From February 1^st–July 31^st 2026, you can register your publications digitally.

Please register here. After you have logged in, you will see the digital registration form. You can enter all data in this form. If you want to submit several publications, please register each one individually. When the publications are registered online, please send us a copy of the publication. Please note that the publications must reach us before July 31st 2025.

All architecture books published between June 2025 and the submission deadline of July 31, 2026 that have an ISBN are eligible to participate in the DAM Architectural Book Award 2026. In the case of book series or multi-volume works, a single volume or the entire work can be submitted.

Publications created primarily for marketing purposes as well as magazines, calendars, journals and online productions are not eligible; e-books are also excluded. Publications already submitted in the previous year cannot be entered again.

The architecture books submitted will be summarized and judged according to the following topics:

• Architectural monograph
• Architectural theory
• Construction monograph
• illustrated book
• documentation
• (Contemporary) History
• Children's book
• Landscape architecture
• Textbook
• Materials science
• Urban study
• Special topic

The jury reserves the right to reassess the categories in the light of the current entries.

This year's Architecture Book Prize is also deliberately aimed at an inter­national field of participants.

This year's guest country at the Frankfurt Book Fair will be Czech Republic. Therefore, the jury of DAM Architectural Bookaward will additionally determine the most appealing Czech Republic submission.

As an honorary prize, the DAM Architectural Book Award is not endowed with a monetary price. The award-winning publications will be presented at the book fair in Frankfurt and as part of joint stands at the book fair as part of inter­national activities.

The DAM also presents the award-winning architecture books on its website and in the social media.

In the event of an award, the prizewinner undertakes to provide the DAM with further copies (usually 6, maximum 10) of the award-winning books free of charge for the inter­national activities of the book fair.

The submitters agree to the presentation of the submitted architecture books at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

In the case of an award, the winner agrees

• to the presentation of the award-winning architecture book at the Book Fair's inter­national joint stands
• to the presentation of the award winners at the DAM
• to the publication of the cover and book content as well as illustrations from the book on the DAM website and social media channels

The sender also declares that he/she is the owner of all the necessary rights. In the event of third-party claims for fees, he/she shall indemnify the DAM against the costs of any legal action and/or the costs of third-party claims for fees.

By participating in the DAM Architectural Book Award, the entrant agrees to transfer the submitted books to the DAM library.

The award is a cooperation project between the Frankfurt Book Fair and the DAM. The DAM is the organizer.

DAM cannot assume any custom charges. For anyone dispatching materials from outside the EU we therefore recommend to use a courier service or provide suitable documentation for the goods sent.

Please take the (long) delivery times in account. Books that arrive after July 31st 2025 cannot be considered.

The submitted books will not be returned after the Award.