The 52nd Cycle of the WA Awards 10+5+X, organized by the World Architecture Community, has started the voting process to choose the top projects in the Interior Design, Architecture, and Student categories.

Today, on 13 November, at 08:00 am GMT +0, the voting process for the WA Awards 52nd Cycle commenced, and it will be closed on Tuesday, 2 December 2025 (23:59 GMT +0).

We have once again received a diverse array of innovative projects submitted from 27 countries in the Architecture, Interior Design, and Student categories, spanning the globe.

These countries are India, Oman, Romania, Montenegro, United States, Iran, Vietnam, Rwanda, Turkey, Uganda, Spain, Mexico, Latvia, South Korea, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Argentina, Cyprus, Turkish Rep. of Northern, Palestine, Algeria, Italy, Nepal. A great mix and global coverage, to say the least!

WA Honorary Members and previous cycles' WA Awards Winners will cast their Votes to name the first 10 winning projects in each category. The World Architecture Community Members will cast their Votes to name the next 5 winning projects. 

Start your Voting for the 52nd Cycle of WA Awards.

Podgrica Museum District by A-Fact Architecture Factory in Montenegro is competing to be the winner of WA Awards 52nd Cycle in the Architecture/Designed category. Image © EmmeWorks

A-Fact Architecture Factory's Podgrica Museum District project in Montenegro, NaP Architects' Series Of "The Greenery Stacks" in Vietnam, Daria Yang DU's Design Museum In Hudson Valley in the USA, U-GA Architects' Urban Egg in South Korea, Paula Caballero García's Can Tudó in Spain, Tetro Architecture's Linho House in Brazil, Studio J. Bridgland's Zoland · Emei in China, Sanjay Puri Architects' Aranyam Club and Mangifera Centre in India  are among projects competing to be the winner of the 52nd Cycle.

You are the jury now! Choose the best projects for the WA Awards 10+5+X 52nd Cycle

The first group of jury members is composed of WA Honorary Members and former winners of the WA Awards. They will choose the first 10 winning projects. The second group of jury members consists of World Architecture Community Members, who will select the remaining 5 winning projects through their votes.

The above-mentioned jury members may go ahead, and click here to Vote for their preferred projects by Tuesday, 2 December 2025 (23:59 GMT +0) and help choose the best projects of the 52nd WA Awards 10+5+X on the World Architecture Community.

Urban Egg by U-GA Architects in South Korea is competing to be the winner of WA Awards 52nd Cycle in the Architecture/Realised category. Image © Nam Sang-in

In the WA Awards Submissions page, the submitted projects are listed under the Architecture page. Then submitted projects are divided into 3 sub-categories; Realised, Designed and Student in the Architecture page. 

WAC's Honorary Members are composed of an exclusive group of invited architects, acclaimed critics, academics and theoreticians, editors of architectural magazines, curators and other experts from architectural centers and other organizations.

Nikos Fintikakis, co-founder of SYNTHESIS AND RESEARCH, acclaimed Indonesian architect Budi Sukada, who is senior lecturer at the University of Tarumanagara, artist and teacher Ruth Jacobson, Alhadeff Architects founder Giancarlo Alhadeff, WAC Professional Member Sanjay Puri, the founder of Sanjay Puri Architects, Consultant & Culture advisor, author of DFID project research 2003 Jane Samuels, Prof. Dr. Şengül Öymen Gür, are among the WAC's Honorary Members.

Zoland · Emei by Studio J. Bridgland in China is competing to be the winner of WA Awards 52nd Cycle in the Architecture/Realised category. Image © Jonathan Leijonhufvud

2 distinctive groups of WAC Members will Vote the submitted projects 

WA Awards' judging is based on 2 selection processes: WAC Members' Voting and WAC's Honorary Members and earlier WA Award Winners Voting.

The members mentioned above will see "the Vote" button defined for them after clicking on the World Architecture Awards 10+5+X Submissions page. Voting is realized by a mixture of WAC's Honorary Members and earlier WA Award Winners. Their Votes will determine the first 10 winning projects.  

The second judging is WAC Members' Voting, which is realized by the fellow community members of World Architecture Community. Their Votes will decide the next 5 awarded projects.

Voting criteria for the World Architecture Community Members

To Vote for the projects, a WAC member must have at least 1 uploaded project that was uploaded a minimum of 1 month ago on his/her page, and the project must have been opened to the public by being approved by the World Architecture Community. WAC's Members are composed of architects, interior designers, students, and academics. 

Both Voting processes take place simultaneously and will be completed by Tuesday, 2 December 2025 (23:59 GMT +0).

Hue Imperial Heritage Museum by Duy Khoa Dang in Vietnam is competing to be the winner of WA Awards 52nd Cycle in the Architecture/Student category. Image © Duy Khoa Dang

Now that you know everything, you may go ahead on the Voting Page for your preferred projects by Tuesday, 2 December 2025 (23:59 GMT +0), and help choose the best of the 52nd WA Awards 10+5+X on the World Architecture Community.

The World Architecture Community organises the WA Awards 10+5+X, running typically for 3-4 cycles per year, to recognise and highlight some of the great projects of our fellow community members.

The World Architecture Community plans to announce the winners towards the middle of December.

OC EO Ancient Culture Museum - Museum Of Steps by Chi Toan Nguyen in Vietnam is competing to be the winner of WA Awards 52nd Cycle in the Architecture/Student category. Image © Chi Toan Nguyen

One Cycle ends and Another begins! 

Now, the WA Awards 53rd Cycle is open for entries in the Architecture, Interior Design and Student categories.

Start your entries today. 

If you missed the previous cycle, you can submit your entries to the WA Awards 10+5+X 53rd Cycle until 23 February 2026.  

See all previous winners for WA Awards 10+5+X here.

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