From June 28 to July 2, 2026, Barcelona will host the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026, becoming a true international open laboratory for architecture that will attract more than 10,000 professionals, representatives of the academic community, and students from around the world to discuss the future of the planet and the role of architecture in the most urgent and necessary upcoming transitions.
The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the 2025 Research Prize, the 2025 European Research Prize, and the 2025 Robert L. Wesley Award.
Obra Blanca is an essential experience for professionals in the architectural finishes and design products sector, including ceramics, bathroom fixtures, faucets, lighting, and more. It is a unique opportunity to expand projects and reach new goals through interaction and connection with suppliers, professionals, and industry leaders.
The Capital City of Podgorica has launched an international, open, single-stage, anonymous design competition for the conceptual urban and architectural design of a residential and mixed-use complex within the "Gradski Stan" (City Housing) project.
2025 Call for Nominations: PAVE Global Educator of the Year
The PAVE Global Educator of the Year Award honors and celebrates a full-time educator for their outstanding accomplishments and commitment to design education.
Collage of digitally manipulated images. Full image credits for the collage are available on the congress website.
The UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 in Barcelona (UIA2026BCN) is launching the UIA International Student Competition, inviting students from around the world to submit proposals centered on the Congress's core theme: Becoming. Architectures for a planet in transition.
This international competition challenges students to design a Store-within-a-Store snacking destination for Hershey inside a grocery store. Three winners each receive $4,000, Gala travel, and $1,000 educator stipends.
The Chungbuk Art Center Construction Project aims to expand key infrastructure to lead the future of performing arts in Chungcheongbuk-do (Chungbuk). This initiative aims to strengthen its position and improve its functions as a leading provincial performing arts facility. Beyond merelyproviding a performance space, theproject aims to serve as a cultural hubthat links and enhances the region's artistic potential.
The Ibero-American Biennial of Creation and Territory is a cultural event that centers on critical reflection regarding creation within regionalist contexts in Ibero-America.
Norwich University High School Architecture Competition: Pocket Place
Architecture is about solving problems for people through the composition of light, space, and material. It is about embracing the way space can be sculpted to improve how we live.
Manchar Lake Art Residency is offering an opportunity for four emerging artists working in any medium; and one for mid-career practitioner or collective of upto three people, for a site specific installation. If you are a visual practitioner interested in indigenous communities, climate activism, and heritage, this is your chance to participate in this funded opportunity. Heritage Cell-Department of Architecture and Planning NED University (HC-DAPNED) started the documentation of the Mohanna houseboats through Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme funding in 2022. The project further grew with the support from Cultural Protection Fund–UK for restoration of 44 galiyo (houseboats), and also respond to wider concerns of ecology, environment, culture, and heritage. The art residency builds on this work, offering artists a platform to engage with these interconnected themes.
ADAM | Mediterranean Archive of Architectural Drawings seeks to investigate the practice of the architect through drawing as the privileged medium for translating ideas into projects.
The Municipality of Lo Barnechea, in partnership with the Association of Architectural Offices (AOA), invites national architects to participate in a competition for the design of pedestrian bridges in the commune. The competition seeks innovative and sustainable proposals that ensure urban connectivity and integration in the Las Ermitas sector, while promoting local identity.
Enter the Re:Form – New Life for Old Spaces #2 Architecture Competition now! 10,000 € in prize money! Closing date for registration: February 4, 2026
Choose a site–used, abandoned, or forgotten–anywhere in the world, and give it a new purpose!