The Buildner Unbuilt Award is an exciting new annual competition offering a 100,000 EUR prize fund, designed to highlight architectural design that hasn't yet been brought to life.
With an upcoming registration deadline at the end of October, the 2024 Unbuilt Award presents a unique opportunity for architects and designers to submit their best unbuilt work—whether published, unpublished, fully developed, or still in concept form. This year's competition is divided into three categories based on project scale: small, medium, and large. This structure allows participants to showcase their work on an equal footing, ensuring that every vision, regardless of size, has a chance to be celebrated.
Unbuilt ideas embody the purest form of creative exploration, often unconstrained by practical limitations. Unbuilt designs can push the boundaries of architectural thinking, allowing for bold experimentation in form, function, and sustainability. Concepts often serve as catalysts for new methods of presentation, communication, and problem-solving, shaping future projects and inspiring emerging designers to think beyond the built environment, ultimately advancing architectural discourse and practice. By showcasing these visionary projects, the creativity of architects is both honored while further innovation within the field can be stimulated.
