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.

In our effort to broaden the reach of our work as students, we have launched an initiative to create a dossier showcasing projects by architecture students. Submissions can be current or past work that faithfully captures our approach to the various facets of the profession.

The Engel Foundation invites Chilean architects to participate in the National Architecture and Landscape Design Competition for the New Museum of Santiago (NuMu). The museum will be located at the southern end of Bicentenario Park in Vitacura and will serve as a key element in consolidating a large area of the park and its edges, connecting it to the city and the urban fabric.

The Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage, through its Architecture department, has launched a new call for proposals to support the preservation, exhibition, and promotion of cultural content in architecture developed via digital media for display on streaming platforms, websites, or other digital formats associated with the institution.

At the request of the Commissioner General, interdisciplinary teams are invited to participate in the competition for the Chile Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020.

The development and preparation of all architectural, structural, and necessary building systems designs and details, along with the corresponding technical specifications and calculation reports, are requested, as well as the detailed official budget for the design project of the MINVU-SERVIU Institutional Building in the Araucanía Region.

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- The initiative is part of axis 2 of the RS Seguro program, known as RS Seguro COMunidade, launched in December 2023, which provides for the qualification of public community spaces and facilities in five areas.

The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) announced a national competition on Friday, January 26, for the architectural and landscape design of the future Covid-19 memorial. The competition is organized by the Rio de Janeiro Department of the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB-RJ).

A pioneering initiative for inclusion and professional development seeks to transform the reality for young Black architects in Brazil.

Registration for the 63rd IAB RJ Awards 2025 is now open, with a deadline of November 2. IAB members in good standing are entitled to one free entry. Additional entries are subject to a fee of R$ 105. Registration must be completed via the online form available on the Department’s website.

On October 23, Sebrae Rondônia and the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB) officially launched a national public architecture and urbanism competition to select the design for the new Sebrae headquarters in Porto Velho.

Oco is the name chosen for this residency—a name that carries the symbolism of bamboo, a central material in the experience, whose strength and lightness lie precisely in the void that constitutes it. It is from this hollow that sounds reverberate, flows pass through, and possibilities are born.

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- The competition aims to select the best proposal that meets the operational and administrative needs of the legislative branch.

DOMUS LAB is an open innovation platform that seeks to raise awareness regarding the production of sustainable habitats, with the goal of creating a positive impact in cities. We believe that achieving a paradigm shift requires changing how we approach housing and urban development.

Registration is now open for the fourth edition of the VEKA Cultural Competition. This initiative by the German multinational PVC profile systems company introduces new features this year: projects will be evaluated in two categories (Horizontal Architecture and Vertical Architecture) and must have been executed in any Latin American country.

Eligible works for the second edition of the Oscar Niemeyer Award for Latin American Architecture include those recognized by a REDBAAL-member biennial or selected by a national association or college of architects in the aforementioned Latin American countries where no REDBAAL-affiliated biennial exists.

The Association for Strategic Reflection on Architecture (AREA) announces the eighth Latin American Architecture Biennial (BAL), 2023 edition, to highlight the work of young Latin American architects. As in previous editions, BAL aims to showcase the work of emerging professionals in Spain, thereby helping to promote their careers both in our country and their own.

Until March 19, architecture firms from across the country can submit proposals for the Indigenous Women's House (CAMI). This public competition, commissioned by the Ministry of Women (MMulheres), aims to create appropriate, humanized spaces to support Indigenous women who are victims of gender-based violence. The initiative is the result of an agreement between the Ministry and the Women, Architecture, and Territory Laboratory (LAB Mulheres) at the University of Brasília's Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU-UnB), and is being organized by the Institute of Architects of Brazil – Federal District Department (IAB-DF). The official call for entries was launched on January 26 during a ceremony at the University of Brasília's Multicultural Center for Indigenous Peoples (MALOCA/UnB) in Brasília.

Arquitetura em Versos is now accepting entries for its second edition, a competition held in successive stages that unveils different rooms of the same house throughout the process. The exhibition aims to bring together various architects and designers under a shared vision: each participant develops a single room, yet all work from the same aesthetic and conceptual framework.

Saint-Gobain, a world leader in lightweight and sustainable construction, in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Architectural Offices (AsBEA), announces the launch of the 11th edition of the Saint-Gobain AsBEA Architecture Award. The initiative is co-organized by Cebrace, a leading glass and mirror brand in South America and a joint venture of the Saint-Gobain Group.

The Ministry of Cities, through the National Secretariat for Peripheries, announces the second edition of the Periferia Viva Award. In 2024, the award aims to recognize, value, empower, and reward projects and actions that contribute to addressing socio-spatial inequalities and promoting the sustainable development of Brazilian peripheries.

Applications are now open for the 2024 selection process for the Professional Master's in Landscape Architecture – MPAP-FAU-UFRJ.

The Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB), in partnership with the Urban95 initiative, announces the opening of registration and proposal submissions for the National Public Ideas Competition for Urban Furniture focused on Early Childhood in the City of Salvador. The competition will gather ideas from architecture and urban planning professionals from across Brazil.

The goal of this competition is to generate a conceptual proposal for the construction of a coastal observatory located in the Parque de los Niños in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The coastal observatory will serve as a permanent public intervention dedicated to observing the sky and the river along the Buenos Aires coastline. It is intended to be a space for civic engagement, welcoming people of all ages interested in coastal observation and providing a place to enjoy the Río de la Plata in all its splendor.

In August, the City of São Paulo, through SP Urbanismo and the Municipal Secretariat of Urbanism and Licensing (SMUL), launched the National Competition for Urban Furniture Design for the City of São Paulo. Open to architecture, engineering, and design professionals nationwide—who may form teams with other specialists—the competition seeks innovative, sustainable, and inclusive proposals to enhance the city's public spaces. The three best projects will be awarded a total of R$ 500,000. Registration opens on September 8 and closes on September 15, and must be completed via the official platform.