ABOUT THE AWARDS
CELEBRATING + RECOGNISING CREATIVE TALENT
DRAWING OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2025
The Drawing of the Year Awards by Archisource recognise excellence in creative imagery, drawings and visual representations across architecture, art and design globally. The sixth annual Awards are in collaboration with D5 Render, HP and Affinity creative software
⦿ THOUSANDS OF SUBMISSIONS FROM OVER 100 COUNTRIES
⦿ £125,000 GBP WORTH OF PRIZES
⦿ INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION
⦿ TOP 250 RECEIVE AFFINITY V2 UNIVERSAL LICENCE + 180 DAY PRO D5 RENDER
six years of excellence
“The Awards were formed both as a celebration of creativity, but also as a needed disruptor within the creative Awards industry. Inclusivity and accessibility are at the heart of the mission of the Awards, and we are very proud to host the Awards rightfully recognising talents without fees or barriers to be celebrated. We strongly believe that creativity incites creativity - our mission as a collective has been to provide a platform for showcasing the most inspiring creators and inspire so many more in that process.”
Archisource
meet the EXPERT JUDGING PANEL
We are very proud to announce the expert judging panel for the 2025 Awards including an array of top creative practitioners and industry experts each with unique knowledge and experience of architecture, design and image creation
Art Director, Senior Partner at Foster + Partners
Director at Zaha Hadid Architects
Art Director, Senior Artist at Hayes Davidson
Associate at RSHP
Head of Programme at London Festival of Architecture
Co-Founder, Architect at Archisource
Co-Founder, Architect at Archisource
Empowering creativity
D5 Render and HP are empowering architects and designers in their creative process. Together, D5 Render’s innovative solutions and HP’s high-performance Z Workstation portfolio can drive creativity and efficiency in complex, multi-software workflows
D5 Render and HP Z Workstations inspire creatives on their journey to keep evolving, providing industry-leading real time visualisation tools that empower the creative process and powerful hardware that is designed for creative and technical professionals. Together, D5 Render’s innovative solutions and HP’s high-performance workstation portfolio can drive creativity and efficiency in complex, multi-software workflows
Affinity is the award-winning graphic design, image editing and page layout software used by architects around the world delivering accessible, lean, and collaborative functionality across the creative suite
brand new release
The Award winning imagery and top creations from the Awards will be published within our brand new Ideas Pocketbook 2025
In addition to being published, highlights from the top 200+ works will also have the opportunity be published globally across the Archisource digital platforms
The Ideas Pocketbook 2025 is available to order and will be shipping from 18 August 2025
six award categories
The Drawing of the Year Awards is structured in six main Awards, categorised by creative process, the Awards recognise works across all mediums, styles and purposes
The works across the categories are judged by the expert panel 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, as well as specific Award criteria
six MEDAL categories
New for 2025, standout works were also recognised for specific skills and attributes through the Medal Categories from; creativity and innovation in their process, approach to the environment, focus on designing for humans and the power of a narrative communicated through imagery alone
Individual Medals have their own judges from Narinder Sagoo MBE who judged the Hand Skill Medal and the Affinity Award which was judged by the Affinity creative team
unrivalled £125,000+ IN PRIZES
The Drawing of the Year Awards 2025 saw a prize fund of £125,000 with hundreds of opportunities to win prizes from creative software to full studio set ups
Six Award winners will receive the ultimate studio set up including: HP ZBook Firefly 16” G11 Mobile Workstations and HP Z2 G9 Mini Workstation Intel® Core™ i7 with OMEN by HP 27” QHD Gaming Monitors from HP, software licences from SketchUp, D5 Render, Affinity and MicroStation, giant stationery bundles from LEUCHTTURM1917 and Winsor & Newton, timeless furniture from Vitra, plus studio essentials from Tala, AIAIAI, Huion, QWSTION and Thames & Hudson!
The top 250 shortlisted works will receive 180 Day PRO D5 Render Licences and Affinity V2 Universal Licences as well as international publication
EXPERIENCE THE WORLD OF ARCHITECTURE
11 - 19 JULY | FREE TO VISIT | TRUMAN BREWERY
The top works were revealed at the major creative London Creates exhibition and were exhibited alongside leading architecture studios RSHP and Foster + Partners
AWARDS TIMELINE
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The submission process closes at 23.59 GMT on the 30th April 2025.
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The expert panel of judges will meet from April to May 2025 to review all the submissions and select the top works - good luck!
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Visit the annual London Exhibition revealing the hundreds of the top works selected from the 2025 Awards alongside the creative process of top studios and design installations at The Truman Brewery. Full details to be revealed soon!
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Join us at 20:00 BST on 27th July 2025 as we reveal the winners and finalists of the 2025 Awards
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Following the announcement, the Winners + Finalists will be published across our channels and showcased on our winners website throughout August 2025
The shortlisted entries will also be notified
