For the past 10 years, Strelka Institute, and Strelka KB have been bringing young promising architects from across Russia into the spotlight. The alumni of the Institute’s educational programs and the winners of national and international competitions organized by Strelka KB have received recognition from world-renowned architects, as well as from citizens who are fond of the new public spaces, boulevards, and parks that have been revitalized. 

The world’s most visited architecture website, ArchDaily, provides inspiration, knowledge, and tools to help architects design a better world. Some 13.6 million architects from 233 countries visit ArchDaily each month to explore the most up-to-date projects and ideas in the world of architecture.

As we join forces for the inaugural ArchDaily & Strelka Award, we are looking for projects that bring about positive change and deal with acute urban challenges. 

We invite emerging architects to submit their built projects that emphasize sustainability, research-based and participatory design, and the innovative use of materials. 

We are looking for architectural projects built in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, or Uzbekistan in the past five years.

We will consider a wide variety of built projects ranging from cultural to commercial architecture, from housing to public infrastructure, from religious buildings to public spaces, such as parks or boulevards.

We invite architects and architecture and design firms that started their practice no more than 10 years ago. Only one project from each firm is allowed to take part in the competition. 

How does it work?

The competition will consist of three stages:

Qualifying round: 11 June — 10 July

• Fill in the Google form below and submit your application. We kindly ask Russian-speaking architects to submit their applications both in English and Russian. The projects selected by ArchDaily and Strelka will be published online on the 17th of July. 

Voting. First round: 17 July — 31 July

• The first round of voting will start on the 17th of July. Readers of ArchDaily and Strelka Mag will be able to vote online (the combined readership of ArchDailyand Strelka Mag is over 7 million).
• The projects will be split into different nominations. Finalists will be shortlisted online on the 28th of July.

Final Voting: 1 August — 15 August

• The final round of voting will take place from the 1st of August until the 15th of August.

Three finalists will be announced on the 19th of August. 

Finalists will be invited to the Future Architect conference which will take place on the 9th and 10th of September in Moscow. They will present their projects as part of the conference and will receive the award from ArchDaily CEO and Editor-in-Chief David Basulto.

The winner will have the opportunity to make a documentary about their project, which will be uploaded on the online cinema platform Okko.