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The Dewan Award for Architecture 2025 invites architects, designers, students, and emerging studios from around the world to reimagine Baghdad's Central Railway Station — a historic landmark poised for transformation.

Beyond the Game: Adaptive Arenas for Tomorrow

MaDang Design Competition Held for “The Nature & The Artificial in the Museum”
- Korean courtyard spaces is called “MaDang”
- The Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture Finds a Designer and Architect for Its Courtyard Space

The National Cultural Foundation of Barbados, in collaboration with internationally renowned architecture firm Adjaye Associates and the Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology (Barbados) is excited to announce The Barbados Carifesta XV Competition. This open design initiative is calling on emerging visionaries to reimagine space, culture, and climate resilience in a post-colonial Caribbean context.

The stair is one of the most elemental and enduring components of architecture. It is a structure in motion—a connector of levels, a sculptural form, a spatial sequence, and a symbol of ascent, descent, and transition. It guides the body and engages the mind. It is at once practical and poetic.

The Antipodes - New Competition Series!
🏆 Prize pool of 20.000€

The International Urban Project Award 2025 is now open for submissions!

Since 2003, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has been utilizing existing resources in schools to nurture young talents in the fields of arts and design. In addition to implementing the ''MOE Program in Human Resource Development for Colleges of Arts and Design'' , the MOE, since 2005, has initiated the ''MOE Scholarship Program for Overseas Study in Arts and Design'' as well as the ''MOE Award Incentive Program'' to encourage college students to participate in international arts and design competitions.

In 2025, InfraVision's theme of focus is 'Cities of Tomorrow: Reimagining Urban Infrastructure'. The Think Tank wishes to organize a student-centered competition inspired by the theme 'The City as a Network'. 

The Association of Polish Architects invites architects to participate in a two-stage international architectural competition for a cultural complex entitled 'The New Library'. Competition documents can be found at: https://ted.europa.eu/pl/notice/-/detail/280975-2025
The cultural building complex will consist of a Library Part, an Event Part and a common Entrance Hall with a total floor area of approx. 20,000 m2. The competition site area is 1,34 ha.

Aurora Escola Livre presents a course on the life of Lina Bo Bardi, taught by architect and biographer Francesco Perrotta-Bosch.

Each month, Friends of Residential Treasures Los Angeles (FORT: LA) curates a new self-guided trail, inviting Angelenos to explore the city’s rich architectural heritage. These immersive experiences highlight significant homes, hidden gems, and the designers who have shaped Los Angeles' built environment.

'Migrating Modernism. The architecture of Harry Seidler' presents the extraordinary personal history and work of the leading modern architect Harry Seidler (1923, Vienna–2006, Sydney), with a particular focus on the artists he worked with and commissioned. The exhibition will feature artists who collaborated on projects with Seidler such as Josef Albers, Alexander Calder, Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, Lin Utzon and Sol LeWitt, as well as the famed Italian structural engineer Pier Luigi Nervi.

The Festival des Architectures Vives 2025 will take place from June 10-15, 2025, in Montpellier, France, with free admission from 9am to 7pm (2pm to 7pm on June 10th).

The Master's Programme on Sustainable Cities blends hands-on experience with academic insights from the Norman Foster Foundation's global network of experts. Co-directed by Norman Foster, President of the Foundation, and Professor Kent Larson, Director of the City Science Group at MIT Media Lab, the programme places students at the forefront of urban innovation. Each year, students immerse themselves in three pilot cities, engaging directly with local planners and managers to address urgent urban challenges.

Following the success of this year's pilot cities in Africa, the 2026 edition of the programme expands its geographical horizons to span three continents: Asia, Europe and Latin America. The pilot cities will be announced in the upcoming months.

"About Painting" opens on May 15
Galeria Patrícia Costa presents a solo exhibition by Alberto Saraiva, featuring paintings in dialogue with the pictorial and metaphysical inquiry

The Spanish Association of Furniture Manufacturers and Exporters (ANIEME) invites you to The Design Room Lisbon 2025, an event showcasing products from leading Spanish furniture and textile brands tailored for the professional contract sector. The event will take place on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at the Carlos Lopes Pavilion in Lisbon.