Terms & Conditions
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If you refuse to accept these terms, you should immediately cease to access and/or use the Website in any matter.
The purpose of the Website, owned and managed by G+ Awards, is to provide a platform for architects, designers, and all those professionals involved in architecture and interior design, to submit their work to the annual Global Architecture Awards (the “Services”). The Website is accessed by you (“User” or “you”) under the following terms and conditions:
1. Access to the Services
G+ Awards will provide the Services as described in the Website and is subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement. All the services provided by G+ Awards are selected by you, only for your own use, and not for the use or benefit of any third parties. The services may include, but not limited to, photographs, texts, graphics, images, drawings, sketches and other materials associated with the projects, also known as ‘Content’.
G+ Awards may change, suspend or discontinue the Services, including any Content for any reason, at any time, including the availability of any feature, content, database, materials or projects.
G+ Awards may also establish limits on certain features and services or even restrict your access to part or all of the Services without prior notice or liability.
G+ Awards reserves the right to modify this Agreement or the Content at any time by posting a notice on this Website, by sending you a notice via email. All your use of the Services and Website following the modifications, constitute your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
G+ Awards will make all acceptable efforts to assure that the Website and Services are available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. There will be some occasions when Services or/and Website will be interrupted for maintenance, upgrades or emergency repairs. G+ Awards will take all possible steps to minimise any disruption that is within our limited control.
You agree that neither G+ Awards nor the Website will be liable in any situation to you or any third parties regarding any interruption, suspension, modification or lack of availability of the Website or its Contents.
2. Participation and Eligibility
The Global Architecture Awards are open to all professionals involved in Architecture Design, Interior Design and Landscape Design.
The G+ Awards is an international awards program and participants of all nationalities are welcome.
There are no restrictions regarding the year of completion of the projects.
3. Registration and Submission of Projects
G+ Awards is designed as a complete online platform for the convenience of the participants by entering and uploading all the works online in a simple and easy process. All the entries are made through our online entry system.
Step 1. Create online an User Account on G+ Awards
Register with all personal information – First name, Last name and email.
Select your username – it will not be visible in your profile.
Choose your password and read the Terms & Conditions / Privacy Policy
Proceed with Registration
After registration is complete, you will receive a confirmation email.
Step 2. After registration, select your Submission Pack
We have created the SUBMISSION PACKS to simplify all the process and to give the opportunity to benefit of a discount up to 25% in multiple entries Submission Pack.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All the submission packs are valid until the end of submission deadline. You are able to buy the SUBMISSION PACKS now and submit your projects later, until the end of the final deadline.
If you miss the final deadline to submit your entries to Global Architecture Awards we are not able to include your projects or refund the amount.
After selecting your SUBMISSION PACK, you will be redirected to payment gateway. All payments are Safe and Secure SSL Encrypted – Paypal.
After Processing your payment, you will receive a confirmation email and will be able to start submitting your entries to Global Architecture Awards.
Step 3. Submit your entries to Global Architecture Awards
After the payment confirmation, you will be able to submit your entries in the “Submit Project” page on your personal area.
After submitting your entry, our review team will check all the information and approve for Jury voting. You can check your entry in your User Account page. We will get in contact if needed.
If you need to make any change or update, please contact our team at [email protected]
4. Categories
Participants can submit the same project in different categories and unlimited projects for each category until the deadline. Each entry have to be assigned to a single category.
You may submit one project / work to multiple categories but you will have to submit it multiple times as different entries.
Candidate is the only responsible for the category to which he submits his project to the competition. Global Architecture Awards will never change the category to which the project is submitted.
5. Copyrights and Property of Materials
The copyrights and property of the works and materials submitted to Global Architecture Awards (photography, drawings and texts) remain with the respective applicant at all times. The applicant grants to Global Architecture Awards the rights of use and publication for the competition and the associated services, such as the promotion of the award, and promotion of winners. In particular, the applicant must ensure that the corresponding rights of use (e.g. of photographs) exists. The applicant shall be exclusively liable for all damages incurred by the Global Architecture Awards as a result of the violation of these (possibly insufficient) rights of use and shall indemnify the Global Architecture Awards against all claims upon first request. The applicant is not entitled to a usage fee.
When photos are uploaded, we always require the photographer credits. Only the applicant is liable for damages, in particular for claims by third parties resulting out of any inaccuracies or errors through the information indicated; the applicant shall also indemnify Global Architecture Awards against all claims upon first request.
All applicants understand that any image submitted to Global Architecture Awards may be used by G+ Awards for marketing and promotional purposes including in any medium, such as exhibitions, print, and digital media, directly related to Global Architecture Awards, with any monetary compensation.
6. Submission Pack Fees
- Pre-registration Fee > 65€ per entry
- Early Bird Fee > 100€ per entry
- Regular Entry Fee > 125€ per entry
- Late Entry Fee > 165€ per entry
Discounts up to 25% on multiple entries Submission Pack.
The entry fees are valid for all the areas and categories – Architecture, Interior and Landscape Design.
7. 2024 Timeline and Deadlines
Pre-registration entry > 04 of December 2023 until 15 of January 2024
Early Bird entry > until 31 of March 2024
Regular entry > until 30 of June 2024
Late entry > until 31 of August 2024
Deadline for submitting projects > until 31 of August 2024
Jury Voting Period > September and October 2024
Winners Announcement > until 30 November 2024
8. Jury and Selection Process
The Global Architecture Awards Winners are carefully selected by our honourable and prestigious jury panel that is consisted of experienced and reputed architects, designers, landscape architects, architecture photographers and other professionals connected to architecture, design, landscape and visual arts fields.
Global Architecture Awards wants to set high quality standards for the winning projects. Therefore projects will be evaluated by the following parameters:
Aesthetics | Innovation | Originality | Functionality | Ergonomics | Durability | Integration | Ecological Compatibility | Emotional Impact | Coherence
The Jury will then vote for projects in each category. As a result of the analysis and voting process the following awards will be attributed for each category:
- GAA Gold Winner
- GAA Silver Winner
- GAA Bronze Winner
- GAA Honorable Mentions
All entries will be previously reviewed by our team before sent to the Jury members to assure only those who accomplish all the requirements are ready for the jury evaluation.
The jury may decide not to award any prize in one or more categories.
The jury votes and decisions are sovereign.
Global Architecture Awards will not disclose any of the jury ratings for any individual entry.
9. Unacceptable Material and Disqualification
Global Architecture Awards is focused in high standard ethics: contents using messages of hate of any kind or containing offensive words or images are not eligible and will be disqualified without any refund. All entries will be previously reviewed by our team before sent to the Jury members.
Ineligible entries may be disqualified at any phase of the competition without notification or refund.
Every participant will be entirely responsible for the submitted contents and must assure that all the required elements are submitted before the deadline, under penalty of disqualification.
Global Architecture Awards candidates cannot have connection to the jury of any kind, situation that would lead to disqualification also.
10. Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances shall Global Architecture Awards, its team, members or jurors be liable with respect to the website or the services for any indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever; damages for loss of use, data, images, user content, profits or other intangibles; damages for unauthorized use, non-performance of the website, errors or omissions; or damages related to downloading or posting content.
11. Termination
Either party may terminate the Services at any time by notifying the other party by any means. Global Architecture Awards may also terminate or suspend any and all Services and access to the Website immediately, without prior notice or liability, if you violate any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement.
Any fees paid to Global Architecture Awards are non-refundable. Upon termination of your account, your right to use the Services, access the Website and any Content will immediately cease.
12. Refunds Policy
We will not be able to refund any of the SUBMISSION PACK FEES. All the entries that are not submitted within the deadline timeframe will not be refunded.
Please email [email protected] for assistance and additional information.
Please review our Privacy Policy, which regulates the use of personal information on the Website and to which you agree to, as a registered user of the Website.