Future House 2025
International Residential Architecture Awards
New Private Homes, Multi-Family Housing, Apartments Complexes, Hi-Rise Dwellings, Social and Sustainable Housing, Residential Restorations and Renovations
Deadline for Submissions:
June 15th, 2025
Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design launch the international residential Future House 2025.
Future House is born out of the juxtaposition of residential design and architectural vision aiming to promote and award new and innovative residential projects on a global scale.
“From a shed to a penthouse”—the vision is to present inclusive and pioneering architectural projects that define the present and shape the future of residential design globally. The award program seeks to define the New Domestic Landscape with the best and most innovative cutting-edge designs for residential architecture.
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.
Future House International Residential Awards showcase the best and most outstanding new examples of residence created by some of the most renown international architects and their clients worldwide. The program recognizes excellence in architecture and urbanism from a global point-of-view.
Enter now to ensure your project is in the running for global recognition this year and share your vision with the world!
Winner’s Pack
· Awarded submissions receive the Future House Certificates.
· Winning Future House projects are given a signet (digital) for product communications.
· Exclusive coverage in the on-line platform Global Design News.
· Special Global Design News newsletter of all award winners.
· Coverage on the Global Design News social media channels.
· Winning designs are entered into the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.
· Book publication of all award winners in Future House: Modern Living and Functionality.
· Exhibition of awarded projects at Contemporary Space Athens as well as the possibility of traveling inside Europe.
· Winning architects and their clients may use the Future House Logo for marketing, merchandising, and promotional use with a license agreement with Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd.
· Official Gala Reception/Dinner and Presentation of the Awards in the Exhibition “Future House” at The European Centre, Athens, Greece.
Publications, Exhibitions, Official Ceremony
CATALOGUE: Future House: The New Domestic Landscape 2025
Winning entries for Future House 2025 published by Global Design News
and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd.
EXHIBITION EUROPE: Contemporary Space Athens, Greece
Gala Dinner and Formal Presentation of the Awards for the architects and their clients in Athens.
2025 Jury
To be announced.
Evaluation Criteria
Future House winners are selected by a jury organized by Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. The jury deliberately uses subjective and aesthetic criteria in its selection.
Eligibility
• Conceptual and unbuilt projects are welcomed.
• All submissions, built or unbuilt, must have been in any given stage either as an initial concept or completed project as of 2020.
Award Categories
| 1. Private Homes | 7. Multi-Family Houses |
| 2. Residential Towers | 8. Vacation Homes |
| 3. Mixed-Use Buildings | 9. Social Housing & Community Living |
| 4. Residential Interior Design | 10. Restorations/Renovations |
| 5. Residential Additions | 11. Historic Preservation |
| 6. Sustainable Houses | 12. Landscape Architecture |
How to apply
Please fill out both postal and online applications, noting the following:
• One submission must be completed for each built or unbuilt architectural project.
• Images should be in high-resolution (300 dpi, 1920×1080, up to 6Mb each), and of .jpg /.jpeg /.png format.
• Project descriptions should not exceed 500 words.
• For online applications, after completing the registration and submission process for your project a form summary of your application will be sent to your email.
• For postal applications, images and project descriptions of each project can be sent either through WeTransfer or Dropbox (or any other similar platform), along with a fully completed form at contact@globaldesignnews.com
• Entry Fee: €295 per submission. 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.
If you need any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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.
If you are entering this information on behalf of the designer OR manufacturer, the information must be correct.
Please take time to ensure that this is the case, as changes/corrections in the submitted information may incur costs, should any changes be needed during the publication process.
Application form 2025
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Contact Us
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