The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, established in 1977 by His Highness the Aga Khan, recognises examples of architectural excellence that encompass contemporary design, social housing, community improvement and development, restoration, re-use, and area conservation, as well as landscaping and environmental issues. Through its efforts, the Award seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies in which Muslims have a significant presence.

The selection process emphasises architecture that not only provides for people's physical, social, and economic needs, but that also stimulates and responds to their cultural and spiritual expectations. Particular attention is given to building schemes that use local resources and appropriate technology in an innovative way, and to projects likely to inspire similar efforts elsewhere.

The Award is organised on the basis of a calendar spanning a three-year cycle, and is governed by a Steering Committee chaired by the Aga Khan. (Members of the 2004 Award Steering Committee will be announced during the course of 2002.) Prizes totalling up to US$ 500,000 - the largest architectural award in the world - are presented every three years to projects selected by an independent Master Jury. The Award has completed eight cycles of activity since 1977, and documentation has been compiled on over 7,000 building projects located throughout the world. To date, the Master Juries have identified eighty-four projects to receive Awards. The Ninth Award Cycle covers the period from 2002 to 2004.

Edizione 2004 http://www.akdn.org/agency/aktc_akaa-2004.html

The ar+d award for emerging architecture is the biggest and best award for young architects in the world and gives £10.000 in prize money.
Inaugurated in 1999, the award was conceived by The Architectural Review and d line, the distinguished Danish architectural design firm. It is now supported by Buro Happold and Grohe
Intended to bring wider international recognition to a talented new generation of architects and designers, last year the
competition attracted more than 700 entries from nearly 60 countries, representing every inhabited continent.
Awards are for built or manufactured work only, and besides buildings, the full range of design activity, from landscapes and urban spaces to furniture and cutlery can be submitted.

The Jury for 2004 was Mario Cucinella (MCA, Bologna, Italy), Kevin Daly (Daly Genik, LA, USA), Ryue Nishizawa (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA, Tokyo, Japan), Gert Wingårdh (Wingårdh Architects, Gothenburg, Sweden), Peter Davey (Editor of The Architectural Review).

The first edition of Design 21 project was organized by UNESCO and Felissimo Group for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations and UNESCO. 50 laureates were selected and a Fashion Show of their models took place at the Carrousel du Louvre in March 1996. Several exhibitions were held in Paris, Geneva, New York, Beijing, Tokyo and Kobe. Design 21-I encountered a great success through a large media coverage.

Continuous Connection / Design 21 invites young designers from around the world to create and present a new vision for the way we live in this new century.
This is the fifth Design 21 International Design Award, co-organized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and Felissimo Group (Japan). The objective of this contest is to stimulate and promote creative force among the generations that would shape our future. It also encourages young designers to use design as part of a process of creating a new lifestyle and as a tool to improve the quality of self-expression and communication with others.
Entries were invited for everyday items for home, fashion, new high tech and low tech essentials of today's lifestyle, such as tools and gadgets including communications device, items for home office, travel goods, food, etc... The theme "LOVE / Why?" has been chosen to stimulate reflection on the need in the present world for design/concepts that provide a sense of connection, understanding and harmony - between persons, between people and everyday environment. It reflects an underlying objective of "Design 21" to create and maintain human connections through design.

This award has been preceded by an invitational exhibition by renowned professionals (referred to as "Part 1 Exhibition") in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the Universal Forum of Cultures 2004.

(a) Awards
1 Grand Prix : US$ 10,000
3 First Prizes : US$ 3,000 each
The Prize-winners will also be invited to the Award Ceremony in Paris (round trip airfare and accommodation will be provided by the organizers).

(b) Corporate Awards
Felissimo Corporate Award for gentle everyday products based on colour white (different whites from the natural world): US$ 1,000 and an opportunity to commercialize the item (at the discretion of Felissimo
Group).
Takara Corporate Award for products that add enjoyment to everyday life: US$ 1,000 cash and an opportunity to commercialize the item (at the discretion of Takara Corporate).

American Institute of Architects
Union Internationale des Architectes

The DuPont Benedictus Awards program is an annual international competition for both student and professional architects to recognize significant and enterprising architectural uses of laminated glass.

SPONSORS: Major funding is provided by DuPont, and the competition is organized by The American Institute of Architects (AIA), with worldwide support of the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA). Head quartered in Washington, D.C. with chapters throughout the United States and in Europe and Asia, the AIA is a 59,000-member professional society representing the majority of the nation's architects. It was founded in 1857 and works in partnership with the non-profit American Architectural Foundation. The Paris based UIA, founded in 1948, is a federation of national architectural organizations in more than 100 countries from the five continents with more than 900,000 architects worldwide. DuPont is the producer of Butacite ®* polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer for laminated glass. SCOPE: Named after Edouard Benedictus, a French chemist who discovered the process for laminating glass, the award includes a student design category in addition to existing project recognition. PRIZES: The winning architects are presented with a glass sculpture designed by a renowned artist and/or cash prizes.

ENTRY: Contestants submit slides of projects and an evaluation written in English explaining why the design is unique and how laminated glass is incorporated into their project. Entries are judged by degree of innovation, breadth of application, importance of laminated glass to the building and concept, as well as significance or impact for industry and the consumer.

ELIGIBILITY: The professional program is an international competition open to all architects and industrial designers except members of the jury or their firms. The entry can also be a collaborative effort representing the work of individuals from several firms. The student competition is open to upper level students in ACSA member schools in North American, as well as Africa, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Europe and the Middle East.

The International Design Resource Awards (IDRA) is an annual international design competition to encourage the use of post-consumer recycled, and reprocessed and sustainably harvested materials in new product designs and buildings.

Winners of the 6th International Design Resource Awards Competition, focusing on new materials and sustainable design for products and architecture, were selected in Tokyo, Japan, on December 3, 2002. The first exhibit of the winners took place in Yokohama on March 19th, 2003. The winners were also shown at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York City in May and at the California Gift Fair in Los Angeles in July. I would also like to express my profound gratitude to our colleagues and supporters in Japan who worked so hard to support the Competition and did such a wonderful job of hosting the jurying event: The Prefecture of Kanagawa, AMITA Corporation, Open House and the Eco Design Institute, and the Daishinsha Company.

Every two years since 1987, the IOC/IAKS AWARD has been commending sports facilities of exemplary design and function. The winning projects can be new buildings or existing facilities that have been extended or modernized.

The competition is sponsored by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Lausanne, and the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS), Cologne.

Together with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Bonn, the IAKS is also awarding the IPC Distinction for sports facilities suitable for the disabled. The IPC Distinction aims to promote accessibility to sports facilities and all other buildings in order to give people with disabilities the opportunity to practise or view sport without limitation or barriers.

Eligible to compete are clients/operators (operators) and architects/engineers (designers). The entry must be submitted jointly by operators and designers.

The facilities (new, extended or modernized) must have been in successful operation for at least two years. According to their use and location, they are assigned to different facility categories and assessed according to certain selection criteria.

The projects selected by the Jury are commended with the IOC/IAKS AWARD for Exemplary Sports and Leisure Facilities. The prizes are conferred in Gold, Silver and Bronze. In addition, the Jury can also award Special Distinctions for facilities with interesting aspects.

The results of the IOC/IAKS AWARD will be presented at the International IAKS Congress in conjunction with the International Trade Fair for Amenity Areas, Sports and Pool Facilities (FSB) in Cologne.
This includes:
Presentation of the IOC/IAKS AWARD during the opening ceremony of the IAKS Congress.
Exhibition of the winning entries at the international trade fair FSB.
Publication of details of all prize-winning entries in an extensive off-print (details of previous IOC/IAKS AWARDs)

En créant cette médaille, en 1984, l'UIA a souhaité l'investir d'un prestige équivalent à celui dont jouit le Prix Nobel dans les domaines artistique, scientifique et social.
Ce prix unique, international et libre de quelque intérêt national ou privé que ce soit, est la récompense suprême que l'UIA puisse attribuer, la distinction la plus élevée qu'un architecte soit en mesure de recevoir de ses confrères. Elle lui est décernée de son vivant, en hommage à ses réalisations, pour les contributions qu'il a apportées, sa vie et sa carrière durant, en faveur de l'homme, de celle de la société et de la promotion de l'art architectural.

La médaille d'or de l'UIA est décernée tous les trois ans, et remise solennellement lors du congrès mondial de l'UIA. La première a été attribuée en 1984, à Hassan Fathy (Egypte); la seconde, en 1987, à Reima Pietila (Finlande); la troisième, en 1990, à Charles Correa (Inde) et la quatrième à Fumihiko Maki (Japon), en 1993.

Les Sections membres de l'UIA sont, seules habilitées à déposer une candidature unique pour l'attribution de la Médaille d'or. Les postulants doivent, en principe, être lauréats d'un grand prix d'architecture.

Au nombre de quatre, les prix UIA portent chacun, sur un thème différent et sont dédiés à la mémoire des premiers Présidents de l'Union.

Créés en 1961, les prix UIA sont décernés traditionnellement tous les trois ans, dans le cadre des congrès mondiaux de l'UIA.

Prix Auguste Perret, pour la technologie appliquée à l'architecture

La Société VELUX a créé un Prix international d'architecture biennal, de projets d'étudiants en architecture. La première édition de ce prix a été lancée en janvier 2004 sur le thème : La lumière de demain. Le Prix était ouvert aux étudiants en architecture des écoles européennes, en partenariat avec un enseignant en architecture.

Ce prix organisé en collaboration avec l'Association européenne pour l'enseignement de l'architecture (AEEA), a reçu l'approbation de l'Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA).
L'éclairage naturel et l'ensoleillement ont de tout temps, joué un rôle déterminant dans l'architecture. À travers ce prix, VELUX a souhaité générer une réflexion et un débat sur la réinterprétation de la lumière du jour dans la conception architecturale aujourd'hui. L'objectif était de favoriser l'innovation dans ce domaine et de mettre en évidence des solutions architecturales de qualité, susceptibles d'améliorer la qualité de la vie et de l'environnement.

Prizes 2004
The total prize money is 30,000 euros. It was solely up to the jury to decide the number and the size of the prizes within this overall frame. After the review of all submitted projects and closer scrutiny of 56 short-listed projects, the jury decided to give out ten prizes and thereby give a reasonable money prize for each winner.
- The first prize comprised 8,250 euros for the student and 2,000 euros for the teacher.
- The second prize comprised 6,250 euros for a team of three students, and 1,500 euros for the teacher.
- Eight honourable mentions were awarded 1,200 euros per project, and 300 euros for the teachers.

Apart from the money prizes, the winners were presented with an award trophy, especially designed as a three-dimensional "A" in hand-moulded glass, reflecting the characteristic logo of the International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture.

Au nombre de quatre, les prix UIA portent chacun, sur un thème différent et sont dédiés à la mémoire des premiers Présidents de l'Union.

Créés en 1961, les prix UIA sont décernés traditionnellement tous les trois ans, dans le cadre des congrès mondiaux de l'UIA.

Prix Jean Tschumi, pour la critique architecturale ou l'éducation

Au nombre de quatre, les prix UIA portent chacun, sur un thème différent et sont dédiés à la mémoire des premiers Présidents de l'Union.

Créés en 1961, les prix UIA sont décernés traditionnellement tous les trois ans, dans le cadre des congrès mondiaux de l'UIA.

Prix Sir Patrick Abercrombie, pour l'urbanisme ou l'aménagement du territoire

Au nombre de quatre, les prix UIA portent chacun, sur un thème différent et sont dédiés à la mémoire des premiers Présidents de l'Union.

Créés en 1961, les prix UIA sont décernés traditionnellement tous les trois ans, dans le cadre des congrès mondiaux de l'UIA.

Prix Sir Robert Matthew, pour l'amélioration de la qualité des établissements humains