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People walk in a modern museum atrium with large murals on the walls, glass railings, and a bright skylight. The cover text reads “AZURE” and “NEW LAND MARKS.”.
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Fall 2026

People walk in a modern museum atrium with large murals on the walls, glass railings, and a bright skylight. The cover text reads “AZURE” and “NEW LAND MARKS.”.
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Fall 2026

Our Fall 2026 edition features new cultural and civic landmarks in Belgium, Toronto and Los Angeles. Plus, we explore the greening of Paris and the social ethos behind the game-changing residential work of Winnipeg firm 5468796.

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The Alexander Thomson Society is delighted to announce the ‘Remembering Mark Baines’ Architectural Illustration Competition. The late Mark Baines was a founding member and Chair of the Society, an architect, and teacher of architecture at the Macintosh School of Architecture. He continually emphasized the importance of drawing architecture, was never without a sketchbook.

The brief for the architectural illustration competition is to create, using pencil, ink or paint, an architectural interpretation and celebration of a building of your choice. Quite simply a beautiful drawing or painting.

There will be an exhibition of entries held in 2022.

Submission Requirements

Entrants are required to submit their work in a digital format, these can be any ratio or size up to a maximum of 420 x 420mm (A2 square format). No computer aided drawings or photographs are eligible for entry.

Eligibility

The competition is open to all.

Awards

  • The winning submission will receive £300
  • Two highly commended submissions will receive each £100
  • One highly commended student entry will receive £100.

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