Inspireli Awards 2026, young architects and designers

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19 September 2026

The 11th INSPIRELI AWARDS Announces 65 Finalists from Around the World

Prague, Sept 18, 2026 – The 11th edition of the INSPIRELI AWARDS attracted 2,778 participants from 108 countries, who submitted a total of 2,801 projects. Following the jury evaluation in three rounds of voting, 65 outstanding projects advanced to the finals in the categories of Architecture, Interior Design and Urban Design. The winners will be announced on 24 October 2026 during an online ceremony broadcast live from Prague.

Inspireli Awards 2026 finalists in architecture:

Talanova Helena

Jui Lin Lo, Jia Yu Lin

Heba Eissa

Salma Shebl

Architecture was once again the largest category, attracting 2,124 projects by 2,182 participants from 105 countries. From these entries, the international jury selected 35 finalists.

The Interior Design category received 399 projects from 386 participants representing 47 countries, with 15 projects advancing to the finals.

A further 15 finalists were selected in the Urban Design category, which attracted 278 projects by 463 participants from 55 countries.

„We are proud that we get students from over 100 countries to show their talent, and this year attracted almost double participants than the last. Giving students from all over the world a place to shine is our way to bring variety and inspiration into the world architecture.“ Says Mariana Vahalová, CEO of INSPIRELI.

Inspireli Awards 2026 finalists in interior design:

Eden Mohd:

Kosovare Elshani:

Inspireli Awards 2026 finalists in urban design:

Agustina Saavedra, Luciana Antenucci:

Mohamad Nasrullah Mohamad Hamka:

Explore all the finalist projects at www.inspireli.com/finalists

The finalists are competing for €4,500 in financial prizes, an Archicad Studio Subscription, and the opportunity to have a personal dream fulfilled through the unique Make a Wish prize.

The winners of all three categories will be revealed during the official INSPIRELI AWARDS ceremony on 24 October 2026. Broadcast live online from Prague, the ceremony will bring together students, architects, universities and architecture enthusiasts from around the world.

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About the INSPIRELI AWARDS

The INSPIRELI AWARDS is the world’s largest international student competition in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture and interior design. Its mission is to support emerging talent, free of charge, and to provide young designers with international visibility and connect them with leading architects, universities and industry partners from around the world.

The 11th INSPIRELI AWARDS in Numbers

2,778 participants
2,801 submitted projects
108 participating countries
65 finalist projects
35 finalists in Architecture
15 finalists in Interior Design
15 finalists in Urban Design

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Previously on e-architect:

26 Jan 2022

Inspireli Awards 2022

18 Oct 2016

Inspireli Awards 2016, Design, Young Architects and Designers Contest News

Inspireli Awards 2016 – Young Architects and Designers Prize

There is almost only one month left for young architects and designers from all around the world to take part in the biggest competition for architects worldwide – Inspireli Awards 2016. The success amongst the strong competition of 700 contestants from 73 different countries will be the entrance to the architectural elite for the winner.

Inspireli Awards is a project under the social network INSPIRELI, which currently has over 144,000 registered users and 50,000 uploaded photos and is considered to be the biggest social network for architects and people looking for inspiration worldwide.

The founders already asked to be written to the Guinness Book of Records and are waiting for the decision. “We had a vision of creating the biggest competition for architects from the very beginning, but we never thought, we achieve our goal in just 2 years. Now this success maylook simple, but there are tons of work behind it and still a long way with many new challenges. I would like to thank the whole INSPIRELI team and partners who help us,” says Kamil Šimkovič, CEO and Co-founder of INSPIRELI.

Architects and designers under the age of 35 can enter the contest by registering and uploading photographs of their works, visualizations or designson INSPIRELI website and by nominating 3 of them for the competition by the end of November.

Competitors will be able to compare their talent with over 700 colleagues from 73 different countries. The jury, which will rate the works, consists of more than 50 top architects from different countries all around the world. The winner will gain a trophy “Wings to the Future” designed and made by famous Czech designer Bořek Šípek. There will also be a winner of the public voting, which is available to anyone, who registers on INSPIRELI.

“INSPIRELI AWARDS is currently the biggest international competition for young architects and designers. There is no entry fee and everyone has the same opportunity to win. The jurors are the best architects from different countries, so the only thing that matters is talent and skills,” explains Karel Smejkal, the president of the competition and
co-founder of INSPIRELI. “But INSPIRELI AWARDS is not only about victory, it is mostly about the prestige,” added Karel Smejkal.

About the project
INSPIRELI is an international global social network for architects, designers and home design fans. Users browse, share and comment thousands of photographs, communicate with each other and establish contacts. INSPIRELI therefore provides an ideal platform to present and share ideas and professional works of architects and designers to potential business partners and customers, who can also contact them directly through their profile.
www.inspireli.com

Inspireli Awards 2016 image / information from Inspireli

Location: Milan, Italy

Architecture Competitions

Architectural Competitions : links

Architecture Competitions – architectural selection below:

Wilcox Road South Lambeth Competition, London, England, UK

photo courtesy of LFA
Wilcox Road South Lambeth Competition

New London Architecture King’s Cross Design Competition, North London, England, UK

New London Architecture King’s Cross Design Competition

Weissenhof in Stuttgart open urban planning ideas competition, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, south west Germany

photo courtesy of IBA’27
Weissenhof Stuttgart open ideas competition