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A group of people walk and gather in a grassy urban park with stone paths, featured on the cover of AZURE magazine promoting the AZ Awards 2026.
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Summer 2026

A group of people walk and gather in a grassy urban park with stone paths, featured on the cover of AZURE magazine promoting the AZ Awards 2026.
#316
Summer 2026

The June/July/August 2026 edition of AZURE is dedicated to our 16th annual AZ Awards — and also features the best of Milan, the New Museum’s expansion, the latest in building envelope systems and more!

The AZ Awards issue packs much more than our winners and finalists — though they certainly take pride of place. (And you can read all about them on our dedicated AZ Awards site.)

Please note that this has expired and is for reference only. See our active listings for more competitions.

The Museum of Emotions competition tasks participants with using architecture to bring out different emotions. They are asked to design a museum that includes two separate exhibition halls that bring out contrasting emotions. One inducing negative emotions, and the other inducing positive emotions. 

Participants are free to choose the specific emotions they incite with their designs – fear, anger, anxiety, love, happiness, laughter, etc. The purpose of the Museum of Emotions is to use architecture as the primary tool to create emotional states.

As this is an ideas competition, participants are free to choose any site location, real or imaginary, or size of their structure.

Museum of Emotions / Edition #3 is one of Buildners’ silent competitions, in which participants must communicate their ideas without the use of any text. The design concept and thinking behind it must all be communicated solely through the use of visuals.

Prizes:

  • Total prize: 7,000€ + Publication in Magazine
  • 1st prize: 3,000€, Publications + Certificate of Achievement
  • 2nd prize: 1,500€, Publications + Certificate of Achievement
  • 3rd prize: 1,000€, Publications + Certificate of Achievement
  • BUILDNER STUDENT AWARD (MORE DETAILS): 1,000€ + 50€ ARCHHIVE BOOKSGift Card + 50 Points Buildner Architecture University Rankings + Publications + Certificate of Achievement
  • BUILDNER SUSTAINABILITY AWARD (MORE DETAILS): 500€ Publications, Certificate of Achievement
  • + 6 HONOURABLE MENTIONS
  • CERTIFICATE: Buildner will also acknowledge the outstanding performance of all winners and honourable mentions with Certificates of Achievement.

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