TADA Award 2026 Politecnico di Torino
3rd edition – 2026

Submissions Now Open. SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT!
Deadline 7 september 2026

Download the Competition Announcement here

The TADA Award is an initiative by TADA – The Architecture & Design Archive of the Department of Architecture and Design (DAD) aimed at valorizing the work of students from the School of Architecture and Design of Politecnico di Torino with the additional objective of promoting to a wide audience the achievements of its School of Architecture and Design and fostering debate on themes and teaching methods.

The award is open to students in the Department of Architecture and Design at Politecnico di Torino and is divided into two sections, each open to both disciplines (Architecture and Design):

A - Section “Thesis”
B - Section "Courses"

Participation Conditions
Participation is open to:
Architecture field: students enrolled in a Master’s Degree Program in Architecture at Politecnico di Torino during the 2024–25 and/or 2025–26 academic years;
Design field: students enrolled in a Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree Program in Design at Politecnico di Torino during the 2024–25 and/or 2025–26 academic years.

Jury 
The Jury of the competition is composed of: 

• the Director of the Department of Architecture and Design;
• one member designated by the Board of the School of Architecture and Design from among its members, representing the Architecture field;
• one member designated by the Board of the School of Architecture and Design from among its members, representing the Design field;
• one member designated by the TADA Scientific Committee;
• one professor external to Politecnico di Torino, invited by the Board of the School of Architecture and Design.

Awards
The Jury will select:

• for section A - "Thesis" a maximum of six works.
• for section B - "Courses" a maximum of four works.

The Jury may also assign a maximum of three honorable mentions for each section.
All award-winning works will be published on the TADA website in the TADA Award 2026 section and exhibited in a public exhibition.

Furthermore, the award-winning and mentioned works in section A - "Thesis" and in section B - "courses" will be published on the international platform Dezeen in an article in English including cover images.

Key Dates

• Publication of the announcement 15/07/2026
• Closure of applications 07/09/2026, 11:59 PM
• Deadline for the conclusion of the Jury's work 25/09/2026
• Award ceremony for the winners on the occasion of the opening of the DAD year (1st October 2026) at Valentino Castle 
• Exhibition opening March 2027 at Valentino Castle

Attachments

1 – Template for long abstract
2 – Template for short abstract
3 – Rights release form
4 – Application form

All attachments can be downloaded at this link.

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Download the Competition Announcement below.