arch out loud has launched an annual award for the best visualization, called Render Of The Year 2020. 

Designers are storytellers.

They assume many roles, but common to them all is the task of telling the story of the spaces and worlds they imagine. Often, they must convey these thoughts with images. Through their images, they can shape and influence how others feel and understand their ideas.

Although designers continue to be equipped with better digital tools, making it easier to create images, there is still a great deal of craft in visualization. Designers must discern the ways people interpret their images. They must work with the feelings that emerge from an image. They must understand how to speak to their audience without words.

The Render of the Year award is seeking compelling images that tell stories of architecture, interiors, cities, and worlds that could be.

Jury

Anne-Marie Armstrong - Founder | AAmp Studio 

Deborah Berke - Partner | Deborah Berke Partners 

Alice Britton - Cofounder | Squint / Opera

Keely Colcleugh - Founder | Kilograph

Ivi Diamantopoulou - Cofounder | New Affiliates

Peter Guthrie - Founder | The Boundary

Alex Hogrefe - Partner | Visualizing Architecture Design Distill 

Catherine Huang - Partner | Bjarke Ingels Group

Juan Rico - Cofounder | Methanoia

George Yabu + Glenn Pushelberg - Founders | Yabu Pushelburg

Guidelines

01 The content of the image can be of any scale - cities, buildings, or spaces. 

02 Images must show something that is not currently built.

03 Images must be 20 mb per file max.

Awards

Overall Winner: $3,000
+Render of the Year Book Feature +Press Publications

Young Designer Award: $1,000
+Render of the Year Book Feature +press publications

Undergraduate Award: $1,000
+Render of the Year Book Feature +Press Publications

Exterior Award: $500
+Render of the Year Book Feature +Press publications

Interior Award: $500
+Render of the Year Book Feature +Press publications

Honorable Mentions

+Render of the Year Book Feature 

+Press publications

Directors Choice

+Render of the Year Book Feature

+Press Publications

Schedule

Early Registration Begins: October 5

Early Registration Ends: November 23

Regular Registration Begins: November 24 (prices increase)

Regular Registration Ends: December 31

Submission Deadline: January 2nd (11:59PM EST)

Results Announced: January 2021

Register

10% Discount on registration of 2-3 image submissions 

20% Discount on registration of 4-5 image submissions 

30% Discount on registration of 6+ image submissions

Undergraduate Designer

$25 | October 5 - November 23 

$35 | November 24 - December 31

Requirement: Current Undergraduate Architecture Student

+Eligible for Overall Winner Award 

+Eligible for Exterior & Interior Awards 

+Eligible for Student Award

Young Designer

$35 | October 5 - November 23 

$45 | November 24 - December 31

Requirement: Current Graduate Student or within 5 years of completing undergraduate or graduate degree studies

+Eligible for Overall Winner Award 

+Eligible for Exterior & Interior Awards 

+Eligible for Young Designer Award

Professional

$50 | September 28 - November 23 

$60 | November 24 - December 31

Requirement: Professional designer 6+ years since completion of undergraduate or graduate studies

+Eligible for Overall Winner Award

+Eligible for Exterior & Interior Awards

For more information, please visit the competition's website.

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