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For the third year running, Architizer is excited to partner with Sunbrella for the Future of Shade Competition to design beautiful spaces using fabric. With the growing interest and increasingly diverse range of entries in the past two editions of the annual competition, this year sees its expansion to three distinct categories — Humanitarian, Wellness Garden, and Building Shade — and three grand prize winners. Whether you're an architect or a designer, a professional or a student, enter now for a chance to win one of the three $10,000 grand prizes — we're looking forward to seeing what you come up with! The Future of Shade Competition is now open, and with the introduction of three categories for the third edition, we’re excited about the opportunity to explore each category in more detail. First up, the Humanitarian category. Humanitarian design aims to improve living conditions through shelter in communities plagued by poverty, disease, hunger, and war. This category features design that responds to a social need or cause, from a simple shade to a plan for a tent city. These designs not only apply Sunbrella materials in new ways, they activate it as a solution for shelter during times of ...