Competitions

This is a call for all visionary architects and designers that wish to change the Education in a worldwide scale. Our world urgently needs architectural proposals that foster innovative ideas for the Schools of this Third Millennium. The 7 Petal School is such a project, aiming at a re-evolutionary educative transformation, based on the programs of Pedagooogia 3000. With this purpose, the Architects 3000 Network was co-created in 2008. As non-profit and pedagogic organisations, the Architects 3000 Network and Pedagooogia 3000 conceived this open call as a solidary competition, based in sharing ideas, establish alliances and open opportunities, in which we all win. All tog…

In the digital landscape a new reality has started to shine by itself: the ubiquitous computing. A concept that is burying the common idea of machine and completely altering the role computers play nowadays. In this computational narrative, the challenge is no longer to add a new digital object to our list of tools, but to dote faculty of processing data to our domestic elements. In this regard, and unlike the desktop computation, ubiquitous computing propose natural and constant interaction among users and environment, extending its influence in all fields of human phenomena, even in the one more domestic and primary: our body.In this context, disciplines as programmi…

A new generation of solar panels offers with it´s new colors, styles, structures and texture another aesthetic than before. How solar panels previously were an application, they are now a construction material with a distinct value that opens up new architectural possibilities. In this context it is naturally to focus on new applications and new contexts. Along with energy-producing solar panels it may be possible to a new content quality, artificial light. Thus, both solar cells and LED invisible during the day so they fall naturally into any facade, it functions as lighting in urban spaces, art decoration or information text in the dark. It is the task of the competitio…

The announcement aims at the selection of 10 candidates between architects, designers and wood carpenters who will take part to a design and selfconstruction workshop in a 1:1 scale. The thirteenth edition of Camposaz will take place from 11 May to 20 May 2018 in the art centre of Vooruit (Gent, Belgium), within the framework of The May Events festival curated by Silvia Bottiroli. Conceived on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of May 1968, The May Events doesn’t aim at celebrating it or at discussing its accomplishments and failures. It is rather a way to use this anniversary as a trampoline to investigate where and how art is today a place for social choreographies to…

AIA National Photography Competition is open to architects registered in the U.S., Associate members of AIA and members of AIAS. Entry fee covers the submission of five images to submit on a CD. Multiple entries can be submitted on the same CD with completed entry form and payment. Images must capture an element of the built environment, and the subject of Fuller Award for $200 must be architecture in the U.S. Winning images will be displayed at the 2015 Convention in Atlanta and all images will be placed in a powerpoint presentation available to all Chapters for an exhibition. To enter, visit http://www.aia-stlouis.org/photo_contest.asp. Deadline is April 1, 2015. Reg…

Background In the current context of economic, urban and environmental challenges the Festival aims at the comprehensive development of innovative ideas of the organisation and the development of the coastal space, including solution of individual tasks, in particular: - modern environmental, urban and architecture and design development of coastal and island areas; - creation of ecologically safe recreational area; - raise awareness of the development prospects of coastal and island areas among the government, municipal and community organisations. - comprehensive development of water tourism and creation of its infrastructure; - promotion of active lifestyle; - pr…

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is pleased to inform you about the Global Summer School 2018, 11th edition of the international summer educational program about the future of our cities, that will take place in Barcelona and in other nodes worldwide simultaneously from the 2nd to the 14th of July 2018. This two-weeks intense program brings together experts from around the world to discuss the future of urbanism and the impact of technology on spaces exploration through a series of workshops, global lectures, presentations and a final ceremony. The Global Summer School (GSS) is a platform defined by ambitious, multi-scalar investigation on th…

The Archiprix Portugal 2015 competition presents the best graduation projects in the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, submitted in 2014 to Portuguese Universities. The Archiprix Portugal award was established in 2012 by the Archiprix Foundation (Rotterdam) and Sierra Henriques Foundation (Lisbon) involving plurally and independently the Portuguese "Ordem dos Arquitectos" and the teaching body of the participant schools. All further information on the competition and the international Archiprix network are available on the website: www.archiprix.pt Register by: 02-01-2015 / Submit by: 02-16-2015 [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

CGTrader, one of the leading 3D model marketplaces in the world, has just launched the Digital Art Competition, which is open to all CG artists (both 2D and 3D): https://www.cgtrader.com/digital-art-competition ! You can submit up to three works of art to each of the six categories: Character Illustration, Character Concept Design, Environment Illustration, Environment Concept Design, Object Design, and Object Concept Design. All artworks will also have the chance to win the Public Award. The CGTrader Digital Art Competition offers artists exposure in our 1.2M+ user community and the opportunity to win prizes worth a total of $60,000. There are no hard requirements, a…

This is a competition about rethinking the filling station: As the automobile became a highly celebrated and desired part of western society during the first half of the 20th century, the filling station followed closely behind as the architectural counterpart of this new phenomenon that was changing the world. However, as car ownership exploded around the world, the novelty started to wear off, and filling stations were soon regarded as a source of income rather than the celebration of a bright future. The fall from grace was further solidified when it became clear just how much of a negative impact the car had on the environment. Since then, the filling station has be…

The intent is to involve citizens in urban potentials of the underused and/or abandoned spaces of Winnipeg. Through a community based ideas competition, people will be encouraged to come up with imaginative solutions for the site. There are no limitations to the ideas, and explorative ideas are encouraged. By giving the voice to the community, people are able to take ownership and provide their ideas to a platform that emphasizes a shared collective of ideas. The Alexander Docks have become one of these derelict spaces in which the local community has the opportunity to voice their ideas of how it could be better used. Located along the Red River, there is even greater op…

OPORTO CITY - Oporto is one the main cities in Portugal, with a rich culture and traditions. With a huge historic past including Christian conquests over the Muslim empire, French Napoleonic invasions in the 19th century and even a civil war during the political tensions between monarchists and liberalists, Oporto has a huge package of traditions ready to be told and explored by the all! WHERE IS THE PROBLEM The city’s lifestyle has changed during the last years due to the economic crisis that Portugal suffered. Since 2001 when the city was nominated European Capital of Culture only a few projects have been made and the ones who were built mostly focused on tourism. O…

VOLUME 39: FOUNDATIONS & DISRUPTIONS Technology is the answer—but what was the question? —Cedric Price Just 20 years ago, Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the MIT Media Lab, anticipated that the post-information age would remove the limitations of geography. Digital living, he said, would allow transmission of place itself. (1) This prediction that technology would destroy distance and that our physicality would lose relevance did not hold true; rather, it expanded the meaning of physical space by making it more complex and inseparable from its digital dimension. (2) The translation of the built environment into digital information—through robotics, big data, and s…

AIM: The aim of this international ideas competition is to recognise the architectural and design principle involved in designing a high quality tree-house and the role they sometimes play in shaping our ideas of low-cost, low maintenance and sustainable architectural design in many world communities. This competition investigates, explores and emphasises the importance of sustainable concept in Treehouse design as they become ever more popular, more intricate and more commercial. PROJECT: The program is to design an original Contemporary Treehouse pod, capsule or series of pods with the vision of being located on the proposed ‘The Garden Bridge’ across the river Tha…

Future Campus – University College Dublin International Design Competition focuses on enhancing and enlivening University College Dublin’s (UCD’s) extensive campus. This competition – the first stage of which closes at 14:00 BST on Monday 26 March 2018 – is seeking an outstanding integrated multidisciplinary team for two much-needed design initiatives. First, the Entrance Precinct Masterplan will create a new urban design strategy for a 23.8 ha area that will guide UCD in defining the quality of the campus through placemaking, architecture and the public realm, as well as allowing for future planning. Essential to this will be a distinctive, confident and highly-visible e…

OPENGAP organizes the fourth edition of this open ideas competition seeking for innovative, cutting-edge, contemporary, proposals, committed to a strategy of implementing architecture in a natural environment. Approaches should point to find synergies between nature and the building itself. Each participant or team can propose the location of their Project. This competition is open to all architects, designers, architecture students and to people around the world interested in the topic. Competitors could subscribe individually or as a team of maximum of 5 people. The proposal submission consists of two digital panels in .jpg format, not bigger than 5MB each. Register…

This year’s ASA International Design Competition aims to upend the typical associations of vernacular architecture and design. The term ‘VEX’can be approached from a multitude of perspectives, all to challenge, or agitate, the stereotypes of what vernacular should or should not be. One tends to assume that vernacular architecture is in opposition to modern architecture and lifestyle. There is the perception that vernacular is something that is traditional and therefore is considered to be technologically ‘inept’ or ‘crude’. This relegates vernacular design to irrelevance in today’s society and also implies that it is immutable and static, and ‘unimprovable’. The challen…

CALLING: artists, makers, visual thinkers, students and practitioners of design, urbanism, architecture, landscape, planning and other allied disciplines. Images and techniques that portray the process of revealing design in all its forms are invited for a peer-reviewed exhibition and publication. Think Fast explores the role of ambiguity and deconstruction in design imagination, intent and contemporary representation. The interdisciplinary collection of work selected for exhibition will travel to at least three academic venues: Ball State University, Kansas State University and Parsons The New School for Design. The exhibition and subsequent publication will collect u…

Ideasforward wants to give young creative people from around the world the opportunity to express their views on the future of societies through their innovative and visionary proposals. We are an experimental platform seeking progressive ideas that reflect on emerging themes. The eco design, sustainable architecture, new materials, concepts and technologies are compelling issues in the societies of the future and the involvement of the whole community is imperative. In an era of globalization where communication was dominated by the technological revolution, there is the need to rethink the cities and how Man relates in a global World as well as rethink the economic, soc…

For this competition, we want entrants to focus on the use of access flooring in the retail environment and how raised floors can simplify wiring, cabling and operations of a retail facility. The use of access flooring should be architecturally significant and integrated into the design of the space, as well as highly functional and beneficial. The winning entry(ies) will be based on which submissions best illustrate not only the use of access flooring in a retail store, but how this type of system improves the design, construction and operation of the retail store. The Competition Entries will be accepted from students in the fields of: Architecture, interior desig…

This is a call for Works of art and design that are also devices for manifesting, registering, materializing, manipulating, or visualizing the quality, movement, properties, or “spirit” of air in, around, and through buildings. Air: the mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide that serves all forms of terrestrial life; that carries a million other compounds and particles; that we feel on our skins and breathe and smell; that vibrates with sound; that carries birds and planes; that foams water, feeds fires, and fills tires; that moves curtains and removes roofs; that presses in on everything without our noticing. Air invisible, essential, shapeless, shaped: how m…

Design Challenge: What happens at the intersection of urban culture and architecture? How can the four elements of hip hop (DJing, MCing, Breaking and Graffiti) inspire the built environment? Participants are encouraged to create a sketch using mediums of their choice to depict new building forms, urban design concepts, and/or architectural products inspired by the four foundational elements of hip hop. Who's Eligible: This international competition is open to all individuals including students, graffiti artists, architects, urban planners, landscape architects, graphic designers, muralists, etc. Registration Complete the free registration form located below. Subm…

Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the annual awards program organized by Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) and the Italian Trade Agency honors the exceptional work of North American architects and designers who feature Italian ceramic and porcelain tile in their residential, commercial and institutional projects. In a new initiative this year, Ceramics of Italy is also looking for imaginative concepts from students in addition to built projects. We are excited to announce that the 2018 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition has officially launched! Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the annual awards program organized by Confindu…

It gives us immense pleasure to invite you to participate in the Student’s Design Competition 2014. A platform for student’s to showcase their understanding of design and its implementation. "Student’s Design Competition 2014" has been conceptualized and organized by fensterbau frontale India. Through this competition, we wish to encourage students pursuing graduation or post-graduation to put forward their views on sustainability and retrofitting by the means of the competition. Competition Brief: Buildings are the amongst the largest energy consumers of the world. In India, we have a great legacy of following sustainable building traditions, intrinsic to the archite…

This competition challenges participants to design a Sky Forest & Bee Farm Hotel Skyscraper as a concept that must take advantage of any great views around it and minimise any bad view this area of Chelsea district in Manhattan, New York Metropolitan Area. The design is expected to be visually and aesthetically engaging in contributing positively to the area with emphasis on provision of great hotel and leisure facility. It should maximise the positive contribution of such a vertical structure close to the Hudson River whist minimising the negative impact. The aim of the competition is to explore and investigate the possibility of a high quality Sky Forest & B…