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Morocco Oasis Heritage Retreat: A Unique Architectural Competition

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The Morocco Oasis Heritage Retreat competition invites architects and designers from around the world to engage in a unique challenge. This competition, organized by Buildner, focuses on creating a sustainable and culturally sensitive retreat in Morocco. The aim is to design a retreat that harmoniously blends with the natural landscape and respects the rich heritage of the northeastern Moroccan region.

The competition is a call for innovative designs that reflect a deep understanding of the local culture and environment. Participants are tasked with designing a retreat that offers tranquility and a connection to nature while incorporating sustainable practices. This competition emphasizes creativity, sustainability, and cultural sensitivity.

David Kohn Architects and noAarchitecten Win Competition to Redesign the SMAK Museum in Ghent, Belgium

The team comprised of David Kohn Architects, noA Architecten, and Asli Çiçek has won the international competition for the redesign of SMAK, the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent, Belgium. The project includes the reconfiguration of the museum grounds and the extension of a cluster of historic buildings in the center of the city. Established in 1999, the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst aims to redefine its relationship with the city and to create more appropriate space for the design of its extensive contemporary art collection.

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Cultivating Resilience: Nominate a Heritage Green Space Under Threat

World Monuments Fund (WMF) is now accepting proposals for sites looking to strengthen their resilience to climate change, share their knowledge, and plan for the future through the Cultivating Resilience program.

Re-draw.07: The Line / Competition

🔖 One building, any kind of drawing, a single illustration! The RE-DRAW Competition is back! In it’s sixth edition the building you will have to digest to create a completly new illustration is The Line, designed by NEOM. How would you represent this iconic building?

Call for Submissions: VARES Summer School on Spatial Activism

VARES calls for participants to the summer school on spatial activism in August 2024!

10 Blind Walls International Ideas Competition for Young Architects

Barcelona World Capital of Architecture 2026— 10 Blind Walls International Ideas Competition for Young Architects

A' Design Awards & Competition - Early Call for Entries

The A' Design Award and Competition in pursuit of recognizing excellent design works that were proposed and completed within the last 10 years. Every year, A' Design Award features a reputable jury panel of specialist in various categories, to evaluate design projects that submitted to A' Design Award.

Call for Submissions: Beegraphy Design Awards

BeeGraphy is thrilled to announce the launch of our Design Awards, an exciting competition designed to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation in computational design. Whether you're an architect, designer, engineer, or a creative enthusiast, this competition offers a unique platform to showcase your talents and make a mark in the world of design.

Epistle Announces Writing Prize to Award Emerging Voices on the Built Environment of the Global South

The Epistle Writing Prize is an annual competition dedicated to recognising outstanding writing on design, architecture and environment. Celebrating the power of the written word, participants are invited to inform, intrigue or persuade readers by presenting novel arguments or interesting narratives on the built environment. Stemming from Epistle’s mission to democratise architectural discourse, the 2024 edition seeks to highlight compelling voices and stories from the Global South, bringing attention to previously unheard perspectives.

International Design Competition: Gyumri Market and Culinary School


The TUMO Center for Creative Technologies is now partnering with Institut Lyfe (ex-Institut Paul Bocuse) in Lyon to establish a unique culinary ecosystem in the Armenian city of Gyumri with the support of the European Union. The project involves revitalizing the historic food market of the city, establishing a unique culinary school in the heart of it, and surrounding it with restaurants and shops that are symbiotic with the market and the school. Information about the project and the competition can be found at https://market.tumo.org/

Winners Announced for the 19th Saint-Gobain Architecture Student Contest

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More than 224 universities from 29 countries participated in the 19th edition of the Saint-Gobain Architecture Student Contest’s international final. Students from all over the world imagined projects to transform a district of Helsinki in Finland. The winners have just been revealed during an event held by Saint-Gobain in the Finnish capital between June 10th and 12th, 2024.

Call for Entries: Nagari Short Film Competition 2024

The Nagari Film Competition is an annual competition designed to guide and develop films that focus on urban issues, specific to Indian cities. Nagari intends to be a bioscope for the city, and through this lens we explore diverse conditions and engage with urban issues.

Chaos (and) Order in the Garden - V Radicepura Garden Festival

Radicepura Garden Festival announces the Call for Ideas to participate at the fifth
edition of the Biennale dedicated to garden design, which will have the topic

Call for Entries: WASA World Architecture Student Award 2024 Competition

[Overview]
The WASA World Architecture Student Award is one of the world's largest architecture student competitions, held mainly in Japan, China, the United States, and Europe. It is a competition that measures the diverse abilities of architecture students by allowing them to submit works such as design assignments, competitions, and graduation projects that they have created in the past. As a global architectural design competition, applications are received from all over the world, and all applicants can accurately grasp their own abilities by receiving objective evaluation "feedback". In addition, the winning works will be disseminated to the world in multiple languages, providing an opportunity for participants' works to attract international attention. 100 types of award certificates are available, and awards are given with respect to individuality, giving more participants new insights and encouragement. With a high degree of freedom in submission format and theme, participants can maximize their creativity.
* Languages ​​used: 5 languages: English, Japanese, Chinese, German, and Hindi. *Participation fee: Free
For more information, please visit the official website of the competition↓
https://www.zenkokukenkomi.com/wasa2024%E3%83%BCenglish

Solar Design for Public Co-working Spaces

SUPSI and MC2.0 present the contest “Solar Design for Public Co-working Spaces”. This contest highlights the crucial interplay between solar energy and buildings in creating multifunctional solar architectures to redefine the use of solar energy as a building and design material.
For the contest “Solar Design for Public Coworking Spaces”, participants are asked to design a temporary co-working space in which a flexible and lightweight photovoltaic film is integrated into one or more technological systems such as shading systems, facades, roofs, street furnishing elements, etc. This space, accommodating approximately 10 workers, should encompass essential co-working amenities such as desks, chairs, electrical outlets, and a small outdoor workspace. The jury will be looking for designs that study how the photovoltaic elements are integrated into the built environment and used as a construction materials and how the technology can influence and shape architectural decisions. Participants may select any urban environment for their “Solar Design for Public Co-working Spaces” and propose a design solution for the fully functional building.
Winning proposal, 3 special awards. The MC2.0 consortium will award a maximum of 3’000 € in in-kind services to competition winners.

Trophy Announcement: NASA India CP Kukreja Trophy

"Repurposing and Revitalisation"
Presenting to you all the 67th Year CP Kukreja Trophy Brief.

Call for Entries: International Design Competition Rulmentul, Brașov

The Romanian Order of Architects (OAR), with the support of OAR Brașov, Covasna, Harghita Territorial Branch, together with the Contracting Authority – the Municipality of Brașov, are glad to announce the official launch of the „RULMENTUL, BRAȘOV” International Design Competition.

Call for Entries: Kurula Varkey Design Forum 2024 I CEPT University

Founded in the memory of Professor Kurula Varkey, a former Director of the School of Architecture and a prominent figure in the institution’s pedagogical reforms, the forum brings together students from various architectural schools, academicians and practitioners from around the world.

International Design Competition Colentina Lakes, Bucharest

The Romanian Order of Architects (OAR), with the support of OAR Bucharest Territorial Branch, together with the Contracting Authority – the 2nd District of the Municipality of Bucharest, are glad to announce the official launch of the "Colentina Lakes, 2nd District, Bucharest” International Design Competition.
Considering the extent and diversity of the Implementation area and taking into account the different design challenges, the Contracting Authority, together with OAR, decided to resort to the award of public procurement contracts by lots and decided to divide the implementation area of the competition into three lots as follows:

International Competition: "Towards an Emotional Architecture"

The Arquitectura Film Festival Santiago, ArqFilmFest, celebrates its 6th edition inviting filmmakers and creators all over the world to participate in its international competition, with films that establish a relation between cinema and architecture looking for the most diverse point of view.

Call for Projects: Grantham Foundation for the Arts and the Environment 2025 Residency

When architecture is deeply rooted in a society and landscape and is based on an understanding of and respect for biological and cultural diversity, it has the potential to be a vector of change that can transcend personal and economic interests and allow living human and more-than-human to live on earth in better ways.

Call for Ideas: Architecture at Zero 2024

Architecture at Zero is a design competition for decarbonization, equity and resilience, open to students and professionals worldwide. It serves to engage the fields of architecture, design, engineering and planning in the pursuit of sustainable design.

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