This guide covers a workflow that moves from project parameters to generated floor plans, 3D perspective views, exterior design exploration, and site context visualization, using AI tools in place of preliminary CAD and rendering work.

The rapid processes of informal urbanization in Metropolitan Lima have hindered the comprehensive planning of many neighborhoods and settlements in our city. Within this context, unequal access to quality public space has emerged as an urgent urban issue that must be addressed and resolved.

Registration is now open for the 19th Arquia/Becas 2018 call for applications, offering 24 internships for architecture students and recent graduates from schools of architecture in Spain and Portugal to gain professional experience at European architecture firms.

The "Encuentro de Construcción con Tierra" (Earth Construction Meeting) is an event organized by faculty members from the Eastern Regional University Center (CURE) and the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism at the University of the Republic (FADU). It is funded by the University of the Republic's Sectoral Commission for Scientific Research (CSIC) and supported by the Ibero-American PROTERRA Network. The event is open to the general public, with a focus on Uruguayan students, self-builders, construction professionals, and architects, who may participate as attendees or as presenters by submitting their work.

The Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage, through its Architecture department, has launched a new call for proposals to support the preservation, exhibition, and promotion of cultural content in architecture developed via digital media for display on streaming platforms, websites, or other digital formats associated with the institution.

The deadline for the national short film competition has been extended to September 25. The competition invites Chilean filmmakers—or residents—to submit works up to 30 minutes in length across three categories.

The Architecture Film Festival Chile will hold its 5th edition in November 2020 in an online format.

The National Reflection and Research Competition, Arquitectura Escrita 2022, organized by the Grupo Arquitectura Caliente, seeks to highlight and disseminate readings on the discipline through an open competition that awards the best texts from architecture students, professional architects, or representatives of other disciplines who, through their research and reflections, contribute to the knowledge and debate of architecture in Chile.

The EARQ-UC Architecture Initiation Cluster (Chile) invites participants to the first national meeting on architecture initiation, to be held on Thursday, August 27, and Friday, August 28, 2020. The event aims to share diverse perspectives on teaching during the first year of university architecture studies in Chile, as reflected in the content and methodologies proposed by each school within the national academic landscape.

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Countless women around the world have contributed to the development of the built environment and the habitat, as well as to the advancement of architecture as a profession; however, much of this work remains unpublished and unknown. This invitation to join the 1x1 Collection of the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) seeks to make the contributions of all women architects visible so that the record of their work does not disappear, taking their valuable stories with it.

More than half of the global population currently lives in cities, presenting a challenge for urban planners and professionals in urban management and design. One of the most significant elements of this landscape is public space—including parks, plazas, esplanades, boulevards, and streets—where everyone has the right to be and move freely. These spaces function as meeting points where cultural, social, economic, and informational exchanges converge.

The Ministry of Public Works, through the Directorate General for Architecture, Housing, and Land, in collaboration with the Higher Council of Architects' Associations of Spain (CSCAE) and the Arquia Foundation, has announced the 14th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XIV BEAU) for the 2016–2017 period. This edition is supported by the Santander City Council, the Botín Foundation, and the Official Association of Architects of Cantabria.

Under the theme More Inhabiting, More Humanizing, this 14th edition of the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism aims to emphasize the concept of "inhabiting" as the foundation of architecture and the humanization of the city. This concept is defined not only by various functional programs but also by the quality and character of the spaces themselves.

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For 15 years, the Interceramic Award for Architecture and Interior Design has served as a platform for showcasing talent, recognizing, promoting, and disseminating the work of architecture and design professionals in Mexico, Guatemala, and China. The Interceramic Award honors projects that deserve recognition for their originality, complexity, and architectural and design proposals.

The Interceramic Architecture and Interior Design Award was launched by Interceramic 13 years ago to recognize, promote, and disseminate the values and contributions that architecture and design professionals embody in their work. The award recognizes projects that best reflect originality, composition, structure, harmony, conceptualization, and all attributes contributing to the successful execution of any architectural or interior design project.

The goal is to identify the country's best architectural works, recognize the architects behind them, promote the most significant projects, and foster reflection on responsible and sustainable contemporary architecture through analysis and critique.

Download the information related to this competition here.

Mexico Interior Lab is a specialized interior design and architecture competition in Mexico, focused on video content production. With the high demand for content flooding digital media and social networks, video has gained significant importance, enabling a deeper and more immediate connection to a message or concept.

The Contemporary Architecture Foundation (FAC), with the support of Roca through its Roca Galleries and in collaboration with the Directorate General for Architecture of the Ministry of Public Works, ASEJA, and various Schools of Architecture, among others, is promoting the Active Iberian Registry of Young Architects (FACtual). The foundation has launched a call for entries aimed at architects under 40 who are based in Spain or Portugal.

Interested in learning how to build with earth? Don't miss this excellent workshop hosted by the Ecuadorian firm RAMA Estudio—learn by doing! The workshop will consist of two Saturdays of theoretical and practical sessions on March 10 and 17.

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The 2025 ARQUITECTURA Awards are underway. The competition enters its fourth edition with new features designed to enhance the recognition of planning projects and other urban schemes. The goal is to broaden participation opportunities, continuing to showcase and share with society at large the values of architecture, urban planning, and other professional practices that contribute to human well-being and planetary sustainability. Organized by the Spanish Council of Architects (CSCAE) and officially sponsored by COMPAC®, the ARQUITECTURA Awards include six distinctions based on universal, social, and cultural values, along with three special recognitions.

The call for applications is now open for the Hatching Festival workshops, which will take place from July 5 to 8 in Tenerife and from July 10 to 14 in Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands. Directed by architect Fernando Menis, the festival focuses on the possibility of creating life in desert or semi-desert areas through a symbiosis of tradition and new technologies, natural energy, and the manipulation of form.

The curatorial team for the Spanish Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, Uncertainty, invites the entire architectural community to participate in this open call, which will prioritize interdisciplinary projects that have demonstrated a positive and tangible social impact.

The architecture festival celebrates its 10th anniversary, having become an essential event on the capital's cultural calendar. The festival is designed to make architecture accessible to visitors in a clear and educational way. Open House Madrid is a non-profit organization that offers the opportunity to visit over a hundred iconic spaces that are usually inaccessible or have recently opened. It is part of the global Open House Worldwide network, which takes place in more than 50 cities around the world with a common goal: to bring architecture closer to society and raise awareness about its influence on our way of life.

Spain's Ministry of Public Works, through the Directorate General for Architecture, Housing, and Land, has launched an anonymous, jury-led competition for the curatorship and exhibition design of the Spanish Pavilion at the 2020 Venice Biennale.

The Arquia Foundation, in collaboration with Barcelona Activa, is offering one Social Entrepreneurship Grant aimed at developing a sustainable business project with a strong social component. The goal is to foster and support the creation of business initiatives that aim to achieve a positive impact on society by addressing current population issues from a social or environmental perspective.

On Monday (March 11), the City of Conde launched the call for entries for a National Public Competition to select the architectural design for a Basic Health Unit (UBS) in the Gurugi quilombola community. Registration is open from March 11 to April 12 on the City of Conde’s website (conde.pb.gov.br/concursos) or by clicking the banner on the homepage.

In keeping with a tradition dating back to 1969, the Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile is calling for nominations for the 2024 National Architecture Award. This is the highest honor an architect or architectural team can receive in our country. According to the Regulations for Awards and Distinctions, the award recognizes individuals "whose career and ethical and professional performance have set an example for all architects, in any manifestation of professional practice, whether in the field of architectural design, academic work, professional association involvement, public service, or management."