We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco’s Fifty-Sixth annual High School Design Competition. This is an exciting competition where high school students put their design skills, creativity, spatial and analytical thinking and craftsmanship to the test. With the guidance of instructors – or in some cases for those who opt to treat this creative challenge as an independent study endeavor – high school students conceptualize a design and communicate their solutions through drawings, models and writing. Participation in this design exercise is open to all high school levels students throughout the world. This competition provides young thinkers with the opportunity to engage in what is a very unique learning project.

The Architectural Foundation of San Francisco is a nonprofit educational organization that involves students in a
mentored appreciation of architecture, engineering, construction and the design process. San Francisco reigns as one of the most architecturally significant and beautiful cities in the world. The environment of architectural diversity is extremely important to the vitality of this great city. Everywhere, the vibrant and complex layering of landscape,
color, cultures and light produces experiences that unexpectedly reveal themselves. Since its inception in 1990, the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco has endeavored to reach out to the general public both locally and globally to establish an open dialogue on the architectural future of this community and beyond.

To receive more information about the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco, please visit www.afsf.org or email Executive Director, Alan Sandler, at alan@afsf.org.

For specific competition-related inquiries and/or to receive
competition updates, please contact Ryan Lee at ryan@afsf.org.

Competition Information: PDF

When: Competition Entries Due: Friday, May 16th, 2025
Where: Online
Serving: All High School students
Service Area: Worldwide
Topic: Civil Engineering
Program Type: Competition
Cost: $0

To Register, Email ryan@afsf.org