[Updated Mar. 18, 2014, to announce our awesome jury members.]
Have you ... 

  • Solved a design problem with ingenuity?
  • Developed a must-have building product, system, or app?
  • Tested an idea that will change the AEC world?

To celebrate the building technologies that are revolutionizing the process and product of architecture, ARCHITECT announces its Eighth Annual R+D Awards. The program honors innovative design and systems at every scale—from entire buildings to building systems, discrete products and materials, and digital tools such as software, cloud-based platforms, and mobile apps.

The R+D Awards welcome entries of all types to encourage the broadest possible dialogue among architects, engineers, manufacturers, researchers, students, and designers of all disciplines. Past winners have included small firms, large firms, individuals, educators, fabricators, manufacturers, and everyone in between.

Our history of distinguished jury of industry leaders, innovators, and makers continues. Your entries will be scrutinized by these design and tech pioneers:

Start today by registering and preparing your submissions—a one-page abstract bound to the images and thoughtful text needed to tell your entry’s story. Keep it simple. Make it compelling.

Get your entry out the door by Friday, April 18, and pay $175 to register the first entry, and $95 for each subsequent entry. If you need a few extra days, the fee goes up by $50. No deadline extensions are anticipated.

For the complete rules and regulations, check out rdawards.com. See past R+D Award winners here

We can't wait to see what the future of architecture and design has in store.