The Félix Candela Award is an international architectural ideas competition conducted in Spanish, held in two phases. It is organized annually by the Spanish Institute of Architecture (IESARQ) and is open to students of architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and design, as well as young architects, landscape architects, urbanists, and designers, participating either individually or in teams of two or three.
In its aim to launch new formats that respond to urban transformations, Concéntrico presents three open calls—"Objetos en la ciudad" (Objects in the City), "Tercer paisaje" (Third Landscape), and "Picnic en el viñedo" (Picnic in the Vineyard)—to participate in the festival in Logroño. The new edition will be held from June 19 to 24, 2025.
The expansion of the Sesc network and the development of new facilities at Sesc Mogi das Cruzes have prompted a National Preliminary Architectural 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 project involves the creation of a new "Park Unit" near the center of Mogi das Cruzes, on a flat site surrounded by natural areas and the São Paulo Green Belt, with views of the Serra do Itapeti.
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.
Since 1998, Arquine has hosted an architecture competition that allows ideas and proposals to be compared on equal terms. As in previous editions, the Arquine Competition No. 28 invites participants to design, build, and activate a pavilion in the Historic Center of Mexico City as part of the MEXTRÓPOLI Architecture and City Festival. Entrants must design a piece that meets the conditions specified in the competition guidelines regarding timelines, costs, and specifications, while considering its ability to engage and attract the public—a fundamental aspect of the proposal's evaluation.
The architecture competition to design the future Environmental Education Center at the La Laja landfill seeks to propose a space that promotes understanding the landfill as an educational site for human adaptation toward responsible consumption and a shift in how household solid waste is conceptualized, focusing on reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting.
Call for Proposals: Constructing a Timber Health Clinic—Innovating Social Interest Architecture in Uruguay
The Urban Housing and Habitat Practices Platform (UHPH) is calling for entries for the 2023 UHPH Inspiring Practices Competition. The competition seeks to identify policies, plans, programs, projects, initiatives, and sustainable and technological solutions in the housing and habitat sector developed in Latin America and the Caribbean. These entries should leverage innovation and collaboration to help combat inequalities in urban settlements in the face of the climate crisis and its effects.
The Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning of Uruguay and the National Housing Agency (ANV), with the support of the Durazno Departmental Government and the Inter-American Development Bank, have launched a call for proposals for a pilot project to construct high-rise social housing in timber in the city of Durazno.
The Municipality of Temuco, through its Municipal Planning Secretariat, invites entries for the Architectural Design Competition for the Young Pablo Neruda House Museum in Temuco, Araucanía Region. The project aims to highlight Pablo Neruda's childhood memories and his development as a poet in the Araucanía Region.
The Mayor's Office of Santiago de Cali, the Administrative Department of Planning, and the Colombian Society of Architects of Valle del Cauca invite you to participate in the Urban and Landscape Design Competition for the recovery and transformation of the center of the City of Santiago de Cali along the axis of the historic Calle 5a – El Paseo de Jovita al Río.
The submission period for the curatorial competition for the International Union of Architects (UIA) World Congress of Architects in Barcelona 2026 opened on June 28.
Project Name: Open Tender for Schematic Design of Shenzhen Polytechnic (Shenshan Campus, Phase I)
Project Location: Chishi Town, Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone
Application Deadline: 17:00, May 6, 2023
Concéntrico celebrates its 10th edition with a major transformation, aiming to envision the festival's future and share the knowledge gained about the city by incorporating new formats, engaging diverse audiences, and tackling challenges that explore time as a catalyst for change in urban and social design. The new edition will take place from April 25 to May 1, 2024.
The Brazilian Center for Steel Construction (CBCA) has opened registration for the 16th CBCA/Alacero Architecture Student Competition 2023. Interested participants may register until July 17 and submit their projects by August 25. The first-place winner will receive a prize of R$ 10,000.00, to be distributed among the team and their faculty advisor. The winning project will also represent Brazil in the 2023 #desafioALACERO Steel Design Competition for Architecture Students, organized by the Latin American Steel Association (ALACERO).
The city of Alicante, the provincial capital and the fifth most populous city in Spain, boasts a privileged climate, an exceptional location, magnificent infrastructure, and extraordinary connectivity. With its airport—the fifth busiest in Spain by passenger volume—and its high-speed rail connection to Madrid, the city is a continuously developing technological and service hub that also hosts the European Union Intellectual Property Office, the registry for EU trademarks and designs.
Talca has uploaded a multi-million dollar tender for the restoration of the Central Market to the public procurement portal. The project has a budget of over 17 billion pesos for this historic national monument. Mayor Juan Carlos Díaz, along with Regional Governor Cristina Bravo, met this morning with the market's tenant board to announce the timeline for this process.
The Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning of Uruguay and Mevir, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank, are calling for proposals for new low-rise timber housing typologies. These units will be constructed by MEVIR as a 20-unit demonstration project in the town of Tranqueras, in the department of Rivera, Uruguay.
The Municipal Mayor's Office of Bucaramanga and the Colombian Society of Architects announce the launch of the 'Public Ideas Competition for the development of a land occupation model for the northern edge of the municipality of Bucaramanga.'
Brazil's largest private architecture competition selects a design for a nearly 12,000 m² residential building
The School of Architecture at the Universidad Andrés Bello's Campus Creativo is now accepting applications for the third edition of Residencias Remotas. This project aims to foster open, inter/multi/trans-disciplinary experimentation surrounding contemporary and relevant themes, posing questions that challenge the current state of affairs and creating spaces for research and free creation.
Concéntrico, in its effort to initiate new formats that respond to urban transformations, presents a call for entries in collaboration with the Logroño City Council and LIF 2002 (Logroño Railway Integration), as part of the city's strategic plan to address heatwaves. The objective of this call is to create a permanent urban climate island, to be located in the vicinity of the Felipe VI Park lake on the unpaved area that forms a hexagonal plaza.
FINAL WEEK TO REGISTER FOR THE 3RD WEEFOR ARQ
Welcome to "Best House in the World," a new competition to discover and reward residential architectural designs currently in the development or bidding phase, prior to construction. These are real projects, with real clients and sites, designed by architects who aim to reach new standards of excellence and quality in the construction of their residential work.