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Send Us a Drawing. Tell Us a Story. Win $3,000.

The One Drawing Challenge is now part of the Architizer Vision Awards, honoring the best architectural photography, film, visualizations, drawings, models and the talented creators behind them. Winners are published in print!

To submit a drawing, log into the One Drawing Challenge Entry Portal using your Architizer ID.

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Note: We have updated our system and you can now use your Architizer login credentials to access your One Drawing Challenge account. You will now be redirected to Architizer to sign in or create an account.

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Introduction

At their best, architectural drawings are powerful visual storytellers, communicating a wide range of qualities about a building or space. With thousands of architectural images now at our fingertips, the One Drawing Challenge calls for submissions that defy convention, spark curiosity and make us pause to look closer. What kind of drawing captures the essence of a place? What can it tell us about the people that live, work and play within it? Can a drawing tell us a larger story about the cultural context of a home, city or country?

2 Top Winners and 10 Commended Entries will all feature in our special Winners' Announcement on Architizer Journal. 100 finalists will be published in Architizer's major annual feature, 100 Drawings That Tell Powerful Stories About Architecture, to be distributed to Architizer's community including 125,000+ newsletter subscribers and 4+ million social media followers!

NEW: Storied Drawing Awards

New for 2022, there are also 8 narrative-driven awards to be won, called the "Storied Drawing Awards". Participants can apply for any one of these special awards at no extra cost when submitting an entry. Architizer's Editorial Team may also nominate entries as they see fit.
You can apply for a "Storied Drawing Award" for the following themes:

The "Storied Drawing Award" winners are eligible for the overall prizes as well, so it's possible for your drawing to win multiple accolades! "Best in Show" winners will feature in their own dedicated editorial, similar to last season's Special Mention Award recipients.

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Competition Brief

Your task is as follows: Create one drawing that communicates a new architectural proposal or existing piece of architecture, and the experience of those that would inhabit it. It can be located anywhere in the world and be at any scale. It can take any of the following forms:

Your drawing may depict a real or imagined space, place, building or group of buildings. As long as it portrays architecture in some form, it is eligible. Your drawing should be accompanied by a short, 150-word description of your proposal, which comprises your “story”. Your story should help explain what your drawing depicts, which could include: The type of architecture portrayed, where it might be located, who might inhabit it, what atmosphere it conjures, the essence it captures, and what makes it special.

Your drawing should be a minimum of 1500 pixels wide, with a maximum file size of 10MB. All the competition guidelines can be found here.

NEW: Multi-Entry Discount

Submit additional drawings for this year’s competition and receive an automatic $10 off the entry fee for each!
This applies to all submissions after the first one for each entrant, and for all submission periods listed above.

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Jury

The One Drawing Challenge Jury comprises practitioners and thought leaders from the worlds of architecture, design and technology, each with a special connection to drawing. The jury represents those leaders who are actively bringing architecture to the public today, both online and in the built environment. For entrants and winners, this is an opportunity to get their work in front of the people shaping how the world engages with architecture now and in the future.

View Judging Criteria

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About Architizer

Home to the world's largest community of architects online, Architizer’s core mission is to empower architects with the tools they need to build better buildings, better cities, and a better world. We connect architects with building-product manufacturers and inspire them through our informative content, awards programs, and global reach spotlighting the world’s best architecture.

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