To foster the creative work of young talent and promote knowledge of steel and its applications, CAP Acero, a company of the CAP Group, has opened submissions for the 33rd edition of the "CAP Competition for Architecture Students."

Due to the ongoing social crisis in Chile, the Infrastructure Department of the Universidad de los Lagos is requesting a modification to the bidding terms, waiving the mandatory site visit requirement, as the necessary conditions for travel were not available in recent weeks to carry out this activity.

The Ministry of Housing and Urbanism (Minvu) has launched an open call for architects to design a future flora conservation center to be located in the Metropolitan Park (Parquemet).

Titled "Architectural Design and Specialties for the Chagual Botanical Garden," the competition is organized by Minvu in partnership with the Chagual Botanical Garden Corporation. The goal is to select proposals for the buildings that will define this new space.

The Arquitectura Film Festival Santiago (ArqFilmFest) and Kiné-Imágenes invite you to participate in the "Re-visiones de ciudad" (City Re-visions) workshop. Participants will collaborate to create an audiovisual piece, which will premiere during the 2018 edition of the festival, taking place from October 25 to 28 in Barrio Lastarria.

CoNEA Chile currently has 33 delegates across 27 universities, spanning from Iquique to Puerto Montt. However, we have yet to appoint representative delegates in several architecture schools and faculties; consequently, we have opened this call for applications.

Grupo Arquitectura Caliente invites architecture students from all Chilean universities to participate in the new edition of the 2018 Arquitectura Caliente Competition (CAC).

During the "6th BIM Conference" on March 21 at the Architects' Association, two half-scholarships of 450,000 CLP each will be awarded via raffle for the Advanced BIM Diploma program, starting April 24.

In light of recent events in Chilean cities, the Fundación de Arquitectura Frágil has launched a competition for Chilean architects and artists. The entries will be judged in March 2020, with Instagram serving as the visual platform for the competition.

The Chilean Chamber of Construction invites architecture students from universities across the country to envision future Metro stations for the Greater Concepción area and to design an urban-architectural intervention proposal that enhances the urban environment and contributes to public space as a city landmark.

The three main pedestrian walkways in the historic center of Santiago, Chile, are set to be remodeled. The Municipality of Santiago announced this with the launch of a public competition seeking proposals for the Ahumada-Puente, Huérfanos, and Estado-21 de Mayo walkways.

This initiative marks the 40th anniversary of the transformation of Ahumada Street into a pedestrian walkway—an artery that currently sees over two million people pass through daily and connects Santiago's Plaza de Armas with the Alameda, the Chilean capital's main east-west thoroughfare.

In our effort to broaden the reach of our work as students, we have launched an initiative to create a dossier showcasing projects by architecture students. Submissions can be current or past work that faithfully captures our approach to the various facets of the profession.

The Engel Foundation invites Chilean architects to participate in the National Architecture and Landscape Design Competition for the New Museum of Santiago (NuMu). The museum will be located at the southern end of Bicentenario Park in Vitacura and will serve as a key element in consolidating a large area of the park and its edges, connecting it to the city and the urban fabric.

The Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage, through its Architecture department, has launched a new call for proposals to support the preservation, exhibition, and promotion of cultural content in architecture developed via digital media for display on streaming platforms, websites, or other digital formats associated with the institution.

At the request of the Commissioner General, interdisciplinary teams are invited to participate in the competition for the Chile Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020.

The development and preparation of all architectural, structural, and necessary building systems designs and details, along with the corresponding technical specifications and calculation reports, are requested, as well as the detailed official budget for the design project of the MINVU-SERVIU Institutional Building in the Araucanía Region.

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- The initiative is part of axis 2 of the RS Seguro program, known as RS Seguro COMunidade, launched in December 2023, which provides for the qualification of public community spaces and facilities in five areas.

The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) announced a national competition on Friday, January 26, for the architectural and landscape design of the future Covid-19 memorial. The competition is organized by the Rio de Janeiro Department of the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB-RJ).

A pioneering initiative for inclusion and professional development seeks to transform the reality for young Black architects in Brazil.

Registration for the 63rd IAB RJ Awards 2025 is now open, with a deadline of November 2. IAB members in good standing are entitled to one free entry. Additional entries are subject to a fee of R$ 105. Registration must be completed via the online form available on the Department’s website.

On October 23, Sebrae Rondônia and the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB) officially launched a national public architecture and urbanism competition to select the design for the new Sebrae headquarters in Porto Velho.

Oco is the name chosen for this residency—a name that carries the symbolism of bamboo, a central material in the experience, whose strength and lightness lie precisely in the void that constitutes it. It is from this hollow that sounds reverberate, flows pass through, and possibilities are born.

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- The competition aims to select the best proposal that meets the operational and administrative needs of the legislative branch.

DOMUS LAB is an open innovation platform that seeks to raise awareness regarding the production of sustainable habitats, with the goal of creating a positive impact in cities. We believe that achieving a paradigm shift requires changing how we approach housing and urban development.

Registration is now open for the fourth edition of the VEKA Cultural Competition. This initiative by the German multinational PVC profile systems company introduces new features this year: projects will be evaluated in two categories (Horizontal Architecture and Vertical Architecture) and must have been executed in any Latin American country.