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GFD Awards Brief

APR presents Global Future Design Awards 2025. The awards are organized by APR- a leading body of architecture press globally.

We are also in partnership with The ARCHITIME RU, Archidust, HAW Magazine, ME Megazine, Arredativo Design Magazine, Building Indonesia Magazine, Interior World, Architecture Design Forum, Design Box, Intech, and more – a Global media brand that covers all aspects of the modern creative industries.

After huge success Global Future Design Awards 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019, Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2024 | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018, IID Awards 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020, World Architecture & Design Awards 2019, and International Award for Sustainable Architecture Awards 2018.


Previous Winners:- Jean Nouvel, SOM, Foster+Partners, Perkins&Will, B+H Architects, SJB, RMJM, IDOM, Arup, Chapman Taylor, HBC, HENN, Peter Marino Architect SHVO, Wong Tung & Partners Limited, Snarkitecture, AECOM & Cordogan Clark & Associates, Arep International, 5468796 Architecture, II BY IV DESIGN, NADAAA, Goettsch Partners, Qatar Free Zones Authority, DO Design Group + Aedas, CLOU Architects, luis vidal + architects, WZMH Architects, Parkin Architects Limited, Holzer Kobler Architekturen, PES-Architects Ltd, CLB Architects, Klai Juba Wald Architecture + Interiors, Ventura + Partners, SB Architects, Minarc, S&AA, SOMA ARCHITECTS, Studio Joseph, KI Studio, SODA (Thailand) Ltd., Gould Evans Architects, Synecdoche Design, Susan Strauss Design, EL EQUIPO CREATIVO, Griffin Enright Architects, Fletcher Studio, The Interiors NRD and many more.

APR Magazine is pleased to invite architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in 2025. Global Future Design Awards. Established in 2016, the GFD 2025 Award is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for architecture, interior, and product design. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine architecture design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. It is a forum that examines the relationship between architecture and the natural world, architecture, and the community, and the architects and the city.  APR Award is an online platform. 

The Global Future Design Awards 2025 delivers unprecedented exposure for our finalists and winners. Our reputable judges nominate three finalists within each award category. The winners of the Global Future Design Awards 2025 were selected by our honorable jury members.

Awards Entry Fee:

Early Entry Fees
1st October 2024 to 31st December 2024 – Fee: $149 USD

Regular Fees
1st January to 31st March 2025 – Fee: $199 USD

Late Fees
1st April to 31st July 2025 – Fee: $299 USD

Global Future Design Awards 2025 has the following categories: 

Architecture (Built & Concept)
Architecture | Commercial | Cultural | Educational | Hospitality | Housing | Home Design | Institutional Building | Landscape Design | Mixed-Use  | Office Building | Public Building | Pop-Ups & temporary | Residential | Sports & Recreation | Transportation | Urban Design | Urban Planning and more…

Interior Design (Built & Concept)
Residential Interior | Public Building Interior | Commercial Interior | Corporate Interior  | Interior Design | Retail Interior | Hospitality Interior and more…

Product Design
Households | Lifestyle & Accessories| Interior Design Elements | Product Design


Registration Open. 1st October 2024
Registration Ends. 31st July 2025 
Submission Deadline. 15th August 2025
Jury Voting. 16 August to 10 September 2025
Result Announcement. 1st October 2025

Global Future Design Awards 2025 Submission Requirements:

  • Project Sheets: You can send a maximum of 6 Sheets of your project. A1 Size Sheets.
  • Sheet Requirement: High-Resolution Images, Sections, Plans, and Drawings.
  • Project Brief:  Your project will be in a Word file of about 500 words. 
  • Video: Please send us your project video for our website, Instagram, and YouTube channel. (Optional)
  • Submit Entry: The submission which will be sent by you has a maximum of 90MBs. 
  • Number of Entries: You can submit 15 projects in the same or multiple categories. 
  • Winners Magazine: Send Your Studio Logo and About Brief in a Maximum of 200 Words for APR’s Winners Magazine.

Global Future Design Awards 2025 Eligibility: 

  • Inviting to: Professionals and Students are invited to Global Future Design Awards from around the globe.
  • Restrictions: There are no restrictions on the Built & Concept Project.
  • Project-Making Date: There are no restrictions on Project project-making date, it will be passed, present, or future projects.
  • Submission ID: Put the submission ID on your project sheets. We’ll send you a different ID for different projects.

Why Enter… Gain positive PR, Stand out from competitors, Make your brand | agency | practice famous, Personal and staff development, Be known as award-winningShowcase your talents and skills to existing and potential clients, Reassure clients that they are associated with the best, Accentuate the importance of design and architecture in globally.

How will my entry be judged… The Global Future Design Awards 2025 will be judged by two stellar panels: one for design, and the other for architecture. Each of the panels will be compiled of industry experts who will use their insight and experience to deliberate the results.

The Design panel will be looking for fresh thinking and originality, beautiful execution, great storytelling, work that pushes and progresses the client brief beyond expectations, and work that emotionally connects with its people.

The Architecture panel will be hoping to see: work that is programmatically, formally, and spatially rich, a design that pushes boundaries, projects that address issues of sustainability a people-focused, client-driven approach.