The expansion of the Sesc network and the need for new facilities at the Sesc Thermas de Presidente Prudente unit have prompted the launch of a National Preliminary Architecture Design Competition. Promoted by the Social Service of Commerce (Sesc SP) and organized by the Institute of Architects of Brazil – São Paulo Department (IABsp), the competition aims to select the best architectural project submitted by architects and urban planners.
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.
An exhibition featuring 25 furniture, home textile, art, and decor brands, organized by ANIEME (National Association of Furniture Manufacturers and Exporters) in collaboration with ATEVAL (Textile Entrepreneurs Association).
BASEhabitat Summer School 2025
July 06-20, 2025 - Kuchl/Austria
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!
CCEA MOBA is launching RaumScape, an urban design competition dedicated to redefining public space in the heart of Prague's city center.
📌 Mircea cel Bătrân Square is the social and administrative center of Tulcea Municipality, easily accessible from all areas of the city and historically and spatially connected to the Danube waterfront.
With the future in such a state of uncertainty and political relationships more strained than ever, there is one silent threat that could prove more deadly and dangerous to humanity than a hundred pandemics: nuclear weapons.
The Faculté de l'aménagement at the Université de Montréal is pleased to announce the launch of an international, multidisciplinary and anonymous ideas competition, reserved for students, to create inclusive experiences at the CEPSUM, the Université de Montréal's sports center.
With a total of $31,500 in prizes, the competition promotes the idea of invisible accessibility, an experience of the built environment that is of high quality to all, where the design of accessibility is integrated in an indistinguishable manner, and where universal accessibility is envisaged as a global state of the project experience, rather than a dedicated path made up of identifiable and visible solutions.
Participants are invited to propose transformative ideas that offer inclusive and equitable experiences for all users. The competition is structured around three typical sports center experiences that are not currently universally accessible:
1. The main entrance - Rethinking the entrance and reception of the sports center;
2. Carabins stadium - Improve the game-going experience;
3. The pool - Creating an inclusive swimming experience.
The proposals received over the summer will be evaluated by a multidisciplinary jury of eight experts. For each of the three experiences, three winning projects will be selected, making a total of nine winners.
All proposals will be presented in October 2025 at a conference organized by the Faculté de l'aménagement, bringing together researchers working on accessibility in the built environment.
« We warmly welcome students from around the world to propose bold, creative ideas that reimagine universal accessibility—not as an add-on, but as an integral, seamless, and uplifting experience for everyone, says Carmela Cucuzzella, Dean of the Faculté de l'aménagement. We are looking for designs that are not only inclusive, but also invisible in their accommodation, free of stigma, and full of delight and safety. Think beyond the box—then break it wide open. »
« A public space that is not accessible to everyone cannot be considered public, says Bechara Helal, Associate Dean of Research and Scientific Life. It is high time to rethink the place of universal accessibility in design disciplines, and that is what this competition aims to do: define innovative ways of designing the built environment so that it can become the setting for quality public experiences for all. »
"The Design Room" is a one-day event featuring product exhibitions from leading Spanish furniture and home textile brands, aimed at the professional contract sector.
Buildner is pleased to announce the results of its third annual Architect's Chair Competition, which received excellent ideas from around the globe. Buildner has published two books on the topic, highlighting key ideas and outstanding projects from its past editions. With registration now open, we invite you to share your vision of the ideal chair by September 18th—submit your entry here.
Chair design exemplifies the interdisciplinary nature of architecture, showcasing architects' ability to adapt skills and sensibilities across scales and contexts, blurring the lines between architecture, design, and art. This versatility empowers architects to explore new ideas and challenge conventional notions of chair aesthetics, materials, and technology.
Water is not just a resource—it is a voice, a right, a system of relationships. Water shapes landscapes, communities, and futures. It nourishes, resists, and demands justice.
To celebrate 25 years of SketchUp, Trimble has announced a global “Design Sprint Challenge” inviting architects, designers, and creative professionals to imagine how small spaces can shape a better future. This time-limited competition challenges participants to design a meaningful space in just 60 minutes using SketchUp, with a grand prize of $5,000 and more.
Junzo Sakakura was born in 1901 in Japan. After graduating from the liberal arts department of the First Higher School in Tokyo, he entered the Art History Department of Tokyo Imperial University, where he became interested in architecture. He resolved to study under Le Corbusier, who was then becoming known as a leader of the modern movement.
The decay of lying
Children to launch unofficial street happenings during opening days of Venice Architecture Biennale 2025, exploring global challenges through play.
During the opening days of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025, the Architectural Thinking School for Children will stage a series of unofficial street happenings across Venice as part of their ongoing project Intelligens Play Lab.
At its heart lies a question: How does children's intellect develop mechanisms for solving contemporary global challenges through the universally understood medium of play?
In the spirit of reclaiming public space, children will activate Venetian streets with street games they have designed themselves—each one tackling themes such as forced migration, climate change, dictatorship, war, and more. These happenings temporarily transform the city into a public laboratory of ideas, where children's perspectives become both the method and the message.
Just decades ago, the streets of Venice—like those in many cities—belonged to children. Through the improvisational logic of play, they rehearsed futures they could not yet name. Intelligens Play Lab revives that logic, now focused on the pressing crises of today.
The project is developed by the Architectural Thinking School for Children, a think tank of children and interdisciplinary professionals. Founded in Minsk in 2016 and relocated to Lisbon in 2022, the School works at the intersection of architecture, pedagogy, and social research—empowering children aged 5 to 15, many of them migrants, to become full participants in cultural life.
Don't miss this fast-paced, design-inspired evening with FORT: LA featuring architect Leo Marmol, FAIA, discussing historic houses and their timeless teachings, architectural writer Frances Anderton and a special guest tackling a controversial architecture topic, and sommelier India Mandelkern as she pairs perfect wines with iconic designs.
Now in its eleventh year, Open House Praha returns from 12 to 18 May with an extensive programme of guided tours, walks, discussions, lectures, exhibitions, and other events. During the festival's main weekend of 17–18 May, visitors will be invited to join free guided tours in over 125 buildings and spaces, many of which are normally inaccessible. Both public and private buildings will open their doors, including historic palaces, representative villas, industrial landmarks, and contemporary buildings.
The University of Waterloo School of Architecture class of 2025 is proud to reaffirm our long-standing Presence in Rome with an exhibit of our design projects, sketches, photographs and videos. Through it, we seek to convey the lasting impact of our temporary stay in Rome, the most layered of cities, where ancient buildings and urban armatures are inhabited by a modern people. As foreign student designers, we explored a reciprocal approach to these spaces, striving to take in the rich history of the land, while providing our own unique perspective.