The 2025 shortlist includes architects who are radically transforming existing buildings, intervening in overlooked neighbourhoods and experimenting with low-carbon materials
Profiles of all this year’s shortlisted practices have been published in AR November 2025: click here to buy a copy
The AR is delighted to announce the 15 practices shortlisted for the AR Emerging awards 2025. This year’s shortlist includes architects mining existing buildings for their materials, experimenting with bio-based building systems such as rammed earth and cork, and breathing new life into neglected corners of the city.
The shortlist comprises architects working around the world, including in China, Denmark, France, Ghana, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Peru, Switzerland, the UK, the US and Vietnam.
The 2025 shortlist:
- 3ME Arquitectura
- ARB Architects
- Atelier Régis Roudil Architectes
- Atelier Wo-Land
- BLDUS
- DeRoche Projects
- Estudio Copla
- KUMA&ELSA
- L’Atelier Senzu
- Materra-Matang
- One-Aftr
- Pihlmann Architects
- Studio MUTT
- TAELON7
- Weyell Zipse
The winner will be announced on Thursday 20 November at a drinks reception at the St Pancras Campus, 100 Royal College Street, London NW1 0TH, designed by Caruso St John for WRE. Join us to celebrate and meet the shortlisted architects. Tickets are free – register here
This year the shortlisted practices will meet in London and present their work to our jury, comprising previous AR Emerging finalist and founder of Bangladesh-based practice URBANA Kashef Chowdhury; Austrian architect and rammed-earth specialist Martin Rauch; and architect and curator Catharine Rossi.
The winner will receive a £5,000 prize, and a second practice will be awarded the Peter Davey Prize, selected by the AR editors in tribute to Peter Davey, former AR editor and founder of the awards. Winners will also take home a specially commissioned trophy by by low-carbon recycled brick manufacturer Kenoteq.
First launched in 1999, the AR Emerging awards grant early recognition to young designers and celebrate the architectural stars of tomorrow. Since 2018, the awards have recognised a body of work rather than a single building, and aspiring candidates share a small portfolio of three projects with us: a completed building, a work in progress and an idea. Early winners include Boonserm Premthada, Thomas Heatherwick and Frida Escobedo – more recently, A Threshold, TO, Carles Enrich Studio and Carla Juaçaba.
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