AREA (Asociación para la Reflexión Estratégica acerca de la Arquitectura) invites submissions for the ninth Bienal de Arquitectura Latinoamericana (BAL) 2025, which aims to highlight the work of emerging Latin American architects. As in previous editions, BAL seeks to showcase the work of emerging professionals in Spain, thereby fostering their professional reach both here and in their home countries. BAL 2025 will take place in Pamplona over the course of one week. The program will feature a variety of events linked to different geographic regions, including exhibitions, lectures, and roundtables that offer a global overview of the current state of Latin American architecture.

In response to the expectations of Latin American architects and following four successful editions, REDBAAL is now accepting entries for the Fifth Edition of the Oscar Niemeyer Award for Latin American Architecture—the ON Grand Prize—to be presented on August 9 of this year.
The finest architectural work, previously recognized at prestigious Latin American biennials, will take center stage in this international competition, which serves as the “Biennial of Biennials” for Latin American architecture.
We remain committed to bringing together our professionals and their outstanding work, which reflects diverse realities while serving as a testament to highly valuable collective social efforts.

Open for Entries: CRIE! Student Rapid Ideas Competition - A Pizza Oven for FAU UFRJ

As part of the 4th International Forum on Urban Interventions (FIIU 2019)—which hosts the 3rd Placemaking Latin America gathering—the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Cities Lab, Ocupa tu Calle, and Lima Cómo Vamos are launching the 3rd Citizen Urban Innovation Competition. Citizens and social organizations from Peru and Latin America are invited to submit proposals for the design and implementation of urban interventions in two areas of Lima, previously selected by the Organizing Committee.

This poster will serve as the official image for the XXVII Latin American Architecture Students Meeting (ELEA), taking place in Ciudad del Este in October 2019. Students currently enrolled in any Architecture, Design, or Urbanism program throughout Latin America are invited to participate.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Latin American cities to rethink their policies to address the new local reality and the challenge of maintaining a balance between economic performance and the social well-being of their citizens, especially those who are most vulnerable.

GENfadu is an open call organized by the Communications Secretariat of the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism (FADU) at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). The initiative aims to recognize, showcase, and highlight the work of a generation of architect-educators within the faculty through a publication.

The International Youth Organization for Ibero-America (OIJ) is launching the #DesdeMiCuarto photography call, inviting young people across Ibero-America to share how they are experiencing the exceptional circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic from the intimacy and privacy of their own homes.

The 2023 Di Tella Architecture Prize - Emerging Practices aims to celebrate the work of young professionals in Argentina and neighboring countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay). The prize seeks to recognize the cultural value of architecture and its impact on the built environment.

DOCEXDOCE Latinoamérica launches its first edition. This 12-hour competition for architecture students features free registration, 12 prizes, and a $1,000 first prize.

We believe that by gaining a deeper understanding of the realities faced by public sector professionals—including gardeners, urban planners, and municipal architects—we can better analyze and envision a brighter future for landscape management in spaces such as gardens and parks.

The eighth edition of the Chile Diseño Awards will recognize the capacity for adaptation to the new reality.

30 proposals
30 jurors
3 winners

For the second consecutive year, MUTEK MX is officially launching its open call for artistic proposals for its 17th Edition, which will take place from November 23 to 29, 2020.

Call for essays and graphic narratives reflecting on the architecture, engineering, and/or spaces that no longer exist in Mexico City, in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the fall of Mexico-Tenochtitlan.

MIRO (Museum of Impunity: Resistance to Oblivion) is a digital museum exhibition project by the Estudio 3.14 Fellowship Program that seeks to showcase a diverse range of visual works with protest-oriented and subversive content. These works address various social issues stemming from the prevalence of impunity in Mexico and globally, through the power of imagery. Artists and designers are invited to submit existing works to be exhibited across the museum’s six constituent levels, each addressing the following issues: corrupt politicians, media, complicity, disappearances, and femicides.

Are you a creative person who enjoys designing objects? Registration for the "The Bicycle and its Doubles" competition is open until September 18, with finalists to be featured in the Bicycle Architecture Biennale (BAB).

The CONSTRULITA Lighting Awards return in 2021 to recognize those who, even during the pandemic, continue to enhance spaces through light. Lighting design is an essential field for reaffirming the importance of light in our lives, spanning art, education, science, technology, and design. Accordingly, this competition invites anyone dedicated to lighting design or related fields to register their projects and showcase their talent to the world.
This initiative by Grupo Construlita aims to serve as a platform for new generations seeking recognition, providing a space where their talent and experience can continue to grow and become part of the lighting community in Mexico and Latin America.
Starting Monday, September 6, the online registration platform will be open to professionals and students in fields related to architecture, interior design, industrial design, product design, lighting design, and engineering who currently reside in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, or the Dominican Republic.
Projects may be registered in five professional categories: Architectural Lighting, Interior Lighting, Light-Art, Product Design, and Connect +IoT—a new category focused on the integration of new connectivity technologies with lighting.

Professionals, professors, and students are invited to participate in the Third National Ideas Competition, organized by the Municipal Housing Institute of León (IMUVI León) in collaboration with the León Architects Association (Colegio de Arquitectos de León A.C.).
The objective is to develop a conceptual proposal for a social housing condominium in the Las Américas neighborhood in León, Guanajuato.

This meeting, continuing the previous Latin American and National gatherings, aims to bring together architecture professionals, academic departments, educators, researchers, and students to continue debating and deepening the understanding of professional practice in habitat transformation processes.

Concursos AG 360 announces the "Alpine Hostel 2019" ideas competition, which will take place from January to April 2019. The project calls for the creation of an alpine shelter and a viewpoint on the slopes of the Nevado de Toluca, Mexico, intended to promote ecotourism development in the area. The entire site development must be based on sustainable and environmentally friendly principles.

BID CitiesLab 2019 is a university competition aimed at finding creative solutions and innovative ideas for urban problems in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), involving students, university professors, and young professionals from the region and Spain. It aims to serve as a seedbed and incubator for young talent in urban issues through a network of universities, offer direct experience to enhance real plans and projects, and promote a participatory space that challenges the discipline's paradigms.

As in previous editions, the Latin American Architecture Biennial (BAL) aims to showcase the work of emerging professionals in Spain, thereby helping to promote their practice both in Spain and in their home countries.

BAL 2019 will take place over the course of one week in Pamplona, Spain, combining a variety of events linked to different geographic regions. The program will feature exhibitions, lectures, and roundtables that provide a global overview of the current state of Latin American architecture. Following the event, the BAL will be exhibited in Barcelona and Madrid, as well as at BIAU 2021, and may also be presented in participating countries upon request.

The National Ideas Competition "Buenos Aires and the River: North Waterfront Park" has been open since October. Organized by the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism at the University of Buenos Aires, the competition aims to strengthen the relationship between the urban and natural environments through a comprehensive project that revitalizes and elevates the 7.6-kilometer stretch of the city's northern coastline.