The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design are pleased to announce the initiation of selection of this year’s most promising and emerging design talents in Europe for 2020. The program is initiated to spotlight and identify the next generation of architects and industrial designers who will impact future living and working environments, while providing an insight of the architectural and design scene in Europe.

Europe 40 Under 40 is an annual awards program that celebrates the next new talented generation of European architects and designers. The program is directed to support new and emerging design talents that will influence the near future of European design, thinking, and theory with the direct consequence of impacting future environments and future European and international cities. The key is to bring wider recognition to 40 of the most promising emerging professionals working in the European Union and other countries inside Europe, fostering and encouraging new talent and new creative thinking at the forefront of tomorrow’s profession.

Submission requirements:

For Architecture Applicants

➜ Up to 6 images per project (300 dpi per image in .jpg or .tiff file formats).
➜ Up to 6 plans sections and elevations in .pdf file formats.
➜ 1 x page description (150 words) per project in .docx or .pdf file.
➜ All the files should be uploaded in .zip or .rar format.
➜ Maximum allowed file upload is 20MB.
➜ Please put each project in a separate labeled folder prior to zipping the file.

For Design Applicants

➜ Up to 3 images per product (300dpi per image in .jpg or .tiff file formats).
➜ Up to 3 drawings in .pdf file formats.
➜ 1 x page description (150 words) per product in .docx or .pdf file.
➜ All the files should be uploaded in .zip or .rar format.
➜ Maximum allowed file upload is 20MB.
➜ Please put each product in a separate labeled folder prior to zipping the file.

The 40 architects and industrial designers will be selected this year by a jury of architecture and design practitioners, academics and publishers invited by The European Centre's advisory committee.