This guide covers a workflow that moves from project parameters to generated floor plans, 3D perspective views, exterior design exploration, and site context visualization, using AI tools in place of preliminary CAD and rendering work.

Model. Barcelona Architectures Festival (Model) is the latest experimental and visionary architecture festival on the global cultural scene. The project was founded by the Barcelona City Council and the Architects' Association of Catalonia (COAC) in 2022, and this year, it will be managed by the Mies van der Rohe Foundation.

The Spanish Council of Architects (CSCAE) has announced a design competition for the comprehensive renovation of its headquarters, located at 12 Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid. Submissions are open until February 21 of this year. The competition will be held in two phases, with the goal of selecting a proposal that reflects the institution's identity while providing a friendly, environmentally sustainable office environment. The design should accommodate both institutional and office work alongside teleworking, utilizing warm and welcoming materials and textures.

"We don't want to see the final image of your projects; we want to know how you create them."

Profine Iberia - KÖMMERLING, a leading manufacturer of PVC window systems, in collaboration with the Green Building Council España (GBCe) and the Zero City Project, is launching the 1st KÖMMERLING Challenge Architecture Award. This initiative aims to recognize architecture firms that strive to innovate their work methodology to prioritize sustainability across all their projects.

The call for academic papers for the upcoming 20th issue of rita_ magazine is now open. The call invites submissions in Spanish or Portuguese from faculty, graduate students, and professionals holding a master’s or doctoral degree.

The submission process for issue No. 10 of TULHA magazine, published by the Tutorial Education Program (PET) in Architecture and Urbanism at PUC-Campinas, is now open. The issue welcomes scientific, textual, design-based, and graphic essays that explore architecture and urbanism. This year, the magazine follows a thematic axis titled "City, Space, and Preservation of Memory."

ARQDIS Pavilion 2023 is an international conference (October 11–13) in Bogotá, Colombia, that will explore cutting-edge projects and research across the creative disciplines.

How can we foster more beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive processes and environments? What should be the vocation of Mediterranean cities in relation to the principles of the New European Bauhaus? What are the challenges and opportunities for an NEB center in Southern Europe?

Never Enough Architecture (NEA) is launching a new initiative that bridges education and competitions. The initiative combines traditional architecture competitions with free courses led by experts, offering participants a comprehensive understanding of the competition's core themes.

Never Enough Architecture (NEA) has launched a new initiative that bridges the gap between architectural competitions and professional development. This proposal combines traditional competitions with free courses taught by industry experts, providing participants with a comprehensive learning experience regarding the competition themes.

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The Colombian Society of Architects, aiming to strengthen the promotion of sustainable architecture in Colombia and with the mission of consolidating this effort through concrete incentives, is calling for project submissions for the "III Award for Excellence in Sustainable Architecture – Vidrio Andino."

The team behind "Reimagining the Railway Landscape: Heritage Infrastructures of the Southern Railway in the Maule Region" (file no. 674719), a project funded by the 2023 Fondart Regional (Dissemination line, single modality), invites submissions for a publication that will accompany the project's upcoming exhibition.

The competition aims to select an urban renewal project for the area surrounding the Mercado Municipal Paulistano. This area currently encompasses a range of functions beyond commerce, having evolved into a central tourist hub for the city.

The competition seeks two complementary approaches: a strategic intervention plan covering an area accessible within a 15-minute walk, with the Market at its center, and a set of physical interventions to improve the space within a broader twelve-block perimeter, addressing key urban challenges in the area, such as the relationship with the Tamanduateí River and the railway line.

Aiming to strengthen the link between constructive design practice in architecture and urbanism education and the private sector, we are pleased to invite you to participate in the first edition of the unique Student Ideas Competition for a Floating House – CIEF 01/2023.

"Entreplanos: Cinema, City, Architecture" is an open-call competition for short films of up to two minutes, shot entirely on a mobile phone. Entries must address themes related to the city and architecture.

The call for academic papers for the upcoming 21st issue of rita_ journal is now open. Submissions in Spanish or Portuguese are invited from faculty, graduate students, and professionals holding a master's or doctoral degree.

The Fundación Colegio Americano de Quito (FCAQ) and the Colegio de Arquitectos de Pichincha (CAE-P) have joined forces to officially launch the International Ideas Competition for the design and architectural direction of the institution's new campus, which has been recognized for its academic excellence for over 80 years.

The Félix Candela Award is a two-stage international architecture ideas competition conducted in Spanish. It is organized annually by the Instituto Español de Arquitectura (IESARQ) and is open to students of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and design, as well as young architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and designers, either as individuals or in teams of two to three members.

Download information regarding this competition here.

Archstorming has launched an international competition to design resilient schools following natural disasters in Nepal.

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Archstorming has launched an international competition to design resilient schools following natural disasters in Nepal.

The engineering and transport infrastructure department, through the CITETRANS research group at the University of Oviedo, is launching its seventh international student ideas competition to solicit proposals for resolving a transport network issue, titled "Mieres Campus Reload."

The Askin Awards is the first national design competition organized by TARIMATEC, aimed at discovering and showcasing new design talent worldwide. The competition seeks to foster innovative and sustainable proposals that, by using products from the new ASKIN brand, transform the way we conceive and inhabit spaces.

The Municipality of Lo Barnechea, in partnership with the Association of Architectural Offices (AOA), invites national architects to participate in a competition for the design of pedestrian bridges in the commune. The competition seeks innovative and sustainable proposals that ensure urban connectivity and integration in the Las Ermitas sector, while promoting local identity.

The 11th edition of the International Festival of Urban Interventions (FIIU 11) will take place from October 21 to 24, 2026, in Lima, Peru, establishing itself as a key space for exchange, reflection, and collective action regarding the urban challenges facing Latin America.