The Graduation Projects category is dedicated to students who completed their final graduation projects in the fields of architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, interior design, or restoration during the period from July 2024 to July 2026. This category, like the competition as a whole, is open to participants from the territory of the DKMT Euroregion, which includes the Western Region of Romania, as well as regions of Hungary and Serbia.
This category highlights the fresh perspectives and creative solutions that emerging architects bring to contemporary architectural challenges. It serves as a platform for new talents to present their ideas and concepts that could shape the future of architecture, emphasising both theoretical depth and practical application.
Participants are encouraged to demonstrate a unique approach to design, sustainability, and technology, reflecting their academic achievements and readiness to contribute to the professional world.
Category image: Graduation Projects Award 2024: “Repurposing the Valea Topologului Railway Infrastructure”, Afloarei Ioana, Râmnicu-Vâlcea–Vâlcele railway line, Argeș and Vâlcea Counties, Romania. Photo credits: Ștefania Boca, Marius Vasile.
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Useful materials for registration
For information about eligibility and the entire submission process, please consult the awards rules.
What projects can be submitted in this category?
In this category, final graduation projects from the following fields may be submitted:
- architecture;
- urbanism;
- landscape design;
- interior design;
- restoration/rehabilitation;
- any project with a central focus on new or existing built space, public space, or interior space.
Projects must be completed by students residing within the territory of the DKMT Euroregion or carried out within a higher education institution located in the DKMT Euroregion during the period from July 2024 to July 2026.
Who can participate in this category?
This category is intended for recent graduates in the fields of architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, or interior design.
Before starting the registration process for the Beta Awards, we recommend that you carefully read the rules and the application guide.
For registration for the Beta Awards, you will need to:
- to fill in the registration form for the category/subcategory you wish to participate in. Please prepare all the necessary information and materials for upload in advance. In the application guide, you will find all the required documents to help you prepare your materials ahead of time.
- prepare your exhibition panel according to the following layout: Layout_01. This will be uploaded in the registration form in JPEG, JPG, or PNG format, with a resolution between 150 and 300 dpi and a maximum file size of 20 MB. For this category, your exhibition panel must include: a site plan for architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, and restoration projects (mandatory); for interior design projects, this is optional; floor plans with legends, where applicable; characteristic sections; images (photographs or visualisations of the work, photographs of the model, etc.); optional: elevations, details, axonometric drawings, perspectives, conceptual diagrams, analysis materials, etc.
- to prepare the images for the website. You will need to upload a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 representative images of the project. Each image must not exceed 1.5 MB.
DKMT
The DKMT Euroregion is a European cross-border cooperation region (DKMT referring to the territory between the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa rivers) which currently includes the counties of Timiș, Caraș-Severin, Arad, and Hunedoara in Romania, the counties of Csongrád and Bács-Kiskun in Hungary, and the province of Vojvodina in Serbia.