Valli Wine Tasting Room
Dezeen Competitions: Buildner's latest competition, Valli Wine Tasting Room, is seeking submissions for an extension of a small-scale wine tasting room.
The proposals should be simple and take environmental responsibility into consideration.
Organiser: Buildner
Competition: Valli Wine Tasting Room
Judges: yet to be announced
Submission deadline: 15 February 2027
Winner announcement: 30 March 2027
Prizes: the first prize is €5,000, the second is €2,500 and the third is €1,000, with an additional €1,000 prize for the Buildner Student Award and €500 for the Buildner Sustainability Award
Competition overview
The Valli Wine Tasting Room competition invites architects and designers to envision a contemporary wine tasting space for Valli Unite, an agricultural cooperative located in the rural hills of Piedmont, northern Italy.
Surrounded by vineyards, cultivated fields, and rolling valleys, the competition explores how architecture can strengthen the relationship between wine culture, hospitality, sustainability and the landscape through a modest and carefully integrated architectural intervention.
Participants are challenged to design a small-scale tasting room extension connected to the existing wine storage facility while responding sensitively to the cooperative's philosophy of environmental responsibility, simplicity and rural living.
The competition encourages proposals that balance architecture, atmosphere and sustainability while creating meaningful experiences for visitors engaging with the culture of natural wine production.
Eligibility and judging criteria
Participants are required to upload four A2 landscape-oriented presentation boards as a visual representation of their proposal.
Presentation boards must not indicate any information related to an individual's or team's identity, and all information provided must be in English.
The competition asks participants to design a wine tasting room extension connected to the existing wine storage facility. The challenge encourages sensitive and sustainable proposals that respond carefully to the surrounding landscape and the philosophy of Valli Unite.
Participants are invited to explore how architecture can shape intimate visitor experiences while strengthening the relationship between wine culture, agriculture, and the rural environment.
How to enter
Participants must upload proposals via the online upload panel by 15 February 2027.
Submission deadlines
Early bird registration is open from 25 May to 30 July 2026, with advance registration opening from 31 July to 8 October 2026.
The final registration deadline is 14 January 2027, and the submission deadline is 15 February 2027.
Winners will be announced on 30 March 2026.
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Its mission is to inspire creativity and professional growth in the architectural industry.
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