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A Glimpse into the Future — 2027
International Competition · 2027
A Glimpse into the Future — 2027
The mission of the Competition is to shape the architecture and urban environment of the future through a professional dialogue between architects, developers, designers, researchers, urbanists and experts — uniting three fundamental principles of architecture: utility, strength and beauty.
01 Apartment Building of the Future
02 Park Design in the Three Ponds Area
— About the competition
Architecture that looks ahead
"A Glimpse into the Future — 2027" is an open international competition for those who design the environment of tomorrow. It seeks striking architectural images and new models of living and of using public space — models able to meet the real needs of people, the city and today's building industry.
Who can participate
Studios and design firms
Architectural studios, design and landscape practices.
Creative collectives
Creative and interdisciplinary teams.
Students of relevant disciplines
Students of architectural, urban planning, design and other relevant educational programmes.
Individual authors and teams
Individual authors and author teams.
What is evaluated
Depth of the idea, quality of the architectural solution, the work with context and environment, feasibility, and the expressiveness of the presentation.
Geography
International status: authors from any country may take part. The final round and project defence take place online.
— Nominations
Two directions, one idea
Each nomination is an independent track with its own theme, context and evaluation criteria. You may submit a project to one or to both nominations — each project is registered separately.
01
Apartment Building of the Future
A concept for a residential building that rethinks the everyday experience of its residents: layout, shared space, connection to the street, energy efficiency and scenarios of daily life. The site and context are chosen by the author — this leaves room for bold hypotheses and for testing universal principles.
02
Park Design in the Three Ponds Area
A landscape design project for a park around Lake Krivoye in Tyumen. The focus is on three ponds, on pedestrian and cycling routes, on accessibility for all user groups, year-round use and a sustainable ecology of the territory.
Architecture must speak of its time and its place in it, while aspiring to timelessness.
Frank Gehry
TOTAL PRIZE fund
300 000 ₽
Two tracks, four prize-winning places. Additional awards may be established by competition partners.
Nomination 1:
Apartment Building of the Future
200 000 ₽
1st place100 000 ₽
2nd place50 000 ₽
3rd place50 000 ₽
Nomination 2:
Park Design in the Three Ponds Area
100 000 ₽
1st place100 000 ₽
The best projects will be published
The selected works will be featured in the competition's public materials.
A certificate for every participant
All participants will receive an electronic certificate of participation.
Collaboration opportunities
Participants and winners may be invited to take part in future projects.
— How to participate
Three steps to apply
A simple and transparent procedure. All actions are completed online; documents and materials are submitted through the application form.
1
Fill in the application form
By 15 January 2027 inclusive, provide the author or team's details, the nomination, the project title and contact information.
2
Attach your work
Upload your project album in PDF format — up to 20 A3 pages, up to 50 MB. Include 3–5 key visualisations and a JPEG or PNG preview.
3
Pay the entry fee and confirm payment
Pay the entry fee of 1 500 ₽ for each project. Payment instructions are in the regulations. Attach a screenshot or PDF confirming payment to your application.
There should be as many styles of houses as there are different kinds of people. A person of individuality has the right to their own expression within their own environment.
Frank Lloyd Wright
— Project requirements
What to prepare
The main requirements from section 6 of the regulations. Your project should reveal the architectural image, the functional logic, the everyday use, accessibility, safety and the feasibility of its solutions.
Recommended album: PDF · up to 20 A3 pages · up to 50 MBPlus at least one JPEG or PNG preview. Submission language: Russian or English. Materials must be original and must not infringe the rights of third parties.
Apartment Building of the Future
- Concept and brief: context, climate, audience, constraints and assumptions.
- Site plan and master plan; floor plans of the ground and typical levels; apartment layouts.
- Main façades and at least one characteristic section.
- Courtyard, public spaces, ground-floor scenarios, parking and service functions.
- Technical and economic indicators; structural, material and operational logic.
- 3–5 key visualisations and an answer to: "What kind of life does this building create?"
Park Design in the Three Ponds Area
- The idea of the park; analysis of the territory, connections, natural framework and constraints.
- Site plan, master plan, functional zoning and a route diagram.
- Scenarios of use across seasons and times of day.
- Work with water, shorelines and planting; accessibility, safety, lighting, navigation and small architectural forms.
- Materials, operation, phasing, main indicators and a site balance.
- 3–5 key visualisations and an answer to: "How does the park transform the everyday life of the territory?"
The full mandatory composition and recommendations for the album structure are in the competition regulations (Russian, DOCX) ↗.
— Evaluation criteria
Utility. Strength. Beauty.
100 points in each nomination. The jury evaluates the solution in the context of the project's brief. The main criteria come from appendix 2 to the regulations.
40 points
Utility
Apartment Building of the Future
Functionality, everyday scenarios, the building's connection to the courtyard and the city, accessibility.
Three Ponds Park
Functional programme, route connectivity, safety, accessibility and year-round use.
25 points
Strength
Apartment Building of the Future
Feasibility, climatic responsiveness, rationality of materials, engineering and operational solutions.
Three Ponds Park
Respect for the natural framework and water, feasibility, phasing, operational sustainability and the rationality of solutions.
35 points
Beauty
Apartment Building of the Future
Expressiveness and coherence of the architecture, context and local identity, façades and composition.
Three Ponds Park
A coherent identity for the park, the landscape idea, the work with water and terrain, composition and visual connections.
The detailed scale for each criterion is in the competition regulations (Russian, DOCX) ↗.
In the contemporary world, parks are the last islands of freedom — places where people have no prescribed script of actions and can simply be themselves.
Rem Koolhaas
— Stages
Competition calendar
Six key stages — from the opening of submissions to the publication of results. Any changes to the schedule will be announced on the competition page.
01
1 November 2026 – 15 January 2027
Application period
Registration, project upload, payment of the entry fee
02
16 – 31 January
Technical review
Check of completeness and compliance with requirements
03
1 February – 15 March
Jury evaluation
Individual assessment and discussion of the projects
04
By 20 March
Shortlist
Publication of the finalists in both nominations
05
25 March – 5 April
Online defence
Presentations by the finalists to the jury
06
By 10 April
Results
Announcement of the winners
Parks should be an extension of our homes; they are green rooms under the open sky that make the city livable.
Le Corbusier
— Materials
Documents and source data
Everything you need to prepare your project. The competition regulations are the main reference; the materials for Nomination 02 will help you explore the territory around Lake Krivoye in depth.
Competition Regulations (Russian, DOCX)
DOCX · rules, requirements, evaluation criteria
Download · DOCX
Source materials for Nomination 02
Urban planning data for the Lake Krivoye area
Coming soon
Frequently asked questions
Answers from the organisers about participation and presentation
Coming soon
— Developers' perspective
Industry views on the future of housing
Alongside the competition, we are running a survey of developers, architectural studios and clients.
Developers' opinions will be published once the survey is complete.
— Jury and organizers
Who evaluates and who runs it
The jury line-up will be published before the start of the expert evaluation. The competition is run by two legal entities.
Jury
Line-up to be announced before the expert evaluation
The full list of judges will be published on the site before the start of expert evaluation.
Organizers
ANO "IKTR — Institute for Integrated Territorial Development"
TransCity LLC
The future begins with your ideas
Join the international architectural competition. Submit an application and propose a concept that will change the way we think about housing and the urban environment.
Registration opens on 1 November 2026.
The application form will be available from 1 November 2026. Until then, you can download the regulations and prepare your project album.