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Open for entriesGLITZ Design Honour 2026
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2026 · Design Honour
Entries close
September 30, 2026
Entry fee
₹5,000 per entry
Ceremony
gala Award Ceremony in Kolkata
Entries opened
June 1, 2026
- original
- innovative
- contextual
- sustainable
About this award
GLITZ Design Honour for Creative Excellence 2026 Awards, instituted by GLITZ architecture & interiors magazine, recognises outstanding talent in the field of architecture, interiors and landscape design, celebrating the innovative and visionary minds that shape our built environment.
GLITZ architecture & interiors magazine takes the pleasure of inviting entries from the architects and designers for the 11th edition of GLITZ Design Honour 2026.
The award focuses on designs being original, innovative, contextual & sustainable.
A distinguished panel of jury comprising of eminent architects and designers will evaluate the entries and the winners will be revealed at the gala Award Ceremony in Kolkata.
Categories
Architecture
- Hospitality
- Institutional
- Office & Retail
- Residential (Multi Dwelling)
- Residential (Single Dwelling)
Interiors
- Hospitality
- Institutional
- Office
- Residential
- Retail
Landscape
- Small Spaces
- Large Spaces
Eligibility
- 1
Architects / Designers / Design Firms / Organizations with a registered address and who conduct business / have operations in India are permitted to participate.
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Only Completed Projects during the last 3 years are eligible for nomination under respective award categories.
- 3
An Architect / Designer can submit up to 3 entries per category.
- 4
A registration fee of Rs. 5000/- for each entry shall be payable.
- 5
The participants must submit evidential document / declaration about the project.
What to include
- Design brief
- Conceptual-level sketches/ ideas
- Architectural drawings: Site plan; Floor plans; Sections; Elevations
- Actual photographs (3D renderings are not applicable)
- Technical details/ analysis
Submission format
- 1
Maximum of 6 (six) A3 size sheets in Landscape Format in high resolution PDF.
- 2
Sheets must contain the name of project, location & sheet number. (Name of participant/design firm is NOT to be mentioned on the sheets. The received entries will be coded for anonymity for jury.)
- 3
A separate word file must contain the architect/designer's profile, design brief & project details.
- 4
Architect / designer's profile photograph must be attached separately.
- 5
The PDF sheets, word file & photographs, together, should be put into one folder titled “Category name_Project name_Location_Name of Architect / Designer / Design Firm”
- 6
Submit by uploading your project as .zip folder (max. upload size - 50MB).
How entries are judged
- 1
The entries will be received directly by online submissions at www.glitzmagazines.in / e-mail: glitz.design.honour@gmail.com
- 2
The entries will be checked for completeness and for satisfaction of eligibility criteria.
- 3
All complete entries will be coded for anonymity and made ready for the jury.
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The first jury will evaluate the entries and nominate 5 Finalists under each award category.
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The Finalist entries will be presented to the FINAL JURY for the ultimate selection of the winners of GLITZ Design Honour 2026.
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The winners will be announced & honoured at the gala award ceremony.
Scoring
- Design Concept & Visionweight 20 · max 10
- Design & Aestheticsweight 20 · max 10
- Functionalityweight 20 · max 10
- Innovationweight 15 · max 10
- Context & Sustainabilityweight 15 · max 10
- Presentation & Executionweight 20 · max 10
Jury
- Sunil Kumar Maniramka
- Debatosh Sahoo
- Soumyendu Shankar Ray
- Prashant Sutaria
- Samiran Banik
From the jury
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