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The Rogelio Salmona Latin American Architecture Prize 2024 was launched on Thursday, February 29.

We believe that by gaining a deeper understanding of the realities faced by public sector professionals—including gardeners, urban planners, and municipal architects—we can better analyze and envision a brighter future for landscape management in spaces such as gardens and parks.

In response to the expectations of Latin American architects and following four successful editions, REDBAAL is now accepting entries for the Fifth Edition of the Oscar Niemeyer Award for Latin American Architecture—the ON Grand Prize—to be presented on August 9 of this year.
The finest architectural work, previously recognized at prestigious Latin American biennials, will take center stage in this international competition, which serves as the “Biennial of Biennials” for Latin American architecture.
We remain committed to bringing together our professionals and their outstanding work, which reflects diverse realities while serving as a testament to highly valuable collective social efforts.

The 2023 Di Tella Architecture Prize - Emerging Practices aims to celebrate the work of young professionals in Argentina and neighboring countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay). The prize seeks to recognize the cultural value of architecture and its impact on the built environment.

For the past 12 years, AAI México (Association of Architects and Interior Designers of Mexico) has presented this national award to celebrate and promote authentic Mexican design.
Thanks to the autonomy of the AAI, the award is independent of specific canons or corporate interests. All projects that meet the requirements of the call for entries are welcome, whether built or virtual, and whether they originate from emerging firms or established practices. There is a place for everyone here.
Each edition features a completely impartial jury, typically composed of prominent figures from the academic or industrial sectors. We are committed to fostering diversity of thought.
For this 12th edition, the jury will consist of:
- Arch. Gerardo Broissin Covarrubias (Director of the Faculty of Architecture at Universidad Anáhuac México, Tecamachalco campus)
- Arch. Gonzalo Pérez (Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies at the Faculty of Architecture at Universidad Anáhuac México, Tecamachalco campus)
- Arch. Paola Morales Orantes (Coordinator of Architectural Projects at the Faculty of Architecture at Universidad Anáhuac México, Tecamachalco campus)
The call for entries includes five categories: Residential, Corporate, Restaurants, Hospitality, Recreational Spaces, and Special Projects. Details regarding the types of projects eligible for the Recreational Spaces and Special Projects categories can be found on our website or in the official call for entries.
This edition introduces a new category: Sketch. This category is for those who appreciate freehand drawing, as we also believe in the power of traditional drawing.
The call for entries is now open and will close on May 19th, with no extensions.
Further information can be found at: www.aaimexico.mx

The EMPORIA award recognizes ephemeral projects across various sectors, including museums, exhibitions, trade fairs, retail spaces, festivals, sporting events, and conceptual or experimental architecture. The common denominator for all entries is that the architectural work must be ephemeral.

The Biennial Competition is an open call for projects and publications completed during the four years leading up to each edition of the Pan American Biennial of Architecture of Quito (BAQ).

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Architects Silvia Mendoza Marzola, president of the Colombian Society of Architects (SCA-PN), Paola Zellner-Basset, director of the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA), and Ana María Pinzón Romero, coordinator of the Colombian Architects (AC) initiative, invite all architects in the country to participate in the call for submissions for the 1x1 Collection Colombia 2022.

The Ciudades Cómo Vamos Forum is a space for discovery and discussion regarding the present and future of cities, promoted by Lima Cómo Vamos. Its objective is to share approaches, evidence, and proposals concerning the country's cities, and to facilitate the dissemination of multi-stakeholder efforts aimed at improving urban areas in Peru.

The CONSTRULITA Lighting Awards return in 2021 to recognize those who, even during the pandemic, continue to enhance spaces through light. Lighting design is an essential field for reaffirming the importance of light in our lives, spanning art, education, science, technology, and design. Accordingly, this competition invites anyone dedicated to lighting design or related fields to register their projects and showcase their talent to the world.
This initiative by Grupo Construlita aims to serve as a platform for new generations seeking recognition, providing a space where their talent and experience can continue to grow and become part of the lighting community in Mexico and Latin America.
Starting Monday, September 6, the online registration platform will be open to professionals and students in fields related to architecture, interior design, industrial design, product design, lighting design, and engineering who currently reside in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, or the Dominican Republic.
Projects may be registered in five professional categories: Architectural Lighting, Interior Lighting, Light-Art, Product Design, and Connect +IoT—a new category focused on the integration of new connectivity technologies with lighting.

MIRO (Museum of Impunity: Resistance to Oblivion) is a digital museum exhibition project by the Estudio 3.14 Fellowship Program that seeks to showcase a diverse range of visual works with protest-oriented and subversive content. These works address various social issues stemming from the prevalence of impunity in Mexico and globally, through the power of imagery. Artists and designers are invited to submit existing works to be exhibited across the museum’s six constituent levels, each addressing the following issues: corrupt politicians, media, complicity, disappearances, and femicides.

Since 2016, Lima has hosted the International Forum on Urban Interventions, which aims to highlight citizen-led initiatives implementing small-scale urban interventions. These initiatives seek to improve the quality of life in public spaces, offer solutions to various challenges, and encourage other citizens to initiate their own projects.

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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.

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

This meeting, continuing the previous Latin American and National gatherings, aims to bring together architecture professionals, academic departments, educators, researchers, and students to continue debating and deepening the understanding of professional practice in habitat transformation processes.

The Arica Barroca festival is a cultural celebration honoring the South Andean identity of Arica and Parinacota, a Cultural Landscape of the Americas. This year’s festival theme, "From the Pacific to the Andes: Pirates, Traffickers, and Franciscans," unfolds over three days of celebrating the region's rich essence. The community is invited to participate in over 20 free activities, including specialized talks on history, archaeology, architecture, music, and the visual arts; generative roundtables that entice with the aromas and flavors of heritage cuisine; art workshops to revisit ancestral crafts; Baroque concerts at the Arica Cathedral; and an art and design fair, the Neo Barroca, a showcase inviting local artists to the Plaza Colón to share their work. The festival will take place from May 16 to 18 and is open to the public.

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The call for submissions is now open for the XI Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XI BIAU), curated by Arturo Franco and Ana Román, which will be held in October 2019 in Asunción, Paraguay, with Joseto Cubilla serving as the country coordinator.

The Housing Institute (INVI) at the University of Chile invites submissions for the 2018 INVItro call for columns. Columns must address topics related to residential habitat, falling within the following categories:

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The call for submissions for the selection of academic work for the XI Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XI BIAU) is now open. Curated by Arturo Franco and Ana Román, the event will take place in October 2019 in Asunción, Paraguay, with Joseto Cubilla serving as the country coordinator.

As in previous editions, the Latin American Architecture Biennial (BAL) aims to showcase the work of emerging professionals in Spain, thereby helping to promote their practice both in Spain and in their home countries.

BAL 2019 will take place over the course of one week in Pamplona, Spain, combining a variety of events linked to different geographic regions. The program will feature exhibitions, lectures, and roundtables that provide a global overview of the current state of Latin American architecture. Following the event, the BAL will be exhibited in Barcelona and Madrid, as well as at BIAU 2021, and may also be presented in participating countries upon request.

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The call for submissions is now open for the selection of publications for the XI Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XI BIAU), curated by Arturo Franco and Ana Román, which will take place in October 2019 in Asunción, Paraguay, with Joseto Cubilla serving as the country coordinator.

We believe the output from Argentine universities is vast and valuable; therefore, we are once again launching an open call to showcase the best final degree projects produced by these institutions.

Academic proposals can serve as significant intellectual and critical works. The goal of this call is to ensure these projects do not remain tucked away, gathering dust on shelves, and losing their potential to drive real change in our cities and in how we inhabit and perceive our world.

If you believe your 2018 final degree project is compelling enough to be featured on our site and that your hard work deserves recognition from the wider community, please submit it using the form at the end of this article.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the first National Meeting of Urbanists of Tomorrow (ENUM), to be held on October 8th and 9th at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile. This meeting is organized by graduates of the Master’s in Urbanism program and sponsored by the Department of Postgraduate Studies and the Postgraduate School of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the same institution.

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 bring to 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.