DETAIL Award 2024
DETAIL Award 2024
Award ceremony: 2 December 2024
DETAIL Readers' Award
sponsored by
Idealistic partner
sponsored by
Idealistic partner
The DETAIL Award is one of the most important international awards in architecture. We launched it in 2005 with the aim of raising public awareness of the importance of building culture and the work of architects.
The prize honors completed building projects with exemplary character - worldwide and regardless of typology. Success in the competition is not determined by the size and amount of the construction budget. Much more important are a convincing overall concept, a consistently implemented sustainability strategy, successful details and a coherent choice of materials. Renowned jurors have supported the DETAIL Award from the very beginning. These included Dominique Perrault, Odile Decq and Louisa Hutton. The list of past award winners ranges from Toyo Ito to ALA Architects, Snøhetta and David Chipperfield Architects.
The DETAIL Award is taking place for the eleventh time this year. In addition to the main prize, the jury will once again present the DETAIL Award for students and universities for a completed construction project or a realized prototype. USM will award a special prize for circular building. The winning project in the DETAIL Readers' Award will be chosen by DETAIL readers in an online vote from a shortlist selected by the jury.
This year's DETAIL Award is supported by Additive Tectonics, USM and Tonality, among others.
© Boris Storz
DETAIL Readers' Award
Voting for the DETAIL Readers' Award is closed. The winner will be announced at the award ceremony on December 02, 2024.
Here you can see all nominated projects again.
Process
Submissions could only be made online from 1 March to 1 June 2024. Following the competition phase, the DETAIL editorial team nominated the most outstanding projects for the jury meeting.
Subsequently, on 2 July 2024, an international jury of esteemed experts selected the winning projects from the nominations for the DETAIL Award 2024, the DETAIL Award for Students and Schools of Architecture, and the shortlist for the DETAIL Readers’ Award.
The winning projects will be celebrated at the award ceremony on 2 December 2024 in Munich.
The competition is administered by DETAIL Business Information GmbH without recourse to legal action.
© Moritz Hoffmann
© Moritz Hoffmann
Award Categories
DETAIL Award
The DETAIL Award honours buildings distinguished by a compelling architectural concept. It highlights excellence in design, a comprehensive sustainability strategy, exceptional structural execution, and a harmonious choice of materials.
DETAIL Award for Students and Schools of Architecture
The DETAIL Award for Students and Schools of Architecture honours pioneering projects realized within the context of research and teaching. This prize is awarded to completed buildings or built prototypes that showcase experimentation, innovative processes, and technical details within an outstanding overall design. Submissions can be made by the supervising lecturer.
DETAIL Readers‘ Award
The DETAIL Readers’ Award is given to the project most favoured by DETAIL readers. The winner is selected through an online voting process hosted on the architecture platform detail.de.
Jury
An Fonteyne
noAarchitecten
Marc Frohn
FAR frohn&rojas
Sandra Hofmeister
Editor-in-chief DETAIL
Francesca Torzo
francesca torzo architetto
Markus Zilker
einszueins architektur
Conditions of Participation
The DETAIL Award 2024 welcomes projects of any building type completed worldwide after 1. January 2021. New builds, renovations, conversions, and extensions are eligible.
Registration, Application, Fees
The processing fee, which is paid via the online payment service Stripe, is due when the documents are submitted in full.
The processing fee for the DETAIL Award is EUR 125 (one project), EUR 185 (two projects), EUR 225 (three projects). The application is complete when the processing fee has been received. Participation in the DETAIL Award for students and universities is free of charge.
© Moritz Hoffmann Photography
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Prize Money and Honours
A total prize fund of 5,000 euros is available for the award winners. The jury is responsible for allocating the prize money to the individual prize winners. The jury reserves the right to award additional prizes for special quality. The jury’s decision and the result of the readers’ vote will be announced to all participants at www.detail.de/detailaward-2024.
One representative of the firm (or partner firm) of the winning project in each category will be invited to accept the award at the award ceremony in Munich on 2 December 2024.
Ablauf des Wettbewerbs
Die Einreichung erfolgt online vom 1. März bis 1. Juni 2024 unter www.detailaward-2024.alpha-awards.de. Im Anschluss wählt die DETAIL Redaktion am 20. Juni 2024 aus allen Einsendungen die überzeugendsten Projekte für die Shortlist der Auszeichnung aus. Im zweiten Schritt wählt eine renommierte internationale Fachjury aus der Projektauswahl unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit am 2. Juli 2024 die Preisträger-Projekte für den DETAIL Award 2024, für den DETAIL Award für Studierende und Hochschulen sowie die Nominierungen für den DETAIL Readers‘ Award für Leserinnen und Leser.
Die Preisträgerprojekte werden bei der Preisverleihung am 2. Dezember 2024 in München mit Gästen aus Architektur, Industrie, Politik und Wirtschaft geehrt.
Das Verfahren wird von der DETAIL Business Information GmbH unter Ausschluss des Rechtswegs durchgeführt.
sponsored by
Idealistic partner
sponsored by
Idealistic partner
Questions/FAQ
Questions about the DETAIL Award can be submitted by email to detailaward@detail.de from 1 March 2024 to 1 June 2024, 2 pm (CEST; Munich local time). Responses will be provided by DETAIL up to and including 1 June 2024. No colloquium will be held.
Here you get to the FAQ.
Contact
DETAIL Events
E-Mail: detailaward@detail.de
Tel: +49 89 381620-865
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Submission: 1 March to 1 June 2024
Preselection by the Detail editorial team: 20 June 2024
Jury meeting: 2 July 2024
Voting Readers' Award: 1 August to 1 October 2024
Award ceremony: 2 December 2024