In August, the City of São Paulo, through SP Urbanismo and the Municipal Secretariat of Urbanism and Licensing (SMUL), launched the National Competition for Urban Furniture Design for the City of São Paulo. Open to architecture, engineering, and design professionals nationwide—who may form teams with other specialists—the competition seeks innovative, sustainable, and inclusive proposals to enhance the city's public spaces. The three best projects will be awarded a total of R$ 500,000. Registration opens on September 8 and closes on September 15, and must be completed via the official platform.
Competition to select design for new leisure area at the Clube Central headquarters
The IAB RJ, through its Leste Metropolitano chapter, is organizing a national public competition to select a design for a new leisure space on the terrace of the Clube Central headquarters in Niterói. Registration is now open, with a deadline of September 19.
PROMOTIONAL POSTER FOR THE PUBLIC SPACE RECOVERY COMPETITION
ESPAI and CERCASEL invite participants to help drive initiatives that foster reflection and generate strategies for action and innovation in the design and recovery of public space, ensuring the effective exercise of the Right to the City. This initiative seeks to advance the objectives of the 2013-2018 National Urban Development and Housing Policy. Furthermore, through new strategies and initiatives, it aims to contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations—specifically Goal 11, which focuses on "making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable."
Professional training, along with legal instruments, economic incentives, technological advancements, and public awareness of the value of heritage assets, is a cornerstone in protecting a country's cultural heritage. Indeed, training architecture professionals to act with sensitivity and technical expertise regarding built heritage helps consolidate efforts toward the conservation of these assets and reinforces the contribution that the professional field can make to passing on heritage values to future generations.
The Federation of Colleges of Architects of the Mexican Republic invites young Mexican architects to participate in the 3rd Biennial of Young Architects FCARM 2019
The goal is to identify the country's best architectural works, recognize the architects behind them, promote the most significant projects, and foster reflection on responsible and sustainable contemporary architecture through analysis and critique.
Download the information related to this competition here.
The Arquia Foundation is launching this competition to design the festival's architecture (scenography and/or ephemeral installation) to host the activities outlined in the program for the VI arquia/próxima Festival: RELEVANT PRACTICES. The competition encompasses both the design and the subsequent construction and dismantling by the winning individual or team.
The scholarship aims to foster a culture of entrepreneurship, support the creation of business initiatives, and drive innovation in fields related to architecture as a driver of economic growth. Furthermore, it seeks to provide candidates with knowledge and tools to complement their academic training and to boost new entrepreneurial projects rooted in values such as effort, drive, and innovation.
The Contemporary Architecture Foundation (FAC), with the support of Roca through its Roca Galleries and in collaboration with the Directorate General for Architecture of the Ministry of Public Works, ASEJA, and various Schools of Architecture, among others, is promoting the Active Iberian Registry of Young Architects (FACtual). The foundation has launched a call for entries aimed at architects under 40 who are based in Spain or Portugal.
For 15 years, the Interceramic Award for Architecture and Interior Design has served as a platform for showcasing talent, recognizing, promoting, and disseminating the work of architecture and design professionals in Mexico, Guatemala, and China. The Interceramic Award honors projects that deserve recognition for their originality, complexity, and architectural and design proposals.
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The Interceramic Architecture and Interior Design Award was launched by Interceramic 13 years ago to recognize, promote, and disseminate the values and contributions that architecture and design professionals embody in their work. The award recognizes projects that best reflect originality, composition, structure, harmony, conceptualization, and all attributes contributing to the successful execution of any architectural or interior design project.
In light of the recent inclusion of the Rachid Karami International Fair in Tripoli as a UNESCO World Heritage site and a World Heritage in Danger site, the Embassy of Brazil in Beirut and the Guimarães Rosa Institute - Beirut are launching an art competition centered on the Fair, offering three prizes of USD 1,000 each for the best submissions.
OFFICIAL POSTER CREATED BY THE MONTERREY CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE
The Guillermo Cortés Melo Prize for Urbanism and Contemporary Architecture is an urban architecture competition for young students and professionals in Mexico.
The Arquia Foundation, in collaboration with Barcelona Activa, is offering one Social Entrepreneurship Grant aimed at developing a sustainable business project with a strong social component. The goal is to foster and support the creation of business initiatives that aim to achieve a positive impact on society by addressing current population issues from a social or environmental perspective.
Applications are now open for the 6th edition of the Cátedra Madera Final Degree Project (PFC) Competition, which recognizes final degree projects that demonstrate excellence in quality, innovation, originality, or creativity, specifically through the use of wood and sustainable design principles.
