On the 4th of August 2020, a massive explosion hit the heart of the city of Beirut. The Epicenter of this explosion was the main port surrounded by the historic center of the city. This scar left more than 300,000 people without a home, and destroyed hundreds of historical buildings. The area was also known to be an attraction to a majority of the Lebanese youth, an Art and Cultural Hub standing side to side with a Nightlife and culinary center. The area affected was part of a collective memory of generations and generations evolving organically with the passing years. It was a perfect example of how a historic area can intuitively evolve and keep up with the times without losing its features.

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On January 25th 2021, Vietnam Design Association – Ho Chi Minh City (VDAS) officially announced the "VinFast Global Showroom Design Competition 2021" (VFDC 2021) to find the most outstanding design idea that will be deployed for VinFast smart vehicle brand's showrooms globally. VFDC 2021 offers designers the opportunity to showcase their talents to the prestigious jury board from leading international architectural organizations and win prizes valuing a total of more than USD 60,000.

What Design Can Do is calling on designers and creatives around the world to join the No Waste Challenge, our third Climate Action Challenge in partnership with the IKEA Foundation.

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Concéntrico, the Logroño (Spain) International Architecture and Design Festival, seeks to reflect on the urban environment and the city through different formats of architectural and design projects. Next year’s edition, Concéntrico 07, will take place from September 2–5, 2021.

OUTSIDER - a magazine that transcends boundaries has launched an architectural competition that encourages exploration of the significant potential of earth as a building material. The technique is one of the oldest known building methods. It carries a great potential in becoming a prevailing “novelty” of the future. The great environmental aspects, unique aesthetics, and energy efficiency are reasons enough to explore the topic forward.

Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) with GIZ India, Taru Leading Edge and Urbanista under the “Sustainable Urban Development - Smart Cities” (SUD-SC) project as part of Indo-German Bilateral Technical Cooperation launches the Co(Vai) Design Competition - a national level ‘Urban Design Competition’ (UDC) that aims to jointly design and facilitate with a diverse set of stakeholders the implementation of integrated civic projects that are of key relevance to the sustainable development of Coimbatore. The competition invites multi-disciplinary teams of professionals from diverse backgrounds (Architecture, Urban design, Landscape Design, Social Sciences, Humanities, Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Spatial Planning and allied fields) to participate and present implementable ideas that are scalable, sustainable, inclusive in nature, based on local needs and multisectoral in their approach.

For the 28th annual Tile Competition, Ceramics of Italy is currently accepting submissions from top North American architects and designers who have used Italian ceramic and porcelain tile to create unique installations in built projects around the world. An international jury of design experts will review submissions from all over the continent and select winners in five categories: Commercial, Institutional, Residential (Multi-Family), Residential (Single-Family), and Student. Projects must have been completed between January 2016 and March 2021 and feature tile from one or more Ceramics of Italy manufacturers.

1. International Competition of Integrated Urban and Architecture Masterplan for Suwon Dangsu District 2, Suwon, S. Korea
(including a Pilot Project for 1,500 housings)

Near the ocean and the Hossegor Lake, Caroline and Charl are currently owners of a 1700sqm plot and want to build a 300sqm passive house to live as sustainable as possible. As a historical touristic area, the Landes county suffers from the urban sprawl and the lack of sustainable buildings necessary to change mindsets.

Calling for Entries for a 200+ Unit Residential Development in the City of Brantford, Ontario (Canada). This is a REAL project which will be going through development approvals and construction. This project offers a total professional contract value of $55,000 CAD. Opportunities for Structural Design, Interior Design and 3D Rendering. Students and Professionals all welcome. Participation is completely FREE. This could be a career setting opportunity.

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Competition “Le Festival des Cabanes” The hut Festival 6th Edition
Architecture contest open to architecture students and architects
Applications accepted from January to April 10th 2021

The Face of Renovation is an open international contest for development of architectural solution concepts of buildings under the program of housing stock renovation in Moscow.

Background of Competition:
1)The target is this design competition 「The Library of SONGDO International City」 is a key indicator to carry out the purpose of Incheon-city which orients ‘An International City of Northeast Asia to the World’ and is an important challenge to expand the cultural infrastructure of the local residents.

Eligible projects must be designed by a New York City* based designer(s) for a project located anywhere in the world —OR — The project must be located in New York City regardless of the location of the designer(s).

We are excited to announce the Utah Black Success Center Design Competition! The Black Success Center will be the economic development hub of Utah’s Black Community and will help grow black businesses and jobs. The Center will be a space to collaborate, innovate, and mastermind--the space will include:

Call for entries for Cambodian architects to design a unique building inspired by Cambodian architectural heritage in the heart of Battambang City.

Project Lari begins as an international design competition, that seeks innovative proposals for movable-urban devices in the Indian context. The pursue is to reimagine street carts, keeping in mind women as a target user group and explore the potentials of informal commerce as a legitimate economic resource, while reevaluating the possibilities it offers in the construction of public space. The objective of the competition is to select an outstanding entry in order to detail, construct and implement it in a collaboration with Chaal.Chaal.Agency, URBZ and SEWA.

INDEF (Incheon International Design Fair) Promotion Committee is delighted to invite you to the ‘Untact Incheon International Design Fair 2020 : International Artwork Competition’.

Winter Stations is a single-stage international design competition held annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Participants are tasked with designing temporary winter art installations which incorporate existing lifeguard towers spaced strategically across the city’s Kew and Woodbine beaches. The structures (not in use in the wintertime) must not be ignored in the design and can be used as either an armature for the installations, a central feature, or other- wise linked to the installation.

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The Open International Architectural Competition to develop the territory of the right bank embankment of the River Moskva from Moscow Ring Road to Stroginskoe Shosse (Highway) has started on October, 2.

The subject-matter of the Competition consists in drawing up an architectural design for the purposes of future construction of new headquarters of Správa železnic, státní organizace, in the southern vicinity of the new Smíchov Terminal to be built along Nádražní street, in Prague 5 borough, the Czech Republic.