Design Awards
Terms, Conditions & Clarifications

1. Project Requirements

Project requirements Submissions for the “built” project categories must have been completed and occupied prior to April 2025 and after December 2023. Projects must not have been submitted previously within the same category, unless it was previously “unbuilt” and is now “built”. Student Award: Project must be a final project for final year of the undergraduate degree, or final year of Masters / Post-graduate degree, and must be from Academic Year 2024/25

2. Declaration

The MSA will only use the photographs or other media submitted for the purposes of the MSA Awards.
The MSA will require confirmation that the relevant copyright owner of the photograph or other media submitted has licensed the right to use the photograph or other media of your scheme for all purposes related to the MSA Awards (in print, social and digital media). This might include publicising an exhibition (of winning entries), a lecture series (featuring the winning architects), or promoting the award itself. Photographers will always be credited on their images, so supplying us with

Use of information

Data, including images, plans, drawings, technical and budget information and narrative text submitted in support of all MSA Awards entries will be used by the MSA and Judge acting on its behalf for the purposes of assessing Awards entries in the current year of judging. Any information relating to budget, personal details, such as company names or client names, addresses that the individual or agent preparing the application wishes to remain confidential during and subsequent to the Judging process should mark information as confidential when submitting. Information marked as Confidential will not be shared for publicity or any form of public dissemination. Information not marked as Confidential will be assumed to be suitable for public dissemination. For the avoidance of doubt, information marked confidential will be shared with Awards Juries acting on the behalf of the MSA for the purposes of evaluating and assessing Awards entries. Juries will be made aware of their obligation to treat the information as Confidential beyond the immediate purposes of assessing Awards entries. The visual data (images, plans, drawings) will also be used by the MSA for the promotion of the Awards.

Data will be held by the MSA in perpetuity for the purposes of maintaining a record of the entries and for our archive. This information will not be shared with any third party without the express and prior consent of the author, their clients or agents acting on their behalf.

3. Submission Requirements

1 × A1 Landscape Submission Board
A horizontal A1 presentation board which contains:

• Photographs/Renders of the proposals
• Site Layout/Context plant indicating site location and constraints
• Floor plan (if not covered elsewhere)
• Short statement explaining the project (150 words)
• Please note this board will be for judging purposes and presented on the evening of the Awards.

1 × A3 project description sheet
This will not be presented on the evening but used for judging purposes alongside the A1 board.
Max 500 word description/statement (optional), including:

• Clients brief/planning constraints, materials/method of construction/ summary of timescales/ programme, budget & cost
• A short statement on how the building contributes to society and meets the principals of inclusive design where applicable
• Additional optional information: for example, diagrams, sketches, site photographs.

1 × high res jpeg image
A high resolution project image which will be used for the rolling presentation display on the evening of the awards.

File Naming

Please could all files for upload be named as the following:
[Category Number]_[Project Title]_[Architect Practice]_[Submission Document]
Eg.
05_Brick House_Manchester Architect_A1 Submission Board

*All entries will be judged on sustainability credentials, innovative design and placemaking.

Non-Enterable Categories:
12 MSA 160 Award – People’s Choice (for voting of all attendees on the Awards evening)
13 Presidents Choice (chosen from all the entries to the awards)
14 Outstanding Contribution (voted by MSA committee)