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The OBEL Award Reveals "Systems’ Hack" as the Theme for Its 2026 Edition

Reyyan Dogan — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:30:00 +0000

The OBEL Foundation has announced "Systems' Hack" as the focus of its 2026 cycle, setting the conceptual framework that will guide the foundation's activities and the selection of the next OBEL Award. Founded in 2019, OBEL recognises architecture's potential to act as a tangible agent of positive social and ecological change, supporting approaches that expand how the built environment is defined and shaped. The 2026 theme calls on architecture to critically engage with the systems that underpin contemporary society, including infrastructure, energy, food, water, education, and information, and to examine how these interconnected networks might be reconfigured in response to accelerating global challenges.

The Obel Award Announces the Theme for Its 2025 Edition

Antonia Piñeiro — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:30:00 +0000

The OBEL Award is an international prize for architectural practice, presented annually by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation. The jury, composed of representatives from firms such as Snøhetta and MVRDV, alongside professionals from other disciplines, selects a theme to guide the choice of winners for each edition. The goal is to steer proposals toward solutions that foster dialogue and generate knowledge on emerging issues, aiming to promote architecture in service of social and ecological development worldwide. For its seventh edition, the 2025 call focus is Ready Made, targeting projects that place reuse and repurposing at the core of architecture for the common good.

The Obel Award Announces Theme for its 6th Cycle, the 2024 Edition

Christele Harrouk — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 05:30:00 +0000

The Obel Award is an international prize for architectural achievement presented annually by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation. Each year, the jury selects a specific theme and grants an award to a promising solution. For the 2024 edition, the prize that honors architectural contributions that positively impact both people and the planet will be focused on “Architecture With”.

ArchDaily’s Readers Select Who Should Win the 2023 Pritzker Prize

Nicolás Valencia — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000

As part of our yearly tradition, we have asked our readers who should win the 2023 Pritzker Prize, the most important award in the field of architecture.

12 Award-Winning Women in Architecture From the Past 12 Months

Niall Patrick Walsh — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:00:00 +0000

In the 12 months since 2018 International Women’s Day, we have seen many female architects come to fore of the design discourse. From Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell’s curation of the 2018 Venice Biennale to Frida Escobedo's celebrated design for the Serpentine Pavilion, the architectural newsfeeds from the past twelve months have played host to many signs of change in a traditionally male-dominated profession.

Submit Your Project for the 2018 World Architecture Festival Awards

AD Editorial Team — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 03:05:00 +0000

It's time to get your applications ready! Now in its 11th year, the World Architecture Festival will take place in Amsterdam from November 28 to 30. Organizers expect nearly 500 architectural practices to compete for prizes in over 30 categories. The event moves to the historic Dutch city following two years in Berlin.

World Architecture Festival Announces the 2017 Awards 'Super Jury'

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 22 May 2017 14:30:00 +0000

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced four internationally recognized names as members of the Super Jury that will judge the awards program at the 2017 Festival in Berlin this November. After the selection of winners from across 31 categories on the first two days of the event, category winners will present to the Super Jury, who will decided the winners of the World Landscape, Future Project and Completed Building of the Year Awards.