2026 Awards for Theses and Dissertations from the Maison de l'architecture Île-de-France

Registration deadline: November 16, 2026

This competition, organized annually by BNP Paribas Real Estate since 2008, is open to students enrolled in their 4th or 5th year of study in an architecture program or a dual architecture-engineering program. Candidates may participate either individually or in pairs. For each school, a maximum of six teams are allowed to compete, in the order in which they register.

The team that wins the Jury Prize will receive €4,000, and the team that wins the Internet Users’ Favorite Prize will receive €2,000.
Participation in the contest is free; expenses incurred for designing the components of the project submitted to the jury will be reimbursed, upon presentation of receipts, up to €200 per team.

Online registration deadline: February 1, 2027, at midnight
Project submission: the week of February 22, 2027

The W Prize, organized by the Wilmotte Foundation, is open to students and recent graduates of architecture schools in Europe.

This 12th edition invites participants to conceive a contemporary, light, and reversible installation at the Château d’If site, in dialogue with its history, heritage, and Mediterranean environment. The project should provide a setting conducive to the performing arts by creating a space capable of hosting performances, shows, or artistic interventions related to the site and its history.

The call for projects is supported by the Ministry of Culture, the DRAC PACA, and the Center for National Monuments.

How about showing Europe in a different light? To mark Erasmus Days 2026, which will take place from October 12 to 17, ENSAPLV invites all students at the school to participate in a photo contest with a European theme.

Human dignity, freedom, peace, democracy, equality, human rights, pluralism, tolerance and solidarity, justice! Choose one of the core values that underpin Europe and interpret it in your own way through a photograph.

Applications are open until November 5, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.

“Immediate Boarding” is a travel program that enables young architects to gain valuable experience through travel by setting out to discover different ways of thinking about cities and regions and to examine, on the ground, the state of the European landscape in light of contemporary challenges and the environmental, economic, political, cultural, and social transitions underway in Europe.

The call for applications is organized by the Quartus Endowment Fund for Architecture, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, the Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme, the AREP Group, and MAF, and is co-organized with ENSA Paris-Est on behalf of the network of French National Schools of Architecture.

Deadline for project submissions: September 6, 2026

The Pavillon de l’Arsenal is launching the 2026 edition of its FAIRE call for projects, dedicated to design and urban innovation, architectural and landscape design, aimed at anyone who wishes to invent new ways of shaping the city in the Greater Paris area.

This call for projects aims to encourage young creators and recently established organizations by awarding grants to eight winners, including one student prize.

Application deadline: 01/07/2026

Run by the Maison étudiante de la Ville de Paris, Créart’UP provides annual support for students and recent graduates (less than two years old) from Paris and the Île-de-France region wishing to develop an artistic or cultural project and gain professional experience in the arts and culture sector.

Eligible fields are: music, theater, dance, visual arts, audiovisual, design, fashion, performance, digital cultural projects, and more broadly all innovative artistic and cultural projects.