• This initiative is part of the program of activities planned for the 10º Anniversary of the design firm in 2016.
• Five finalists in each category will be chosen at a first stage in order to get only one winning design in each one.
• The deadline for submitting proposals is open until December 4th.

Madrid, 18th November 2015. AGi architects will be celebrating their 10th anniversary next year and the design firm founded by architects Joaquin Perez-Goicoechea and Nasser Abulhasan in 2006 has launched an international design competition for the 2016 New Year’s Greeting Card.

The competition consists of two categories, children up to 12 years of age and adults over 18 years old. In each category, there will be five finalists in order to select only one winning design in the junior category and another one in the adults section. Winning cards will be used by AGi architects for their New Year greetings. In addition, the winning design in the adult category will be awarded with €500, while the best children design will get a construction game. The deadline for proposals is open until December 4th and winners will be announced on December 9th 2015.

Contest guidelines are available here.

AGi architects

The international design firm AGi architects was founded in 2006 by two young architects educated at Harvard University, Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea and Nasser B. Abulhasan.

With a noticeable international character and a multidisciplinary focus, AGi architects offers a professional service emphasizing quality, creativity and exclusive design. AGi has a vision to create environments that create a lasting value for clients through distinctive and imaginative solutions. At present, the studio has offices in Kuwait and Madrid, with a team comprised of more than 50 professionals.

The studio’s architecture is based on four founding pillars: innovation, an inherent life component, ecological and social interventions and research. AGi architects provide comprehensive services in architecture, urban planning and design, interior design, research, consultancy and complementary services.

Among the latest acknowledgements for AGi architects are a nomination for the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Awards 2015, four WAF Awards (2014, 2013, 2011 and 2010 editions), seven Middle East Architect Awards (2014, 2013 & 2012), two mentions at MIPIM Architectural Review Future Projects Awards 2012, and various awards granted in the last editions of Cityscape Awards and International Property Awards, amongst other prizes.