K-12 student design competition celebration

Discover and support student designs from AIA chapters and foundations nationwide.

People's Choice Award

Explore inspiring design projects created by K–12 students from AIA chapters and foundations across the country—and help choose a winner. Review the submissions and cast your vote once per day for your favorite project.

This national student design competition celebration aims to elevate K–12 design work to a national platform, foster deeper engagement among professionals and academics, strengthen and expand local competitions by promoting successful models and encouraging collaboration, and connect students, families, educators, and community partners to AIA’s growing collection of K–12 design resources.

Please join us in celebrating these talented students, and follow along on social media for podcast episodes featuring the student designers from April through June.

The design with the most votes will receive the People’s Choice Award and a $1,000 prize.

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Voting deadline: 11:59pm ET on June 13, 2026

View submissions

ADEX

Blue Mosque

The Art of Architecture is a juried competition for middle and high school students that explores the relationship between art and the built environment.

AIA New Jersey

CloudDeck One

Students were asked to imagine what a home might look like 125 years in the future, in the year 2150.

AFSF

Elevation

Students were challenged to design a vibrant, socially active public realm along San Francisco's Market Street in support of the city's downtown economic recovery effort.

AIA Las Vegas

Elkhorn Community Center

The goal of this competition is to design a sustainable senior living home community that addresses the unique needs of the elderly population in Las Vegas.

AIA Toledo

Glasstown Green

This competition invited proposals to expand services at Aurora Project, which supports unhoused women and children with transitional housing, life skills training, trauma support, employment readiness, and family services.

AIA Atlanta

The Hive

Students selected a FIFA World Cup team and designed a fan engagement pavilion to welcome and entertain visitors attending World Cup matches in Atlanta.

AIA Texas Society of Architects

Keystone Heritage Park

Students were challenged to explore how design can foster growth—environmental, social, and cultural—through adaptive reuse, resource stewardship, and innovation.

ACE Mentor San Diego

Neighborhood Net-Zero

This competition focused on designing a net-zero data center that minimizes environmental impact through energy and water conservation, renewable energy integration, and thoughtful community considerations.

AIA Fort Worth

Our House

This showcase called for originality, a thoughtful design process, and strong presentation—offering a glimpse into the next generation of architecture.

AIA San Fernando Valley

Palm Springs House

Kennedy High School students were tasked with developing a 3,000-square-foot, single-story Type V wood-framed primary residence in Palm Springs.

AIA Indiana

ReCreation Center

Students were challenged to design an experience center within an 88-acre ecological reserve for a de-extincted species of their choice.