MICROHOME 2026
Pays up to €30,000 to architects and creatives designing a compact 25 sqm micro-home.
Recognition runs wider than the cash table alone: alongside three placed winners, two further Buildner special-award recipients, four Kingspan-related award winners (the single Kingspan Award plus the three Kingspan Compliments), and six honourable mentions are named, though only some of those tiers carry prize money. A single entry can win twice over -- if a jury selects a Student Award submissio…
The 11th-edition competition, run with Kingspan, is open to architects, artists and creatives designing a complete, off-grid micro-home of 25 square meters for a young professional couple. Entries should address sustainability, adaptability and changing ways of living, with no restriction on the proposed site.
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