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.

At a time when urbanization has become planetary and humanity has become a geological force capable of profoundly altering Earth's thermodynamic cycles, it is urgent to reinvent the urban way of life and rehearse other forms of coexistence between humans, animals, and plants—between cities, forests, rivers, and mountains. Furthermore, it is urgent to design, with our feet on the ground and in collaboration with the peoples and sciences of the Earth, the conditions for future habitability.

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.

New award to recognize projects and initiatives that improve walking conditions in Brazilian cities
The first edition of the Walkable City Award, organized by SampaPé! with the support of ITDP Brazil and Walk21, will reward and highlight public sector efforts to improve walkability in Brazilian cities in recent years.

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.

Photo contest encourages the contemplation of nature and greenery found while walking in the city

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 São Paulo State Government, through the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy, presents the exhibition “Artacho Jurado in the City’s Design” at the Galeria da Cidade. The exhibition, which focuses on the self-taught architect who designed and built landmarks of modern São Paulo such as the Bretagne, Cinderela, and Louvre buildings, opens to the public on Saturday, September 4—the date marking the 114th anniversary of his birth. In accordance with COVID-19 safety protocols, visitation is limited to a maximum capacity of 10 people. Those interested in scheduling a visit may do so via email at: artachonacidade@gmail.com

Registration is now open for the 2022 admissions process for the undergraduate program in Architecture and Urbanism at Escola da Cidade. Evaluations and interviews will take place in December, aiming to assess the potential of prospective students through their general knowledge, specific skills, and their ability to analyze, synthesize, and construct arguments.

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.

Escola da Cidade’s open courses are short-term and cover a diverse range of topics. They are intended for those interested in expanding dialogues on subjects such as history, anthropology, technology, economics, photography, literature, design, and music, among others, through cross-disciplinary perspectives on architecture and the city.

Applications for the lato sensu postgraduate program at Escola da Cidade are open until March 11, 2022. Established over 10 years ago, the program consists of seven courses and is structured around two central aspects: practice and design methodology, understood as research and a strategy for engaging with space across its multiple scales. The program’s overarching theme is "Civilization America: A Look Through Architecture," which proposes understanding and addressing the historical, geographical, territorial, and social conditions that define us. Through this lens, Escola da Cidade’s postgraduate courses aim to connect professionals working in architecture, urbanism, and related fields with research and critical reflection applied to design and education.

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.

The 25th Pan-American Architecture Biennial of Quito – PROHIBIDO NO TOCAR takes over the city with the Design Competition for Pavilions in Public Spaces in the city of Quito.

The organizers of the National Public Architecture Ideas Competition for the Indigenous Women's House (CAMI) have announced an extension to the registration and submission deadlines. Architecture firms across the country now have until April 15 to register and until April 29 to submit their proposals.

2026 ADMISSIONS – Professional Master's in Landscape Architecture (MPAP/FAU/UFRJ)

The XXV Pan-American Biennial of Architecture of Quito – PROHIBIDO NO TOCAR takes over the city with the Pavilion Design Competition for public spaces in Quito.

An ideas competition for the redefinition of the 21st-century lighthouse as a habitable space, accessible to visitors, where architecture not only emits light but is also lived in, explored, and occupied.

A Mountain Sanctuary will be designed within the National Park in Argentine Patagonia as a space for pause and contemplation for hikers and mountaineers on their journey toward Mount Fitz Roy.
The MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY must be conceived as part of the natural flow of the trail, functioning as an organic pause within the ascent experience. The expectation is for a space that provides protection against the extreme weather conditions of the Patagonian environment (wind, cold, snow) without becoming a permanent or massive shelter.

For this issue of Dearq, "The Spatial Dimension of Urban Mobility," we are seeking contributions that critically analyze the interrelationships between urban mobility, space, and the territorial dimension, while considering social dynamics and environmental aspects. We place special emphasis on understanding how mobility practices, policies, and projects interact with the built environment and contribute to producing—or transforming—urban and regional landscapes.

For this issue of Dearq, "Tectonic Matter," we are seeking contributions that address tectonics not as a style or a fetishization of detail, but as a rigorous field in which the material realities of architecture—such as provenance, craft, labor, structural systems, fabrication protocols, and performance criteria—become inseparable from how space is perceived, inhabited, and understood.
Who can participate: We welcome contributions from architects, historians, theorists, engineers, educators, and researchers addressing this theme. Interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives from specific contexts are encouraged, provided they remain anchored in tectonics as a conceptual and practical field of architectural invention.
The editors invite submissions of research articles, case studies, visual essays, and projects, provided they are original, unpublished, and comply with the journal's editorial policy.
Guest Editors:
Nader Tehrani
(The Cooper Union, USA)
Julián Palacio
(The Cooper Union, USA)
Rafael Villazón
(Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)
Submission period: April 17, 2026 – August 30, 2026
Issue publication: September 2027 (Dearq 49)
More information: https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/dearq/callforpapers

CALL FOR ENTRIES - Central Exhibition of the Buenos Aires International Biennial of Architecture 2026, Anniversary Edition