K-12 Design Challenge 2026
People’s Choice Voting
K-12 student design competition celebration
Discover and support student designs from AIA chapters and foundations nationwide.
People’s Choice Award
Explore inspiring design projects created by K–12 students from AIA chapters and foundations across the country—and help choose a winner. Review the submissions and cast your vote once per day for your favorite project.
This national student design competition celebration aims to elevate K–12 design work to a national platform, foster deeper engagement among professionals and academics, strengthen and expand local competitions by promoting successful models and encouraging collaboration, and connect students, families, educators, and community partners to AIA’s growing collection of K–12 design resources.
Please join us in celebrating these talented students, and follow along on social media for podcast episodes featuring the student designers from April through June.
The design with the most votes will receive the People’s Choice Award and a $1,000 prize.
Voting deadline: 11:59pm ET on June 13, 2026
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K-12 Design Challenge 2026 Call for Entries
Dream Stadium & Sports Architecture
K-12 Design Challenge
As part of AIA-NJ’s Architecture Week 2026, we celebrate the FIFA World Cup 26 soccer competition coming to New Jersey this summer.
This contest begins on Thursday, February 26, 2026, and runs through Thursday April 2, 2026. Winners will be announced, and design shared publicly during 2026 New Jersey Architecture Week in April!
Please share this link with any New Jersey K-12 teachers, parents, school children, friends, family, and MORE!
- ZRULES:
1.- Entry forms must be completed and submitted no later than 5 PM on MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2026
2.- You must submit ONE IMAGE of your stadium or sports architecture design. It can be a photo/scan of a hand drawing, or a computer-drawn or computer-modeled image, or you can build a model (anything from a 3d printed model to building your model from household items) and submit a photo of it. We will not accept CAD files, 3d files, videos, or multiple images, you can submit ONE IMAGE ONLY. All work must be yours and must be original. No AI or just using images you find online.
3.- You must include a short description of your design- just a few sentences, no more than one paragraph.
4.- Entries will be judged in three categories based on grade- Elementary School, Middle School, and High School.
5.- Selected winners in each category (Elementary School, Middle School, and High School) will receive a $100 Amazon Gift Card.
6.- Only the first-place entries in each category will receive gift cards.
7.- All contact with contestants will be via AIA New Jersey online portal or email. You must submit a valid, current email address that is monitored, either by the student or by their parent or guardian.
8.- You are welcome to work in a team, however, if a team entry wins, the team will receive only one $100 Amazon gift card that must be shared among team members.
9.- Submitted images may be used by AIA New Jersey in promotional materials and on social media; students will be identified by first name, initial of last name, grade, town and school.
10.- This contest is limited to New Jersey K-12 students only with one entry per student.
11.- Students may participate individually, even if their school is not participating.
12.- Have fun and be creative!
If you have any questions, please contact AIA New Jersey Christina Goldstein at cgoldstein@njpsi.com