Disciplines — Architecture
THE RUINS TO REUSE 2026.
Adaptive reuse within 750m²
Entry
£25
Prize
£500
Closes in
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Choose an existing building anywhere in the world — in use, abandoned or forgotten — and give it a reason to stand.
- Entry
- £25
- Prize
- £500
- Deadline
- 30 November 2026
- Results
- 15 January 2027
Why enter
Value beyond the prize
Winning is one outcome. Most entrants join for something else: a finished piece of work, a public project, and a reason to keep building.
1
A finished portfolio piece
The brief gives you a deadline, constraints and a clear audience. Treat it as a real commission.
2
Public archive placement
Paid entries can be published in the project archive, linked to your creative profile and shared by discipline.
3
Independent review
Every competition is judged independently and in-house by Design Something. Submissions are scored anonymously against the published criteria and their weightings, and the scores are aggregated to produce the ranking.
Judging
What the architecture brief rewards
Every competition is judged independently and in-house by Design Something. Submissions are scored anonymously against the published criteria and their weightings, and the scores are aggregated to produce the ranking.
- 01A plan that resolves the brief, not only an image that sells it
- 02A credible response to site, budget and use
- 03Civic generosity — what the project gives back to the street
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