John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense is a celebration of the great, yet under recognised, architect's work and its global impact. Now more than ever, Andrews’ designs are a shining example of how architecture can be used to address urgent environmental and urban concerns.

The workshop "AI multi-agent systems: Creating a Voxel City" is part of DigitalFUTURES 2024, an international community that unites top architects, thinkers, and creative technologists from around the world.

Calling all thousand year thinkers!

The A' Design Award, "born out of the desire to underline the best designs and well-designed products," recognizes outstanding and original talent from across the globe. It is both a major achievement for designers and a source of inspiration for award-winning architects, brands, and design agencies. Entry and nomination are open to contestants from around the world. Registration for the A' Design Award & Competition 2024-2025 period is now open. Register and upload your design here.

Arxellence 3 is an Open, One-Stage International Transdisciplinary Architectural ideas competition that seeks a holistic approach from the participants to preserve historical memory and promote sustainable development on the Cycladic island of Gyaros.

The New South Wales Government is developing a "pattern book" of endorsed housing designs, eligible for fast-tracked approval, to guide the creation of new low-rise housing and mid-rise apartment buildings in Sydney, Australia. 

The best architectural minds from everywhere in the world are invited to participate in the NSW Housing Pattern Book International Design Competition to create great designs for Sydney and contribute to the diversity and depth of the Pattern Book.  

This Saturday, July 6, 2024, at 4:00 PM, a free public talk will be held with artist Marcela Cantuária and curator Andressa Rocha at the exhibition "Transmutation: Alchemy and Resistance" at the Paço Imperial. The event will also feature the launch of the exhibition's physical and digital catalogs. The exhibition will remain on view only until this coming Sunday, July 7, 2024. The 72-page catalog, which includes texts by Aldones Nino, Andressa Rocha, and Clara Anastácia, as well as photography by Vicente de Mello, will be available in print and as an e-book, with free viewing on the Área 27 production company website.

Open House Porto 2024 invites visitors to celebrate fifty years of Portuguese democracy. While the Portuguese people demanded “peace, bread, housing, health, and education”* during the revolution of April 25, 1974, in 2024, we aim to both recognize what has been achieved and identify what is desired for the future.

The Living Places - Simon Architecture Prize is an initiative of the firm Simon curated by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe since the prize’s inception in 2016, in commemoration of Simon's centenary. Since then, architecture studios from more than 23 countries have participated in the competition, reaffirming its international importance. In the previous edition, the prize saw 220 nominated projects.

The Morocco Oasis Heritage Retreat competition invites architects and designers from around the world to engage in a unique challenge. This competition, organized by Buildner, focuses on creating a sustainable and culturally sensitive retreat in Morocco. The aim is to design a retreat that harmoniously blends with the natural landscape and respects the rich heritage of the northeastern Moroccan region.

The competition is a call for innovative designs that reflect a deep understanding of the local culture and environment. Participants are tasked with designing a retreat that offers tranquility and a connection to nature while incorporating sustainable practices. This competition emphasizes creativity, sustainability, and cultural sensitivity.

The new edition of the BIAU will be held in early December 2024 in Lima, an exceptional setting for discussions regarding extreme climatic conditions and their impact on the built environment. The submission period for all six categories will close in September, and the jury's decisions will be announced collectively at the end of October 2024. Under the theme CLIMAS: Actions for Good Living, this 13th edition of the Biennial reflects on and invites action toward producing more sustainable, equitable, and pluralistic futures through architecture and urbanism.

This competition aims to foster creativity in bamboo construction design and is open to students from academic institutions, universities, and secondary and higher education programs.

Taking a step toward improving the quality of public space, the city of Barcelona, which will serve as the World Capital of Architecture in 2026, has launched a new International Ideas Competition for Young Architects. The initiative aims to transform 10 permanent blind walls—one in each district—into new facades. Organized by the Barcelona City Council and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, in partnership with UNESCO and the International Union of Architects (UIA), the competition seeks architectural proposals that provide meaning to walls that are currently anonymous and unremarkable, exposed in public spaces in a state of permanent temporariness.

AND OF ALL THINGS, ONE
Jacqueline Belotti opens solo exhibition featuring ceramics and porcelain
at Galeria Mercedes Viegas, curated by Paula Terra-Neale

Architects from diverse backgrounds have been challenged to answer the question: “What is a space of freedom?”. The exhibition celebrating the Maia Architecture Month in Portugal (MAM) will take place from October 5 to November 3 at the Fórum da Maia, marking the fifth edition of the initiative.

World Monuments Fund (WMF) is now accepting proposals for sites looking to strengthen their resilience to climate change, share their knowledge, and plan for the future through the Cultivating Resilience program.

🔖 One building, any kind of drawing, a single illustration! The RE-DRAW Competition is back! In it’s sixth edition the building you will have to digest to create a completly new illustration is The Line, designed by NEOM. How would you represent this iconic building?

The workshop will be held in Abruzzo, near the town of Morro D'Oro (TE), in the heart of the Vomano Valley. The participatory design and self-construction activity will have as its ultimate goal the creation of two different wooden artifacts. The first one will reconnect the paths among the Abruzzo olive groves to a spring historically used by villagers and for years, though functioning, fallen into disuse. The second structure will be a mobile installation, towed by tractor, serving the public activities hosted in the olive grove.
Participants will work and be hosted by the charming oil mill Frantoio Montecchia (Frantoio Montecchia), that overlooks the land, a center not only of production but also a place open to the public for recreational and cultural activities.