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International Ideas Competition: Design of the New Campus for the Colegio Americano de Quito

The Fundación Colegio Americano de Quito (FCAQ) and the Colegio de Arquitectos de Pichincha (CAE-P) have joined forces to officially launch the International Ideas Competition for the design and architectural direction of the institution's new campus, which has been recognized for its academic excellence for over 80 years.

7th Félix Candela Award

The Félix Candela Award is a two-stage international architecture ideas competition conducted in Spanish. It is organized annually by the Instituto Español de Arquitectura (IESARQ) and is open to students of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and design, as well as young architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and designers, either as individuals or in teams of two to three members.

Call for Articles for U.Llaqta Magazine

Download information regarding this competition here.

Schools for Nepal: Building Resilience

Archstorming has launched an international competition to design resilient schools following natural disasters in Nepal.

International Competition 'Schools for Nepal: Building Resilience'

Archstorming has launched an international competition to design resilient schools following natural disasters in Nepal.

"Mieres Campus Reload" Ideas Competition

The engineering and transport infrastructure department, through the CITETRANS research group at the University of Oviedo, is launching its seventh international student ideas competition to solicit proposals for resolving a transport network issue, titled "Mieres Campus Reload."

Askin Awards

The Askin Awards is the first national design competition organized by TARIMATEC, aimed at discovering and showcasing new design talent worldwide. The competition seeks to foster innovative and sustainable proposals that, by using products from the new ASKIN brand, transform the way we conceive and inhabit spaces.

Lo Barnechea Urban Footbridges Architecture Competition

The Municipality of Lo Barnechea, in partnership with the Association of Architectural Offices (AOA), invites national architects to participate in a competition for the design of pedestrian bridges in the commune. The competition seeks innovative and sustainable proposals that ensure urban connectivity and integration in the Las Ermitas sector, while promoting local identity.

Call for entries open for the 11th edition of FIIU Fest!

The 11th edition of the International Festival of Urban Interventions (FIIU 11) will take place from October 21 to 24, 2026, in Lima, Peru, establishing itself as a key space for exchange, reflection, and collective action regarding the urban challenges facing Latin America.

Design Competition for Educational and Play Pavilions in Public Spaces in the City of Quito

The 25th Pan-American Architecture Biennial of Quito – PROHIBIDO NO TOCAR takes over the city with the Design Competition for Pavilions in Public Spaces in the city of Quito.

Call for Entries: National Public Architecture Ideas Competition for the Indigenous Women's House (CAMI) Extends Registration Deadline

The organizers of the National Public Architecture Ideas Competition for the Indigenous Women's House (CAMI) have announced an extension to the registration and submission deadlines. Architecture firms across the country now have until April 15 to register and until April 29 to submit their proposals.

2026 Admissions – Professional Master’s in Landscape Architecture (MPAP/FAU/UFRJ)

2026 ADMISSIONS – Professional Master's in Landscape Architecture (MPAP/FAU/UFRJ)

Call for Entries: The Spatial Dimension of Urban Mobility

For this issue of Dearq, "The Spatial Dimension of Urban Mobility," we are seeking contributions that critically analyze the interrelationships between urban mobility, space, and the territorial dimension, while considering social dynamics and environmental aspects. We place special emphasis on understanding how mobility practices, policies, and projects interact with the built environment and contribute to producing—or transforming—urban and regional landscapes.

Call for Papers Dearq 49: Tectonic Matter

For this issue of Dearq, "Tectonic Matter," we are seeking contributions that address tectonics not as a style or a fetishization of detail, but as a rigorous field in which the material realities of architecture—such as provenance, craft, labor, structural systems, fabrication protocols, and performance criteria—become inseparable from how space is perceived, inhabited, and understood.
Who can participate: We welcome contributions from architects, historians, theorists, engineers, educators, and researchers addressing this theme. Interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives from specific contexts are encouraged, provided they remain anchored in tectonics as a conceptual and practical field of architectural invention.
The editors invite submissions of research articles, case studies, visual essays, and projects, provided they are original, unpublished, and comply with the journal's editorial policy.
Guest Editors:
Nader Tehrani
(The Cooper Union, USA)
Julián Palacio
(The Cooper Union, USA)
Rafael Villazón
(Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)
Submission period: April 17, 2026 – August 30, 2026
Issue publication: September 2027 (Dearq 49)
More information: https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/dearq/callforpapers

CALL FOR ENTRIES - Main Exhibition of the Buenos Aires Architecture Biennial 2026, Anniversary Edition

CALL FOR ENTRIES - Central Exhibition of the Buenos Aires International Biennial of Architecture 2026, Anniversary Edition

Pavilion Design Competition

The XXV Pan-American Biennial of Architecture of Quito – PROHIBIDO NO TOCAR takes over the city with the Pavilion Design Competition for public spaces in Quito.

World Architecture Competitions: Last Light

An ideas competition for the redefinition of the 21st-century lighthouse as a habitable space, accessible to visitors, where architecture not only emits light but is also lived in, explored, and occupied.

AG360 Competitions: Mountain Sanctuary

A Mountain Sanctuary will be designed within the National Park in Argentine Patagonia as a space for pause and contemplation for hikers and mountaineers on their journey toward Mount Fitz Roy.
The MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY must be conceived as part of the natural flow of the trail, functioning as an organic pause within the ascent experience. The expectation is for a space that provides protection against the extreme weather conditions of the Patagonian environment (wind, cold, snow) without becoming a permanent or massive shelter.

International Design Competition for the New MAC Panama Headquarters

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama (MAC Panamá) announces the launch of an international architecture competition for the design of its new headquarters, an initiative that marks a milestone in the institution's history and in Panama's cultural projection within the Latin American context.

2025 Symposium on Architectural History and Criticism | Architecture and Rebellion in Latin America

2025 Conference on the History and Criticism of Architecture | ARCHITECTURE AND REBELLION IN LATIN AMERICA. Alternative pedagogical experiences; from "everything is political" to "disciplinary autonomy"; 1963–1983. Organized by: Master’s Program in the History and Criticism of Architecture.

Concéntrico 2026: Open calls

Concéntrico begins its 2025/2026 season by reinforcing its role as an Urban Innovation Laboratory, a collective creative space that explores how architecture, design, and art can transform urban life.

8th {CURA} Award: Collective Housing for the 21st Century

The 8th {CURA} Prize continues the initiative of hosting idea competitions on themes aligned with current discussions in architecture, the city, and society, with a focus on contemporary Brazil. In a national and global context facing the many consequences of the global climate crisis, this year’s competition theme is Collective Housing for the 21st Century.

7th Félix Candela Award

The Félix Candela Award is an international architectural ideas competition conducted in Spanish, held in two phases. It is organized annually by the Spanish Institute of Architecture (IESARQ) and is open to students of architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and design, as well as young architects, landscape architects, urbanists, and designers, participating either individually or in teams of two or three.

New Open Calls for Concéntrico 24/25 Season

In its aim to launch new formats that respond to urban transformations, Concéntrico presents three open calls—"Objetos en la ciudad" (Objects in the City), "Tercer paisaje" (Third Landscape), and "Picnic en el viñedo" (Picnic in the Vineyard)—to participate in the festival in Logroño. The new edition will be held from June 19 to 24, 2025.

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