Architizer Vision Awards 2026 - Photography Categories
The Architizer Vision Awards is an architecture-industry programme with dedicated photography and video categories (Exterior, Interior, Environment, People, Atmosphere, Details). The 2026 cycle closed on 22 May. Winners get published in Metropolis magazine and in Architizer Journal. The contest's permissive AI policy makes it a useful contrast point in the index relative to documentary photography contests with strict authenticity standards.
- Deadline
- May 22, 2026
- Entry fee
- Base entry fee not surfaced; Best of Year add-on USD 125
Authenticity policy
AI policy
The use of AI tools in image creation is allowed across all categories, but entrants are encouraged to disclose use of AI tools in their submission and to ensure that the submission reflects the entrant's unique creative vision.
RAW files
RAW not required
Editing rules
The Architizer Vision Awards take an explicitly permissive stance: AI image creation is allowed in all categories, including photography. Disclosure is encouraged but not strictly enforced. Entrants must own rights to any AI-generated elements. Useful as a baseline for the index because it sits at the opposite end of the policy spectrum from World Press Photo.
Verified on June 12, 2026