« Architecture Is Transformation »

The Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM launches its call for applications for the 2026 edition
endorsed by the International Union of Architects. 

Applications are accepted from October 7, 2024, to January 20, 2025.

How can architecture accommodate and foster transformation?

How can we transform the existing built environment, whether protected or not, urban and rural infrastructures, and architectural materials and immaterialities?

How can collective intelligence, cutting edge technological tools and experimental design processes emancipate our clients and users, all in the service of equality? 

The Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM invites architects, designers, urban planners, and landscape designers from around the world to submit their applications for studied or built projects, research, writing, and experimentation demonstrating innovation and design quality. The Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM rewards a candidate's professional, scientific, social, and political commitment, rather than individual projects.

The five laureates will be revealed at the 2026 Symposium and their works will be featured in a book published by ArchiTangle.

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For more information on the Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM

Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM

About the Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM

The Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM was founded in 2006 by architect and researcher Jana Revedin. It promotes the principles of sustainable development and a participatory approach to architecture, both in the Global North and South. Its Symposium is held under the patronage of UNESCO. The Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM will have 90 laureates by 2025, representing a global network that shares the ethics of sustainable architecture. This community continues its research, experimentation, and knowledge transfer in the fields of architecture, urban renewal, and social responsibility in academia.

As a sign of its pioneering role, five architects or teams who have won the Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM have since received the prestigious Pritzker Prize:

  • Wang Shu (Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM 2007, Pritzker 2012),
  • Alejandro Aravena (Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM 2008, Pritzker 2016),
  • Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi (Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM 2007, Pritzker 2018), 
  • Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal (Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM 2018, Pritzker 2021)
  • Diébédo Francis Kéré (Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM 2009, Pritzker 2022). 
  • Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi (Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM 2007, Pritzker 2018), 
  • Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal (Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM 2018, Pritzker 2021)
  • Diébédo Francis Kéré (Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM 2009, Pritzker 2022).

Saint-Gobain is the Official Partner of the Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM.

 

 

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