Entries are now open for the 2018 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects, the only international competition for architects to design specifically for tapestry.

Established in 2015 the Tapestry Design Prize for Architects challenges architects to explore the possibilities of tapestry and architecture through the invitation to create a tapestry design for a hypothetical site.

The TDPA 2018 is a partnership between the Australian Tapestry Workshop, the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) and Architecture Media, and invites architects to design a tapestry for Étienne-Louis Boullée’s unbuilt mooted building that inspired the recently completed Pharos Wing, MONA, Tasmania, Australia. MONA was designed by Fender Katsalidis Architects to house David Walsh’s extraordinary collection of old and new art.

Two winning tapestry designs have been created at ATW as an outcome of the TDPA. One of the 2015 joint award winners John Wardle Architects's design Perspectives on a Flat Surface was commissioned by Judith Neilson AM in 2016. TDPA 2016 winner Justin Hill's design 22 Temenggong Road, Twilight is currently on the loom and being woven by ATW under the supervision of master weaver Sue Batten.

Entries to the TDPA are open from 20 March to 15 June, with finalists announced in July and winners announced on 16 August along with an exhibition of the finalists’ designs. A $5,000 award will go to the first prize winner, $2,500 for second prize, $1,500 for third prize and $1,000 for people’s choice.

Click here to visit tapestrydesignprize.org.