Design and Build 2026 Soundscapes in Structure
Please register your Design and Build Competition entry using the below registration form.
THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT FOR THE DESIGN AND BUILD COMPETITION 2026 IS APRIL 26, 2026 11:59pm MST. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION ONCE YOUR SUBMISSION IS RECEIVED. EARLY PROJECT REGISTRATION IS APPRECIATED!
If you have any problems submitting your application via this portal, please email your materials (10mb or less or download link such as google drive for larger files) directly to designandbuild@moaonline.org.
The submission portal is open October 23, 2025 through April 26, 2026.
*Students must be US citizens in order to claim cash prizes, however this does not preclude non-US citizen students from participating. All students must be enrolled or within one year of graduation from a US college.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
BY SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL TO THE MUSEUM OF OUTDOOR ARTS (“MOA”), YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Exclusive License for Winning Proposals. If your proposal is selected as one of the top four (4) winning proposals, you grant to MOA an exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license for a period of five (5) years to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and otherwise make use of the proposal in any form or medium now known or later developed, including without limitation physical construction or other real-world applications, in whole or in part. During such period, you shall not reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use the winning proposal outside of the Design and Build Program without the prior written consent of MOA.
2. Rights in All Submitted Proposals. For all proposals submitted, whether winning or non-winning, you grant to MOA a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to retain, archive, reproduce, adapt, publish, display, distribute, sublicense, and otherwise use the proposal, in whole or in part, for educational, archival, promotional, or marketing purposes, in any form or medium now known or later developed.
3. Real-World Construction and Derivative Works. You expressly acknowledge and agree that MOA shall have the unlimited right to use, adapt, modify, sublicense, and implement any winning proposal, in whole or in part, to construct, fabricate, or otherwise implement a real-world version of the design or any derivative thereof, without further approval, compensation, or attribution beyond what is stated herein.
4.Reservation of Rights. Except as expressly provided herein, you retain all other intellectual property rights in and to your proposal. Nothing herein shall obligate MOA to use or implement any proposal.
