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.

Carnival, São João festivals, team sports, and birthday parties in public squares are examples of celebrations and gatherings in streets and public spaces that have made a full comeback in 2022, following two years of strict restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On April 18, the Brazilian Institute of Architects, Federal District Department (IAB-DF), launched the "CRP/DF Headquarters Competition." This single-stage competition aims to select and contract the best interior design, lighting, and visual communication proposal for the 450m² CRP 01/DF headquarters, located at the Brasília Rádio Center in Brasília, DF.

The deadline for the national public competition for the requalification of the Senac building complex in downtown Belo Horizonte has been extended to February 15. The competition was launched last December by Senac in Minas and the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB). Participation is open to professionals, either individually or as the technical lead of an architecture and urbanism firm. The competition guidelines are available at www.concursoarquiteturasenacbh.com.br

The Minimum Pavilion - M4 Competition is a team-based competition for students and recent graduates of Architecture and Urbanism.

The Council of Architecture and Urbanism of São Paulo (CAU/SP), in partnership with the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB), is launching a National Public Competition for Architecture and Urbanism projects to renovate its headquarters, located at 194 Rua Quinze de Novembro, in the city's historic Triângulo district. Registration is scheduled to open on November 7.

Registration is open for the National Architecture and Urbanism Competition in São Francisco de Paula.

The Organizing Committee, composed of members from Audium and Trisoft, hereby announces, through a specific call for entries, the schedule and rules for registration, selection, file formatting instructions, evaluation, and publication of works submitted for the 1st Trisoft National Design for Comfort Competition.

- Selected projects will be featured on the Arbo Platform, where public and private sector managers can discover best practices and urban transformations related to early childhood.

The largest interior design competition in Latin America has begun and will award the winners of each category with a sculpture by the renowned visual artist Yutaka Toyota.

The Bogotá Public Space Biennial (BEPBOG) is a biennial competition organized by the Mayor's Office of Bogotá D.C., represented by the Administrative Department of the Public Space Ombudsman (DADEP) and its Bogotá D.C. Public Space Observatory, in partnership with the Colombian Society of Architects, Bogotá and Cundinamarca regional chapter (SCA BC).

The curatorial team for the Spanish Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, Uncertainty, invites the entire architectural community to participate in this open call, which will prioritize interdisciplinary projects that have demonstrated a positive and tangible social impact.

The ‘III Arquia Social Grant Call’, an initiative promoted by Arquia Banca and managed by the Arquia Foundation, closes on March 1st. This marks the end of the application period for one of the 50 tuition grants available to students enrolled in university programs leading to an architecture degree. Applications will be reviewed and ranked based on a priority coefficient determined by the candidate’s economic, academic, and personal circumstances.

Visoren, a company specializing in social rental housing, aims to support ecological construction in residential buildings throughout Spain. To this end, the company is offering two scholarships—one full and one partial—for the Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings organized by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), beginning in October 2019.

All entries submitted within 15 days of this publication (October 18, 2019) that meet the requirements outlined in the attached competition brief will be evaluated.

The general objective of this ideas competition is to foster reflection, commitment, entrepreneurial spirit, and innovation among students and recent university graduates, while promoting a better understanding of the technical and management factors that add value and influence the dynamics of urban complexes dedicated to tourism, commerce, and leisure.

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To support young Spanish architects and promote the recognition of professional quality and competence, ASEMAS presents the 5th edition of the 2023 ASEMAS PFC Architecture Competition. The jury will evaluate the effort put into materializing the concept, the precision of the solutions, the quality of the work, the originality of the construction details, and the understanding of applicable regulations.

The 40th edition of the European Architecture Students Assembly (EASA) is ready! 600 architecture students and over 35 workshops will gather this year (July 25 – August 9) in Valga, Estonia, under the theme "APATHY."

Starting February 1, 2019, you can register for the 5th edition of the Arquia Grant for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Architecture 2019. The grant is intended for the development of a business project at the Factoría Cultural Creative Industries Incubator in Matadero Madrid. The project may encompass any field within the architecture profession.

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The Loja Urban Laboratory is a multi-stakeholder, creative, and innovative space that seeks to support and strengthen local public policy for the comprehensive improvement of neighborhoods and public space through a holistic and sustainable approach. The laboratory’s work contributes to building an inclusive, safe, and equitable city by strengthening an intervention model for peripheral urban neighborhoods, promoting planned and sustainable urban development while optimizing land use and occupancy. The core focus of comprehensive neighborhood improvement is based on the recovery, activation, and appropriation of public space through citizen participation, promoting universal access and enjoyment for all as an exercise of rights, and as a foundation for the right to the city.

Interested in learning how to build with earth? Don't miss this excellent workshop hosted by the Ecuadorian firm RAMA Estudio—learn by doing! The workshop will consist of two Saturdays of theoretical and practical sessions on March 10 and 17.

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The 2025 ARQUITECTURA Awards are underway. The competition enters its fourth edition with new features designed to enhance the recognition of planning projects and other urban schemes. The goal is to broaden participation opportunities, continuing to showcase and share with society at large the values of architecture, urban planning, and other professional practices that contribute to human well-being and planetary sustainability. Organized by the Spanish Council of Architects (CSCAE) and officially sponsored by COMPAC®, the ARQUITECTURA Awards include six distinctions based on universal, social, and cultural values, along with three special recognitions.

The General Secretariat of Urban Agenda, Housing and Architecture of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda, in collaboration with the Arquia Foundation, has launched this ideas competition, open from February 19 to April 10 (inclusive), aimed at young architects up to 45 years of age.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda announces the inaugural edition of the La Casa de la Arquitectura Awards to recognize quality architecture, in accordance with the principles of the Law on the Quality of Architecture, and to highlight its commitment to collective well-being by demonstrating architecture's capacity to address present and future challenges.

The call for applications is now open for the Hatching Festival workshops, which will take place from July 5 to 8 in Tenerife and from July 10 to 14 in Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands. Directed by architect Fernando Menis, the festival focuses on the possibility of creating life in desert or semi-desert areas through a symbiosis of tradition and new technologies, natural energy, and the manipulation of form.