Calling all emerging Canadian architectural practices! The sixth iteration of Twenty + Change, in collaboration with Canadian Architect magazine, will feature emerging Canadian architects who are pushing boundaries: by engaging the public realm in meaningful ways, investigating new ideas regarding typology, program, or site, by innovating in sustainability or material affect, or by engaging in new models of practice. Twenty + Change: New Perspectives will feature practices that are setting a new agenda for innovation and excellence through their built or speculative work.

Twenty + Change is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to fostering the exchange of ideas and showcasing the work of a new generation of Canadian architectural practices.

Submissions now open

Canadian architecture practices are invited to submit projects for consideration for inclusion in the Twenty + Change: New Perspectives October 2024 issue of Canadian Architect magazine. Projects of all types, either theoretical or built, are welcome. A jury comprised of practitioners and academics will be led by Heather Dubbeldam (Director, Twenty + Change and Principal, Dubbeldam Architecture + Design) and Elsa Lam (Editor, of Canadian Architect magazine). Additional jury members will be announced in May.

Timelines:

Deadline for questions: May 9, 2024

Early Bird Rate Submission ($75): May 16, 2024

Final Deadline for Submission ($100): May 30, 2024

Notification of Selected Firms by June 30, 2024.

Questions should be sent to info@twentyandchange.org.

For more information about past exhibitions, please see www.twentyandchange.org

Eligibility 

• Projects must be submitted by Canadian practices, currently based and operating in Canada.
• Practices must have been established within the last 10 years (ie. 2014 or later).
• Entries should be the work of architects and designers whose emerging practices are their main focus, rather than work done while in the full-time employment of another firm or organization.
• Entrants must have completed at least one built project under their name, regardless of scale, or have a project currently under construction. No student work will be considered.
• Practitioner-academics are welcome to apply, but we ask that they focus submissions on their design work (rather than coursework completed by students).
• Projects submitted may be of any scale, new construction, or renovation, and built or unbuilt. There is no restriction on where submitted projects (speculative or built) are located.
• Entrants must be willing to allow all materials submitted to be published by Canadian Architect Magazine and Twenty + Change, as well as accept all other submission requirements. All materials submitted must be original content and be appropriately licensed for use.
• Please Note: Practices or individuals who have been featured in any previous version of Twenty + Change or in Canadian Architect’s Emerging Talent special issues (July 2016, July 2017, and August 2021) will not be considered.

To enter, and for additional information, please visit the twentyandchange website.

The entry fee is $100. However, we aim to make this competition financially accessible to all.