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Dezeen Awards terms and conditions

These terms are legally binding. This service is provided by Dezeen Limited of 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK.

1 General

The initiator and organiser of Dezeen Awards is Dezeen Limited. The headline sponsor of Dezeen Awards is Trimble Inc. By completing and submitting the online entry form available at www.dezeen.com/awards and paying the entry fees, the applicant will fully and unreservedly agree to all of the terms and conditions of Dezeen Awards. If you do not agree with any of the terms or conditions, then you should not take part in Dezeen Awards.

Once you have created an account, we reserve the right to send you further correspondence regarding our awards programme. You can unsubscribe by clicking on "unsubscribe" at the bottom of any of our emails.

2 Eligibility

2.1 Only completed projects may be entered. Speculative or unrealised designs are not eligible. To be eligible for entry to Dezeen Awards 2026, architecture and interiors projects must have been completed between 1 June 2024 and 31 May 2026. To be considered as completed, architecture projects need to have been handed over to the client. Design projects must have been exhibited as final prototypes or have gone into production between 1 June 2024 and 31 May 2026.

2.2 All entries must be submitted by or on behalf of the designer, architect or studio chiefly responsible for the project and named as such in press and publicity material. Entries submitted on behalf of a designer, studio or architecture firm must be done so with their permission. Joint entries are allowed if the project was designed by more than one designer or company.

2.3 If the same project is entered by more than one designer, architect or studio, we reserve the right to disqualify all entries.

2.4 Dezeen Limited reserves the right to disqualify an entry at any point if it becomes apparent that a submission is inaccurate or if Dezeen Limited has any uncertainty about the integrity of the entry (including but not limited to doubts over ownership/copyright infringement, concerns about alleged unethical business practices and anything else that Dezeen Limited determines, at its sole discretion, could damage its reputation or the reputation of Dezeen Awards). Dezeen Limited also reserves the right to rescind a shortlist nomination, award win or Regional Showcase inclusion if inaccuracies in the entry or uncertainty about the integrity of the entry come to light after the shortlists, winners or Regional Showcases have been announced. If a shortlist nomination, award win or Regional Showcase inclusion is rescinded, Dezeen Limited will remove any mention of the entry from its website and any other platforms under its control, and the entrant must remove any mention of Dezeen Awards from platforms under its own control and cease all mention of Dezeen Awards in its marketing.

2.5 Entries must be submitted via the online awards entry form that can be found on our website at www.dezeen.com/awards. All written work submitted must be in English. If you submit an entry in another language without an English translation, Dezeen Limited reserves the right to disqualify it. Project costs must be converted from local currencies and stated as GBP (£).

2.6 Projects must only be submitted into a category once. If two parties have collaborated on a project together, it is the entrant's responsibility to ensure that the project is only submitted by one of the collaborating parties. The designated entrant will be responsible for all stages of the entry.

3 Requirements

3.1 Entries must be submitted before 23:59 London time on the night of 3 June 2026. No entries will be accepted after this time.

3.2 All entries must be submitted digitally via the Dezeen Awards entry platform at www.dezeen.com/awards. No other method of submitting entries will be accepted, unless otherwise agreed in writing by Dezeen Limited. Our awards entry form requires the entrant to provide a name, address, email address and phone number.

3.3 Applicants are allowed to enter as many projects as they wish, in as many categories as they wish. Applicants can access and modify their entries via the account created on the awards website.

3.4 Applicants can make changes to their entry up to the point of payment, after which no further changes can be made.

4 Images

4.1 Entries will be judged solely on the material submitted. Entries must include at least one photograph of the completed project. Photographs must be unadulterated and genuine, although minor retouching is permitted. Computer-generated images are accepted as supporting material where relevant but these will be given secondary importance during judging. Such images must be clearly captioned as being computer-generated. Dezeen Limited shall be under no obligation to request alternative or replacement images.

4.2 Applicants represent and warrant that all materials submitted will not infringe or constitute a misappropriation of any right of any third party, including any copyrights, mask work rights, patent rights, trademark rights, trade secret rights or confidentiality rights and agree to indemnify Dezeen Limited and its employees against any liabilities, damages, losses, costs or expenses arising as a result thereof.

5 Entry fees

5.1 The entry fees are dependent on the date of entry and the size of the company, as set out on the Dezeen Awards website. Any entrant deemed to have acted dishonestly when registering their entry will be contacted which may result in disqualification. Upon registration, entrants should ensure they enter the correct information.

5.2 Payment must be made through the online payment system on the Dezeen Awards website. Entrants will receive confirmation that their entry or entries have been successfully received via email once payment has been made. No other payment method will be accepted except at the discretion of Dezeen Limited.

6 Refunds

6.1 Participants are allowed to withdraw their submitted projects from Dezeen Awards at any time, however, fees will not be refunded if the submitted entry is withdrawn.

6.2 In the event of disqualification, fees will not be refunded.

7 Categories

7.1 There are a total of 49 project categories that can be entered across architecture, interiors and design. These categories are listed on the Dezeen Awards website.

7.2 Entrants can enter as many of the project categories as many times as they wish.

7.3 The winning project in each of the 49 project categories will be put forward for one of three Project of the Year awards: one each for architecture, interiors and design.

7.4 In addition, there are six Designer of the Year awards: two each for architecture, interiors and design. In each case, one award is for established architects, designers or studios, and the other is for emerging architects, designers or studios. However, it is not possible for Studios to enter these awards directly. Winners will be chosen by Dezeen's editorial team.

7.5 There are also the Regional Showcases, three Top 50 lists that celebrate the best projects in three regions globally: Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific (APAC) and the Americas (AMER). Every project entered into this year’s awards can also be entered into the Regional Showcases for a small additional fee. . Every project will automatically be entered into the Regional Showcases. However, entrants can opt out if they do not want their project to be considered.

8 Judges

8.1 Dezeen Awards will appoint an international panel of judges of leading figures from the world of architecture, interiors and design. A master jury of approximately 20 judges will be selected from the original panel of judges for a later judging stage.

8.2 Names, biographies and portraits of Dezeen Awards judges will be made public on the Dezeen Awards website.

8.3 Dezeen Limited will organise, select and manage the judging panel, which will be instructed to act without bias or favour. If a judge faces a potential conflict of interest, they will be assigned to a different category. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding their decisions or decision-making processes.

9 Judging process

9.1 The judging process for project awards, Regional Showcases and Designer of the Year awards will differ.

9.2 Project categories judging: The first stage, called "longlisting", will see all project entries reviewed by the Dezeen editorial team, assisted by architecture and design experts, who will use their skill and knowledge to select around 15 entries in each category. Entries will be evaluated using the judging criteria as set out on the Dezeen Awards entry information page.

9.3 Project categories judging: The second stage, called "shortlisting", will involve the international panel of judges, who will select a shortlist of up to  eight entries in each project category. Each member of the judging panel will judge between 30-60 projects across three project categories. This will be done remotely, with each judge scoring entries using an online scoring system. Scores will be given according to the judging criteria. The scoring will also identify suggested award winners.

9.4 Project categories judging: The third stage, called "ratification", will involve the master jury, who will convene and ratify the suggested project category winners.

9.5 Project of the Year awards: the master jury will select Project of the Year winners from the winners of the individual architecture, interiors and design project categories.

9.6 Designer of the Year awards judging: Dezeen Awards judges will put forward nominations for each of these awards. Dezeen's editorial team will decide the winners of each award.

9.7 Regional Showcases: Dezeen's editorial team will decide the three Top 50 lists that celebrate the best projects in three regions globally: Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific (APAC) and the Americas (AMER). 

10 Announcement of Dezeen Awards winners

10.1 Winning entries will be published on www.dezeen.com/awards. Entrants whose entries did not win will not receive any correspondence from Dezeen.

10.2 Dezeen Awards 2026 winners will be announced on www.dezeen.com/awards.

10.3 Dezeen Awards may attempt to respond, answer and reply to any requests, queries or questions communicated by an applicant at any time. However, Dezeen Awards is not required or obligated to provide such a response, answer or reply.

10.4 If an entry receives an award, the manner and details of announcing such nomination and award are strictly at the discretion of Dezeen Limited. The applicant understands that all awards may not be given or publicised in the same manner and some might be presented in a ceremony whilst others are not.

11 Intellectual Property rights

11.1 On submitting an entry, the entrant fully and unreservedly grants both Dezeen Limited and Trimble Inc. a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable licence to use, reproduce, publish, distribute, perform, display, create derivative works from, and otherwise exploit any such material submitted, in whole or in part, in any form, including for promotional or marketing purposes; and to allow third parties, including but not limited to Dezeen Awards sponsors, also to publish this content where they do so in association with Dezeen Awards.

11.2 Entrants are fully responsible for all content they submit to Dezeen Limited and accept liability for any actions relating to the content. Any comments and reviews posted on the website by entrants or other users do not necessarily reflect our opinions and we are not responsible or liable for any content submitted by you or anyone else.

11.3 Entrants represent and warrant that they are only submitting entry materials that they own, or otherwise have the right to submit, and agree to indemnify Dezeen Limited and Trimble Inc. and their respective employees and affiliates against any liabilities, damages, losses, costs or expenses arising as a result of their failure to obtain such right.

11.4 Entrants warrant that the material submitted does not in any way infringe upon or violate any contract with a third party or any third party’s rights (including, without limitation, their intellectual property rights) and will keep Dezeen Limited and Trimble Inc.fully indemnified against any third party claims that arise as a result of a breach of this clause.

12 Liability

12.1 Dezeen Limited reserves the right to cancel or amend Dezeen Awards and these terms and conditions at any time.

12.2 Dezeen Limited will not be liable to applicants for any consequential losses (i.e. loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss or damage to data or information) arising out of, or in connection with, the provision of the service of publishing your entry on the Dezeen and Dezeen Awards websites.

12.3 Dezeen Limited may assert its rights or obligations under these terms at any time. You may not assert your rights or obligations under these terms without Dezeen Limited’s prior written consent. Dezeen Limited will not be liable for failure to meet its obligations under these terms if it is prevented from doing so due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control.

13 Data storage

13.1 By uploading your project to enter.dezeenawards.com you agree that Dezeen Limited will store the entry materials (including your company name) on our database. Your data will be accessed by employees of Dezeen Limited and Trimble Inc.as well as the appointed judges.

13.2 When you create an account at enter.dezeenawards.com, we collect such data including, but not limited to, your first and last name, email address, telephone number, address, occupation, and any other data included in a submitted entry, including but not limited to submitted text, images and other entry materials.

13.3 Information provided by entrants, including but not limited to full names, location, submitted text, images and other entry material, will be shared with Trimble Inc., the headline sponsor of Dezeen Awards 2026, and may be used by Trimble Inc. for the purposes of publicly promoting its involvement in Dezeen Awards 2026 worldwide.

13.4 Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, by submitting an entry you agree that, at a minimum, Trimble Inc. may process the following categories of data:

– your full name;
– your career history;
– recent digital photographs of you or your work.

and both Trimble and Dezeen shall be able to use such personal data in connection with their legitimate business interests.

13.5 Information provided by entrants will not be shared with any other third party apart from Trimble Inc., unless they consent to receive other sponsor communications when they submit their entry.

13.6 Any type of data that identifies a living individual will be treated as personal data and will be dealt with in accordance with clauses 14.1-14.3.

14 Privacy policy

14.1 Dezeen Limited is the controller of personal data pursuant to Article 26 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which it will process in accordance with Dezeen Limited's privacy policy available at: www.dezeen.com/privacy-notice.

14.2 Trimble Inc.is the processor for the personal data described in clauses 13.3 and 13.4 and may process such personal data for the purposes set out in clause 13.3.

14.3 No financial information such as debit or credit card details will be stored by Dezeen Limited in any format.

14.4 We use Evessio, an events management platform provided by Version Two, a trusted third-party service provider, to help us manage our entry platform at enter.dezeenawards.com. Evessio may process your personal data on our behalf for purposes such as cloud hosting, payment processing, customer support and analytics.

We ensure that Evessio complies with applicable data protection laws and only processes your data under our strict instructions. Evessio’s privacy policy can be found here.

15 Governing law

These terms will be governed by English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

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