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Ideasforward is an experimental platform that seeks progressive ideas reflecting emerging themes. Ecological design, sustainable architecture, new materials, concepts, and technologies are pressing issues for the societies of the future, and the participation of the entire community is essential. In an era of globalization, where communication has been dominated by the technological revolution, there is a need to rethink cities and how humanity relates within a global world, as well as to reconsider the economic, social, and cultural patterns of contemporary societies.

New ideas competition on Desall.com: Manifattura Falomo and Desall invite you to design a system that helps consumers select the most suitable mattress based on their specific needs at retail locations.

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For its fourth exhibition cycle, Espacio Odeón has invited Alejandro Martín Maldonado and Estudio Altiplano to serve as curators. They have chosen to launch an architecture competition that examines the spatial conditions of Odeón, along with its history, present, and future.

This competition invites any individual or collective—regardless of age, discipline, nationality, gender, or political affiliation—to submit architectural proposals. We are seeking submissions that consider the building's current state in programmatic, heritage, urban, and economic terms. We invite you to envision alternative futures and new directions, and to submit proposals that radically question the spatial condition of Odeón, the contingency of the void, and the potential of its ruins.

In the context of architecture and urbanism, design competitions are academic and/or professional contests that involve developing an architectural proposal based on specific requirements defined by organizers in a brief, which is carefully planned and prepared for each theme.

ARKxSITE is pleased to announce the ‘SITE CHAPEL’ international architecture ideas competition for architecture students and young professionals (≤ 40 years old).

Van Alen Institute and Broadway Mall Association are seeking emerging designers and artists for a temporary public design installation addressing the theme of “Eco-Mutualism.” The selected project will be on view March 2027–January 2028 at Mitchel Square in Washington Heights, Manhattan.

Introducing the sixth Architect's Chair competition, an exciting opportunity for architects and designers to showcase their creativity, versatility, and design vision through the creation of a signature piece of furniture. Developed in partnership with Stockholm Furniture Fair, the world's leading platform for Scandinavian design, this edition offers participants the unique opportunity to engage directly with one of the most influential events in the international furniture and design industry.

Cape Charles Railroad & Harbor Ideas Competition

There have been five major extinction events in Earth's history, the fifth being the obliteration of the dinosaurs by an asteroid some 65 million years ago. For many plant and animal species today, humans are now the greatest threat to their survival. This is known as the sixth extinction, and its grim ledger is the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The unrestrained destruction of animal habitats for our cities and food production is the equivalent of a slow-motion asteroid. And yet, it is only the human who has the capacity to prevent a real asteroid hitting Earth.

La Pyramide: The Futuristic soul of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Beyond the Mall: Rethinking Retail Landscapes as Urban Public Space

Introducing the Kinderspace: Architecture for Children's Development competition / Edition #4, an architectural challenge dedicated to crafting innovative educational spaces that enhance early childhood learning. As young children navigate their formative years, the environment in which they learn plays a pivotal role in their cognitive, emotional, and social development. Traditional educational settings often do not fully cater to the dynamism of early childhood, potentially stifling creativity and exploration.

The Museum of Architecture, the Great Exhibition Road Festival and Dr Neal Shasore have launched an open international design competition to rethink the Crystal Palace for contemporary society, considering what it might look like, how it would function and who it should serve.

Submissions are open to the Drawing of the Year Awards 2026! The seventh annual, global Awards are free to enter and celebrate excellence in creative imagery, drawings and visual representations.

La Chambre and the European House of Architecture - Upper Rhine are launching the 8th edition of Archifoto - European architectural photography competition.
Since 2010, Archifoto has brought together documentary and artistic views on current architectural issues. By favouring a free and subjective viewpoint, it rewards photographers whose vision helps us to understand the urban and natural landscape, the ways of living and living together, and the new ways of building the world and society.

The 8th edition of Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB 2026) (www.tab.ee) will question cost, value, and sustainability in architecture with the theme “How Much?”. Curated by Kertu Johanna Jõeste, Ra Martin Puhkan and Siim Tanel Tõnisson from Stuudio TÄNA (www.stuudiotäna.ee) (Estonia) together with Mark Aleksander Fischer (Estonia) and Mira Samonig (Austria), TAB 2026 will run from September 9th – November 30th, 2026.

The Tamayouz Women in Architecture and Construction Award is an excellence award for women who have contributed to the fields of architecture and construction throughout the Near East and North Africa. The award consists of two categories:

We are pleased to invite you to take part in an international open ideas competition that marks the beginning of one of Denmark’s largest urban transformation projects: the redevelopment of the former Odense University Hospital (OUH) into a vibrant, urban area in the heart of Odense.

OPEN CALL: VARES SPRING RESIDENCY 2026

ET CONTEST is an architectural design competition
inviting ideas, visions, and proposals for the architectural
and landscape transformation of the former mining site of
Sos Enattos, in Sardinia. The site is one of the candidates to
host the Einstein Telescope (ET), a cutting-edge European
scientific infrastructure set to become the world’s most
advanced third-generation gravitational wave detector.

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama (MAC Panamá) announces the launch of an international architecture competition for the design of its new building, a milestone in the institution’s history and in Panama’s cultural projection within the Latin American context.

We, a group of ten hens (in collaboration with Outsider Magazine), are launching an architectural competition. We need a new chicken coop. Our living standard has not changed significantly for centuries: a few planks, some straw, and the simple logic of “keep it covered and closed so the fox can’t get in.” While people debate living, sustainability, structure, materials, light, and microclimate, hens remain stuck in a kind of pre-modern era—which, let’s be honest, does not reflect well on the progress of architecture for animals.