This special edition features two Grand Prizes: BigMat Grand Prize for Proximity Architecture awarded to Birgit’s home in Calvim, Spain, by TEd’A arquitectes and Bigmat Grand Prize for Architecture awarded to TIC Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã, Portugal, by Brandão Costa Arquitectos.

Birgit’s home, completed in 2024 by the Spanish studio, and TIC Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã, completed in 2022 by the Portuguese architects, follow the Lonja de pescado y ordenación zona sur del puerto de Roquetas de Mar by Estudio ACTA, Casa no Tâmega by Hugo Ferreira and Nuno Melo Sousa, the Melopee School by Xaveer De Geyter, the Power Plant for the “FOZ TUA” DAM by Souto de Moura, the FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais art center by Lacaton&Vassal, the office building by Alberto Campo Baeza and the kitchen tower by Xaveer De Geyter, as Grand Prize of the biannual award. The seventh edition of the BigMat International Architecture Award rewards European architecture with two Grand Prizes and including twelve National Prizes for Architecture and Proximity Architecture and one Special Mention for Young Architects.

The awards ceremony took place on November 7th, at the Warsaw University of Technology in Warsaw, Poland, in the presence of the architects competing for the Grand Prizes, the members of the international panel of judges and the companies making up the BigMat Group. The selected 13 finalists were chosen from the initial selection of 90 participating teams of architects disclosed last July.

Out of a list of almost 700 projects from 7 European countries (Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Slovakia, Portugal and Spain), the panel of judges chaired by Jesús Aparicio and comprising Oana Bogdan (Belgium), Martin Jančok (Czech Republic + Slovakia), Anne Lacaton (France), Francesca Torzo (Italy), José Neves (Portugal), María Langarita (Spain), and award secretary Jesús Donaire, decided to give the BigMat International Proximity Architecture Award’25 to Birgit’s home in Calvim, Mallorca, by Spanish architects Ted’A arquitectes, and the BigMat International Architecture Award’25 to TIC Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã in Campanhã, by Portuguese architecture studio brandão costa arquitectos.

GRAND PRIZES

BigMat International Proximity Architecture Award Grand Prize’25 (30,000 euros)
Birgit’s home in Calvim, Spain, by Ted’A arquitectes and by Builder Joan Sastre Cerdm. BigMat Partner: BigMat VERGER, Miguel Verger and Bernat Verger. 20,000 euros for the Architect and 10,000 euros for the Builder

Birgit’s home by Ted’A arquitectes is “on an 800 m2 allotment — roughly 20 x 40 m, facing east-west — looking onto the sea from an imposing cliff. The sea dominates the clear views to the west. the house wants to look at the sea while on the other, it must shield itself from the neighbour’s view. The project resolves both issues in a single gesture: two deep walls — the only vertical structural components — are set parallel to the adjacent properties, framing the sea views while providing privacy. The roof leaps from one wall to the other, without any intermediate supports, creatinga porch house. The ancient dolmen is reproposed, once again. […]. The size of the bricks defines the dimensions of the house. Their position links the three layers, left exposed in order to texturize the two walls and flaunt their structural nature. […] The house is a domestic refuge. A cabin, a cave, where one takes shelter and is protected from inclement weather and neighbouring gazes. […]”

BigMat International Architecture Award Grand Prize’25 (30,000 euros)
TIC Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã in Campanhã, Portugal, by brandão costa arquitectos

TIC Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã in Campanhã, by brandão costa arquitectos is “a layout with simply two lines on the floor, at the edge of the buildable area, next to the railway line. These alignments establish a clear closure for the longitudinal development of the structure and tackle the existing morphological anachrony. […]. The proposal attempts to simplify the programme; it breaks it in a regulated and sequential plot, in Portico, summarized in a perceptible matrix in the structure […]. All areas of mechanical movement and parking of vehicles are established at the lower level of the territory: a large covered space, opened to the outside at both ends. […]. At the level above, the small support programmes are distributed in a modular sequence, levelled with the Natural Park, which hides the physical presence of the complex […]. The sustainability of the construction work resides only and simply in the rational use of its building components, reduced to their simple geometry and strict functional utility. […]”

The whole of the winning projects are listed below:

BigMat National Proximity Architecture Prize in Slovakia’25 (2,000 euros)
SJK Pavilion in Bratislava, Slovakia, by Studeny architects, Peter Stec + GRAU and by Builder Maram group s.r.o. BigMat Partner: BigMat DACHTEAM S.R.O.: Peter Hudec. Prize: 1,000 euros for the Architect and 1,000 euros for the Builder.

SJK Pavilion – studeny architects ©alex shoots buildings

BigMat National Prize Proximity Architecture in Belgium’25 (2,000 euros)
Kurth in Liege, Belgium, by Oliver Fourneau Architectes, by Builder JENCHENNE. BigMat Partner: BigMat GIET-BODARWE, Juliane Giet. Prize: 1,000 euros for the Architect and 1,000 euros for the Builder.

Kurth – Olivier Fourneau Architects © StijnBollaert-HR

BigMat National Prize Proximity Architecture in Italy’25 (2,000 euros)
Infiorate di Pietra in Spello, Italy, by Massimo Berzetta Architetto and by Builder Zambelli S.r.l. BigMat Partner: BigMat EDILIZIA RUFFINELLI, Ruffinelli Stefano, Ruffinelli Corrado, Ruffinelli Francesco and Catarinucci Maria. Prize: 1,000 euros for the Architect and 1,000 euros for the Builder.

Infiorate di Pietra, Massimo Berzetta Architetto ©Andrea Adirani

BigMat National Prize Proximity Architecture in Portugal’25 (2,000 euros)
house of many faces in Porto, Portugal, by fala atelier and by Builde rMAXRENOVA. BigMat Partner: BigMat CRIAPLAC, Renato Fernando Magalhães. Prize: 1,000 euros for the Architect and 1,000 euros for the Builder.

House of many faces, fala-atelier © rory-gardiner

BigMat National Architecture Prize in the Czech Republic’25 (1,500 euros)
Automatic Mills Grain Silo Conversion in Pardubice, Czech Republic, by Prokš Přikryl Architekti

Automatic Mills Grain Silo Conversion -Prokš Přikryl architekti ©Petr Polák

BigMat National Prize Architecture in Belgium’25 (1,500 euros)
Charleroi Palais des Expo in Charleroi, Belgium, by AgwA and Architecten Jan de Vylder Inge Vinck

Charleroi Palais des Expo – AM architecten jan de vylder inge vinck – AgwA ©Filip Dujardin

BigMat National Prize Architecture in France’25 (1,500 euros)
Lac du temple nautical facility in Mathaux, Aube, France, by Hérard & da Costa Architectes

Lac du Temple nautical facility- Hérard & da Costa architects © CyrilleLallement

BigMat National Prize Architecture in Italy’25 (1,500 euros)
STONES VENUE in Brescia, Italy, by Associates Architecture

Stones Venue – Associates Architecture © Nicolò Galeazzi

BigMat National Prize Architecture in Spain’25 (1,500 euros)
25 social dwellings in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, by Harquitectes

25 social dwellings in Palma de Mallorca –Harquitectes ©Adrià Goula

BigMat National Prize Architecture in Slovakia’25 (1,500 euros)
The first phase of the revitalisation of Freedom Square in Bratislava, Slovakia, by 2021 Architekti + LABAK

The first phase of the revitalization of Námestie slobody-2021-architekti&LABAK ©Matej Hakár

BigMat Special Mention Young Architect’25 (1,500 euros)
EDUCATIONAL PAVILION and CHICKEN COOP Serralves Foundation in Porto, Portugal, by depA Architects

Educational pavilion and Chicken COOP – Serralves Foundation – depA © FEDERICO FARINATTI

Stay tuned to discover more about the winning projects of the BigMat International Architecture Award 2025, an initiative that celebrates architectural excellence and innovation across Europe. In the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing exclusive insights, images, and stories behind the most outstanding works recognized in this year’s edition.