The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and DBR | Design Build Research School are now seeking entries for TREEHOUSING, an international wood design competition. Housing for the world’s growing urban population and the threat of deforestation are two of the most significant issues facing humanity today. TREEHOUSING challenges architecture students, professional architects and designers to develop innovative wood housing and urban building solutions through two distinct open competitions: TREEHOUSING DURBAN | Tall Wood Housing and TREEHOUSING GLOBAL | Affordable Wood Housing. Read on to learn more.
The registration deadline is August 15, 2015 and all submissions are due August 31, 2015 at 5:00pm CET. Winners will be selected by an international jury and announced on September 10, 2015 at the XIV World Forestry Congress in Durban, South Africa. A grand prize of $6,000 USD will be awarded in each category, in addition to second and student prizes.
For more information, please visit www.treehousing-competition.com.
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Open Call: TREEHOUSING Seeks Innovative Wood Housing and Urban Building SolutionsWebsite
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Registration Deadline
15/08/2015 17:00Submission Deadline
31/08/2015 17:00Address
Durban, South Africa