This year’s Industrial Design Trophy invites students to design futuristic, sustainable products or spaces that merge art, technology, and ecology. Centered on the theme Catalyse, the competition challenges participants to imagine how design can shape life in 2035 and beyond where culture, technology, and sustainability coexist. It’s a call to create innovative, human centered solutions that inspire change and redefine the future of design.
The 68th Year Writing Architecture Trophy invites you to explore, express, and expand your architectural imagination by rethinking what it means to be an architect today. Supported by The Architect’s Diary, this platform is for every thinker, observer, and storyteller of architecture. It’s time to Catalyse Conversations through Words!
Each month, Friends of Residential Treasures Los Angeles (FORT: LA) curates a new self-guided trail, inviting Angelenos to explore the city’s rich architectural heritage. These immersive experiences highlight significant homes, hidden gems, and the designers who have shaped Los Angeles' built environment.
Artificial Kreativity presents Kreative Talks with Peter Murray OBE Kreative Talks are the stories behind the creatives and how they are shaping the world.
The region's leading design festival, Dubai Design Week, brings together designers and creative practitioners to exchange ideas, collaborate and explore the evolving role of design in shaping a better collective future. Over the past decade, it has grown into a global platform with a strong emphasis on cross-cultural exchange and amplifying voices from West and South Asia, as well as the wider Global South.
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Design, So I Can See You” is the first official campaign of Cairo Design Week. Reframing Socrates’ phrase, it sees design as a language of identity—how we express who we are and what we value, without saying a word.
Cairo Design Week stands as a cornerstone of Egypt's design landscape, bringing together creativity, culture and innovation. It provides a meeting ground for designers, artists and industry leaders to shape and elevate the design ecosystem in Egypt. Through a thoughtfully curated mix of events, exhibitions and experience, CDW invites participants to discover the rich and evolving tapestry of Egyptian and global design.
Winter Stations is an international design competition held annually in Toronto, Canada. We're calling artists, designers, and architects from around the world to submit public art proposals for the 2026 exhibition 'Mirage', exploring the boundary of what is seen and what is real in the age of AI.
Downtown Design is the anchor event of Dubai Design Week, the region's most important creative festival reflecting Dubai's position as the design capital of the Middle East; an extensive programme of events, bringing together the global design stage and attracting more than 100,000 visitors to the Dubai Design District (d3) across the week. In its latest edition, Downtown Design showcased the latest collections, innovative products and design solutions from over 300 prominent brands from across the globe, and rising talent of the region, complemented by a programme of talks, creative pop-ups and engaging experiences.
From 26th to 28th November 2025, the Salone will light up the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh in red. In a strategic partnership with the Architecture and Design Commission at the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture, the event will feature an installation curated by the Giò Forma architecture studio, a packed cultural programme and a B2B platform, a meeting point for the Salone and the Saudi design ecosystem – a taster of the first ever edition of the event to be held in the Kingdom in 2026.
The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) returns to Toronto this fall with an exciting new lineup of films, panel conversations, and design-forward experiences at the TIFF Lightbox from November 12-15, 2025. Presented by Eventscape, this year's program features 14 international films that explore how design shapes our cities, our values, and our future.
The competition entries are expected to deliver: - Identity and Program of the Park-Forest– A functional solution for the planned program elements with strong design qualities intended for the rest and recreation of citizens. A space should be designed for various activities and events throughout the year –a multifunctional recreational park area with facilities such as an area for rest and outdoor recreation, children's play, sports and recreation, culture/education. The park program should be attractive, inclusive and accessible to all user groups; - Emphasis on the ecological aspect – the focus is on a design approach that focuses on nature-based solutions, ensuring that the future Park-Forestpromotes biodiversity and improves the stability of the ecosystem. In designing the park, priority should be given to the restoration and establishment of local flora and fauna, contributing to the preservation of nature and improvement of quality of life in the city.
Held within the framework of Smart City Expo World Congress, Barcelona, Tomorrow.Building World Congress aims to catalyze a positive change in the way we plan, construct, renovate and operate buildings and urban infrastructures.