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Archisource Drawing of the Year Award 2025 | Deadline for submission of entries: Sunday, April 20, 2025

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Archisource presents the Drawing of the Year Awards 2025, the sixth annual, creative imagery Awards – free to enter and open to all! The Awards are the ultimate accolade in visual representation across architecture, art and design in collaboration with D5 Render and HP. There is over £125,000 GBP ($150,000 USD) in prizes to be won, with the top 250 entries receiving Affinity V2 Universal Licences and D5 Render 180 Day PRO Licences! Top works will also be showcased at the major London Exhibition in July 2025.

The aspirational Awards recognise and celebrate excellence in visual representation, drawing and creative imagery supported by Affinity creative software. Submissions must convey: architecture, design or the built environment, but are open to all disciplines and recognise diverse visual creations across all styles, typologies and functions each year. Submit your works by 20th April 2025 at 23:59 GMT at archisource.org to be recognised for your creative talent.

Top works from the Awards will be showcased at the iconic Truman Brewery in Shoreditch from the 10th to 19th July 2025 as part of the major London Exhibition 2025. The Exhibition will be a major celebration of creativity and a unique collection of the best creative minds and future thinkers including top architecture studios showcasing their design process, alongside the top works that are pushing boundaries in visual representation and creative imagery.

With over £125,000 GBP ($150,000 USD) worth of prizes to be won this is one of the biggest prize collections out there! The six Award winners will receive the ultimate studio set up including a high-performance workstation from HP—either a HP ZBook Firefly 16” G11 Mobile Workstation with Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 processor or a HP Z2 G9 Mini Workstation with Intel® Core™ i7 processor, paired with an OMEN by HP 27” QHD Gaming Monitor or Poly accessory. Winners will also receive software licences from D5 Render, Affinity, SketchUp and MicroStation, giant stationery bundles from LEUCHTTURM1917 and Winsor & Newton, timeless furniture from Vitra, lighting from Tala and more!

Archisource is proud to be collaborating with D5 Render, HP and Affinity for the Drawing of the Year Awards 2025. D5 Render and HP Z Workstations inspire creatives to keep evolving, providing industry-leading tools and technology that help advance creative processes. D5 offers Education Licences to students, educators and educational institutions for free; unleash the powerful capabilities of D5 and transform your architectural projects. Affinity creative suite is the award-winning vector graphic design, image editing and page layout software used by architects and designers around the world.

The widely recognised prestigious Awards celebrate those that have truly excelled in creating standout drawings and imagery. There are six major award categories, focusing on the array of creative processes: Beyond Visualisation Award supported by Hayes Davidson, Digital Drafting Award supported by Bentley’s MicroStation, Digital Media Award, Hand Drawn Award supported by LEUCHTTURM1917 and Winsor & Newton, Mixed Media Award and Visualisation Award supported by Trimble SketchUp. New for 2025, standout works will also be recognised for specific skills and attributes through the Medal Categories including the Affinity Award.

Celebrating the diverse talents of creatives around the world, Archisource welcomes creatives from all backgrounds and drawings of all types. Whether it be hand-drawn or painted, rendered or collaged, detailed linework or diagrammatic – the expert judging panel wants to see your creations. 

Archisource believes creativity incites creativity and the Drawing of the Year aims to recognise, celebrate and give a platform to the very best talents across the world and to inspire so many more in that process.

Submit your works to be recognised amongst top architects, designers, artists and creatives globally by 20th April 2025 at 23:59 GMT at archisource.org

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UoW + London Festival of Architecture: Hamza Shaikh “Drawing Attention: Architecture in the Age of Social Media” | June 8, 2023 at 6.45pm (BST) in MG14, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster

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When: Thursday, June 8, 6.45pm-7.45pm

Where: MG14, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5LS

The School of Architecture + Cities is excited to host its alumnus Hamza Shaikh, who will be speaking about his recently published and timely book on architecture and social media.

Drawing Attention – Architecture in the Age of Social Media by Hamza Shaikh is a new book published by RIBA which provides practical drawing guidance from leading figures around the world.

In the context of huge changes occurring in the profession of architecture as well as the education system, Shaikh’s book sets the tone for a new era of architectural dissemination. “New tools, media, interfaces and ideas are emerging through social media; our new digital common for inspiration and communication. Students now go to Instagram for drawing guidance as universities tend not to explicitly teach artistic expression – arguably the most useful skill for visionaries and creative professionals. However this book provides step-by-step insights into a huge variety of drawing styles and methods to help people gain confidence in their creative potential”.

Join Hamza Shaikh at the University of Westminster for an in-depth dive into the journey of writing his book and understanding the exciting but unknown future of architects in the age of social media.

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For more information and to book your free ticket please go here.

Archisource Drawing of the Year 2022 Competition | Deadline, January 31, 2023 (23.59 GMT)

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Archisource invites students, graduates and alumni to submit their drawings into our free to enter, Drawing of the Year 2022 competition.

The competition has £30,000 worth of prizes to be won, significant international publication and all entries will receive Affinity V2 Universal Licence for free which includes all of Affinity’s creative apps!

In 2021, School of Architecture + Cities student Jake Cripwell was awarded Highly Commended Award in the Environmental category at the Drawing of the Year competition for his drawing titled ‘The Creeping Seaweed Gardens, Fish’s-Eye View’.

Archisource is an architecture and design community of 350,000 with a mission to support and inspire creative builders and thinkers; our fourth annual competition celebrates those that have truly excelled in creating standout works.

COMPETITION INFORMATION:

Enter here: archisource.org 

Host: instagram.com/archisource 

Entry closes 31st January 2023 (23.59 GMT)

The Drawing of the Year 2022 by Archisource is the annual, international, free to enter and open to all drawing competition celebrating the most accomplished imagery and extensive variety of drawings created around the world. The competition has £30,000 worth of prizes with significant international publication, five award categories and numerous commendation awards to be won. This year ALL entries will receive Affinity V2 Universal Licence for FREE!

The competition showcases the diverse varieties, types, styles and functions of imagery created each year. Submissions are open to all disciplines and can be created in any medium or style, however they must convey: architecture, design or the built environment. 

This year’s competition is in partnership with Affinity, the award-winning graphic design, image editing and page layout software used by architects around the world. Affinity is providing all entries with a free Affinity V2 Universal Licence worth £144.99 GBP which includes Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 for Mac, iPad and Windows PC.

The widely recognised aspirational awards series celebrates works across the following award categories: the Drawing of the Year Award, Architectural Award in partnership with Bentley’s MicroStation, Environmental Award, Narrative Award and the Visualisation Award. 

Archisource welcomes creatives from all backgrounds and drawings of all types. Whether it be hand-drawn or painted, rendered or collaged, detailed linework or diagrammatic – the judging panel wants to see your creations. Archisource truly believes in the power of drawings and the Drawing of the Year recognises, celebrates and gives a platform to the very best talents across the world.

The mission and purpose of Archisource is to support and unite the creative community at all skill levels, and Archisource is very proud to bring you the biggest and most inclusive competition of its kind. This is a great opportunity to win an incredible array of prizes and also receive fantastic awareness and international exposure of your standout works to the wider architecture and design industries.

Exhibition: “Planetary Assemblages” at Lethaby Gallery, Central St Martins | April 5-30, 2022

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When: From 5th to 30th of April 2022

Where: Lethaby Gallery, Central St Martins, Granary Square, N1C 4AA

The work of Monsoon Assemblages and the Manifest Data Lab visualises geophysical and atmospheric data as ways of making climate change perceptible and public.

Through drawings, maps, animations and models saturated with data from multiple sources, Planetary Assemblages proposes a critical engagement by bringing two groups of work into dialogue. This dialogue demonstrates the power of art and design to explore our connections to the climate crisis and motivate awareness of the material, social and cultural ways we are implicated in it.

For more details please go here.

Archisource Drawing of the Year Competition | Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2022

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Archisource have just launched their third, annual, free-for-students, Drawing of the Year competition and would like to invite our students to enter!

Archisource instagram.com/archisource is an architecture and design platform for students and professionals with a growing creative community – now 230,000 on Instagram. Having published our students’ great work over the past year they would love to invite you to submit your best works into their annual, free-for-students, international Drawing of the Year competition! The competition celebrates the extensive variety of drawings and showcases the amazing array of talents around the world each year.

With £10,000 ($13,500) worth of prizes, international publication and extensive promotion to be won, there are four Award Categories and a variety of Commendations to win from, including: the Drawing of the Year Award, Architectural Award, Narrative Award and the Environmental Award. Archisource are proud to partner with Enscape this year who will also be awarding an ‘Enscape Commendation’ to the best drawing created with their software – which is also free for students!

Enter here!: archisource.org

The competition is now open and entry closes 31st January 2022!

Archisource truly believe in the power of drawings to communicate and represent more than what you see on the surface and they are excited to judge an array of high quality works. The competition is not just limited to architecture and very much welcome those from other arts and design industries.

This is a great opportunity to win some fantastic prizes but it’s also a great opportunity to be published and receive significant exposure for both the winners and their university to the architecture and design industry. 

Archisource look forward to your submissions and wish you luck!

Call for Papers: DMJournal – Architecture and Representation | Deadline: Monday, November 22, 2021

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DMJournal–Architecture and Representation is a new publication dedicated to the exploration of practices, histories and material cultures of drawing in architecture and related fields. Initiated by Drawing Matter in collaboration with the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA), it builds upon the kind of wide-ranging inquiry into architecture’s graphic forms evident in the rich array of texts that has accumulated over recent years on the Drawing Matter website. This is a resource that now attracts some 15,000 readers each month, from a broad range of disciplines. DMJournal will extend this content by providing a complementary publishing platform that is peer-reviewed and able to host full-length articles. It will promote scholarship that is rigorous, engaging and supple, and that approaches drawing as an expansive and vital area of cultural production.

  1. About
  2. Call for Papers 2021/22
    Architecture and the Geological Imagination (Guest Editor: Kurt Forster)
    Drawing Instruments: Instrumental Drawings (Guest Editor: Paul Emmons)
  3. Submission Process
  4. Issues
  5. Editorial & Advisory Committees

OPEN 2021 – School of Architecture + Cities and Hamza Shaikh : ” Does university prepare you for practice?” | Online event | Friday, July 2, 2021 from 17:00 to 19:00 (BST)

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Please join us on Friday, 2nd of July from 5pm to 7pm (BST), for the last in the series of events around our graduating students’ virtual degree show OPEN2021. We will host our last year’s graduate, Hamza Shaikh, the founder and the host of the Two Worlds Design podcast, and a maker at Make Architects.

Through recounting his architectural education journey, as well as the ways in which he explored and expanded his interests in relation to the architectural profession and beyond, Hamza will help us tackle the difficult, yet important and timely question: Does university prepare you for practice? 

The event will be streamed live on the School of Architecture + Cities’ YouTube channel and Hamza Shaikh’s Two Worlds Design YouTube channel.

5pm Introduction + short film

5.30 – 6.30pm Drawing and the evolving practice

6.30 – 7.00pm Audience Q&A

Hamza Shaikh Bio

Hamza Shaikh is currently a Part 2 Architectural Assistant and Partner at Make Architects, London. He is also the founder & host of the Two Worlds Design podcast series which explores the hidden potential of Architecture by speaking with leading practitioners both within and outside of the field. In 2020 he co-founded the MAD Collective (@the_madcollective),which held multiple symposia to highlight broad issues within the field of architecture and university. He also shares experimental drawing techniques on his popular Instagram page @hamzashaikh.design. More broadly, he shares architectural guidance on his fast-growing YouTube Channel, and he has been described as an ‘Architectural Influencer’ on social media.

The WCCA Drawing Prize 2020 The Jonathan and Victoria Ball Award | Deadline: Friday, June 26, 2020 at 6.00pm

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The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects is offering drawing prizes to students from the London Schools of Architecture.

The aim is to encourage excellence in traditional drawing, but computer generated images will also be considered. Both RIBA Part 1 and RIBA Part 2 Students are invited to submit drawings on behalf of their School. The first prize is £300, with a runner up of £150, in each category.

Format

Please note, due to the current COVID-19 situation; we politely request digital submissions only.

This should be submitted from your School email address / account.

Please ensure to clearly label Part 1 or Part 2 – and please provide FULL name and contact telephone number in body of email.

Submission

To John Bushell, by email to ghowe@kpf.com (Gemma Howe > PA to John Bushell)

Closing Date

Friday 26th June 2020 at 6.00pm.

Exhibition

We are closely monitoring the current situation, but hope to exhibit all entries at the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects’ Election Court Dinner at RIBA Headquarters, 66 Portland Place – date for 2020 TBC.

Enquiries

John Bushell jbushell@kpf.com Gemma Howe ghowe@kpf.com

Featured image: Part 2 Prizewinner 2013  – Jessica Tettelaar, University of Westminster

Call for entries: RIBAJ Eye Line 2020 Competition_Deadline: Monday, June 8, 23:59

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KEY DATES

Deadline: Monday 8 June 2020, 23:59.

Judging: end June.

Winners and commendations announced: August issue of RIBAJ and online.

Exhibition opens: August/September.

Correspondence: eyeline.ribaj@riba.org

It’s back!  The 2020 edition of Eye Line, our international free-to-enter competition for drawing and rendering skills, is now open for entries. As ever we ask for images in two categories – student and practitioner – that brilliantly communicate architecture, in any medium or combination of media. It’s the pure art of architecture we’re interested in: ‘New Imagined Worlds’ is the subtitle this year.

We are especially pleased this eighth year of Eye Line to be partnering with Delta Light, the international architectural lighting company. Themselves committed to the art of architectural illustration, they are kindly hosting our judging event.

We are looking for images of all kinds, from hand-drawn concept sketch to technically proficient layered render.  For us, ‘drawing’ includes any method by which the power of an architectural idea is communicated. This includes depictions of existing buildings as well as works of the imagination.

Practitioners and students enter in different categories:

•    Student category – images made by those in architectural education or who are submitting images made before final qualification.

•    Practitioner category:  images made by those fully qualified and working in practice, whether for real-life projects or to explore ideas and experiences.

We will exhibit winners and commendations at the RIBA following a winners’ party there, and will publish them in print and online. And our colleagues at the RIBA’s Drawings and Archives Collection, based in the Victoria and Albert Museum, will inspect our winners for potential inclusion in the collections.

Last year’s practitioner winner was Ed Crooks for his series of pen-and ink fantasias on Lutyens’ Castle Drogo commissioned by the National Trust: student winner was Theo Jones from the Bartlett with his series ‘Unfolding Julian Assange’s Home of Diplomatic Containment’ made in Photoshop and Illustrator. Commendations in all media ranged from sparse elegant line drawings via watercolour on cardboard.

Every year we are gratified by the originality, wit and talent represented in Eye Line: a truly international, free-to-enter award conducted online.  Practitioners and students – show us your best drawings!

Hugh Pearman, The RIBA Journal

For more details and how to apply please go to: https://www.ribaj.com/culture/enter-eye-line

Featured image: RIBAJ

Call for entries: Eye Line 2019_Deadline: Monday, 10th of June

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It’s Eye Line time! RIBAJ’s free-entry annual award for celebrating excellence in architectural drawing.

This international award is a proven opportunity for exposure and career advancement – for both practitioners and students.

Winners and commendations will be exhibited at the RIBA for a month and will be published in The RIBA Journal and online at RIBAJ.com. Our colleagues at the RIBA’s world famous Drawings and Archives Collections (DAC), based in the V&A Museum, will study the winners for potential inclusion in the collections. ​You will also be invited to the winners’ event at the RIBA attended by leading architects.

Judges are Patty Hopkins, founding partner of Hopkins Architects; Wen Quek, partner, Cullinan Studio; Anne Desmet RA, artist; Tszwai So of Spheron Architects, last year’s winner; Neil Spiller, architect, academic and editor of AD magazine; and Hugh Pearman, editor of the RIBA Journal.

There is no distinction between ‘hand drawing’ and computer rendering skills but you can find out all the entry details in the RIBA Journal article.

Key dates

Deadline: Monday 10 June, 23:59

Judging: end June.

Winners and commendations announced: August issue of RIBAJ and online.

Exhibition opening: August.

Correspondence: eyeline.ribaj@riba.org

 

Featured image: last year’s winner Tszwai So (Spheron Architects, SA+C DS2.6 tutor)