The Multi Comfort Student Contest is a two-stage international competition based on the principles of the Saint-Gobain Multi Comfort Program.

The competition aims to recognize the value of interior workspace design and distinguish interior design interventions that impact how people interact, while supporting companies in their strategies to elevate their operations to a new and improved way of working.

This issue of QU3 aims to explore research, projects, and actions in Latin America that observe and engage with the city through contemporary networks and the challenges that define them. The organizers observe these phenomena and engage in practices within a complex and open urbanism, which is the result of a constant interaction between agents and agencies, as well as processes of innovation in the distribution of urban decision-making. In these times of significant political upheaval and institutional crises across the continent, the goal is to identify, value, and safeguard urban practices, collectives, and projects that can chart new paths.

New ideas competition on Desall: EMERGENCY, SOSDesign, and Desall invite you to design environments, products, and services to address the needs and desires of life and care in war-torn territories.

TRANSFER Global Architecture Platform is launching the TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2019, an independent prize recognizing the most creative and innovative videos in the fields of architecture, the city, and landscape on an international level.

New competition on Desall.com: dbt FIBRE and Desall invite you to propose new applications for semi-finished textiles, exploring fields beyond spinning and related sectors.

· INTRODUCTION ·
The social catastrophe in Latin America has its epicenter in informal settlements.
Latin America, the most urbanized and unequal region in the world, is home to 104 million people living in informal settlements. Here, one in four urban residents lives in a slum, shantytown, favela, or encampment, in conditions of poverty. While not invisible, these populations are often rendered invisible, forced to survive on their own terms while facing constant rights violations and the exhausting test of their resilience.

New competition on Desall.com: Perletti and Desall invite you to design a new umbrella that stands out from the competition through its design and style, making it an easily recognizable product.

The Norman Foster Foundation is selecting ten students to receive a scholarship for the upcoming On Cities workshop, to be held at the Norman Foster Foundation headquarters in Madrid, Spain, from May 27 to 31, 2019.

Laws, norms, standards, rules, regulations, orders, ordinances, protocols, codes. Like any endeavor that unfolds in the public sphere, architecture must submit to laws that exist outside of it, while simultaneously maintaining its cohesion through adherence to laws internal to its own field. However, architecture appears to be more than the mere application of these internal laws or simple submission to external ones.

The Compagnie des Notaires de Paris building, located in the heart of the capital at the Place du Châtelet, is undergoing a transformation, and an architectural competition is currently underway.

ARKxSITE is pleased to announce the international architecture ideas competition ‘SITE CLOISTER’ for architecture students and young professionals (≤ 40 years old).

The National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscapers, and Conservationists of Italy and PAYSAGE (Promotion and Development for Landscape Architecture) are promoting the international "City Brand & Tourism Landscape Award" as part of the "City_Brand & Tourism Landscape" International Symposium.

The Niagara Falls Pavilion competition seeks to reconnect people with nature, making Niagara Falls the ideal setting for new ideas. It is a space between two countries, united by a natural landscape of breathtaking beauty.

As part of the 11th National Landscape Architecture Congress, the Mexican Society of Landscape Architects, ITESO through its School of Architecture, and the Institute for Habitat Improvement of Tlajomulco invite all undergraduate students currently enrolled in programs related to landscape architecture, architecture, urban planning, and related fields to participate in an international competition centered on the theme "Urban Oases." This theme draws from the congress’s core focus, "Dynamic Landscapes: How to design adaptable and proactive landscapes in the face of increasing urbanization and climate change," which presents significant challenges for creative landscape design.

New industrial design competition on Desall.com: Falmec and Desall invite you to design new products.

The mobility perspective has shown significant analytical potential in territorial studies, addressing mobility either as an object or as an analytical lens for observing the territory. As an object, it allows for an emphasis on people's experiences in their practices of changing locations. As an approach, it reveals complex interrelationships that occur in daily life through the use of mobile concepts and methodologies.

With the expansion of its international programs, as well as satellite initiatives in Bogotá, China, and Mexico City, SCI-Arc has broadened its global reach while maintaining its commitment to creating a positive impact within the Los Angeles context.