Diploma Projects are evaluated first in Architectural Schools and then the best 2 from each school in an international jury. The jury in 2015 consisted of following members:

• Arch. Luciano Lazzari (President ACE and Jury President)
• Prof. Karl Otto Ellefsen (President EAAE & Professor at Oslo School of Architecture and Design)
• Prof. Zeno Bogdănescu (Rector UAUIM & Professor at Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism)
• Arch. Wolf Prix (Coop Himmeb(l)aum)
• Arch. Leo van Broeck (Bogdan & Van Broeck

The jury unanimously agreed upon the following awards:

European Architectural Medal – Medal for Best Diploma Project
Alp Ark by Laurentiu Tiberiu Stancu from Institute of Architecture and Planning, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein

ACE Prize for Societal Impact
Lost & Found – Housing at “Veterinærhøgskolen” by Enya Aamo Aspen, Rikke Christine Nyrud from Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway

EAAE Prize for Innovation (Problem Solving)
Entangled City: Reconciling Cultural Dissonance by Eoghan Horgan, Kieran Cremin from Cork Centre for Architectural Education (CCAE), Ireland

UAUIM Prize for Artistic Quality
Projects as landscape renovation and interpretation of the past by Giuseppe Tupputi, Pietro Capozzi, Giuseppe Galliani, Nina Ivanovic, Maysha Mussonghora, Rosa Piepoli from Politecnico di Bari, Italy

In addition the jury gave 3 honourable mentions:

Honourable mention for Innovation
The space between aspiration & achievement: an architectural exploration through an extreme environment by Orla Punch from School of Architecture, University of Limerick (SAUL), Ireland

Honourable mention for Artistic Achievement
Tranformation of an Industrial Monument – Storey Towers in The Canton of Glarus by Stefan Noser from ZHAW – Zurich University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland

Honourable mention for Societal Impact
Mindfulness by Julien Theillet from École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Montpellier, France