Museum of Emotions – Edition Eight

Dezeen Competitions: Buildner’s latest competition asks architects and designers to submit plans for a museum that uses its architecture to conjure emotional responses.

Participants are tasked with outlining two halls for the building – one that creates positive feelings and the other negative.

This competition is now closed

Organiser: Buildner
Competition: Museum of Emotions / Edition #8
Judges: yet to be announced
Registration deadline: 18 July 2026
Winner announcement: 29 September 2026
Prizes: the first prize is €5,000, the second prize is €3,000, and the third prize is €1,000. An additional Buildner Student Award of €1,000 will also be granted, as well as six honourable mentions

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Competition overview

Architecture and design have the power to invoke emotions within a space, but to what degree?

The Museum of Emotions competition offers architecture enthusiasts from around the world the opportunity to explore the limits and potential of design in shaping emotional experiences.

Participants in the Museum of Emotions competition are tasked with designing a museum that evokes two distinct emotional reactions – one positive and one negative.

As the eighth instalment in this ongoing series of silent competitions, participants must communicate their ideas without the use of any text. The architecture itself must do all the talking.

Eligibility and judging criteria

All submissions must not include any text.

As this is an ideas competition, participants are free to choose any site location, real or imaginary, as well as the size of their structure.

How to enter

Designers can get information on entry requirements here.

Submission deadlines

Early bird registration is from 16 December 2025 to 25 February 2026.

Advance registration is from 26 February to 23 April, and last-minute registration is from 24 April to 18 July.

The final registration deadline is 18 July. Closing date for submission is 20 July.

Winners will be announced on 29 September.

About Buildner

Buildner publishes international architecture competitions, providing a platform for designers and architects to showcase their work and shape the future of the built environment.

For over ten years, the platform has published more than 140 competitions and had over 400 guest jury members.

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