The 7th edition of the BigMat International Architecture Award 2025 reaffirms its mission to recognize the most outstanding architectural works completed over the past years in the seven European countries where the BigMat brand is present.

This year’s edition once again highlights two main distinctions: the Grand Prize for Proximity Architecture (€30,000) and the BigMat Grand Prize for Architecture (€30,000), a recognition that has become a benchmark for contemporary architectural practice in Europe.

From almost 700 submissions, the final jury held in Madrid and composed of Oana Bogdan, Anne Lacaton, Francesca Torzo, José Neves, Martin Jančok, María Langarita, Jesús Aparicio as Award President and Jesús Donaire as Secretary — selected the projects that will now compete in Warsaw for the two Grand Prizes, as well as for the national awards of Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, and Spain.

THE BIGMAT INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Founded in 1981, the BigMat Group was created to strengthen the distribution of building materials through close collaboration with local business owners. The Architecture Award was launched in Spain in 2005 and, after three successful editions, expanded internationally, quickly becoming one of the most respected European competitions.

Since its first international edition in 2013, the prize has celebrated excellence in contemporary architecture across the countries in which BigMat operates. Previous winners of the Grand Prize include: Xaveer de Geyter (2013 and 2021), Alberto Campo Baeza (2015), Lacaton & Vassal (2017), Eduardo Souto de Moura (2019), and last edition winners in 2023, Ramón Pico and F. Javier López -Estudio ACTA in the general category and Hugo Ferreira and Nuno Melo Sousa in the small-scale residential architecture.

SEVENTH EDITION FINALISTS
According to Jesús Aparicio, president of the award, the BigMat International Architecture Award 2025 demonstrated the extraordinary level of European architecture and was considered a great success, not only because of the record number of submissions but also due to their quality, encompassing a wide range of scales and interventions, from ephemeral projects to large urban developments.

The list of finalist projects is as follows:

BELGIUM

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

Kurth
Olivier Fourneau Architects

CZECH REPUBLIC

Automatic Mills Grain Silo Conversion
Prokš Přikryl architekti

FRANCE

Lac du Temple nautical facility
Hérard & da Costa architects

ITALY

Stones Venue
Associates Architecture

Infiorate di Pietra
Massimo Berzetta Architetto

PORTUGAL

TIC Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã
brandão costa arquitectos

Educational pavilion and Chicken coop
Serralves Foundation – depA architects

house of many faces
fala atelier

SLOVAKIA

The first phase of the revitalization of Námestie slobody in Bratislava
2021 + LABAK

SJK Pavilion
studeny architects, Peter Stec, GRAU

SPAIN

25 social dwellings in Palma de Mallorca
Harquitectes

Birgit’s home
TEd’A arquitectes

FINAL PHASE AND AWARDS CEREMONY

The final decision will be announced at the award ceremony to be held in the European city of Warsaw in November 2025. Stay tuned to discover the Grand Prize for Proximity Architecture and the BigMat Grand Prize for Architecture!