ARCHICA AWARDS 2026: SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
Be the first to send your project — let the world see your vision!
Early Bird and Advanced submissions will be granted entrance fee discounts. Send your application up to and including April 30th, 2026 to claim your lowest possible entrance price!
Early Bird and Advanced submissions will be granted entrance fee discounts. Send your application up to and including April 30th, 2026 to claim your lowest possible entrance price!
ARCHICA AWARDS
Year after year, the ARCHICA Award Ceremony celebrates the most daring, vibrant and unorthodox architectural projects in Central Asia.
The award provides project authors with the opportunity to demonstrate the best cases from their portfolio, and ARCHICA participants gain the opportunity to keep abreast of the latest trends in architecture and design and establish connections with leading experts and professionals.
This year, for the first time, we are opening applications for bureaus from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Join the ARCHICA Awards and get your project into the spotlight!
Projects created in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan in the period from 2023 to 2024 are accepted for participation in the ARCHICA Awards 2026:
- architectural objects: residential complexes, business centers, cultural institutions, shopping and entertainment complexes, hotels;
- commercial and public interiors: interiors of offices, co-working spaces, hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, educational institutions;
- city projects: complex landscaping projects, parks, squares, embankments;
- concepts of future projects in these categories are also accepted, which will be evaluated in a separate nomination.
Instructions for submitting an application:
send the photographs to archicaevent@gmail.com before September 18th — no less than 10, no more than 40, with a resolution of 300 dpi, as well as the plan in PDF format (for concept visualizations);
provide information about the executors of the project (architect, general contractor, project manager, etc.) and indicate the main manufacturers and suppliers of materials, as well as a description of the project (see the questionnaire);
applications for participation in the award are accepted until September 18th 2026!
AWARD WINNERS SINCE 2015
- TLEKKHAN OFFICES«BEST HORECA PROJECT»
Darejani Restaurant
«SPACE ORGANIZATION»
The office of a consulting company
«THE UNIQUE OFFICE SPACE»
NS co-working - AMIROV ARCHITECTS«ECO-SOLUTION»
ECO-school in Astana - BASIRE DESIGN GROUP«LIGHTNING DESIGN»
Svet Restaurant - LIGHTHOUSE DESIGN«FORM AND FUCTION»
ForteBank JSC Headquarters in Astana - AXA GROUP«ARCHITECTURE AND DETAIL»
Abylai Khan Plaza - ANNA BURMISTROVA«SPACE ORGANIZATION»
Beeline Headquarters
«BEST PREMIUM OFFICE»
Project «TARLAN PAYMENTS» - ATRIUM«BEST CONCEPTUAL IDEA»
Residential Complex on Mangilik El Avenue - PERKINS+WILL«ARCHITECTURE AND INNOVATION»
Talan Towers multifunctional complex - RS GROUP«COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT»
Climatron
«TRADITION AND INNOVATION»
Zaman School
«URBAN PUBLIC AND LEISURE SPACES»
SPA «Aqua-hotel» - KAZHMURATOV BUREAU«BEST OFFICE DESIGN»
Business center (Europe City) - DAS BUREAU«INNOVATIVE APPROACH»
Aktau Riviera 5 apartment complex - SAD STUDIO, Archisad Engineering and Design«BRAND AMD IMAGE»
Novotel Business Center - KAZGOR«BEST SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PROJECT»
The development of 7 schools in Almaty - SARAIVA+ASSOCIADOS«THE BEST CONCEPT OF A HOTEL INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLEX»
Mayr Almaty - Home of medical wellness - ASTANAGRAZHDANPROEKT«THE BEST OBJECT OF EDUCATION»
NARXOZ UNIVERSITY dormitory - K&K«ATMOSPHERIC IMAGE IN RESTAURANT PROJECTS»
Restaurant «TOR» - PARALLEL ARCHITECTS«BEST ARCHITECTURE OF MID-RISE RESIDENTAL COMPLEXES»
Project «UZBOOM» - USMANOV ARCHITECTS«NEW ARCHITECTURAL IMAGE OF REGIONAL CENTERS»
Residential Complex «DA VINCI»