Categories anotHERVIEWture Award 2026
The anotHERVIEWture Award highlights the achievements of women in architecture and engineering and sends a strong signal for equality, diversity, and innovation in building culture. The award recognizes outstanding projects and professional achievements by female architects and engineers at the national and international level.
categories
The award will be presented in four categories in 2026:
Category I: Female Architect of the Year
The “Female Architect of the Year” award honours the work of Austrian female architects.
Three realized and built projects must be submitted.
Category II: Emerging Female Architect of the Year
The “Emerging Female Architect of the Year” award honours the work of Austrian female architects under 40 years of age at the time of the deadline for submission.
Three projects must be submitted: one of them realized and built, two can be planned or competition contributions
Category III: National / International Female Engineering Achievement of the Year
The “National/International Female Achievement of the Year” award honours solutions that have been achieved using methods or processes in the respective technical field and are characterized by:
- Innovation and/or
- Complexity of the planning task solved and/or
- Outstanding design
One realized project must be submitted considering aspects, such as functionality, innovation, rationality, and ecology.
Category IV: International Female Architect of the Year
The “International Female Architect of the Year” award honours female architects registered in countries other than Austria.
Three realized and built projects must be submitted.
A prize of € 5,000 will be awarded to the winner in each category.
Required project information
- project description: max. 300 words
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max 6 photos / plans
- .jpg-files
- resolution 600/600
- max. data 10MB each
- Information about
- photo credits / copyright
- planning partners
- client
Who can submit?
Austrian Architects and Engineering Consultants: Category I-III
Every female architect or engineering consultant Member of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Architects and Chartered Engineering Consultants (active, inactive or extraordinary) is welcome to apply for categories I to III.
International Architects and Engineering Consultants: Category III-IV
Female chartered engineering consultants registered in countries other than Austria are also invited to apply for category III.
Female architects registered in countries other than Austria are invited to apply for category IV.