Competitions

Introducing the Kinderspace: Architecture for Children's Development competition / Edition #4, an architectural challenge dedicated to crafting innovative educational spaces that enhance early childhood learning. As young children navigate their formative years, the environment in which they learn plays a pivotal role in their cognitive, emotional, and social development. Traditional educational settings often do not fully cater to the dynamism of early childhood, potentially stifling creativity and exploration.

SMALL PROJECT BIG IMPACT​

For this issue of Dearq, "Tectonic Matter," we are seeking contributions that treat tectonics not as a style or a fetish of detail, but as a rigorous field in which architecture's material realities, its sourcing, craft, labor, structural systems, fabrication protocols, and performance criteria become inseparable from how space is perceived, inhabited, and understood.
Who can submit: We welcome submissions from architects, historians, theorists, engineers, educators, and researchers. Interdisciplinary and context-specific approaches 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of research articles, case studies, visual essays, and projects will be accepted, provided they are original and unpublished and comply with the journal's editorial policy.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)

The competition was launched on March 20th 2026 following a landmark agreement between the City of Zagreb and the Croatian Government. This €224 million joint investment aims to replace aging infrastructure with a world-class, integrated sports precinct. The organisers invite visionary designs for a 35,000-seat stadium and a 'City of Sport' that honours the site's historic character while meeting 21st-century athletic needs.

The Museum of Architecture, the Great Exhibition Road Festival and Dr Neal Shasore have launched an open international design competition to rethink the Crystal Palace for contemporary society, considering what it might look like, how it would function and who it should serve.

Submissions are open to the Drawing of the Year Awards 2026! The seventh annual, global Awards are free to enter and celebrate excellence in creative imagery, drawings and visual representations.

Open call for built projects.

The subject of this competition arises from the need for the Zabjelo neighborhood in Podgorica to obtain a Local Community Center that will, through its program, contribute to improving the social quality of life of its residents. More precisely, its content will support the long-term development of the Capital City through principles of spatial planning, along with social and economic development and environmental protection.

Inventing Sauna: Playing with Fire, Smoke and Water

Participation is free of charge. The winners of the call will be announced by August 2026. The selected Pecha Kucha presentations will be included in the programme of the 6th biennale svizzera del territorio. Selected contributors will be entitled to free accommodation and full access to all three days of the biennale.

The Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture invites abstract submissions for the upcoming EKA Arh Conference 2026: To Be Continued…, a biennial international peer-reviewed conference held as a satellite event of the Tallinn Architecture Biennale.

The Urban Design Lab (UDL) announces the fourth edition of its international Thesis Publication, inviting submissions from undergraduate and postgraduate students in urban design, architecture, landscape, and planning disciplines. Conceived as a global academic platform, the initiative curates and disseminates exemplary thesis work that engages with contemporary urban challenges through design, research, and critical inquiry.

The 15th edition of MEDS Workshop will take place in Brussels, Belgium, focusing on Kuregem within the Brussels Canal Zone marked by strong contrasts, cultural diversity, and pressing urban challenges.

The Administration of the Palanga City Municipality has announced an open architectural design competition for the future "House of Arts" gallery in Palanga, located at Vytauto Street 16.
A contemporary art gallery today is no longer merely a place for exhibiting artworks – it is a dynamic cultural platform open to both the local community and the wider world. Such spaces bring together art and people, fostering dialogue, creativity, and inspiration.
The planned art gallery in Palanga represents a significant step in the city's cultural development. The project aims to enrich the identity of the seaside resort by introducing a contemporary cultural venue that meets international standards.
Competition Objective
The objective of this architectural competition is to identify a design solution that combines contemporary architectural expression with the unique identity of Palanga.
The building should become not only a gallery but also a distinctive architectural landmark – a place that attracts visitors and invites them to return.
The project is expected to create an aesthetically compelling, functional, and visitor-friendly environment that meets the highest standards required for contemporary art spaces.
The competition seeks to select the architectural concept that best meets the architectural, functional, and technical requirements specified in the competition brief and its annexes.
The future Palanga Art Gallery is envisioned as an open platform for both international and local art, encouraging the community and visitors to engage, learn, and experience culture.
The project aims to preserve the unique character of the seaside resort while introducing a new cultural dimension of international quality, strengthening Palanga's role not only as a leisure destination but also as a cultural center by the Baltic Sea.

Arte Laguna Prize opens applications for the 21st edition
Exhibition of 120 finalists in Venice

The European Collective Housing Award shines a light on collective housing projects that genuinely change how people live – not just architecturally, but socially. We celebrate both the building and its impact: new constructions and renovations, public and private, from anywhere across the 46 countries of the Council of Europe. The open call is aimed at all actors involved in collective housing – architects as well as housing cooperatives, developers, construction companies, public administrations, even residents: until April 30, free of charge, anyone can submit their projects in 2 categories: Renovation and New Construction (must be completed in 2024 or 2025; minimum 3 dwellings per development).
Organised by the Basque Architecture Institute (EAI) and arc en rêve centre d'architecture with the support of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda of the Basque Government, the award brings together architects, policymakers, scholars and citizen representatives around a shared conviction – that housing is one of the most important questions of our time.