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Drawing of the Year 2024 - Archisource

Archisource presents the Drawing of the Year Awards 2024 - the fifth annual, creative imagery Awards - open to all and free to enter! The Awards are the ultimate accolade in visual representations across architecture and design, celebrating the very best imagery created by professionals and students around the world. There is over £100,000 GBP ($127,000 USD) worth of prizes to be won, with the top 250 entries receiving a free Affinity V2 Universal Licence!

Open Call: Iraq Pavilion for a Global Exposition

Embark on a journey where the rich tapestry of Iraq's storied history intertwines with the nation's aspirations for the future, guided by innovation and boundless creativity.

Call for Entries: International Architecture Graduation Projects Award 2024

Tamayouz Excellence Award warmly invites architecture, urban design, urban planning, architecture technology, and landscape design students from around the globe to participate in the prestigious 2024 International Graduation Projects Award. This is a unique opportunity to showcase your innovative projects and gain international recognition. An independent, international jury of experts will meticulously review all submissions to select the winners, ensuring a fair and comprehensive evaluation process.
The purpose of this architectural design award is to recognise the excellence in architectural design and education worldwide and showcase excellent architectural examples to promote and provoke architectural debate to share architectural experience and knowledge among young architects and academics.

Idea Vault: Concept competition for the development of the former Bulgarian National Bank building, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

The Municipality of Plovdiv, Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria and the Union of Architects in Bulgaria organize a competition for the resocialization of a historic building - former Bulgarian National Bank – Plovdiv branch. The edifice is located in the heart of Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture for 2019.
For more information about the competition you can visit https://en.trezorzaidei.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/trezorzaidei
The building is pulled back from the front of the surrounding development, forming a small public square, which over time evolved as a traditional place for exhibitions, outdoor performances, craft fairs and other cultural events and activities.
The building, initially constructed as a bank in 1909, retained its original function within its active lifetime. The bank building fits harmoniously into the environment, comprised of a significant number of well-preserved buildings of similar character and date, bearing the spirit of the beginning of the 20th century.
The current concept competition for the reuse of the former bank building aims to restore the importance of the building as an urban landmark by implanting a new function in accordance with the city development. A rethinking of functions and unused spaces is needed. The opening of the iconic for Plovdiv building to the general public is of key importance for its socialization and preservation.
The aim of the current initiative is to identify and select appropriate functions for future development, which will serve as a basis for the building’s resocialization as a recognizable and valuable element of Plovdiv‘s cultural infrastructure.
The expected result is the discovery of an opportunity for the building to be reborn as the focus of the surrounding territory by creating a semantic connection (physical/virtual/conceptual/artistic) not only with the adjacent territory, but also with the entire urban organism. The current competition is a case study for a systematic strategy to provide a basis for the sustainable preservation of immovable cultural values.
Three of the best ideas will be awarded with a premium of BGN 3,000 (~1500 EUR) each and will be presented as part of a public discussion and an exhibition in the open space in front of the former bank building.
Send your proposals by email at trezorzaidei@plovdiv.bg until 23:59 on 30.04.2024 or submit on paper until 17:00 on 30.04.2024 in the Municipality's office Plovdiv, 1 "Stefan Stambolov" Square, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Legal entities and individuals over the age of 18 can participate in the competition. Acceptable languages for submission of proposals are Bulgarian and English.
The competition is for ideas for a new function of the building and does not constitute a competition for a conceptual investment project in the sense of the Law on Territorial Planning and the Ordinance on holding competitions in spatial planning and investment design.

Prix Claude Parent | Claude Parent Prize

Why the Claude Parent Prize for Transgressive Architecture?
To encourage and reward an alternative and visionary architecture.

EMERGING TALENTS AWARD – JANUARY ’24 EDITION

Welcome to the EMERGING TALENTS AWARD!

"PRESENCE - The Experience Centre" International Architecture Competition. Open call for all Architects, Designers, Creative Minds

361BIT Presents "PRESENCE The Experience Centre", International Architecture Competition.

The Future of DuSable Park — Design Competition

GRAND PRIZE: $1,000

Open Call for i'Local Competition: A Competition with a Difference

i'Local: A Competition with a Difference

Open Call: Curatorial Concept for the Pavilion of Finland at the 2025 Biennale Architettura in Venice

The Pavilion of Finland invites curatorial concept submissions for an exhibition at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

Open Call: Urbanarium presents Decoding Density

Missing Middle and Mixing Middle housing forms, the subjects of Urbanarium’s
previous ideas competitions, are becoming mainstream policies. Urbanarium’s next
competition again explores missing middle housing, this time at the high end of that
density range.

Tactical Urbanism

For architects, planners and designers, cities have turned into testing canvases for solutions that lead to both short and long-term changes. The paradigm shift in the built environment switches the narrative of how the public realm approaches complex challenges related to climate, urban sprawl, mobility, housing, among others.
The goal of this competition is to experiment with site-specific case studies that can work as open laboratories to test novel approaches on urban transformation. Participants have complete freedom to outline the program, the overall output and the extents of their proposal. Likewise, the size and complexity of the intervention will be defined by each team according to the needs of that specific neighbourhood, plot, city or community.

MICROHOME Kingspan Edition

The MICROHOME Kingspan Edition invites participants to conceptualize an off-grid modular dwelling that would accommodate a hypothetical young professional couple. This scenario serves as the benchmark family size for the competition. The total floor area of the structure should not exceed 25 m2, thereby encouraging participants to push their creativity and innovate within these parameters.

Re-draw.06: Villa Savoye

🔖 One building, any kind of drawing, a single illustration! The RE-DRAW Competition is back! In it’s sixth edition the building you will have to digest to create a completly new illustration is The Villa Savoye, designed by Le Corbusier. How would you represent this iconic building?

AI Challenge - The Future Of Cities On Planet Earth

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Call for Ideas

The second edition of the “Ideas for Prishtina” design contest has arrived!
We welcome ideas that revolve around improving Prishtina’s cityscape, functionality, usability, and especially its livability. Prishtina has its fair share of urban issues, but that leaves a lot of room for potential, so share your thoughts and proposals, with the chance of making a proper change in the city.
The Municipality of Prishtina and the Kosovo Architecture Foundation (KAF) are organizing this design contest to encourage the participation of the local community in the planning and implementation processes of the city. The main idea is the improvement and/or transformation of public spaces and their surroundings. These proposals could vary from sidewalks, crossroads, city lights, billboards, building facades, storefronts, rooftops, passages, tunnels, parks and other green areas, fountains, squares, markets, information points, pavilions, new public buildings, or even utopic urban solutions. No idea is too big, or too small, feel free to express yourselves fully. Everyone, either being a devoted residents or just visitors in Prishtina, of any age, nationality, or professional background, are invited to share their ideas. You can participate in this competition either individually or in groups with your friends, colleagues, neighbors, or family members. You are welcome to express yourselves with whatever medium you need, such as architectural and urban designs, art works, photos, videos, texts, etc. All you need to do in your designs is specify the exact location of your proposed intervention, and explain how your idea would improve the city and help the citizens.
The Municipality of Prishtina will be awarding the best proposal will the “Rexhep Luci” Award that also includes a monetary prize of 5000 € for 1st place, 1000 € for 2nd place, and 500 € for 3rd place. The most feasible projects might be implemented by the Municipality.
The terms and conditions of the competition can be found at: https://kosovoarchitecture.org/

Archi-Hack: Panopticon / New Competition!

🔖 Create a design concept for repurposing a panopticon. — only 1 drawing, with absolute freedom of scale or program.

Call for Entries: MBArch Entrepreneurship Challenge 2023 by IE School of Architecture and Design

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IE School of Architecture and Design is launching the fourth edition of their MBArch Entrepreneurship Challenge 2023 IV Edition. For optimistic and young entrepreneurial professionals with less than 15 years of experience, the challenge is geared toward those who have identified a relevant problem in their industry and would like the chance to solve it.

American School of Quito International Ideas Competition: Design of the New Campus of the American School of Quito

The American School of Quito Foundation (FCAQ) and the College of Architects of Pichincha (CAE-P) have announced the launch of an International Ideas Competition. The competition aims to solicit entries for the design and architectural direction of the school's new campus. The American School of Quito is renowned for its academic excellence and has shaped students with integrity, values, and principles for over 80 years. It provides a learning environment that fosters freedom, responsibility, and democracy while remaining committed to society's and the environment's well-being.

The initiative marks a significant achievement in the development of architecture and education in the city

Call for Entries: Shaping Spaces Together — Design Competition

How do we design for impact? In a world bustling with innovation, we often overlook the potential within our own communities. This competition is a chance to harness your community’s spirit and design something with local value.

9th Annual INSPIRELI AWARDS: Pre-registration is OPEN!

The prestigious 9th Annual INSPIRELI AWARDS is now open for registration for students and architects from around the world are invited to participate in this global student contest. With participants from 150 countries, the INSPIRELI AWARDS have earned their place as the world's largest architectural student competition.
Featuring a jury of 1000 esteemed architects, the competition aims to support young talents in architecture, irrespective of their social, economic, or ethnic backgrounds, completely free of charge.

Open Call: Young Visionary Architecture Competition 2023

Standout Archi has launched the world’s first architecture competition awarding 10 internships at top Architecture firms as MAD, MVRDV, CRA, and others..

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