TraMod AWARDS 2025
TraMod AWARDS 2025
The World`s First International Award on Interactions between
Tradition & Modernity
in Architecture & Design
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About TraMod ACADEMY
TraMod [Tradition + Modernity] is an International academy for studying interactions between tradition and modernity in architecture and design. Respecting and saving identity, traditions and cultures in one hand and being modern and up-dated in the other hand, cause new generations of architects and designers to have a mixture of tradition and modernity in their architecture, interior design and fashion-industrial design projects. TraMod ACADEMY focuses on the methods of this mixture and will analyze architecture and design projects which follow this way of design thinking. This academy is an open platform to share these kinds of projects, related events, workshops, webinars, competitions, tours and interviews with architects and designers all over the world
About TraMod AWARDS 2025
Beside all these activities, TraMod ACADEMY is ready to run its THIRD-YEAR INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN AWARD EVENT, TraMod AWARDS 2025 (Tradition + Modernity in Architecture & Design). Like last year, The TraMod AWARDS 2025 will focus on built/unbuilt Architecture, Interior Design, Product Design and Fashion Design projects which interaction between tradition and modernity can be felt in appearance or meaning and internal aspects of the projects in two professional/student categories. The juries in each division will decide on the judging rules and applicants can submit their projects online according to the submission rules of the academy. The jury process will be online and The GALA NIGHT and winners announcement will be face to face and in one of the most famous universities in Istanbul, Turkey
AWARDS GOALS & VISIONS
Studying, analyzing, selecting and sharing architecture and design projects with interactions between tradition and modernity is the main goal of this program. How architecture & design have respect to culture and how culture is being updated with today`s user and how to keep past and identity beside modernity are some other important factors of this award. The problem(s) is cleared (How to have this combination or is this combination needed?) but the solution (s) needs such kind of discussions which TraMod ACADEMY, as the first center in the world, is looking for. If you have paid attention to cultures, societies, identity, traditions, history, past, today and future in your design projects, TraMod AWARDS is the correct destination to submit what you have done. We are looking for solutions of interactions between tradition and modernity in architecture and design and these interactions may include concept, idea, appearance, meaning or construction aspects in any creation of design world
TraMod AWARDS 2025 JURIES
TraMod ACADEMY has invited high-quality & International award-winner professional architects and designers, academicians & artists from different countries, such as Austria, Egypt, Spain, USA, Turkey, Mexico, Italy, India, Brasil, Portugal, Oman, Russia, Costa Rica, Iran & Indonesia. The jury members are invited according to their golden & professional experiences on interactions between Tradition & Modernity which is the main target of this award
Armin Mohsen Daneshgar is an internationally renowned architect and the founder of Daneshgar Architects, with offices in Vienna, Munich, London, and Stockholm. His work operates at the intersection of contemporary design, cultural heritage, and sustainable urban development. He studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), where he earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees. From 1997 to 2012, he taught at TU Wien as an assistant professor and has since served as a guest professor and lecturer at numerous universities and institutions around the world. Dr. Daneshgar has led award-winning projects across Europe and the United States. His diverse portfolio spans residential and public buildings, historical renovations, and large-scale urban interventions. He has received numerous international honors for his contributions to the field. In addition to his architectural practice, Dr. Daneshgar is actively engaged in academic and cultural discourse, serving as a jury member, guest critic, and speaker at leading institutions. His work continues to shape contemporary architectural thinking, particularly in the realms of identity, sustainability, and the future of urban environments
Sanjay Puri Architects is listed in Archdaily's list of the best 100 architecture firms worldwide and in the Architizer New York list of top 130 architecture firms worldwide. Winning the Architizer A + , New York , Best Residential Firm of the Year Award 2022 , The LEAF , London,Best Interior project of the Year 2021 , the firm has won 306 awards including 207 International Awards and 99 National Awards in India . 8 Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design’s International Architecture Awards in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012 & 2011, 10 World Architecture Festival Awards in 2018, 2017 , 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011 & 2010, 16 Society of American Registered Architects Awards (SARA), New York, 14 Architizer A+ Awards, New York , 41 World Architecture Community Awards and 5 Hospitality Design Awards New York in 2020, 2015,2012 & 2010 are some of the other awards won by the firm in the last 7 years. Sanjay has been a judge at The World Architecture Festivals in Barcelona, Amsterdam, Singapore & Berlin. He has been on the jury of Architectural Review Awards, London, Plan Awards, Venice, Inde Awards, Australia & been a speaker at multiple architecture conventions worldwide
Architect, PhD in Architecture (1989), co-founder of the Wowhaus architectural studio, Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2014), People's Architect of the Republic of Tatarstan (2025). In 1984, Oleg graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Kuibyshev Engineering and Construction Institute. In 2007, together with Dmitry Likin, he founded the Wowhaus architectural studio. From 2011 to 2016, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design. From 2012 to 2018, he served on the Art Council of the Architectural Council of the City of Moscow. Since 2014, he has been an Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts. In 2022, he became a member of the federal commission for organizing and conducting the All-Russian competition for the best projects to create a comfortable urban environment. Since 2022, he has been Chairman of the Association of Urban Development and Livable Environment Project Developers
Reza is the founder of FLUID MOTION ARCHITECTS, designing more than 80 architectural projects by focusing on cultural and public usages, including Mellat Park Cinema Campus, Waliasr Mosque, Ava Center, etc., which attracted global attention and got many international awards, shows Reza`s focus on traditions, identity, culture and society in his projects. Some of the most important awards Reza has won are: The Architecture Master Prize, First place in the category of high-rise buildings "Tehran World Trade Center Project", The Architecture Master Prize Special recognition in the commercial buildings section "Ava Center Project", United Arab Emirates The Middle East Architect Awards. Mellat Park Cinema Campus, Walia Sar (AJ) Mosque, Sepehr Elahia Administrative-Commercial Tower, Jam Administrative-Commercial Tower, Ava Center, Gulfam Administrative Building, Residential Tower Farzin, Mika Nats commercial office tower are some of his projects
Melike Altınışık as an award winning architect and designer, is dedicated to develop an innovative and visionary projects towards architecture, urbanism and design. She leads her international architecture practice MAA-Melike Altınışık Architects with offices based in Istanbul, Turkey and in Seoul, South Korea. She has been listed in RIBA’s book ‘100 Women: Arcitects in Practice’ (2024) . Her training allows her to lead projects of varying scales from masterplans, high-rise buildings, and cultural centres to bespoke interiors, installations and product designs, from initial concept to execution. Her work has been commended with a number of awards including Europe 40 under 40 (2018) , BAKSI ’Architecture Contribution Award’ (2021) and FEIDAD Design Award and Swiss Art Award (2007). MAA’s work includes CTBUH 2022 “Best Tall Non-Building 2022” winning projects with advanced technology and innovation such as futuristic 369m supertall the Istanbul TV-Radio Tower in Istanbul, Turkey, and the world's first pioneering Robot and AI Museum (RAIM) in Seoul, South Korea
Waleed Arafa is the founder & principal of Dar Arafa Architecture, established in Cairo, 2006, where he proudly leads a team of young Egyptian architects. Arafa earned a B.Sc. in Architecture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 2001, a post-graduate degree in the Conservation of Historical Buildings, from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, UK, 2015. His thesis was titled: “The Mosque in Britain: British Heritage”. Waleed is currently an MA Researcher, History of Islamic Art & Architecture, at the American University in Cairo. His work attained global recognition having been awarded, shortlisted and nominated for many international awards such as the Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture -3 times- and the World Architecture Festival. His approach is based on finding ways to continuing the discontinued architectural past of countries with an established legacy in the architecture of Islam, such as and especially Egypt. But equally, looking into how to bring forth new architecture(s) of Islam in completely new contexts, which have their own time-honored architectural traditions, nonetheless have no precedent in producing architecture of Islam, such as that of Britain and/or the Occident at large
Antonius Richard, is the principal architect of RAD+ar based in Indonesia and winner of different architecture and design competitions and awards. Antonius believes that in order to shape a better and more sustainable version of today’s challenges, architecture can profitably be one of the most worth-exploring field. By utilizing spaces to reach its maximum profit and potential while creating a provocative and most emotional spaces, RAD+ar’s main priority is to decentralized sustainable architecture in Indonesia. Paying attention to the past and traditions can be some other of important factors of this office
Hooman Balazadeh is the founder and executive director of HOOBA Design Group. Gaining his Master of Architecture in 2003, Balazadeh worked at Shirdel & Partners for two years. Balazadeh established HOOBA Design in 2007 with the aim of developing projects in harmony with the cultural and geographical characteristics of the site so that each project forms a new platform for research and investigation. This office has focused on various topics such as light, color, relation between architecture and the city, building materials, development of spatial diagrams in the Persian Architecture, etc. Using the latest design methods and construction technologies, HOOBA Design tries to create projects which are sustainable and cost efficient. In HOOBA Design, one of the main design criteria is to create consistency between the whole and the pieces. Projects designed by Hooman Balazadeh have been praised and awarded by various national and international organizations
Ali Basbous leads BAD - Built by Associative Data- a multinational architecture and design innovation practice situated in Barcelona, Beirut, and Dublin, as founder and director since 2010. He has in parallel founded SPORPH, a creative technology, and design innovation company that carries out projects and industry research at several scales. Prior to founding BAD, Ali has collaborated with renowned architects such as Rafael Viñoly, NBBJ, and JDS Architects holding key positions and collaborations spanning world design capitals like New York, Montreal, Beijing, Shanghai, Dubai, Brussels, Seattle, and many others. Ali’s work is guided by a rigorous interrogation of the relationship between social interaction and advanced technologies; the objective being an integration of research, society, and architectural application during the design process. To this end, Ali employs progressive computational modeling and design software to generate evolutionary architectural forms that can respond to contemporary culture, economics and industry. Ali holds a Master’s Degree in Advanced Architecture from the IaaC - Institute of Advanced Architecture of Cataluña/Barcelona, where he is currently a faculty member of MAEBB / Masters for Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities. He is also a recurring visiting Jury Member for WAF – World Architecture Festival since 2022, and « Cities for the Flying World » in Moscow and has been invited to lecture in numerous international institutions such as IaaC, Sir JJ College, and KRVIA in Mumbai inspiring an emerging generation of designers
The architecture of Michael Smith Masis in San Jose, Costa Rica, was founded by Mike Smith. His work has received significant awards and honors, including the 2022 Civic and Educational Architectures award at the First Central American Architecture Biennial in Guatemala City, the 2017 CICA Award for Young Architects Practice and the 2015 International Architecture Award at the Buenos Aires Biennial of Architecture. He also won the 2016 Grand Biennial Prize and the 2016 and 2014 Icomadera Prize at the International Biennial of Architecture in San Jose, Costa Rica, and the 2015 Sustainable Construction Award from the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction, among others. In 2007 won the Archiprix International (2007) for World’s best graduation project in Shanghai, China. Alongside his architectural practice, Smith has taught and lectured worldwide in institutions like Harvard University (USA), Architectural Association (UK), Tecnológico de Monterrey (MEX), Universidad de los Andes (COL), Universidad of Buenos Aires (ARG), University of Costa Rica (CRI), Universidad Veritas (CRI), among others, to build capacity for transformation processes within distressed communities. He has been curator and invited jury for several international biennales such as Guatemala, Bolivia, Santa Cruz and BIAU. Obtained architect degree (honors) from Veritas University School of Architecture (2005) San Jose, Costa . In 18 years of professional practice, he has obtained more than 35 relevant awards, 70 publications, 300 conferences and visited more than 25 countries to share his work. He was recently shortlisted by Forbes magazine as one of 24 creative personalities in the central American region
Maria Carolina Garcia is Professor of Circular Economy at the Graduate Program of Architecture, Urbanism and Design of Belas Artes University, in São Paulo, Brazil. She is also a Visiting Professor at the Fashion Design Department of Universidad ORT, Uruguay, and Universidad LCI Veritas, Costa Rica. Her research interests focus on textiles, surface design and fashion coolhunting at the intersection of cultural sustainability, nature and technology. She has published on fashion, design strategies and the creative economy in Latin America.
Prof. Dr. Garcia is also head of fashion department of TraMod ACADEMY and head of grand jury panel in FASHION CATEGORY in TraMod AWARDS
Marisol Conover currently coordinates the Master's Program in Fashion and Marketing at Universidad Anáhuac México. She is a member of the Executive Board of the National Chamber of the Apparel Industry (CANAIVE) and actively participates in academic-industry collaboration as a member of Fashion Group International – Mexico Chapter. A recognized Fashion Speaker, trend analyst, and LATAM consultant, she has participated in prominent fashion industry fairs and events such as Colombiatex, Intermoda, Digital Expo Textil Perú, SAPICA, among others. She has contributed to major media outlets including Women’s Wear Daily (New York), El Universal, Reforma (Editorial Council 2024), and the specialized industry publication AnnaFusoni.mx. Marisol is also a founding partner of Fashion 360 México, an agency specializing in brand identity, trend interpretation, and visual merchandising. Through this platform, she has advised renowned fashion and retail brands such as Pineda Covalin, Sears, Yale, American Polo, Cappini Fashion, High Impact, Grand Home, Colombian Shapers, and Wella México, among others
Dean and Director-General of IIFM, University Lecturer of Entrepreneurship & Business Planning, Management of Fashion and Luxury Companies, in graduate and undergraduate courses in Italy and abroad, he has been Co-Director of “Fashion Law” Executive Courses. He is visiting lecturer at several universities abroad, among which Chulalonkgorn University (Bangkok), FIT – State University of New York, Mackenzie University (Brazil), Universidad Tadeo (Colombia), Villanova University (U.S.A.) and he is teaching in MBA and EMBA Programs in several universities, among which the University of Michigan, the Babson College, and Boston University. From 2014 to 2024, he has been Director-General of Milano Fashion Institute, the non profit Higher-Education Institute, founded in 2007 by Bocconi University, Politecnico of Milano and Cattolica University, thanks to the City of Milan. In 2017 he received the merit medal for the development of Italian-Latin American cooperation programs by IILA intergovernmental organization, Italian Republic, active in the field of cultural, scientific and development cooperation
Alexandra Cabral holds a PhD. in Design (fashion/costumes) and a degree and M.A. in Fashion Design from the University of Lisbon. She publishes papers and book chapters within the scope of research projects on the performative body in fashion and costume design processes and on identity and heritage in design intersections. She lectures at the Lusófona University (Lisbon), and previously in other institutions in Portugal, and at the Raffles Design Institute Shanghai. She co-founded PONTE – International Fashion and Performance Meeting (2023-), in Lisbon. Alexandra was awarded the 3rd prize in the Professional Product/Fashion TraMod 2024, with Designing the Future Land with Safra, a participatory fashion project previously funded by the Portuguese Government (2021). Her costumes for Garb’urlesco, on the Portuguese traditions, were also funded by the DGARTES programme (2019). She was awarded the iTechstyle Innovator accreditation by CITEVE for a tailor jacket recreation (2014), the 1st prize in Fashion from the National Young Creators Exhibition (2003). She represented Portugal in Fashion in the Biennale of Young Creators of Europe and the Mediterranean (2005). Her Amélie (2003) work belongs to the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum (Naples/Italy) collection where is at permanent display
Neslihan Dostoglu studied architecture at Middle East Technical University in Turkey (B. Arch. 1978, M. Arch. 1981), and received her Ph.D. in Architecture from University of Pennsylvania in USA in 1986. After working at Bursa Uludag University for sixteen years, she started teaching at İstanbul Kültür University in 2010 and became the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture in 2017. She was the Head of MIDEKON, the Council of Deans of Faculties of Architecture in Turkey and Northern Cyprus from 2019 to 2021. Dostoglu, who is the Manager of UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bursa, is the author and the editor of several books. She has also contributed articles to many national and international publications, and has received various awards in architectural design competitions
Timothy Gray is an architect, educator and professor of architecture. In addition to serving as Principal of Gray Architecture, an award-winning Indianapolis based practice, Tim serves as Professor of Architecture at Ball State University where he has taught since 2003. Prior to that Tim served as an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the California College of the Arts and as a lecturer at University of California at Berkeley, where he earned his Master of Architecture degree with Distinction in 1991. Tim’s work with students and his work through his practice has been recognized with national and international awards, including nine seperate American Institute of Architects Design Excellence Awards
Former Vice president of Eskişehir Technical University and president of the faculty of architecture and design, Prof. Dr. Alper Çabuk, has worked at Ankara University, University of Massachusetts (World Bank Scholarship), TUBITAK, American Geomatics Group, and finally Anadolu University and Eskişehir Technical University, Department of Architecture. His main interest is the traditional cultures and technics and finding solutions for today’s architecture and design and as a designer-academician, he tries to guide the new generation of students toward this way
Prof. Dr. Osman Tutal, is a Turkish architect and academician and the former dean of faculty of architecture and design at ESTÜ. His main interest is the effect of culture and traditions in today`s architecture and design process and he tries to develop and work on research and academic projects in this field. Osman was the member of TraMod AWARDS 2023 & 2024 in student category
Prof. Dr. mahdavinejad is a professor of architecture at College of Engineering and Architecture, University of Nizwa, Oman. Studying architecture at the University of Tehran, pursuing further education in London, and completing a postdoctoral fellowship in Germany have taught Prof. Mahdavinejad how to regard emerging technologies not merely as tools but as integral components of both the future of architecture and the architecture of the future. His design practice is deeply informed by scientific inquiry—each architectural gesture a reflection of research devoted to advancing the quality and performance of Zukunft Bau. The unique synthesis of science, technology, and design is encapsulated in what he defines as Sci-tech Poetics in High-performance Architecture
Şakir Özüdoğru is an assistant professor in textile and fashion design at Faculty of Architecture and Design, Eskişehir Technical University (ESTU). He received his PhD in communication design and management from Anadolu University, where he previously completed his MSc in industrial arts. He was a doctoral researcher on cultural communication through fashion in Belas Artes-São Paulo (Collage of Fine Arts), Brazil. His research interests reside in fashion theory, fashion communication, critical fashion studies, and poetry
AWARDS KEY DATES
TraMod AWARDS 2025 Opening Announcement: August 2025
Early Bird Registration & Submission | Deadline : 10 October 2025
Standard Registration & Submission | Deadline : 10 November 2025
Late Registration & Submission | Deadline : 20 November 2024
Longlists, Shortlists & Winners Announcement & Gala Night: December 2025
AWARDS CATEGORIES
Professional (Built-Unbuilt/Concept) Category
&
Student Category
in four projects types
Architecture
Interior Design
Fashion Design
&
Industrial-Product Design
PRICES
Professional Category: Early Bird Registration & Submission: 100 USD | Standard Registration & Submission: 200 USD | Late Registration & Submission: 300 USD
Student Category: Early Bird Registration & Submission: Free | Standard Registration & Submission: 30 USD | Late Registration & Submission: 50 USD
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By submitting the project to this award, the participant confirms that he/she has accepted all copyrights rules and TraMod ACADEMY, as the organizer of this award, has this permission to use the received materials on it`s website/social media accounts and related exhibitions
As TraMod AWARDS 2025, organized by TraMod ACADEMY, has created an international platform to share cultures, ideas and creativities, it is a great opportunity to join and enjoy. The Partnership of this International award is divided to
Media-Partners
Academic-Partners
&
Sponsors
&
Sponsorship of TraMod ACADEMY AWARDS 2025
is divided to 4 categories
Golden, Silver, Bronze & Normal
and all related companies, institutes, centers and organizations are welcomed to cooperate with TraMod ACADEMY in one of these sponsorship categories5
SPONSORS & MEDIA PARTNERS
