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Open Call: International Competition for Design Proposals for the Renovation of the Israeli Lounge

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inviting designers to reimagine its Israeli Lounge in a way that celebrates the spirit of modern-day Israel, and the richness and vibrancy of Jewish culture. The Israeli Lounge International Design Competition presents a unique opportunity to reshape and transform an historic space within a Memorial that is visited by millions from around the world annually.

Study in Valencia, Porto and Milan and Travel Around the World with the Master in Architecture, Design and Innovation

The European University of Valencia offers a postgraduate education linked to Architecture and Design through three educational programmes.

These different MArch programmes are directed by Fran Silvestre and feature influential architects and studios from current architecture such as Alvaro Siza, Souto de Moura, Aires MateusOAB • Carlos FerraterCorreia/Ragazzi and Juan Domingo Santos.

Iconic Houses Conference: Modernism on the East Coast – Philip Johnson and the Harvard Five

Modernism on the East Coast – Philip Johnson and the Harvard Five

Our 2018 Iconic Houses Conference and House Tours will explore the East Coast of the USA, retracing the root taken by Modernism when it arrived from Europe. In particular, the New Canaan area has an impressive number of high-quality Modernist homes, because the architects who taught at Harvard built houses for themselves and their friends here. New Canaan is naturally mainly associated with the Glass House. And many of the other masterpieces are the work of Philip Johnson and the Harvard Five. In the 1940s, a group of five

Experience Textures Digitally

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One thing is key when it comes to wood-based materials: Authenticity. In addition to how it looks, the feel of a surface is also important. The right texture gives a decor character and depth, as well as a natural appeal, brings it even closer to the real thing.

Call for submissions: MANUEL DE SOLÀ-MORALES EUROPEAN PRIZE

Every two years, the Manuel de Solà-Morales European Prize recognizes the best university research in the field of urbanism carried out by a student granted a PhD.
The award honours the memory of professor in urbanism, and architect, Manuel de Solà-Morales Rubió (1939-2012), who understood his subject as a creative and intellectual activity, committed to improving cities through what he called «persistent research».

Open Call: Build School Project 2018

The Union of architects of Russia invites you to participate in the 2nd Russian competition with international participation "Build School Project 2018" on nursery, kindergarten and school designs and constructions, which will be held in the framework of the 2nd international exhibition "Build School 2018" from 25 to 27 September 2018 in Moscow in "Expocentre".

Open Call: FAB FEST - International Fabrication Competition and Public Festival

FAB FEST is a week-long celebration of design and making, hosted by the Fabrication Lab at the University of Westminster. For the third year running, it invites creative designers from around the world to envision and build their ideas about architecture and the city. It will feature over 80 pavilions and installations designed internationally, manufactured in the Fabrication Lab, and assembled and installed in Central London.

Call For Submissions: [TRANS-] media

[TRANS-] media is looking to the architecture and related fields for research and creative work that addresses the concept of media. Print media, radio, film, television, and the internet have conditioned our perception of physical and social space. Media specific to architecture has also influenced the convergence of material, space, and content, charting new directions in culture, society, and architectural discourse. In the fourth issue of [TRANS-] journal, we seek to understand the effects of media on the creation and interpretation of design and creative work by asking how media produces knowledge and theoretical discourse about architecture design and the

Art Prison: Call for Entries

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YAC – Young Architects Competitions – and the Municipality of Favignana, in cooperation with the Italian Government, launch “Art Prison”, an architectural competition to refurbish a breathtaking fortress on a scattered island in southern Sicily. A cash prize of € 20,000 will be awarded to the winners selected by an internationally-renowned featuring Daniel Libeskind (Studio Libeskind), Manuel Aires Mateus (Aires Mateus), Felix Perasso (Snøhetta), João Luís Carrilho da Graça (Carrilho da Graça Arquitectos).

The Iconic Awards 2018 is Now Open for Submissions

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Entries are open for architects, designers and manufacturers to submit projects for this year's ICONIC AWARDS 2018: Innovative Architecture, organized by the German Design Council.

The ICONIC AWARDS 2018: Innovative Architecture honor superb examples of the interaction of all disciplines in an independent architecture and design competition which focuses on internationally outstanding construction projects, innovative interior and product design as well as compelling communication in an architectural context.

MAS in Collective Housing is Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary

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The MAS in Collective Housing is celebrating its 10th anniversary and we want to share our happiness for that achievement. After having here 256 alumni from 38 different countries, and 70 international workshops, we are convinced that we are doing right. The application period for the 2019 edition is already opened.

Medium Design by Keller Easterling

Privileging declarations, right answers, proofs, and universals, culture is often banging away with the same blunt tools that are completely inadequate to address contemporary chemistries of power. On the flip side of these logics, Medium Design offers no dramatic manifestos where things are new or right. Instead it only rehearses a habit of mind that has been eclipsed.

Cloud ’68—Paper Voice. Smiljan Radić’s collection of Radical Architecture

CLOUD ’68—PAPER VOICE
Smiljan Radić’s Collection of Radical Architecture
With recordings of interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Co-curated by Patricio Mardones

EdDesign Conference: Architecture / Education / Science

Today we live in a world where education—its purpose, methods and meanings—are rapidly changing, as well as the learning environment. EdDesign Сonference is designed to open and to support the discussion upon these issues.

How can we educate ourselves today and motivate ourselves? How does early childhood and the kindergarten environment influence children and their skills? How can school spaces become useful pedagogical instruments? How can the modern, thought-through museum motivate for better learning and knowledge sharing? In what way can government, citizens, pedagogues, architects, and designers collaborate to build better educational environments?

Open Call: "Rest and Service Area (RSA)" Design Competition

The site is located in Iranian land. I-Land (Sarzamin Iranian) with an area of 1400 hectares, located 35 kilometers outside of Tehran on the Tehran-Saveh highway and as a Special Economical Zone (Zarandieh SEZ), looks forward of the day where as a new hub for recreation & tourism in the country, provides various services to all Iranian families and also International tourists.

Call for Submissions: SURFACES FESTIVAL 2018

​we would​ like​ to present SURFACES FESTIVAL that will be held in Venice at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space (from May 26, 2018 to November 25, 2018) and Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi (from May 27, 2018 to November 25, 2018), and other prestigious venues and historical buildings, during the same period of the BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2018 – 16th International Architecture Exhibition, titled FREESPACE, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, chaired by Paolo Baratta, and hosted at the Giardini and the Arsenale, and around other venues in Venice.

Cities in Asia Summer Program: Studio Shanghai-Tokyo, June 23 to July 15

This credit-bearing HKU course was established in 2010 to focus on urgent architectural and urban issues confronting Asian cities today. It is an immersive course designed to expose students to daily learning activities including lectures, seminars, studio crits, field work, firm visits, and design reviews. The nature of work ranges from critical reading of texts, individual assignments, to design and research collaborations. Students will get to interact with professors, researchers, critical practices, think tanks and various local stakeholders in the making of Shanghai and Tokyo.

3D Hubs Architecture Student Grant

The brief is simple: show us your use of 3D printing in your architecture project. Whether it's a wild mockup of a future tech hub made of plastic or a treehouse prototyped in metal, we want to see how you're using 3D printing to help communicate your ideas. We’re looking for inventors, problem solvers and creative talents who are able to push the boundaries of 3D printing. The awardee will receive $1000, with 10 runners up receiving a copy of The 3D Printing Handbook.