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Open Call: Falmec and Desall invite you to design new products

New industrial design competition on Desall.com: Falmec and Desall invite you to design new products.

Call for Entries: Site Monastery

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

Rethinking Notre-Dame

On the night of April 15 in Paris, television networks, social media—the entire planet, in fact—watched as the Notre-Dame Cathedral burned. Tears, horror, and shock gripped the world at the prospect of seeing the most visited monument on Earth reduced to ashes; yet, after a long night, the city preserved Notre-Dame.

2nd National Ideas Competition

The Municipality of León, through the León Municipal Housing Institute (IMUVI) and the León Municipal Planning Institute (IMPLAN), invites students, faculty, and professionals to participate in the Second National Ideas Competition: Intra-urban Housing and Park Solution. The goal is to develop a conceptual design proposal for a high-density social housing complex and a neighborhood public park within a consolidated urban area in the city of León.
Driven by the vision of redirecting how we plan and manage cities, we invite you to participate in this rethinking process by submitting conceptual proposals for intra-urban social housing. These proposals should integrate public and green spaces, utilizing best practices in architectural design, innovation, and sustainability to ensure healthy neighborhood coexistence, equal access and opportunity, freedom from discrimination, and safe, affordable, and accessible housing for lower-income groups in society.

Idea competitions: Future Cap Challenge

New industrial design competition on Desall.com: Pelliconi and Desall invite you to propose innovative concepts for a new easy-open cap, featuring thoughtful design and a refined user experience, with the goal of creating an interactive and fun product.

Call for Entries: 'Site Mausoleum'

This single-stage international architecture ideas competition invites all architecture students, young architects, and young professionals with a degree in architectural studies (≤ 40 years old) to develop and submit ideas for the design of the ‘Site Mausoleum,’ located at the Jasper Quarry, ‘Serra da Arrábida,’ Portugal.

Call for Entries: Green Coliving Center Ideas Competition

The competition calls for the conceptualization of a coliving housing project as a replicable design tool for Mexico City, serving as a framework for other cities facing challenges related to overpopulation and the high demand for quality housing.

Call for Submissions: Insurgent Productions - 13th International Architecture Biennial of São Paulo

The IABsp has opened the Call for Insurgent Productions for the 13th International Architecture Biennial of São Paulo. Submissions for the Open Call for Entries can be made until December 15 via the 13th Biennial website.

Registration Open: A New Portal - Architecture and Urbanism Competition

The "Um Novo Portal" (A New Portal) Competition, organized by Minimum, is a team-based competition for students and recent graduates of Architecture and Urbanism.

Call for Entries: Photography Competition - Portraits of the Pandemic in Architecture

In our first photography competition, we invite all enthusiasts of the art—architects and non-architects alike—to capture what they consider most significant and striking when asked: What has the pandemic brought to the world of architecture?

Under the theme 'Architecture as a Politics of Change,' the call for entries to select the curatorial team for the XVII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism is now open.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda (MIVAU), in collaboration with the Higher Council of Architects' Associations of Spain and supported by the ARQUIA Foundation, has opened the selection process for the curatorship of the 17th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU). The deadline for submitting proposals is March 3, 2025.

Enter the Arquine Competition No. 27

Since 1998, Arquine has hosted an architecture competition that allows for the comparison of ideas and proposals on equal footing. As in recent editions, the Arquine No. 27 Competition invites participants to design, build, and activate a pavilion in Mexico City's Historic Center as part of the MEXTRÓPOLI Architecture and City Festival.

8th Félix Candela Award "Ehécatl"

The Félix Candela Award is a two-stage international architectural ideas competition conducted in Spanish. Organized annually by the Spanish Institute of Architecture (IESARQ), it is open to students of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and design, as well as young architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and designers, participating individually or in teams of two to three members.

BNDES Pequena África Competition - International Architectural Ideas Competition for the Pequena África territory, Rio de Janeiro

Pequena África is a space of singular significance, where culture, memory, and resistance intertwine along every path and within every evolving narrative. This territory has established itself as a bastion of Afro-Brazilian heritage, serving as a benchmark in the construction of Brazilian identity. To enhance its visibility, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is launching the BNDES Pequena África Competition, open to national and international participants. This represents a historic opportunity for recognition and reparation, ensuring that the memory of the formation of the Brazilian people is preserved and celebrated.

Call for Ideas Competitions for the Historical Heritage of Choquequirao

ARCHLAND, a firm specializing in the organization of architecture competitions, is honored to present its most significant competition to date. This initiative will enable the Choquequirao Citadel to achieve World Heritage status and be recognized as Peru's second archaeological wonder, following Machu Picchu, within the tourism circuit. This circuit will be part of the proposal and included through the competition itself, promoted to reach over 5,000 architects worldwide to address and promote this remarkable site.

CAU/SC National Public Competition for Sketches and Photographs

The competition aims to encourage a documentary and artistic perspective on architecture in Santa Catarina and will offer cash prizes to the top entries.

Open call for the Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Competition

The Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Competition is an international contest aimed at promoting the practice of architecture and urbanism that preserves and continues local traditions, contributing to the creation of a more beautiful, coherent, sustainable, and socially inclusive urban structure.

Call for Entries: AG360 Competitions - Lifeguard Tower

The goal of the competition is to design a one- or two-story prototype that acts as a sculptural element within its environment. It should be adaptable to beaches, parks, and plazas, serving as a landmark and safety point for tourists in major cities worldwide, while adding value to both natural and urban settings.

Open call for 24h competition edition 33 - CO2

Ideasforward is an international competition platform that aims to connect ideas from different areas of society to help transform cities and make them increasingly self-sufficient, efficient, and ecological.

Competition for a Parklet 4.0 exploring the intersections between architecture and technology

Projetar is the first ideas competition portal for students and young professionals in Brazil. Our purpose is to contribute to professional growth through competition, providing opportunities for creative practice, skill development, and visibility at the beginning of one's career. Over the past 8 years, we have launched 36 competitions and received more than 3,000 projects from participants across the country and abroad.

Call for Entries: AG360 Competitions: Floating House

The competition calls for the conceptualization of a floating housing prototype (FLOATING HOUSE) that functions as an independent unit. Through its design, it should be capable of forming a cluster of 10 units, adding value to the natural environment. The site is located on the Caribbean coast, on the island of Holbox, Mexico.

Open House Madrid 2020: 2nd Edition of the City Awards

Open House Madrid announces the 2nd edition of the City Awards, which recognize the most innovative, social, and engaged proposals that will shape the future of cities.

Submissions extended for the Ideas and Practices Competition: City, Housing, and Health

Registration for the Ideas and Practices Competition: City, Housing, and Health has been extended until August 3. Launched on July 1, the competition aims to promote Technical Assistance for Social Interest Housing (ATHIS) as a strategy to address Covid-19.

Cuicocha Viewpoint Competition

The Quechua Architecture Competition (Q.A.C.) invites all participants to take part in a new challenge: to develop and present a project that explores diverse fields of thought and design. This time, the challenge is "CUICOCHA Mirador."

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