Commercial '22

Eligibility 

1. Participants from all geographical regions are eligible for A-Z awards. The awards are open to all professional architects and practising firms of all backgrounds, only conceptual projects proposed to the client and realized projects are eligible for this award. 
2. Participation fees are 20$ and will increase to 50$ as the registration date goes ahead, these fees are on an individual basis only. Organizations/studios may participate however, certificates/ awards will be issued to a single contact person / Team member registering for the award. One individual can submit in more than one sub-category for this award, however, the entry has to be submitted separately. 
3. Entries must be original works of the entrant/studio/organization, who will be recognized as the sole designer of the said entries throughout the course of the competition. 
4. Only designs/projects realized/formed 4 years before the date of submission are eligible for A-Z Awards. 
5. Entries that infringe, breach, prejudice or violate the property, interests or rights (including but not limited to contractual rights, user rights, copyright, design rights and all other proprietary and intellectual property rights) of any third party will be disqualified. Participants shall be liable for claims by such third parties resulting from the infringement. The Organizer shall not be held responsible for any infringement.

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Base Rules

• You can submit more than one project in a category but they have to be registered separately. 
• Your submission as part of the award is linked to your UNI user account which stands as your identification, we do not have any identification codes.
• Hence, your submission sheets should not include any form of identification or personal information such as your names, organization, city, etc. 
• Each competition requires the submission of original work. If referring to an existing work like text, theory, images, or ideas, giving due credit is mandatory. Otherwise, it will be counted as plagiarism. 
• The official language of the competitions is English.
• The registration fee is non-refundable. Therefore, should a participant or team change their mind, refuse or fail to submit an entry after registering, the registration amount will not be refunded. Read the cancellation policy for more information.
• If there are any changes in the competition brief or schedule, they shall be updated on the website. 
• When you register for a competition, you are automatically agreeing to the terms and conditions of UNI. 
• Anybody working with UNI or associated with us is not eligible to participate or receive awards in competitions hosted on UNI. That includes currently working employees at UNI, jury members, community moderators or contract agencies, and their direct relatives.

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Disqualification

• The participant or teams will be disqualified in case of unethical practices or disregard for any other competition rules. 
• Contacting the jury is strictly prohibited. 
• Plagiarism of any idea/design/image/text will be disqualified with a notice. 

The competition is protected by our disqualification policy to support fair play in a competitive environment like UNI. Participants are requested to stick to the details in the brief and connect with the curatorial committee on contact@uni.xyz in case of doubts or revisions. 

Please check the link above for details. Failure to adherence may lead to soft or hard disqualification based on violation.

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Voting Rules

• People's Choice Award is applicable to all the participants.
• The People's choice award will be given on the basis of a project (in either student or professional category as per the award list) with the most number of authentic likes.
• You can begin receiving likes on the project as soon as you upload your entry (even before the submission deadlines).
• You can share your project on social media/messaging platforms apart from UNI as well as soon as you upload the project. You do not have to wait for the results. 
• The voting will close as per the date mentioned in the schedule of the competition page. Any likes coming after this date/time will be not counted in the final calculation.
• Creating fraudulent/fake/bot/impersonating accounts to increase public votes will be considered an unfair means and may lead to disqualification with a notice.