Sponsor the W Awards and join The Architectural Review and the Architects’ Journal in building a sustainable future for the profession, in front of the people shaping it.
39,000+reach of a sponsored newsletter to the AR and AJ databases
5prizes, each with a roll call of internationally recognised winners
May 2027prize-giving and winners’ dinner at the Venice Biennale
Why partner with the W Awards
Make a public commitment to equality and join us in building a sustainable future for the profession
The W Awards celebrate exemplary work by women and non-binary people, and work in the fields of gender and architecture. Sponsors are visible partners in that conversation, not logos on a banner.
A seat among architects
The prize-giving and winners’ dinner place partners alongside prize winners, shortlisted architects and influential figures who are paving the way for a more inclusive future.
Editorial company
Winners and shortlists are published each March in The Architectural Review, with the Architects’ Journal covering the work of UK practices. Partners are named in the newsletters and articles that announce the winners.
Association with a prize
Category sponsorship ties your name to the Jane Drew, Moira Gemmill or MJ Long Prize, and headline sponsors co-present the awards on stage with the AR and AJ editors.
Content you can use
Partners can use the W Awards logo, event photography and social media material on their own website and channels, so the commitment is visible well beyond the evening itself.
‘These awards are very important; I was extremely happy to see the change in the name from Women in Architecture to W Awards. We have to think in non-binary terms in our times.’
Beatriz Colomina, winner of the 2020 Ada Louise Huxtable Prize
The prizes
Put your name beside some of architecture’s most respected figures
Five prizes recognise lifetimes of achievement, emerging talent, practice excellence and research.
Jane Drew Prize for Architecture
For architectural designers who have demonstrated a commitment to design excellence and made a significant contribution to architectural production.
Previous winners include Yasmeen Lari, Anne Lacaton, Elizabeth Diller and Farshid Moussavi
Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture
For individuals from fields adjacent to, and intersecting with, architecture who have made a significant contribution to the built environment.
Previous winners include Mona Hatoum, Angela Davis, Phyllis Lambert and Lesley Lokko
Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture
Recognises excellence in design and a bright future for founders of practices based anywhere in the world who are under the age of 45.
Previous winners include Pooja Khairnar, Viviana Pozzoli, Swati Janu, Francesca Torzo and Xu Tiantian
MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice
In recognition of the London home of the awards, this annual prize recognises the sometimes obscured contribution of architects working within UK practices.
Previous winners include Jennifer Frewen from t-sa, Tracy Meller from RSHP and Rachel Elliott from Lynch Architects
Prize for Research in Gender and Architecture
For research projects that investigate the complex relations between gender and architecture, and challenge patriarchal spatial systems.
Previous winners include Mycket and Part W
Ways to take part
Celebrate a diverse contribution to the profession
Four levels of involvement, from a practice showing its support to a headline partnership on stage in Venice.
Limited to three
Headline sponsor
Share the stage. Co-present the awards with the AR and AJ editors in Venice, with the widest visibility across print, newsletter and social.
New for 2027
Category sponsor
Attach your name to the Jane Drew, Moira Gemmill or MJ Long Prize and support the prize winner’s journey to Venice.
Supporter
Be in the room. Brand presence at the prize-giving, a seat at the winners’ dinner and a place in The Architectural Review and the Architects’ Journal.
For practices
Practice partner
Show your practice’s support for the W Awards, with recognition on the awards website and a seat at the VIP dinner.
Investment levels and the full list of benefits are in the sponsorship pack. Request it below and Anamol Poudel will be in touch.
Sponsorship pack
Request the W Awards 2027 sponsorship pack
Tell us a little about your organisation and we will send the pack, including investment levels and benefits for each opportunity.
