Calling All Visionary Designers: Enter ACSF’s $10,000 International Design Competition

Calling All Visionary Designers: Enter ACSF’s $10,000 International Design Competition

The Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum (ACSF), in partnership with 2A Magazine, invites architects, designers, and creative thinkers from around the world to enter the International Design Competition: Transcendent Design and the Space In-Between.

This exciting new competition challenges participants to explore how design can bridge the material and the spiritual — shaping spaces that foster contemplation, compassion, and connection.

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Competition Details at a Glance

Prize Fund: $10,000 USD

  • 1st Prize: $5,000
  • 2nd Prize: $3,000
  • 3rd Prize: $2,000

Additionally, 4 Honorable Mentions will be awarded along with Quality Trophies & Citations.

Global Recognition

Winners will be celebrated in 2A Magazine and through ACSF’s international community of architects, designers, and thought leaders.

Award Ceremony

February 6–8, 2026 | CUD, Dubai, UAE

Registration & Submission Deadline

October 27, 2025

About the Competition

Our vision of a better world obliges us to encompass a deep comprehension of the critical historical impacts that have affected the world in modern times. The built environment’s lengthy history as a communicative and affective media portends its enduring capacity to serve the highest ideals and address the most vexing problems. Indeed, the built environment was often believed to provide portentous places for personal improvement and, by extension, the evolution of culture. It still has that promise and potential.

The Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum (ACSF), in partnership with 2A Magazine, invites architects, designers, and artists worldwide to submit conceptual projects that seek a vision of organic exuberance, human delight and flourishing that lies waiting in the paradigm of “Transcendent Design and the Space In-Between.”

Key Themes

  • Reconnect humanity with spiritual, ecological, and philosophical values.
  • Design built environments that inspire human flourishing and transcendence.
  • Projects must align with ACSF’s principles: contemplation, compassion, moderation, cultural consciousness, justice, and environmental harmony.

Requirements

  • Submit 2 A2-sized presentation boards with visuals, sketches, and diagrams.
  • Include a 500-word essay discussing the state of our built environment and how your
    design addresses the competition theme and principles.

Ready to Share Your Vision?

Click here to register, download the full competition brief, and start your submission today.