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The Architectural Review’s awards for emerging practices return in 2026, with finalists published in a special issue and presenting to the judging panel in October.
AR Emerging was launched in 1999 to give early-career practices a form of recognition that sits deliberately apart from lifetime-achievement prizes. The award considers a portfolio rather than a single isolated image or concept and is open across architecture, urban design and landscape practice.
For the 2026 edition, submissions closed on 26 June. The Architectural Review states that all finalists will be published in a special edition and will present their work in person to the judging panel in October 2026. A £5,000 prize fund is attached to the winner.
The eligibility rules focus on genuinely emerging practices: founders must meet the published age criterion, with the 2026 guidance requiring founders to have been born after 1 January 1981, or to be 45 or under. APSAIDAL records that requirement explicitly because it determines who the award is for rather than merely describing its branding.
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