The goal is to identify the country's best architectural works, recognize the architects behind them, promote the most significant projects, and foster reflection on responsible and sustainable contemporary architecture through analysis and critique.

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The Ministry of Public Works, through the Directorate General for Architecture, Housing, and Land, in collaboration with the Higher Council of Architects' Associations of Spain (CSCAE) and the Arquia Foundation, has announced the 14th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XIV BEAU) for the 2016–2017 period. This edition is supported by the Santander City Council, the Botín Foundation, and the Official Association of Architects of Cantabria.

Under the theme More Inhabiting, More Humanizing, this 14th edition of the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism aims to emphasize the concept of "inhabiting" as the foundation of architecture and the humanization of the city. This concept is defined not only by various functional programs but also by the quality and character of the spaces themselves.

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The fifth edition of Concéntrico, the international architecture and design festival in Logroño, Spain, will invite reflection on the urban environment and the city through architecture and design proposals in various formats.

The upcoming edition will take place from April 26 to May 1, 2019. In addition to this announcement, the festival has opened calls for three competitions for participation at three of the festival's sites.

Arquia/social, an initiative by Arquia Banca managed by the Arquia Foundation, is mindful of the economic impact of the crisis on families. Committed to fostering education and supporting architecture students and architects, the foundation has launched the Student Aid program. This second call for applications offers architecture students enrolled in public universities the opportunity to receive tuition assistance based on criteria of equality, merit, and aptitude. The program aims to provide the necessary means for students to begin or continue their architectural studies if they are currently facing financial difficulties in paying tuition or have special needs.

To mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Luis Peña Ganchegui, the second edition of the biennial award bearing his name has been announced.

Spain's Ministry of Public Works, through the Directorate General for Architecture, Housing, and Land, has launched an anonymous, jury-led competition for the curatorship and exhibition design of the Spanish Pavilion at the 2020 Venice Biennale.

At ArchDaily en Español, we recognize the importance of maintaining constant contact with architecture students, who will be responsible for designing and building the cities of the future. For this reason, we are opening a new call for applications to join our editorial team through the ArchDaily internship program.

If you currently reside in Spain, this could be your opportunity to contribute local content to the world's most-visited architecture platform, which inspires and informs hundreds of thousands of architects around the globe. If you are interested, please read on.

Each year, hundreds of architects graduate across Spain, producing projects and design statements that serve as a vivid reflection of their interests, research, and personal motivations. Unfortunately, once their studies conclude, these projects often remain buried in a computer folder or on a library shelf.

However, we know that many of these theses address fundamental issues in contemporary architectural practice, not only in Spain but globally. For this reason, we are launching the first edition of our PFC open call in Spain.

If you believe your Final Degree Project deserves to be published on ArchDaily, it is time to apply!

The Arquia Foundation is launching this competition to design the festival's architecture (scenography and/or ephemeral installation) to host the activities outlined in the program for the VI arquia/próxima Festival: RELEVANT PRACTICES. The competition encompasses both the design and the subsequent construction and dismantling by the winning individual or team.

The 4th Call for Applications for the 2018 Research Grant has opened. This grant is aimed at architects who have graduated from a school of architecture in Spain and wish to develop a research project in New York City.

The Research Grant, organized by the Arquia Foundation in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, aims to promote the execution of an architecture research project by providing opportunities for its creation, development, and dissemination. It offers candidates the necessary conditions and resources to support their efforts and initiative.

The scholarship aims to foster a culture of entrepreneurship, support the creation of business initiatives, and drive innovation in fields related to architecture as a driver of economic growth. Furthermore, it seeks to provide candidates with knowledge and tools to complement their academic training and to boost new entrepreneurial projects rooted in values such as effort, drive, and innovation.

The Contemporary Architecture Foundation (FAC), with the support of Roca through its Roca Galleries and in collaboration with the Directorate General for Architecture of the Ministry of Public Works, ASEJA, and various Schools of Architecture, among others, is promoting the Active Iberian Registry of Young Architects (FACtual). The foundation has launched a call for entries aimed at architects under 40 who are based in Spain or Portugal.

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For 15 years, the Interceramic Award for Architecture and Interior Design has served as a platform for showcasing talent, recognizing, promoting, and disseminating the work of architecture and design professionals in Mexico, Guatemala, and China. The Interceramic Award honors projects that deserve recognition for their originality, complexity, and architectural and design proposals.

The Interceramic Architecture and Interior Design Award was launched by Interceramic 13 years ago to recognize, promote, and disseminate the values and contributions that architecture and design professionals embody in their work. The award recognizes projects that best reflect originality, composition, structure, harmony, conceptualization, and all attributes contributing to the successful execution of any architectural or interior design project.

In light of the recent inclusion of the Rachid Karami International Fair in Tripoli as a UNESCO World Heritage site and a World Heritage in Danger site, the Embassy of Brazil in Beirut and the Guimarães Rosa Institute - Beirut are launching an art competition centered on the Fair, offering three prizes of USD 1,000 each for the best submissions.

The Guillermo Cortés Melo Prize for Urbanism and Contemporary Architecture is an urban architecture competition for young students and professionals in Mexico.

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The call for entries for the 2019 CEMEX Building Award, Mexico edition, closes on May 3. Projects completed in 2018 within the country are eligible. There will be 5 categories and 4 special awards. Winners will compete in the international edition.

Arquia Social is calling for proposals for the design of a toy to be gifted to hospitalized children, with the goal of making their hospital stay more bearable through play and fostering a more positive mood.

The primary goal of the Next Awards is to foster and promote innovation among architecture students. Consequently, we seek to recognize students who challenge traditional conventions of drawing and graphic expression and who, like us, propose innovative solutions in current design and construction processes.

The Arquia Foundation, in collaboration with Barcelona Activa, is offering one Social Entrepreneurship Grant aimed at developing a sustainable business project with a strong social component. The goal is to foster and support the creation of business initiatives that aim to achieve a positive impact on society by addressing current population issues from a social or environmental perspective.

Applications are now open for the 6th edition of the Cátedra Madera Final Degree Project (PFC) Competition, which recognizes final degree projects that demonstrate excellence in quality, innovation, originality, or creativity, specifically through the use of wood and sustainable design principles.

Technical trip takes architects and students to Copenhagen and Paris

AsBEA-PR has just launched the Agisa Todeschini Ideas Competition, open to architects, urban planners, and students throughout Brazil. The goal is to award the best design for a habitable module to be donated to the Lar Infantil Sol Amigo, an organization in Curitiba, Paraná, that supports vulnerable children.

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Encaixe Soluções Alternativas is offering two full scholarships for the 2018 Bioconstruction with Bamboo Techniques Course!