ELIGIBILITY: Every year, architects and designers under the age of 40 (as of December 31, 2024) are invited to submit projects (built or unbuilt, manufactured or conceptual) to be judged by a panel of distinguished architectural and design practitioners, developers, architectural journalists, educators, and critics. Important Notice: Participants either working as individual practitioners or collaborating inside an established firm as the principal lead designer of the projects submitted, can only apply as individuals, no firms allowed.
In addition to all European Union member countries, architects and designers from the following European nations are invited to participate: Either be a citizen of one of the 28 countries that are part of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom) or be a citizen of Albania, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Lichtenstein, Macedonia, Iceland, Moldavia, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Russia, San Marion, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey.
Eligible architectural projects (built or conceptual) may include residential, commercial, institutional, educational, civic, religious and transport buildings, urban planning, urban design, landscape architecture, interior architecture etc.
Eligible industrial design projects (manufactured or conceptual) may include furniture, appliances, utensils, accessories, tools, electronics etc.
The deadline for the 2024-2025 program is December 15th, 2024.
Applications are available online at The Chicago Athenaeum website at
www.chi-athenaeum.org
JURY CRITERIA: Projects are judged on the merit of design innovation with the emphasis of pushing the envelope beyond conventional methods and exploring new theories, ideas, and approaches to contemporary design. Additional criteria for evaluation includes the use of the latest technologies, the investigation of new materials, the incorporation of energy conservation and environmental consciousness in design and a forward-thinking respect for green design as mandated by the European Union. The jury will select individual participants on the basis of submitted work and the potential of their impact on the future of the profession.
PROGRAM RESULTS: The results of Europe 40 Under 40® Awards will be announced in early 2024 and will be presented as an exhibition that will open in Athens, at THE EUROPEAN CENTRE during the summer of the same year. All award-winning architects and designers will be included in the edition entitled Next New Talented Generation of European Architects & Designers by Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd.
Each applicant can submit between 1-3 projects for consideration.
FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION FORM
In order to apply you need to visit awardapplication.com Organization Page. You need to create an account applying all your company information. If you already have created an account from past years submissions please log in with your username and password. All required fields must be filled in. After a successful application you will receive an email with a unique ID number for your submission, a pre-invoice for your submission and a pdf document with all information in case you choose to pay with bank transfer. All final invoices are sending to all clients periodically after we check all transactions passed through correctly. You can always log in to your account to see passed submissions or download your passed invoices.
Criteria for submissions includes any commercial, corporate, institutional, or residential building type or urban planning project, built or unbuilt worldwide, designed or built after January 1, 2023. For example, a building can be designed before the 1st January 2023 but due to be completed after 1st January 2023 and still be eligible to enter.
PROJECT DETAILS & MATERIAL
Credits
All information submitted will be included in all online presentation, exhibition and Award publication catalogue. Please ensure that possible changes or mistakes according to credits, images and project description may incur costs. During your submission please advise all examples given in every section to ensure all credit details filled in correctly.
Project Description
All project descriptions should be edited in English, should be ready to use in any type of online presentation or publication and should not be more than 400-500 words. There is a specific text tab to include it when submitting so please do not forward it with email or any other way to us.
Project Categories
Building types and categories are: Airports and Transportation Centers, Bridges and Infrastructure, Building Technology, Cemeteries, Civic Centers, Commercial Buildings, Community Centers, Corporate Buildings, Display/Installations, Energy Buildings, Entertainment, Government Buildings, Hospitals/Medical Centers, Hotels, Industrial, Interiors, Libraries, Mixed Use Buildings, Monuments, Multi-Family Housing, Museums and Cultural Buildings, Office Buildings, Parks and Gardens, Private Homes, Public Space, Religious Buildings, Restaurants/Resorts, Restoration/Renovation, Retail/Showrooms, Schools and Universities, Skyscrapers/High Rises, Social Housing, Sports and Recreation and Urban Planning/Landscape Architecture. Previously awarded buildings are not eligible.
Project Images
1. ASPECT RATIO 16:9 (1920px Χ 1080px Landscape or Portrait)
2. ASPECT RATIO 1:1 (1080px X 1080px Square format)
You can upload images in mixed formats.
3. RESOLUTION: 300dpi/image, max 6MB per file.
The file names should use explicitly Latin characters. (Please upload 4-6 images)
4. FILE TYPE: JPG, PNG.
Notes
• All images file names should use only Latin characters
• If you want to forward Plans/Sections/Elevations pdfs or more images for the jury procedure or blueprints please use the dropbox link to upload. Make sure your dropbox folder is public so we can have access.
All images file names should use only Latin characters. If you want to forward more images for the jury procedure or blueprints please use the dropbox link to upload. Make sure your dropbox folder is public so we can have access. Application fee is €275 (euro) per entry. In each entry the submitter can participate with 1 to 3 projects.
Cheques made payable to: The European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. Payment can be made by Mastercard/Visa/American Express or by bank wire transmission. E-mail for electronic payment details.
FOR MORE INFO
The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies
28 Butlers Court
Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Dublin 2
IRELAND
Tel/Fax: +353/ (0)1-670 8781
email: konstadina@europeanarch.eu