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 "Às Margens" competition, organized by Minimum, is open to architecture and urban planning students and recent graduates*. The competition aims to generate new, modern proposals for the revitalization of the Dilúvio Stream in Porto Alegre. The organizers are seeking proposals and ideas that provide the Dilúvio with a design commensurate with its potential, transforming it into a landmark for Porto Alegre rather than its current state: a heavily polluted and underutilized stream.

The Vitória Technology Park is a long-held ambition of the entrepreneurial community and a necessity for the capital to shift its economic base, enabling the generation of high-value products and services through innovation. However, for a project of this magnitude to move from concept to reality, the cooperation of all stakeholders is essential—including landowners, public authorities, academia, urban planners, the productive sector, surrounding communities, the innovation ecosystem, and the entire population that will be impacted.

Bimtool launches the second edition of The BIM Challenge 2018, an international online architecture competition open to participants worldwide across three categories: Architecture Students, Licensed Architects, and an Open category for those who do not fall into the previous groups.

San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in the State of California, with a population of approximately 860,000 inhabitants spread across 121 km². Located on the West Coast of the United States, at the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, it is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and connected to the mainland only from the south.

Coffee culture is booming, and Northern Europe holds the official title for the world's largest coffee consumers. Countries such as Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden all rank in the top ten, with annual consumption reaching up to 12 kg per person.

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This ideas competition considers water landscapes, and more specifically rivers, as mediators in the necessary harmonic and dynamic balance that must exist between cities and nature. The fluvial (geomorphological) restoration approach will be used to revitalize a river, thereby understanding its natural system to inform design adapted to that system.

Vazio S/A, Coletivo Aurora, and Eduardo de Jesus are launching Outros Territórios (Other Territories) – an International Call for Urban Intervention Projects. The initiative aims to gather a series of ephemeral interventions for Buritis, a mountainous neighborhood in Belo Horizonte, enabling an instantaneous transformation of its landscape by simultaneously occupying the "stilt-like" structures (exposed beams and pillars) of various buildings.

New York is the quintessential city of professional progress, grand ambitions, and major corporations. It is a place where the pursuit of societal success often comes at the cost of long working hours. We spend a third of our day or more in workspaces, yet most offices were designed to maximize productivity with little regard for spatial quality or employee well-being.

As one of Latvia's largest national parks, Kemeri National Park is launching a design competition for a new observation tower. The tower, planned for construction near the Great Kemeri Bog Boardwalk, will provide improved access for visitors with disabilities.

Ideasforward aims to provide young creatives worldwide with an opportunity to express their views on the future of society through innovative and visionary proposals.
We are a platform that seeks progressive ideas that reflect on emerging themes.
Ecological design, sustainable architecture, new materials, concepts, and technologies are essential issues for the societies of the future, and the involvement of the entire community is imperative. 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.
We value young creatives and thinkers, as they are invaluable. We want to give these individuals a voice.

Bee Breeders continues its series of affordable housing competitions, this time in partnership with the Sydney Build Expo, to address the issue of housing affordability in Australia's largest and most vibrant metropolitan city. It is well known that Sydney has one of the lowest supplies of affordable housing in the world, ranking second only to Hong Kong. Real estate in Sydney remains out of reach for the majority of the young population.

The Nemrut Volcano Eyes architecture competition challenges participants to design a functional and aesthetically pleasing observation deck along the southern rim of the collapsed volcano's crater.

The Bee Breeders Black Balsam Laboratories competition is seeking designs to help bartenders and cocktail creators invent the next great drink. This traditional Latvian liqueur has a long history of being enjoyed for its intense and unique flavor, dating back to the 1700s.

Maquinar, in partnership with Ladrilho - Urbanismo e Arquitetura, is pleased to present the Ideas Competition: Chalets for Community Tourism in Cumbe. Recognizing local demand and the community's integrated relationship with the natural environment, this competition aims to foster debate among architecture and urban planning professionals and students regarding the design of lodging alternatives for community-based tourism.

The Jose Cuervo Foundation, in collaboration with the Graduate Programs in Sustainability at the ITESO Department of Habitat and Urban Development, as part of the 2nd International Congress on Sustainability in Habitats,

The Office of the Ombudsman of Santa Fe, the provincial Youth Cabinet, and the Rosario Architects' Association are launching the "Yo te descubro" (I Discover You) photography competition, focused on the Art Deco theme in the city of Rosario, Argentina.

The initiative aims to highlight, rediscover, and revalue Art Deco examples found in everyday objects, stylistic ornamentation, art, and architectural heritage, framing them as a core element of Rosario's identity and sense of belonging.

We are seeking to attract top talent from around the world to participate in one of our school's innovative and exciting master's programs for the upcoming academic year. Individuals who studied architecture, design, or related disciplines, graduated between 2015 and 2018, and ranked in the top 25% of their class are eligible to compete for the IE Architecture + Prize.

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Bimtool is launching the second edition of THEBIMCHALLENGE, an international online architecture competition open to participants worldwide across three categories: Architecture Students, Licensed Architects, and an Open category for those who do not fall into the previous groups.

• Title

  Concurso: Estadio residencial de usos adaptables

• Type

  Anuncio para Concurso de Ideas

• Website

  http://www.archstorming.com/info

• Organizers

  Archstorming

• Registration Deadline

  November 21, 2018 11:59 PM

• Submission Deadline

  November 21, 2018 11:59 PM

• Venue

  McCarren Park, New York City

• Price

  50€

The Bee Breeders' Affordable Housing Challenge series heads to London, tasking participants with conceiving creative solutions for the British capital's complex crisis.

This is an open call for projects and publications completed during the four years preceding each Biennial, with five categories open to the American continent and one open worldwide.

The CAF competition sought ideas proposing comprehensive habitat improvements within communities. Specifically, it aimed to improve citizens' quality of life and integrate informal settlements into the city through the conception and design of innovative, relevant, justified, and feasible proposals.

View the results of the 2018 edition.

The Espaço de Arquitetura portal, hereinafter referred to as the Organizing Entity, with the sponsorship of CS-Telhas, Love, Margres, ATZ, and Lummenn, and with the institutional support of the Fafe City Council, is promoting the DESAFIOS URBANOS’17 Ideas Competition. The Espaço de Arquitetura portal, hereinafter referred to as the Organizing Entity, with the sponsorship of CS-Telhas, Love, Margres, ATZ, and Lummenn, and with the institutional support of the Fafe City Council, is promoting the DESAFIOS URBANOS’17 Ideas Competition.

In an increasingly chaotic world, finding a moment of silence is difficult. Participants in the Bee Breeders Silent Meditation Forest Cabins competition are invited to create a space where guests can disconnect from the constant noise and distractions of the technological world and focus on silent reflection over a simple cup of tea.