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DRAWING OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2024

Archisource presents the fifth annual

free to enter - international drawing Awards

in partnership with Affinity

The Drawing of the Year Awards are the ultimate accolade in visual representations spanning across architecture, design and the built environment. Marking our fifth year, the widely recognised Awards have become one of the largest and most accessible visual award series of its kind showcasing the most accomplished works from around the world by professionals and students.

We truly believe in the power of drawings and the Drawing of the Year Awards celebrates the very best talents across the world. Receiving thousands of entries each year, the annual Award series is back, celebrating five years of supporting creativity - with £100,000 GBP ($125,000 USD) worth of prizes to be won, including free creative software licences for the top 250 Shortlisted works!

DRAWING OF THE YEAR EXHIBITION

6 - 9 JUNE 2024

BARGEHOUSE, OXO TOWER WHARF, LONDON

Join us as we reveal the award-winning works recognised in the fifth Drawing of the Year Awards and be immersed in a world of visual representation.

Visit our first major physical showcase of the best drawings and creative imagery from around the world.

VISIT THE EXHIBITION

FREE TO ENTER

We are very proud that the Drawing of the Year Awards are free to enter for everyone.

Our mission is to support and unite the creative community at all skill levels; we’re very excited to bring you the biggest and most inclusive Awards series of its kind that celebrates talent without boundaries. This is a truly accessible-for-all Awards series where creatives of all levels and all backgrounds can be rightly recognised for their skills at the highest level.

Drawings are very powerful tools, and the Awards celebrate those that have excelled in creating works that need no words to stand out.

We want to give special thanks to Affinity for supporting the fifth Drawing of the Year Awards, Chaos for supporting this year’s Visualisation Award, Bentley’s MicroStation for supporting this year’s Digital Drafting Award, and to LEUCHTTURM1917 for supporting this year’s Hand Drawn Award.

Thanks also to our event supporters Vectorworks, Tala, reMarkable and to our amazing prize partners for providing one of largest collection of creative prizes around - all of whom have made it possible for us to build one of the most inclusive and largest Awards of it’s kind!

£100,000 IN PRIZES

Enter your best drawings to win an amazing range of prizes

Over £55,000 worth of prizes across six Award categories

PLUS Affinity V2 Universal Licences for all Shortlisted entries!

WIN THE ULTIMATE STUDIO SET UP WITH SOFTWARE, CREATIVE TOOLS + STUDIO ESSENTIALS

This year we are collaborating with another exciting collection of partners to offer some amazing prizes including; bespoke trophies in collaboration with Nature Squared, Affinity V2 Universal Licences, 12 Month Subscription Licences to: MicroStation, Chaos V-Ray / Enscape, and Vectorworks Architect! Massive array of notebooks and sketchbooks from LEUCHTTURM1917, lighting designs by Tala, timeless furniture from GAZZDA including a desk, chair and side table, reMarkable 2 writing tablets, smart phones by NOTHING and CMF smart watches, Headphones by AIAIAI, Huion pen displays, giant stationery bundles from Winsor & Newton, sustainable desiner bags by QWSTION and an amazing array of creative books from Thames & Hudson!

ALL SHORTLISED ENTRIES RECEIVE AFFINITY V2 UNIVERSAL LICENCE FOR FREE

6 award categories

To mark the fifth year of the Drawing of the Year Awards, we are introducing a new way of recognising excellence through six new Award Categories structured by creative process - ‘the big six’.

We are also introducing a new array of specialised Commendations, which will focus on recognising works based on genres and specific topics, covering but not limited to: disciplines, project ideas, sustainability to design excellence.

Each year the Archisource Awards Committee invite and elect an independent judging panel of experts within architecture and design. The works will be judged on: originality of approach, style and/or content; use of media and the graphic and aesthetic quality; ability to represent and communicate intent or narrative; extent of impact and proposition. All submitted works are entered into all the categories.

The Drawing of the Year Award is brought to you in partnership with Affinity
Awarded to an outstanding drawing or series of drawings of exemplar quality. This award recognises the most accomplished imagery across all mediums and styles. The judges are looking for drawings that excel in their creative representations, originality, mastery of media, narrative and purpose.
The Digital Drafting Award 2024 is brought to you in partnership with Bentley’s MicroStation.
Awarded to a standout representation of exemplar quality demonstrating excellence across 2D / 3D digital drafting. This award recognises all types of drawings and this genre seeks to find the most accomplished drawings across all produced through the creative process of 2D / 3D CAD, BIM to other digital drafting software in any style.
Awarded to an outstanding drawing which excels within the field and process of digital media. The Awards spans all types of drawings and digital mediums recognising standout works across illustrative, collage, to digital hand drawings created in any style, showcasing those that have truly excelled with their approach to digital media production and digital creative approach.
The Hand Drawn Award 2024 is brought to you in partnership with LEUCHTTURM1917
This Award recognises the technique and process of exemplar hand drawing skill. The category spans works created across physical (analogue) and digital media methods where hand techniques have been fundamental to the creative process. The award recognises the most accomplished visual hand communicators and those that have achieved great levels of representation through hand drawn techniques.
Awarded to a standout representation of exemplar quality demonstrating excellence of craft and representation across multiple media from physical (analogue) to digital media. This award recognises all types of representations and seeks to award those that have achieved captivating visual creations that bridge between two or more media methods.
The Visualisation Award 2024 is brought to you in partnership with Chaos
Awarded to a standout visualisation of exemplar quality. The award recognises the most accomplished visualised imagery that excel as key mechanisms for representation. The judges will assess imagery holistically with particular focus on composition, lighting, atmosphere, materiality and narrative. The purpose of this award is to celebrate visualisations as a fundamental tool within creative industries and to showcase their power in conveying ideas, narratives and proposals.

AWARDS TIMELINE

APRIL - MAY 2024 : JUDGING PERIOD

Entry opens 1st January 2024 - prepare your best works and enter your drawings and imagery for judging!
The submission process closes at 23.59 GMT on the 17th March 2024. No entries will be accepted after this date - so don’t miss out!
The expert panel of judges will meet in April 2024 to review all submissions - good luck!
Join us as we reveal the Winners and be immersed in a world of visual representation.
Visit our first major physical showcase of the best drawings and creative imagery from around the world.
Following the live winners announcement, throughout June 2024 the Winners + Finalists will be published across our channels and showcased on our winners website. All those that are also published will be notified - so make sure you check your emails regularly (especially your spam / junk - just in case!)
The shortlisted entries will be notified and certificates will also be available for a limited time only.

international recognition

The Drawing of the Year is a widely-recognised, aspirational award series for the architecture and design community - past winners have gone on to kickstart their careers with their own design studios and even working on prestigious films.

+ INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION FOR THE SHORTLIST

The winners and commendations will be published internationally to hundreds of thousands across our website, social media and as part of the Virtual Exhibition.

The shortlist will be published in the internationally available ‘IDEAS POCKETBOOK 2024’ publication; the ultimate inspiration reference. Check out 2023 Edition featuring last year’s shortlist.