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In 2006, the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) launched the first Master of Collective Housing (MCH), an advanced professional postgraduate program focused on research in housing, urban planning, and energy efficiency. The value of this unique program lies in its exceptional teaching faculty and its practice-oriented, comprehensive design philosophy, which emphasizes the integration of theory and practice.

Open Tender for Development of the General Plan for Ganja city

The State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Committee) invites the bidders to an open tender for Development of the General Plan for Ganja City based on the order # 225 s, dated April 01, 2019 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic “The State order of the urban development works financed from the state budget for 2019”.

Invitalia, the national development Agency, is a governmental body that has been appointed for the implementation of the Program for Environmental Rehabilitation and Urban Regeneration of the Bagnoli area on the western border of Naples. Bagnoli covers about 2.5 square kilometres and hosted one of the largest European steelworks plant, which shut down in 1993.

Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation is announcing the design competition for "Seoul Compact City International Design Competition" to reconnect the disconnected areas and the development and revitalize through the multi-level complex on the Bukbu expressway.

Governor Cuomo welcomes artists, architects and designers to submit proposals for a memorial honoring the victims of Hurricane Maria to stand as an international symbol of the resilience of the Puerto Rican community.

eVolo Magazine is pleased to invite architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the 2020 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations; along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. It is a forum that examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city.

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Many challenges underline the urgency of reconsidering dominant approaches to development, land use, and the institutional framework that governs them, in addition to the political context, which requires a novel and creative counter-approach in Chekka and Surrounding Towns in North Lebanon.
As such, this competition is an open call for planners, designers, environmental scientists, agricultural engineers, economists and other professionals to draft an intervention framework, which simultaneously answers the concept of sustainable development and the immediate needs of the people, including job opportunities and a local economy, without compromising their health, the environment and local economic resources.

Aarhus School of Architecture proudly announces the seventh joint venture competition: Drawing of the Year 2019.

We invite architecture students from all over the world and call for drawings that demonstrate their ability to dream and create drawings that inspire for change.

NAVER Corp. is South Korea’s largest web search engine, as well as a global ICT brand that provides services including LINE messenger, currently with over 200 million users from around the world, the SNOW video app, and the digital comics platform NAVER WEBTOON, the result of which NAVER stores and manages a wide array of user data. Since the advent of the internet, advances in telecommunication and smartphone technology, and other new technological developments in the IT industry have triggered explosive levels of data production and direct consumption, all of which has led to an increase in NAVER’s IT infrastructure as well.

The BLL Awards for Architecture & Design comes from “Bringing light to life” which is the slogan of VELUX world brand for roof windows, which distribute daylight and fresh air into buildings through the roof. The idea of the Awards is to popularize good architecture, from architects and designers across countries in the CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) region, which demonstrates the effective distribution of daylight into buildings and the utilization of the space under the roof elements. It is a platform to showcase the work and products of architects and designers to a global audience. This year is the 6th edition of the BLL Awards, and is now open for entries. Seven countries from the CEE region are included – Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Turkey.

To the regular student of architecture, journalism may seem as a largely outlandish field. It is, however, largely untapped as a source of intellect. It is this source that Dayananda Sagar College of Architecture (DSCA), Bengaluru, India, one of the renowned architectural institutions of India is looking to explore through its venture of an essay writing competition.

Last quarter, Tesla delivered 95,000 electric cars to customers from around the world. Needless to say, the electric car revolution is coming at a rapid pace as people around the world choose to buy an electric vehicle instead of a gas car.

The question then becomes, what will happen to all the gas stations? There are over 130,000 gas stations in the US alone and many are family-run small businesses who don't have endless resources to prepare for the coming tectonic shift.

The Ministry of Education of Ecuador, through the New Educational Infrastructure Project Management office, is currently executing the "Support for the Quality and Inclusion of the Ecuadorian Educational Sector" program, funded by the French Development Agency.

Consulting firms are required to have a minimum technical team that enables them to meet the specified deliverables and experience parameters outlined in the Request for Expressions of Interest.

The Ministry of Education of Ecuador, through the New Educational Infrastructure Project Management office, is implementing the "Support for the Quality and Inclusion of the Ecuadorian Education Sector" program, funded by the French Development Agency.

The Ministry of Education of Ecuador, through the New Educational Infrastructure Project Management Office, is implementing the "Support for Quality and Inclusion in the Ecuadorian Education Sector" program, funded by the French Development Agency.

The Ministry of Education of Ecuador, through the New Educational Infrastructure Project Management office, is currently implementing the "Support for Quality and Inclusion in the Ecuadorian Education Sector" program, funded by the French Development Agency.

ArkxSite has announced the winners of its international architecture ideas competition.The competition has invited all architecture students and young architects to develop innovative ideas for the design of a Site Mausoleum located in the Jaspe Quarry, ‘Serra da Arrábida’, Portugal. The site is of great natural power as the remains of an old quarry are carved into its landscape, along with massive cliffs that drop dramatically into the Atlantic Ocean.

The competition committee wanted participants to develop an intervention that emphasizes, respects, and celebrates the site, all while providing visitors with a unique experience of movement between enclosed and open spaces. 

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• Title

  Call for Entries: National Railway Museum Central Hall Design Competition

• Type

  Competition Announcement (Built Projects & Masterplans)

• Website

  https://competitions.malcolmreading.com/railwaymuseum

• Organizers

  Malcolm Reading Consultants

• Submission Deadline

  October 16, 2019 02:00 PM

• Venue

  National Railway Museum

• Price

  Free

Starting with the landmark exhibition in 2014, Built by Women has offered the opportunity to demonstrate the breadth of achievement in the building industry by women at the highest levels.

Women are underrepresented in the building professions: architecture (15–18%), engineering (4.5–13.7%), and construction (2.6%). Built by Women’s goal is to change this. Increasing the number of women in science, technology, engineering, architecture and mathematics is critical to our country’s ability to compete globally. 

The purpose of this competition is to recognize the significant but often overlooked work of women architects, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, contractors, and developers in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Madanfo Project and Radefoundation announce a call for entries for the "Timeabu Kindergarten" Architecture Competition. The competition aims to create a place where the youngest children of Timeabu can take classes.

The competition is open to candidates both students of professionals of architecture, design, engineering, or people involved to design or construction projects, from all around the world.

Registration is now open for the 2nd Student Ideas Competition of the Gustavo Penna 73/23 Project. In its second edition, the competition seeks to recognize the best architectural and urban design concept aimed at requalifying and redefining Praça da República and its surroundings in the heart of São Paulo, addressing local demands for the appropriation of public space, the harmonious integration of various public transport modes, and improved quality of life.

The A’ Design Award was "born out of the desire to underline the best designs and well-designed products." It is an international award whose aim is to provide designers, architects, and innovators from all design fields with a platform to showcase their work and products to a global audience. This year's edition is now open for entries; designers can register their submissions here.

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When great products meet great design...

The Architects’ Journal's AJ Specification Awards returns for a 2nd year, celebrating successful collaborations between suppliers, manufacturers, and architects.
The awards celebrate how exceptional working relationships between architects and suppliers and manufacturers lead to successful projects, showcasing standout examples of the creative use of products and materials in making great buildings.
Be it to find solutions to particular design challenge, or simply to bring joy to a project, the intelligent integration of products into the design process – from the taps in a bathroom to the finishes on a façade – is an aspect of architecture that the AJ has long championed.