The Abierto Mexicano de Diseño (AMD) is an international festival that gathers and celebrates the community that enjoys, consumes, and practices design in Mexico in all its breadth and diversity. As the name suggests, it is an event open to all creative expressions related to design, without distinction of discipline, education, experience, age, socioeconomic status, or identity.

Colegio de Arquitectos de Nuevo León

The Nuevo León College of Architects

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.

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To mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Luis Peña Ganchegui, the second edition of the biennial award bearing his name has been announced.

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.

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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.

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.

The Guillermo Cortés Melo Prize for Urbanism and Contemporary Architecture is an urban architecture competition for young students and professionals in Mexico.

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The call for entries for the 2019 CEMEX Building Award, Mexico edition, closes on May 3. Projects completed in 2018 within the country are eligible. There will be 5 categories and 4 special awards. Winners will compete in the international edition.

Arquia Social is calling for proposals for the design of a toy to be gifted to hospitalized children, with the goal of making their hospital stay more bearable through play and fostering a more positive mood.

The primary goal of the Next Awards is to foster and promote innovation among architecture students. Consequently, we seek to recognize students who challenge traditional conventions of drawing and graphic expression and who, like us, propose innovative solutions in current design and construction processes.

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.

Technical trip takes architects and students to Copenhagen and Paris