Harwood – Rental Housing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada by Henriquez Partners Architects for BOSA Properties Inc. ⸻
No Footprint Wood House, Uvita, Province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica by A-01 (A Company _ A Foundation), 2022. Photograph by Fernando Alda. ⸻
About the Award
Future House Awards are the only Museum, non-commercial awards program that honor the newest residential designs that push the boundaries of high-design, craft, materiality, and sustainability.
Future House Awards arise from the convergence of residential design and architectural vision, with the aim of championing and honoring novel and inventive residential projects on a worldwide level.
“From a shed to a penthouse”—the vision is to present architectural projects that are both inclusive and pioneering, ultimately defining the current state, and influencing the future of residential design on a global scale.
The awards program seeks to define the best and most innovative cutting-edge designs for residential architecture.
Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design launch the Future House International Residential Awards for the fourth year after the great reception of the program in its inaugural year.
Future House presents a unique opportunity to showcase new, groundbreaking, and cutting-edge private houses, apartments, vacation homes, residential additions, multi-family housing, restoration/renovations, sustainable and affordable housing before a global audience.
All submissions, built or unbuilt, must have been in any given stage either as an initial concept or completed project as of or after 2020.
Conceptual and unbuilt projects are welcomed.
Share your vision with the world and design the future
Secure your place on the 2026 FUTURE HOUSE Awards List!
Award Categories
1. Private Homes
2. Residential Towers
3. Mixed-Use Buildings
4. Residential Interior Design
5. Residential Additions
6. Sustainable Houses
7. Multi-Family Houses
8. Vacation Homes
9. Social Housing & Community Living
10. Restorations/Renovations
11. Historic Preservation
12. Landscape Architecture
The St. Regis Residences, Boston, Massachusetts, USA by Elkus Manfredi Architects for Cronin Development Consultancy Limited and St. Regis Hotels & Resorts. ⸻
How to Apply
In order to apply you need to visit awardapplication.com Organization Page. You need to create an account applying all your company information. If you already have created an account from past years submissions please log in with your username and password. All required fields must be filled in. After a successful application you will receive an email with a unique ID number for your submission, a pre-invoice for your submission and a pdf document with all information in case you choose to pay with bank transfer. All final invoices are sending to all clients periodically after we check all transactions passed through correctly. You can always log in to your account to see passed submissions or download your passed invoices.
PROJECT DETAILS & MATERIAL
Credits
All information submitted will be included in all online presentation, exhibition and Award publication catalogue. Please ensure that possible changes or mistakes according to credits, images and project description may incur costs. During your submission please advise all examples given in every section to ensure all credit details filled in correctly.
Project Description
All project descriptions should be edited in English, should be ready to use in any type of online presentation or publication and should not be more than 1000 words (5000 characters). There is a specific text tab to include it when submitting so please do not forward it with email or any other way to us.
Project Images
1. ASPECT RATIO 16:9
(1920px Χ 1080px Landscape or Portrait)
2. ASPECT RATIO 1:1
(1080px X 1080px Square format)
3. RESOLUTION: 300dpi/image, max 6MB per file.
The file names should use explicitly Latin characters. (Please upload 8-10 images)
4. FILE TYPE: JPG, PNG.
5. SECTION PLANS: Upload 1 pdf file with your floor plans and elevations (max 25mb).
Notes
• All images file names should use only Latin characters
• For more Images, 3d renderings, Plans, Sections, Elevations or blueprints, for the jury procedure please forward directly to us using a public folder in Dropbox at contact@globaldesignnews.com
Entry Fee: 295$ per submitted project. After we receive the filled-out form and check all materials an invoice will be sent to your email.
Please provide the bank transfer receipt with your payment together with all other materials of your application.
IMPORTANT: The information provided here MUST be accurate as it will form the basis for any future publication as well as the web presentation that will become part of the exhibition.
Note: Please ensure all information and uploads are accurate, as further corrections after submission may incur additional charges during the publication process.
Submissions Deadline for 2026 Award Program: June 15, 2026
Submissions Deadline for 2026 Award Program: June 15, 2026.
Submissions Deadline for 2026 Award Program: June 15, 2026.
The St. Regis Residences, Boston, Massachusetts, USA by Elkus Manfredi Architects for Cronin Development Consultancy Limited and St. Regis Hotels & Resorts. ⸻
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