The Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA) is proud to announce the launch of a major survey aimed at capturing the perspectives, aspirations, and challenges of young architects and architecture students across the Commonwealth. This initiative underscores the crucial role of youth in shaping the future of architecture through policy, education, and training.
Film and architecture festival announces an Open Call for films related to the topics of architecture, urbanism and design. It could be short films, mid-length or feature films. Selected works will be screened at the 14th edition of Film and architecture festival which will be held from October 1 to 6. Please submit your movies using this form: https://forms.gle/MPMJaiam4Y5YgVGZA
We are pleased to announce the release of the first edition of the NASA India Research Conference 24-25 (NIRC 24-25), a NASA India Research Cell Initiative. A two stage research conference with initial Abstract submission and final paper submission. An initiative which fosters critical thinking, deepens understanding of design challenges, and contributes to innovative solutions for sustainability, technology integration, and societal impact in the built environment.
The Call for Ideas Is Open! We’re delighted to announce the six new mentors and open call for applications for the tenth anniversary edition of Forecast Mentorships.
Sentinels, Iron Portals of Chicagoland. Billboard photographic series. Cédric Van Parys, Garofalo Fellow 2023-24. Photo credit: Cédric Van Parys.
The School of Architecture at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is now accepting applications for the 2025–26 Douglas A. Garofalo Fellowship. Named for the architect and educator Doug Garofalo (1958–2011), the nine-month fellowship provides emerging designers the opportunity to teach design studio and seminar courses and conduct independent research, culminating in a public lecture at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and an exhibition or public conversation at the school.
Unbuilt projects hold untapped potential. They tell stories of creativity, vision, and exploration. The Unbuilt Award 2025 shines a spotlight on these extraordinary designs, creating a platform for ideas that redefine boundaries.
With categories for small, medium, and large-scale projects, this competition ensures every vision receives the attention it deserves. No qualifications are required—this open call is for everyone, everywhere.
Future Plastic Design Award We are seeking creative and original concepts for furniture elements that blend functionality with contemporary design. These products should be manufactured using injection molding with a single mold, ensuring an optimized production process and reduced unit costs. The products will be sold disassembled to minimize packaging dimensions and should be designed for quick and intuitive assembly, allowing users to easily put them together. You are invited to propose a single piece of furniture or, if preferred, a collection of furniture elements designed for home use in both indoor and outdoor contexts. The product categories include: 1) Furniture (chairs, tables, shelves, etc.) 2) Objects/accessories (for desk, kitchen, bathroom, etc.) Unleash your creativity and present ideas for a collection that embodies innovation, functionality, and exceptional design quality.
Open Call: RSA Annual Exhibition 2025 Deadline: 06 February 2025 at 17:00 Submissions are now open for the 2025 RSA Annual Exhibition for artworks of any scale and in any fine art or architecture medium. How to submit:
VARES invites architects and spatial practitioners living, studying, or working in the Nordic and Baltic countries to participate in a winter school on the theme of darkness, taking place in Valga from December 4 to 8.
Good design evinces a sensitivity to its users and their needs, often reimagining the user experiences of a given space to promote beauty and delight; nowhere is this sensitivity more essential than in designing for the youngest and most impressionable members of our societies. From birth and infancy through to adolescence and even early adulthood, the spaces we — by choice or not — place our children in or subject our youth to inherently structure their formative experiences of the world. We can come to think of design as an act of care, and consider how design and its related processes can form part of the responsibility of care we have towards the younger generation, whether intentionally or inadvertently designing for children.
As human beings constructed buildings that enacted bold social experiments, they connected body and architecture through elements such as gesture, scale, proportion, and sensory dimensions. Dearq Journal invites the international academic community to submit original and unpublished research or reflection articles that address this relationship between architecture and the body, perception, and movement.
Call for entries for the Young Moroccan Architecture Awards
The Moroccan architectural scene is once again preparing to celebrate innovation and emerging creativity with the enthusiastic launch of the 2nd edition of the Young Moroccan Architecture Awards (YMAA). Launched on February 29, 2024, this prestigious call for entries aims to highlight the exceptional achievements of Moroccan architects under the age of 45. A distinguished jury of both national and international renowned architects will have the task of selecting the winners for this edition. The nominees will be announced on October 10 during a major event at the Sacré-Coeur Church in Casablanca. This evening will also feature a special tribute to Fouad Akalay, the visionary architect and founder of the YMAA, who recently passed away.
Dearq magazine, published by the School of Architecture and Design at the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), announces the opening of its Call for Papers on an open topic. We invite submissions of original and unpublished research articles, not under simultaneous submission, in either Spanish or English, that address topics related to architecture, the city, and related fields.
Asia’s leading sustainable light festival will return for its 11th edition next year to showcase exciting light art installations at Marina Bay and its neighbouring precincts.
In the past ten years across the globe, temperatures have broken records of heat consecutively bringing one heat wave after the other. The effects of these heatwaves have been felt particularly strongly in the Gulf region which was already known to hold extremely high temperatures in the summer months.
The people of Bahrain would traditionally move to the desert areas of the south during the winter months and back to coastal areas or closer to inland water sources during the hot summer months, this extended to various occupations as well, with agricultural workers, craftspeople, and traders frequently relocating to
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