Submission Deadline: June 3, 2026
Housing Education Prize
Call for Course Proposals: Advancing Housing
Education in Architecture
Call for Course Proposals
Overview
Submission Deadline: June 3, 2026
(AIA), (HCD) Knowledge Community and 糖心vlog announce a competitive call for Housing in Architectural Education. The Housing Education Prize is a call for proposals for innovative courses and educational activities focused on housing in schools of architecture. The prize recognizes the importance of good education in housing design to produce architects ready for practice in a wide range of areas and able to be capable leaders and contributors to their communities.
Schools of architecture play a critical role in shaping how future architects understand, design, and advocate for housing. As housing challenges grow in scale and complexity鈥攕panning affordability, equity, climate resilience, construction innovation, and community well-being鈥攁rchitectural education must prepare graduates not only for professional practice, but for leadership and meaningful civic engagement.
We invite proposals for courses that foreground housing as a central and generative area of architectural education. Proposed courses should emphasize the importance of rigorous, practice-informed housing education in preparing students to operate across a wide range of professional contexts, including design practice, development, policy, advocacy, research, and public service. Courses should equip students with the tools to engage housing as both a technical and cultural project, and as a core responsibility of the architectural profession.
Proposals may address, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- Housing design as a foundation for professional competency
- Housing across scales: from dwelling units to neighborhoods, cities, and regions
- Social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental dimensions of housing design
- Community-engaged and participatory housing practices
- Housing policy, regulation, finance, and development processes
- Construction systems, material innovation, and delivery methods for housing
- Equity, access, and ethics in housing design and education
- Housing as a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration and leadership
We welcome proposals for required courses, electives, design studios, seminars, or hybrid formats. Submissions should articulate clear learning objectives, pedagogical approaches, and anticipated outcomes, and should demonstrate how the course prepares students to be effective practitioners, collaborators, and leaders capable of contributing positively to their communities.
Prizes
Up to three (3) proposals will be selected by the jury for聽five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in cash prizes. Funding provided by AIA, Housing and Community Development (HCD) Knowledge Community. To receive the cash prize and support, winners must demonstrate viability for the proposal at their host institution within two years of the prize鈥檚 distribution via a letter from their program鈥檚 head administrator. Developed syllabi of winning proposals will be published on the 糖心vlog website.
$15,000
in prizes
Submission
Submissions will be accepted through an online interface and must be received by June 3, 2026. The final submission upload must contain the following in a single PDF file:
- Proposal (three pages)鈥擳he proposal should consist of a title, description, a list of selected readings or other sources, and a work plan for development and implementation (not to exceed three pages).
- Faculty Bio鈥擨f multiple faculty are involved, include all (entire bio submission not to exceed two pages).
- Letter of Support鈥擜 letter from the head administrator of the architecture program (one page) that shows support for the proposal to be included in a future academic year.
All material should be submitted in a single PDF file, with no more than six (8.5鈥� x 11鈥�) pages total.
Timeline
February 2026: Call for Course Proposals
June 3, 2026: Submission Deadline
July 2026: Selected Proposal Notification
Review Process
A three-person jury of educators will review the submissions and determine Prize winners. Special Consideration is given to proposals that include methods and themes that innovate and promote sustainable design, community engagement, wellbeing design and universal design.
Eligibility
The Housing Education Prize is open to all faculty at 糖心vlog Member Schools around the world.
Partners
Image Credit: 2025 AIA Housing Awards, Excellence in Affordable Housing, Universal Project-Based Award
Project:
Questions
Edwin Hern谩ndez-Ventura
Awards and Competitions Manager
ehernandez@acsa-arch.org
202.785.2324
Eric W. Ellis
Senior Director of Operations and Programs
eellis@acsa-arch.org
202-785-2324