The Aerogel Architecture Award celebrates the best examples with regards to energy efficiency, unconventional solutions, translucent daylighting, high performing buildings solutions with use of superinsulating aerogel materials.

The Building Energy Materials and Components Lab is looking for top realized projects internationally to showcase the best projects of architects, civil engineers or top project ideas of students from these fields. The best projects selected by the jury will be shortlisted for the Aerogel Architecture Awards ceremony hosted on 5 August 2022, near Zurich at NEST Empa campus, which will give broad recognition to the projects. The projects will be published in relevant international magazines and portals.

Key dates
January 19, 2022 – Competition announcement and registration opens
June 30, 2022 – Project submission deadline (23:59 hours Zurich time)
August 05, 2022 – Winners’ announcement event, NEST building, Empa Duebendorf

Submit your examples of aerogel use in architecture, construction, refurbishment and monument preservation as built solutions or student projects. Submission deadline is June 30, 2022. Find out more about the project submission process here.