Rifat Chadirji Prize 2026 - konkurs architektoniczny

The 2026 Tamayouz Chadirji Prize is organised in collaboration with the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), and the IFLA Middle East Region, together with the Beirut Urban Lab at the American University of Beirut. This year’s theme, Landscape, continues the pioneering spirit of Rifat Chadirji in expanding the boundaries of design and advancing the prize’s mission to establish an accessible source of ideas that respond to social challenges through innovative design.

A Landscape Vision for Sahl Al Khiam in Southern Lebanon

The Rifat Chadirji Award invites landscape architects, architects, and urban planners worldwide to propose a landscape led recovery vision for Sahl Al Khiam in Southern Lebanon. The valley, an agricultural lifeline endured occupation and recurrent bombardment, remains vital to the livelihoods, ecology, and identity of the Khiam community. Despite extensive damage, the Sahl survives as a rare space of continuity and refuge.
This year’s cycle considers Sahl Al Khiam as a key case study for the role of landscape in post war recovery. Participants are invited to address the core design question: How can a landscape led recovery vision for Sahl Al Khiam restore livelihoods, protect ecological systems, and affirm the community’s right to landscape in a landscape that endured occupation and recurrent bombardment?
Proposals should demonstrate how recovery can balance nature conservation with economic regeneration, and community wellbeing with environmental health, through strategic and sustainable interventions that safeguard the long term ecological and spatial integrity of the valley.

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