Concrete Schools Trophy

Entry deadline: 31/10/2026

The Trophée Béton Écoles invites future architecture professionals to consider the aesthetic, technical and environmental qualities of concrete.

It is organized by the Bétocib association, CIMbéton and the Fondation École Française du Béton, under the patronage of the French Ministry of Culture, in partnership with the Maison de l’architecture Île-de-France and the AAIIA association.

The competition is divided into two categories:

  • Trophée Béton PFE: future architects are invited to present their Final Year Project using concrete in a judicious way. Entries are open to students who have presented their PFE in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, in one of the French schools of architecture, or who have obtained a double architect-engineer diploma.
    Candidates may enter either individually, or as part of a team comprising at least one student architect or architect-engineer, and may also include other student architects and/or other student engineers.
    Candidate architects who have not formed a team, but who would like the support of a student engineer, can submit a request to the Trophée béton secretariat, within a reasonable time, so that the request can be met.
  • Trophée Béton Studio: all architecture students enrolled for the 2025-2026 academic year (Licence 1, 2, 3 and Master 1) can participate by freely reinterpreting an emblematic work of concrete architecture built around the world in the 20th or 21st century.
    Candidates must apply individually.

The prices break down as follows:

  • PFE 1st Prize: €5,000
  • 2nd PFE Prize: €4,000
  • 3rd PFE Prize: €3,000
  • Studio price: €2,000
  • Special mention for architect-engineer candidates, or for a team composed of architects and engineers

  

Application deadline: 10/31/2026

Access the competition rules on the Trophée Béton website
  

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