The World Architecture Community has opened the 39th cycle of the WA Awards 10+5+X to accept innovative projects from around the world to be judged by a panel of star jury that includes world-renowned architects, top academics and leading designers, as well as past winners of the WA Awards and members of the World Architecture Community. All architects, interior designers, architecture and interior design students can submit their entries until 8 November 2021 (23:59 GMT). Registrations are free of charge. Participants must first upload their works to their WAC pages and can submit the entries at any time before the deadline. ADF (NPO Aoyama Design Forum) proudly supports the WA Awards as one of the media partners.

from left to right: No Footprint House (NFH) by Oliver Schütte © Fernando Alda Fotografía / Fernando Alda, Eleftheria Square by Zaha Hadid Architects © Laurian Ghinitoiu, THE GRAND CANAL Experience Center by Shanghai PTArchitects © courtesy of Shanghai PTArchitects, Sang Mu Dae _ Military Meditation Center by Kyeongsik Yoon © Jongoh Kim, Red Bloom by Myspace Architects © courtesy of Myspace Architects, Chengdu Everbon Renshou Feicui City Sales Center by Emma Zhang © courtesy of Emma Zhang, The Peak by Studio Symbiosis © Studio Symbiosis, Wandering In The Woods –XinMeng · Montessori Kindergarten by Liu Jinrui © Liu Jinrui.

WA Awards includes more than 1,700 winning projects since its inception. Since 2006 and for over 35 Cycles, the World Architecture Community has organised the prestigious and recognised WA Awards 10+5+X. The aim of the WA Community Awards is to highlight and recognise remarkable projects that would otherwise go unnoticed by the international public, but which have the potential to stimulate exciting questions about contemporary architectural discourse.

Eligible Members
Only Architects, Architecture Offices, Interior Designers, Interior Design Offices, Architecture and Interior Design Students are eligible to apply for WA Awards 10+5+X.

Categories
WA Awards accepts projects from architects, interior designers and students in 2 major sections: Architecture and Interior Design. Then projects should be submitted under these 3 subcategories Realised, Designed and Student. All participants should submit their projects that meet these conditions:

For Architecture:
WA Designed Award: Projects that have not been built.
WA Realised Award: Projects that have actually been built (within the last 10 years maximum).
WA Student Award: Projects designed by Students/Academics (projects must have been studied in students' undergraduate or in Master's Degree ), only "Designed/Conceptual" projects are valid - Student category projects must be presented with Supervisor or Tutor/Instructor's name and surname in the "Project Team" section during the upload.Student category that do not meet these criteria will be removed from the competition.

For Interior Design:
WA Realised Award: Projects that have actually been built (within the last 10 years maximum).
WA Student Award: Projects designed by Students/Academics (projects must have been studied in students' undergraduate or in Master's Degree ), only "Designed/Conceptual" projects valid - Student category projects must be included with the name and surname of the supervisor or tutor/lecturer in the 'Project Team' section when uploaded. Projects in the Student category that do not meet these criteria will be removed from the competition.

Evaluation Criteria
The WA Awards judging criteria are based on Novelty, Originality and Creativity in design that reflect and inspire a commitment to the art of architecture are the main criteria. World Architecture Community seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practise. Therefore, the architect's statements and the members' discussions about the submissions are as crucial for recognition as the design itself.

Schedule & Calendar
The schedule for our 3-4 cycles per year is identical between cycles. The first few months after the new cycle is announced, you can upload and submit your projects for the WA Awards. Submissions for the 39th WA Awards will be open until November 8, 2021 (23:59 GMT).

Selection Process
In the fourth month of the cycle, a period of approximately 20 days is reserved for voting and judging.

In the meantime, members of the World Architecture Community, Honorary Members of WAC and previous winners of the WA Awards will be able to vote on and evaluate projects submitted during the cycle for WA Awards throughout the 3 months when participants have submitted their projects since the cycle opened, until the cycle is complete.

In order to be able to rate the projects, a WAC member must have uploaded at least 1 project on their site at least 1 month ago and the project should have been made available to the public by being approved by the World Architecture Community.

Finally, the "X" can be awarded to projects that did not make it to the final selection of 10 or 5 projects, but had that "certain something" that made them worthy of selection and recognition as an "X" by the WA jury.



Entry Fees
WA Awards Entry Fees (per cycle/per project):
WA Designed Award Category: 0
WA Realised Award Category: 0
WA Student Award Category: Free
Jury
WA Awards judging is based on 2 selection processes: Judging and Voting.


Voting is done by a mix of WAC's Honorary Members and previous WA Award winners. Their Votes will determine the top 10 winning projects. The Honorary Members of WAC are an exclusive group of invited architects, recognised critics, academics and theorists, editors of architectural magazines, curators and other experts from architectural centers and other organizations, including Nikos Fintikakis, co-founder of SYNTHESIS AND RESEARCH, renowned Indonesian architect Budi Sukada, who is a lecturer at the University of Tarumanagara, artist and teacher Ruth Jacobson, founder of Alhadeff Architects, Giancarlo Alhadeff, and Sanjay Puri, founder of Sanjay Puri Architects.

The judging will be done by the other members of the World Architecture Community. Their ratings will decide the next 5 winning projects.



Winners
Winners of the WA Awards will receive a digital, special WA Award Winner Poster and a digital WA Award Certificate, which will be made available to participants a few weeks after the winners are announced. When the Cycle is closed, the submitted projects will be featured in an article on WAC to invite members of WAC to cast their votes and rate the projects. The winners of the WA awards will also be announced in an article on WAC and the results shared with our media partners and other global publications.

For more information, please visit How To Participate.

About World Architecture Community
Founded in 2006, World Architecture Community provides a unique environment for architects, interior designers, architecture and interior design students and academics around the world to meet, share and compete. As a truly global platform, World Architecture Community is the place where international contemporary architecture and interior design from all sectors are expressed, offering equal opportunities to countries that are usually less covered by the international media.