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The Bicycle and Its Doubles: Sculpture / Assemblage / Upcycling / Design Competition

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).

Call for Projects | 14th Ibero-American Architecture and Urbanism Biennale

This call seeks to recognize built architectural works, regardless of scale, that address contemporary societal issues. Special consideration will be given to projects that demonstrate a positive impact on urban and rural spaces through improvements and innovations in housing, infrastructure, public space, social integration, and environmental sustainability, in alignment with the core concepts of the XIV BIAU.

Call for Publications | 14th Ibero-American Architecture and Urbanism Biennial

Publications that disseminate new knowledge related to the themes addressed in the 14th BIAU in the fields of architecture, urbanism, and territory will be awarded. The prize recognizes two types of media:
• Books (both printed and digital)
• Periodicals: Magazines, newspapers, or fanzines (both printed and digital). In this case, the periodical should be registered only once, specifying the issues published during the 2024–2025 period.

Lifetime Achievement Open Call | 14th Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism

An honorary award recognizing the professional trajectory of Ibero-American individuals or collectives who have made significant contributions to the field of Ibero-American architecture and urbanism.

IBRAMEM 2025 Architecture and Wood Design Award - Call for Entries Open!

We are honored to announce the 2025 IBRAMEM Architecture and Wood Design Award, which aims to establish itself as a significant catalyst for the development of creative, high-quality projects, structures, products, and objects within the fields of Architecture, Urbanism, Engineering, and Wood Design in Brazil and across Latin America.

The Latin American Architecture Biennial opens its call for entries for the upcoming BAL 2025 edition

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.

GENfadu, call for applications for architects and faculty at UBA

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.

Photography Open Call #FromMyRoom: Self-Portraits from Lockdown

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.

Call for entries open for the 2020 IBRAMEM Timber Architecture Award

We are honored to announce the 2020 IBRAMEM Timber Architecture Award, which aims to establish itself as a powerful tool for encouraging creative, high-quality projects in architecture, urbanism, engineering, and design using timber in Brazil and across Latin America.

Call for entries open for the 2020 IBRAMEM Timber Architecture Award

Due to the rescheduling of the XVII EBRAMEM to March 2021, the 2020 IBRAMEM Timber Architecture Award will be held on NEW DATES.

PALIMPSEST. Erased City [1521-2021]

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.

1st KeObra University Competition: Design Progressive Social Housing

The competition seeks progressive housing projects to be integrated into the KeObra Calculator, providing estimated budgets, material lists, estimated construction timelines, and the necessary plans to begin construction.

Competition for the Scenic Garden Project, Chapultepec Forest, Mexico City

The "Scenic Garden and Pavilion" ideas competition aims primarily to reorganize and comprehensively recover the area known as the "ecological parking lot," facilitating the integration of the Centro Cultural del Bosque (CCB) into the Chapultepec Forest itself. In other words, the project seeks a design that incorporates reforestation, architecture, and landscape for this territory—currently a parking lot—which must be reintegrated into the urban forest and contribute to strengthening the performing arts ecosystem represented by the CCB. The project includes the design of a Scenic Pavilion as a permanent space featuring non-intrusive, harmonious architecture that blends with the forest environment, creating an interconnection point between the performing arts ecosystem and the visual arts ecosystem toward the Zoo and the Museum of Modern Art.

Ideas competition for the 'Reserva' master plan, Mar Azul site in Villa Gesell

The intervention will take place on properties owned by the CAAITBA (Social Security Fund for Surveyors, Architects, Engineers, and Technicians of the Province of Buenos Aires), located in the town of Mar Azul, in the Municipality of Villa Gesell, commonly known as the "Engineers' Campground."

DOCEXDOCE Latin America 1st Edition

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

Call for Ideas: Emergency Health Prototypes

This is a single-stage, open ideas competition. It is jointly organized by the Taller de Desarrollo Urbano (TaDU - Venezuela), the Peruvian Organization of Architecture Students (OPEA - Peru), and Más Ciudad Arq. (Peru). The competition is open to students and recent graduates (thesis students) of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, design, or any related field. Teams of up to 5 people may be formed, with the option to include a maximum of one recent graduate or bachelor (thesis student) who has completed their university coursework within the last two years.

IAAC Jaime Lerner Scholarship

IAAC Jaime Lerner Scholarship 2024 – Online Master in Advanced Urbanism for Latin American students 2024/25

CICOP Chile Award 2024: Architecture Thesis Projects

The CICOP Chile Award, now in its 7th national and 5th Latin American edition, aims to foster interest in architectural thesis projects and final degree projects that intervene in areas or buildings of heritage value, contributing to their enhancement, as well as to highlight and disseminate the best proposals developed in this field over the last few years.

Master of Timber Construction 2024 / UBB

The Faculty of Architecture, Construction and Design at the Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción Campus, invites national and international applicants to participate in the 2024 edition of the Master in Wood Construction [MCM].

Rogelio Salmona Latin American Architecture Award 2024: Submissions open

The Rogelio Salmona Latin American Architecture Prize 2024 was launched on Thursday, February 29.

CICOP Chile Award 2020: Thesis Projects - Architectural Heritage Intervention

The CICOP Chile Award aims to foster interest in architectural thesis projects that involve areas or buildings of heritage value, contributing to their enhancement, and to highlight the best proposals developed in this field over the last few years.

Call for Entries: Healthy City, Healthy Home Competition

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to seek new ways of living and daily solutions. The economic crisis triggered across various sectors has made it essential to invest in initiatives that contribute to overcoming these challenges, ultimately reflecting on the well-being and health of all. In response, the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Rio Grande do Sul (CAU/RS) has launched the "Healthy House – Healthy City" public ideas competition, which reinforces the role of architects and urbanists as essential agents in developing solutions for a healthier and safer society. Furthermore, CAU/RS believes that hosting competitions is a democratic way to identify quality proposals that benefit society as a whole.

Ideas Competition "COVID-19: New Opportunities for Sustainable Cities"

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.

"Building Schools - Public Spaces" Competition / THE SCHOOL___

LA ESCUELA___, a platform focused on public space design, has launched a competition centered on the planning and creation of a facility that connects the community with a chosen territory in Latin America, following its core approach of linking art and education.

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