From social, racial, economic inequity to virtual, immersive environments, the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping trends and pushing societies to discuss how we will live together in the future. 

In this context, architecture has been navigating through sequential changes over the last decades with the rise and latter consolidation of new technologies, tools, formats, topics, scales, and interdisciplinary approaches, along with the emergence of the Internet that led towards a disruptive decentralization of the architecture production and discussion. Architects and designers from all over the world are embracing these challenges by pondering their roles and exploring their own practical approaches.

Chile possesses a varied and rich natural beauty. The current scale of territorial occupation makes it essential to protect and value the natural conservation of the landscape. Even so, conservation requires a prior process of appreciation, and there is no appreciation without knowledge.

Participants are invited to rethink and rediscover nature as a space for connection and self-discovery. Connecting with these landscapes fosters tranquility and spiritual growth, as well as a greater appreciation for the country and the planet. The competition invites a re-examination of our relationship with the territory and its natural elements, seeking to provide an experience of belonging and transcendence. Architecture should serve as a space to be moved, to be stirred, and to experience the pulse of nature or one's own body.

The national public competition for the preliminary urban, landscape, and architectural design of the Apartadó River Parks – Stage 2 "Ciudad Do" seeks to transform the Apartadó River into the municipality's primary natural asset, establishing it as the articulating axis of urban planning and the focal point of physical interventions that will achieve: "...a living river... and alive in the people!"

The Bogotá Public Space Biennial (BEP BOG) 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 Public Space Observatory, alongside the Colombian Society of Architects (SCA), Bogotá and Cundinamarca regional chapter. Its purpose is to recognize and promote projects and management strategies for the creation, recovery, and sustainability of public space in Bogotá.

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Today’s rapidly changing world calls for entrepreneurs who question the status quo and are able to leverage people, resources, and processes to produce dynamic solutions. As spatial design activities and the global construction industry experience unprecedented transformation, there are endless opportunities for those with the courage to stand up and take them.

'Nuestras Arquitectas' aims, through this second international photography competition, to focus and refocus on images that have been hidden or overshadowed, restoring the deserved recognition and prominence to women architects.

What is a threshold to you? And how would you represent it graphically?

This is the challenge posed by the Alejandro de la Sota Foundation for the second edition of the International InstaFASota Competition, which will take place on Instagram.

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.

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The fourth edition of the cultural project Reuse Italy promotes an international architecture competition on the reuse of the “Lake Chapel”, a small octagonal church on the shores of the lake of Bolsena, and faces the issue of the enhancement of ancient pilgrimage routes, as the Via Francigena.

Organized by the Sociedad Central de Arquitectos (SCA) and promoted by the Centro Argentino de Ingenieros (CAI), the call for entries is now open for the binding National Preliminary Design Competition for the Argentine Center for Innovation, Conservation, Valorization, and Adaptation of the CAI headquarters, located at Cerrito 1250 – Av. 9 de Julio – in the heart of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

The Budapest Development Agency announces an international architectural design contest for the renewal of the Nyugati Railway Station and its surroundings.

The Art Omi: Architecture residency program is first of its kind in the nation, inviting 10 early- to mid-career architects from around the world to develop their work during a full two-week residency on Art Omi's campus. Architecture Residents are selected on the basis of their individual proposed project and portfolio. Completed projects are presented in an informal critique setting at the end of the residency period, with visitors invited to see the proceedings.

Brief: Design a modular pocket housing on an urban residual plot of land in a dense urban city.

HENN has won two major architecture competitions in Germany to design the Brainergy Hub in Jülich and the German Language Forum in Mannheim. The office's Brainergy Hub proposal features a circular design dedicated to renewable energy research, whereas the Language Forum proposal stands as an inviting open space that promotes communication and interaction through unique learning experiences.

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In collaboration with ArchDaily and as part of the "Support for Young Professionals in Emerging Countries" program, CityMakers is offering ArchDaily and Plataforma Arquitectura readers the opportunity to secure a spot in the Barcelona Lab 2021—Sustainable Mobility: Turning Pedestrians into Citizens, taking place from November 8 to 12, 2021, in Barcelona, with a 40% scholarship.

In recent months, we have witnessed one of the crises that has most profoundly challenged our "essence"—our ways of living, working, communicating, socializing, and even relating to one another. These issues, which transcend the health emergency and the pandemic, have prompted us to reflect on topics related to the environment, sustainability, the efficiency of segregating activities, the frantic mobility to which we had become accustomed, the need for flexible spaces in homes and cities, and the nature of public spaces when social distancing is mandatory.

The Wood Design & Building Awards program recognizes design teams that are passionate about celebrating wood as a safe, strong, and sophisticated building material. Projects submitted to the Wood Design & Building Awards program are accepted from Canada, US, and internationally, adding value to the diversity of wood building application examples.

The Academy of Architecture and Urbanism invites submissions for the first edition of the AcAU-Gualter Colombo National Biennial Award.

The jury of the Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academy Theatre's open competition has announced its list of 8 international finalists. The competition called for the development of an architectural concept that takes into account sustainable development and Kazan's history, creating a theatre that blends harmoniously into its surroundings while becoming a new unique landmark.

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On October 12, a jury meeting of the open international competition for development of an architectural concept for the Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academy Theatre took place.

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Creative Design Entries Needed to Change Single-Family Zoning

Architecture performs through bodies. Its
conceptualization entails choreographing
bodily movements. Drawings are spatial
scripts, to which bodies perform in
conformity, transgression, re-appropriation, or
indifference. Performances can be corporeal or
phenomenological, planned or spontaneous,
everyday or a singularity. They charge
architecture with vibrant energies disrupting
the exigencies and politics of built spaces.
The 10th issue of Room One Thousand,
“Body + Performance,” seeks for performance
to expand and challenge our understanding of
architecture and its impact. Performance can
be understood as an object, phenomenon,
commodity, or metaphor. The convergence
of architecture and performance captures
the corporeality, tactility, and sensuality of
a space. How can architecture be read
through the lens of performance? Who is the
performer, the building or the body? What
are the design implications of highlighting
the agency and plurality of bodies? What
happens when architectural practice shifts
from performance to production? How can
performance be a methodology in design?

A unique Charrette-style competition bringing together architects, designers and innovative solution providers (students and young professionals) to create a concept to re-generate a former industrial area into a sustainable Net Zero community.

Submission: December 25th, 2021 23:59 GMT
Registration: December 25th, 2021 23:59 GMT
Language: English
Location: Rukban, Jordan
Prizes: $2000 USD
Type: Open for All (Students, Professionals & Studios)