We are delighted to invite you to "SESAM Identity 2.0", the Small European Student Architecture Meeting (SESAM), hosted by EASA Cyprus from 1st to 10th of March 2025 in the old historical centre of Nicosia, Cyprus.

Mork-Ulnes Architects is an internationally operating architecture firm with offices in San Francisco and Oslo. Since its founding by Casper Mork-Ulnes in 2005, the firm has built on three continents and worked on projects at a variety of scales, from master plans and mixed-use buildings to ground-up residences and 100-square-foot cabins. They approach projects with both Scandinavian practicality and a Californian can-do spirit of innovation, resulting in buildings that are characterized by both playfulness and restraint.

Attention art and design lovers! The DesignTO Festival returns January 24-February 2, 2025, celebrating its 15th birthday! Join us in-person at venues across Toronto for 10 days of incredible exhibitions, installations, and events.
Known as Canada’s largest annual design festival, DesignTO transforms Toronto into a creative hub, featuring over 100 free exhibitions and events. Over the past 15 years, the Festival has welcomed over 1 million attendees, showcased 6,500+ creatives, reached 2.6 billion people through media, and generated $120 million in tourism impact. Explore bold and ambitious ideas that respond to the climate crisis, social justice, technology, and more.
“DesignTO isn’t just a festival; it’s an anti-loneliness machine,” said co-founder Christina Zeidler. It’s a place where creativity brings people together to shape a better, more sustainable, just, and joyful future.
Visit the DesignTO website to view the whole Festival Schedule, and start planning your Festival activities today!
DesignTO acknowledges funding support for the 2025 DesignTO Festival from the Government of Ontario, City of Toronto, and the Ontario Arts Council.
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Architecture and design specialist Dominic Bradbury draws back the curtain on the iconic South Bank, providing an unrivalled insight into the buildings that populate one of London’s epicentres of art and entertainment.

Tropical Configurations
Lecture by Felipe Mesa, Principal of PLAN B Arquitectos.
Felipe Mesa is the founder and principal of PLAN:B Architects, a design practice based in Medellin, Colombia. During the last 20 years, he has built over 50 buildings, with different programs and scales: public spaces, sports, and educational buildings, hotels, offices, houses, and art installations. PLAN:B's work has been selected and exhibited in various venues: Colombian Architecture Biennial, Ibero-American
Architecture Biennial, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Biennial of the Americas, Pamplona Latin American Architecture Biennale; and has been published and disseminated in specialized magazines and digital websites: A+U, Architectural Review, Lotus, Domus, Abitare, Arquitectura Viva, Archdaily, Architizer,
Designboom.
www.planbarq.com
Mesa is an Associate Professor in The Design School (Architecture Program) at the Arizona State University. Before this appointment, he was an Assistant professor in the architecture programs of some Universities in Colombia: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB) in Medellin; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ) in
Bogota, Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota; and he was Ivan Smith Eminent Visiting Professor at the University of Florida School of Architecture (SoA) - 2014.
Felipe understands the architectural project as a provisional pact, a permeable configuration, and a positive expression of the eco-social constraints surrounding us. His projects and research topics related to the practice and teaching of architecture have been published in four books by Mesaestandar Editors: Acuerdos
Parciales (2005), Awaiting Architecture (2007), Permeability (2013), Architecture in Reverse (2017); one book by AR+D Publishing: 12 Projects in 120 Constraints (2021); and one book by ORO Editions: Design Build Studios in Latin America (2023).

Buildner has announced the results of its Museum of Emotions Competition Edition 5. The Museum of Emotions is an annual international design competition that tasks participants with exploring the extent to which architecture can be used as a tool to evoke emotion.

The international architectural competition "Reinterpreting Tradition: Contemporary Insights Towards Buttoned Houses' Technique," is organized in collaboration with the INTBAU Grassroots program, Antalya Bilim University, and the Mediterranean Freelance Architects Association.

Lithuanian Airport and Arhchitects Association of Lithuania invites architects to participate in an open international architectural for the future development of the Vilnius Airport arrivals terminal. The link to the Competition documents: https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/702465-2024

The IE and JLL Design Wonder Award—a three-year initiative by JLL Project and Development Services (PDS) and IE School of Architecture and Design—fully funds nine students each year for the Master in Interior Design at IE in Madrid.

NEW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR MONU #38 - INCLUSIVE URBANISM

Volume Zero and Tiny House Architecture Competition would like to express our gratitude to everyone out there for sharing some amazing support. This is to bring to your notice that the deadline for registration and submissions has been pushed a little ahead thus giving you more time to work on your entries.

The MICROHOME 2025 Competition by Buildner is back, offering a record-breaking 100,000 EUR prize fund to celebrate cutting-edge, sustainable solutions for compact housing. Sponsored by Kingspan, this global competition invites architects, designers, and creative thinkers to redefine the concept of microhomes.

Register before the deadline on 13 February 2025.

Project Hyperion invites visionaries, architects, engineers, and social scientists to collaborate on a groundbreaking challenge: designing the habitat for a generation ship. This concept of long-term interstellar travel relies on a spacecraft capable of sustaining human life for centuries, requiring innovation in architecture, engineering, and societal organization.

Buildner has announced the results of its Hospice - Home for the Terminally Ill competition, the third in a series of architectural idea challenges focused on creating compassionate spaces for individuals facing terminal illnesses. This competition encouraged architects to move beyond traditional medical models, designing environments that prioritize comfort, dignity, and community.

Cities are vibrant environments where architecture, public spaces, and art intertwine to shape the human experience. Sculptures and landmarks are essential components of urban design, creating cultural connections and enhancing both functionality and aesthetics. They define a city's identity while fostering community interaction and civic pride.

In Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia, public art has played a transformative role in reshaping the cityscape, with projects like Alarda, Alkhobar Memory, Aebayah Roundabout, and Albairaq Roundabout. These initiatives, many spurred by the Mujassam Wattan competition (MW Award), highlight the profound impact of integrating art into urban design.

The Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial Masterplan Design Competition is an open two-stage design competition comprising an Expression of Interest period followed by a closed design stage for a shortlist of five competitors.

Pioneering Biomaterials Symposium & Exhibition 2025

Unbuilt projects hold untapped potential. They tell stories of creativity, vision, and exploration. The Unbuilt Award 2025 shines a spotlight on these extraordinary designs, creating a platform for ideas that redefine boundaries.

With categories for small, medium, and large-scale projects, this competition ensures every vision receives the attention it deserves. No qualifications are required—this open call is for everyone, everywhere.