The BRANZ ArchEngBuild team is excited to announce that a 2026 ArchEngBuild event has been scheduled! 

We are asking lecturers of architecture, engineering, construction management, building science and landscaping architecture to nominate their best students to participate in this year’s event, which will be held from Tuesday 30 June - Thursday 2 July at Ara Institute of Canterbury, Christchurch

The Challenge is in its thirteenth year and well established as part of the academic calendar, with students from previous years proudly listing their involvement in their CVs. 

The all expenses being paid trip, not to mention the $15,000 prize money for the winning team, are strong attractions in addition.

In contrast to recent Challenges, we now have 40 students competing in 8 teams of 5 students from each of the architecture, engineering, and construction management departments, including 8 building science students and 8 landscape architecture students will also be selected to take part.

This video captures the essence of the 3-day workshop.

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There are two ways to submit nominations:

Teacher Nominations via archengbuild@branz.co.nz

or

Student Self-Nominations via this link.

Nominations extended to 24 April