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 School of Architecture at the University of Navarra is accepting applications for a scholarship to pursue the Master in Architectural Design (MDA) in Pamplona, Spain, from September 2018 to December 2019.

The application deadline is April 9, 2018. Review the requirements and application process below.

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.

The IAB RJ, through its Leste Metropolitano chapter, is organizing a national public competition to select a design for a new leisure space on the terrace of the Clube Central headquarters in Niterói. Registration is now open, with a deadline of September 19.

ESPAI and CERCASEL invite participants to help drive initiatives that foster reflection and generate strategies for action and innovation in the design and recovery of public space, ensuring the effective exercise of the Right to the City.
This initiative seeks to advance the objectives of the 2013-2018 National Urban Development and Housing Policy. Furthermore, through new strategies and initiatives, it aims to contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations—specifically Goal 11, which focuses on "making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable."

Professional training, along with legal instruments, economic incentives, technological advancements, and public awareness of the value of heritage assets, is a cornerstone in protecting a country's cultural heritage. Indeed, training architecture professionals to act with sensitivity and technical expertise regarding built heritage helps consolidate efforts toward the conservation of these assets and reinforces the contribution that the professional field can make to passing on heritage values to future generations.

The competition to design the itinerant pavilion reinforces Provincia's commitment to establishing a tradition of developing innovative ideas on contemporary themes through ephemeral structures for the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico, during the Architecture and City Festival, which will take place in April 2019.

Interceramic, a leading company in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of ceramic floors, wall tiles, and installation materials—as well as the commercialization of bathroom furniture, whirlpool tubs, kitchen sinks, and faucets—is committed to promoting architecture and interior design. The company recognizes works that best reflect originality, composition, structure, harmony, conceptualization, and all attributes contributing to the realization of any architectural or interior project. With this in mind, the Interceramic Award is reinventing itself for its eighth edition with the following objectives:

The Abierto Mexicano de Diseño (AMD) is an international festival that gathers and celebrates the community that enjoys, consumes, and practices design in Mexico in all its breadth and diversity. As the name suggests, it is an event open to all creative expressions related to design, without distinction of discipline, education, experience, age, socioeconomic status, or identity.

Colegio de Arquitectos de Nuevo León

The Nuevo León College of Architects