stage early in their careers. 

Previous winners have included Carla Juaçaba, Shigeru Ban, Rick Joy, Ana Heringer, Sou Fujimoto, Thomas Heatherwick, Neri & Hu, Li Xiaodong and Frida Escobedo.

Entries for the 2024 awards are now closed. Want to participate in 2025? Register your interest here!

2024 Winners

Extended entry deadline

Judges
Learn more about this year's distinguished judges for the AR Emerging awards

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Previous winners
Discover the practices that won last year - and be inspired by their work!

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Partnership opportunities
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Download last year's winner portfolio

Thinking about entering the AR Emerging awards but unsure how to start your portfolio submission? If yes, check out the portfolio of last year's winner, Mexico-based practice TO, showcasing three projects that paved the way to their success.

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2024 confirmed judges

Adrian Lahoud
dean
School of Architecture at the Royal College of Art
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Geir Brendeland
co-founder
Brendeland & Kristoffersen
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Noura Al Sayeh-Holtrop
architect and curator
Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities
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"For us, it’s very important to have this opportunity to open new doors, discover new branches of thinking and have more jobs and possibilities"
Carlos Facio, Co-founder, TO, Winner of AR Emerging awards 2023

"We enjoyed meeting the other finalists, they are all amazing and talented people. Exchanging ideas and receiving comments from the judges during the presentation was valuable"
Wtanya Chanvitan & Takahiro Kume, Co-founders, Bangkok Tokyo Architecture, Highly Commended of AR Emerging awards 2023

"Preparing your work to be shown before the judging is an exercise that forces you to think about your own process"
Sol Camacho, Founder, RADDAR, Peter Davey Prize winner of AR Emerging awards 2023

"There’s an unbelieve group of architects involved in this so to be singled out by the judges for accommodation is very extraordinary"
Sanchez Benton Architects, United Kingdom, Highly Commended of AR Emerging awards 2022

"Receiving this reward is so great, the fact that this work has been recognised helps us so much to keep on working in that way"
Instituto Balear de la Vivienda, Spain, Winner of AR Emerging awards 2022

Partnership opportunities

Be inspired by, and show your support to, the world's most interesting up-and-coming architects, engaging with them at the start of their journey. The Emerging awards partner programme offers quality content, unique formats and marketing opportunities reaching over 30,000 architects worldwide. A total of three events and extensive cross-media publicity through The Architectural Review are ideal environments to build your brand and generate sales opportunities all in one integrated programme.

If you wish to learn more about becoming a partner, please contact Louise Sweeney on +44 (0)203 953 2750 or at louise.sweeney@emap.com .


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