The UIA Award for Innovation in Architectural Education – 3rd Edition , Paris / Frankreich

Press release by UIA - International Union of Architects, Paris | 8 October 2025

 

 

The International Union of Architects (UIA) is pleased to announce the third edition of the UIA Award for Innovation in Architectural Education, organised by the UIA Architectural Education Commission.

 

Open to colleges, schools, departments, or programmes of architecture worldwide, this edition of the UIA Award for Innovation in Architectural Education will recognise excellence in architectural and urban design education, focusing on innovative pedagogies that foster contributions to realising the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals across the five UIA regions, while reflecting their broad diversity.

 

The Award addresses university-level professional education in architecture which could be any recognised study programme for professional architectural education This includes university-level independent schools/programmes or schools/programmes within public or private universities. The following conditions apply:

• The school/programme must have been established for at least ten years.

• The school/programme must offer a professional degree in architecture which is recognised by its local higher education authorities and/or local validation/accreditation body.

UNESCO-UIA validation is not a requirement for entry.

 

The international jury is composed of architects and architectural academics

• Jana Revedin, Advisor, UIA Architectural Education Commission (Germany) – UIA Representative

• James B. Brown (Sweden)

• Karine Dupre (USA)

• Lindy Osborne Burton (Australia)

• Jolanda Morkel (South Africa)

 

Alternate juror

• Andrii Markovskyi , Member, UIA Architectural Education Commission (Ukraine)

 

The Chair of the jury will be elected in the first panel meeting.

 

Management Team (non-voting)

• Ashraf M. Salama, Co-director, UIA Architectural Education Commission (United Kingdom/Egypt) – Award manager and Curator

 

Technical Committee members

• Selma Harrington, Co-director, UIA Architectural Education Commission (Ireland)

• Kevin Bingham (South Africa)

• Kaname Yanagisawa (Japan)

 

Up to (5) awards will be conferred. This includes one (1) certificate for one school/programme located within each of the 5 UIA Regions. The jury reserves the right not to award all the prizes if the entries fall short of the required standards. Announcement of an additional list of finalist commended entries for their distinctive qualities and merits is at the discretion of the jury.

 

The official language of the Award is English.

 

• Award launch: 8 October 2025

• Deadline for receiving questions: 26 November 2025

• Responses to questions published: 15 December 2025

• Deadline for submissions: 15 February 2026

• Jury evaluations: 01-15 March 2026

• Announcement of results: 17 April 2026

• Award ceremony:  During the UIA Congress in Barcelona, Spain (29 June – 2 July 2026)

 

All entries must be submitted through the UIA Awards Platform.

Questions must be submitted to awards@uia-architectes.org.

 

Visit the Award page for more information.