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
revealing the 2025 winners
The winners + top works will be revealed at London Creates from 11 - 19 July 2025
Hosted at The Truman Brewery, the top works in visual representation and creative imagery will be showcased as a unique collection of the best creative minds and future thinkers. Winners will be announced during the Launch Event on 10 July
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 coming soon
The Award winning imagery and top creations from the Awards will be published within our upcoming Ideas Pocketbook 2025
In addition to being published, the top works will be exhibited at London Creates alongside the architecture and design studios, the top 200+ works will also have the opportunity be published globally across the Archisource digital platforms
The Ideas Pocketbook 2025 will be available to purchase at London Creates and pre-orders will be available soon
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
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Head to London Creates for the opportunity to vote for your favourite with additional opportunities for the creative talents to win international recognition and prizes to empower their creative futures
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
Join us as we reveal the winners of the sixth prestigious Drawing of the Year Awards. Be immersed in a curation of hundreds of outstanding visual representations from architects, designers and artists created around the world
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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Following the winners announcement at the London Exhibition, the Winners + Finalists will be published across our channels and showcased on our winners website throughout July to August 2025.
The shortlisted entries will also be notified.
