The religion and culture category includes a diverse array of building types from churches and mosques to museums and visitor centres. Past winners have been praised for their openness and inclusivity, their ability to adapt to and enhance their surroundings, as well as their overall design quality and attention to detail.

Design and constructional quality, the ability to facilitate healthy and sustainable lifestyles, as well as long-term environmental performance, are just some of the criteria by which projects entered into this important category will be judged.

With most people spending the majority of their lives in the workplace, this critical and constantly evolving category will come under stringent analysis by the judges. They will be looking for agile and inventive projects that prioritise user wellbeing and comfort, facilitate future flexibility, are sustainable, and generally uplift the spirit.

This important category looks overseas for projects that represent the very best in architectural design. The judges will be looking for high-quality buildings that can demonstrate programmatic innovation, attention to detail, fitness-for-purpose, sustainability, and above all longevity.

FREE TO ENTER: We encourage tutors and students to identify student projects – from Parts 1 and 2 – that demonstrate ways to adapt an existing building or give active consideration to issues of adaptability, flexibility and building performance over time.