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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to seek new ways of living and daily solutions. The economic crisis triggered across various sectors has made it essential to invest in initiatives that contribute to overcoming these challenges, ultimately reflecting on the well-being and health of all. In response, the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Rio Grande do Sul (CAU/RS) has launched the "Healthy House – Healthy City" public ideas competition, which reinforces the role of architects and urbanists as essential agents in developing solutions for a healthier and safer society. Furthermore, CAU/RS believes that hosting competitions is a democratic way to identify quality proposals that benefit society as a whole.

Open for Entries: CRIE! Student Rapid Ideas Competition - A Pizza Oven for FAU UFRJ

Through the "Casa Violeta Parra, Collective Space" competition, and with the goal of creating an architectural space that functions as a Transitional Shelter for Women Victims of Gender-Based Violence, Proyecto Habitar and Aparecida En Red Ando invite students and graduates to develop a critical perspective on the present, investigating the production processes of current spaces to design a future space that fosters fair and democratic social relationships.

DOCEXDOCE Latinoamérica launches its first edition. This 12-hour competition for architecture students features free registration, 12 prizes, and a $1,000 first prize.

The Azcapotzalco Mayor's Office, through the Azcapotzalco Cultural Center, invites artists, architects, and creators to submit cultural projects for the "O’GORMAN O’GORMAN 1905-1982" exhibition, which will take place in February 2021.

Are you a creative person who enjoys designing objects? Registration for the "The Bicycle and its Doubles" competition is open until September 18, with finalists to be featured in the Bicycle Architecture Biennale (BAB).

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.

This national competition, managed by Infonavit, invites undergraduate students of urban planning, architecture, or related fields to develop design strategies and solutions for improved habitability and appropriate population density in housing for workers in Mexico, within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

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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.

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The Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize is an initiative by the firm 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 received 220 nominated projects.

CICOP Chile invites architects who graduated between October 1, 2023, and December 31, 2025, from any school of architecture in the Latin American countries where the International Federation of CICOP Centers has active national representation—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay—to participate in the CICOP Chile 2026 Award. Eligible submissions include Thesis Projects or Final Degree Projects developed with a focus on interventions in buildings, building complexes, or areas of heritage value, regardless of whether they are protected by national regulations.
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​The CICOP Chile Award aims to foster the visibility and dissemination of Thesis Projects and Final Degree Projects that involve the intervention of heritage properties or areas, thereby contributing to their enhancement. Furthermore, the award seeks to identify and highlight the best proposals developed in this field in recent years, promoting academic interest in projects and research centered on the conservation of architectural heritage.

The Ibero-American Biennial of Creation and Territory is a cultural event that centers on critical reflection regarding creation within regionalist contexts in Ibero-America.

Architects and architecture students from Latin America and Europe are invited to participate in the "Hotel Zen Lighthouse" Ideas Competition, to be developed on the shores of Lake Valle de Bravo, Mexico. The competition aims to encourage the preservation of natural resources.

Architects and architecture students from Latin America and Europe are invited to participate in the "Zen Lighthouse Hotel" Ideas Competition, to be developed on the shores of Lake Valle de Bravo, Mexico. The competition aims to encourage the preservation of natural resources. For more information, please consult the competition guidelines.

The 1st International GADU Congress: Gender, Architecture, Design, and Urbanism will take place from September 28 to October 1, 2022, in a hybrid format—both virtual and in-person—at the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The National Meeting of Architecture Students "ENEA Quito 2022" is an event that, for the third time, seeks to impart and merge knowledge capable of creating, developing, and projecting architecture. It is a week where integration, participation, and academic exchange become the fundamental pillars for analyzing and debating how architecture is practiced in Ecuador, along with alternatives for its professional application.

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