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In the 1990s, Medellín was known as one of the most dangerous cities in the world due to a series of economic, social, and violent issues driven largely by drug trafficking and conflicts between communist guerrillas and paramilitary groups. Fortunately, today, things have changed. Thanks to the collaborative and comprehensive work of planners, urban designers, and policymakers, Medellín has taken a major step forward in reclaiming previously neglected areas of the city. The city has become a true laboratory for urban innovation and transformation, driven by sustained planning processes, inclusive policies that encourage participation, and successful institutional innovation schemes.

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The Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize is an initiative by the company Simon, curated by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe since its inception in 2016 to commemorate Simon's centenary. Since then, architecture firms from over 23 countries—including Mexico, Poland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, and Spain—have participated in the competition, reaffirming its international relevance. In the previous edition, the prize featured 220 nominated projects.

NEAUMA is launching an artistic competition centered on the creation of a tile.

The competition seeks progressive housing projects to be integrated into the KeObra Calculator, providing estimated budgets, material lists, estimated construction timelines, and the necessary plans to begin construction.

The "Scenic Garden and Pavilion" ideas competition aims primarily to reorganize and comprehensively recover the area known as the "ecological parking lot," facilitating the integration of the Centro Cultural del Bosque (CCB) into the Chapultepec Forest itself. In other words, the project seeks a design that incorporates reforestation, architecture, and landscape for this territory—currently a parking lot—which must be reintegrated into the urban forest and contribute to strengthening the performing arts ecosystem represented by the CCB. The project includes the design of a Scenic Pavilion as a permanent space featuring non-intrusive, harmonious architecture that blends with the forest environment, creating an interconnection point between the performing arts ecosystem and the visual arts ecosystem toward the Zoo and the Museum of Modern Art.

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The Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Universidad de los Andes and the construction firm Prodesa S.A. have been working together since 2005 to promote quality housing in Colombia. This shared interest led to the creation of the Housing Observatory, a space for reviewing, discussing, and evaluating urban and rural housing projects built nationwide.

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On Wednesday, June 22, at 5:30 PM, the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA), the Colombian Society of Architects National Presidency (SCA-PN), and the Colombian Architects (AC) initiative invite all architects in the country and their colleagues to learn about the "1x1 Colombia 2022 Collection" Open Call.

CBCA Opens Registration for Architecture and Engineering Student Competitions with R$ 10,000 Prize

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The Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize is an initiative by the firm Simon, curated by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe since its inception in 2016 to commemorate Simon's centenary. Since then, architecture firms from over 23 countries—including Mexico, Poland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, and Spain—have participated in the competition, reaffirming its international relevance. In the previous edition, the prize received 220 nominated projects.

Radefoundation and the Madanfo Project are launching the "Timeabu Kindergarten" architecture competition, an ideas competition aimed at creating a space where young children in Timeabu, Ghana, can attend classes.

CICOP Chile invites architects who graduated between October 1, 2023, and December 31, 2025, from any school of architecture in the Latin American countries where the International Federation of CICOP Centers has active national representation—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay—to participate in the CICOP Chile 2026 Award. Eligible submissions include Thesis Projects or Final Degree Projects developed with a focus on interventions in buildings, building complexes, or areas of heritage value, regardless of whether they are protected by national regulations.
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​The CICOP Chile Award aims to foster the visibility and dissemination of Thesis Projects and Final Degree Projects that involve the intervention of heritage properties or areas, thereby contributing to their enhancement. Furthermore, the award seeks to identify and highlight the best proposals developed in this field in recent years, promoting academic interest in projects and research centered on the conservation of architectural heritage.

This competition, promoted by CAF—Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean—and the Pan-American Federation of Associations of Architects, seeks to promote innovative architectural proposals in line with the state of the art in the field of education, using an approach centered on student learning.

The objective of this competition is to design a facade of variable thickness for a site in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The project must address the facade's relationship with both interior and exterior spaces, its materiality, the connection between architecture and the urban environment, its habitability in relation to its uses, orientation, and environmental integration, as well as any other elements proposed by the participants.

IAAC Jaime Lerner Scholarship 2024 – Online Master in Advanced Urbanism for Latin American students 2024/25

UN-Habitat Brazil is opening the call for event submissions for the 2020 Urban Circuit.

This call seeks to recognize built architectural works, regardless of scale, that address contemporary societal issues. Special consideration will be given to projects that demonstrate a positive impact on urban and rural spaces through improvements and innovations in housing, infrastructure, public space, social integration, and environmental sustainability, in alignment with the core concepts of the XIV BIAU.

Architects and architecture students from Latin America and Europe are invited to participate in the "Hotel Zen Lighthouse" Ideas Competition, to be developed on the shores of Lake Valle de Bravo, Mexico. The competition aims to encourage the preservation of natural resources.