Light of Tomorrow

Registration for the International VELUX Award 2016 for Students of Architecture, which challenges students to work with daylight in architecture, is open until 1 April 2016. With entries from over 350 schools of architecture in 60 countries, the International VELUX Award has established itself as the most important and biggest global student competition. Students or teams who are active students in 2015-2016 and backed by a teacher from a school of architecture are invited to participate and need to register here.

This year, the winners of the International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture will be announced at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin on 18 November 2016 and will be featured in the November issue of the Architectural Review. Registered students must submit their final project by 15 June 2016 and all entries will be exhibited on iva.velux.com.

«We are thrilled that this year’s award winners will share the stage with the world’s most influential architects at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin and will see their projects in one of the leading architectural publications, Architectural Review,» says manager of the award Per Arnold Andersen from the VELUX Group.

The overall theme of the International VELUX Award 2016 is Light of Tomorrow. The award seeks to inspire students of architecture to consider how to use sunlight and daylight as main sources of energy and light, and how to ensure the health and well-being of people who live and work in buildings. To participate, students must submit projects that focus on a) Daylight in buildings or b) Daylight investigations that consider the physical properties of light.