Architectural Competition : Design Contests Archive

Recent Architectural Competitions

Costa Brava Architecture Competition, Spain

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Costa Brava Architecture Competition
Buildtonet.com invites architects to submit conceptual design proposal for a new construction project of Luxury Housing development in Costa Brava. The aim of the competition is to develop a luxury housing project for the Russian market. This architecture competition is open to professionals from all countries without restriction of any kind.
The winner will obtain a prize of € 9000 plus the commissioning of the project and the construction management. Two additional prizes of 1.000 and 500 € will be awarded to the second and third teams classified.

Sukkahville Architecture Competition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sukkahville Design Competition
Reimagining the Sukkah
Kehilla Residential Programme invites architects, students, artists, builders and allied design professionals to submit design proposals for the second annual Sukkahville Design Competition. The aim of this open competition is to design a temporary, free-standing Sukkah to be built in Mel Lastman Square in Toronto for the holiday of Sukkot. We encourage you to re-imagine the traditional notion of Sukkah, with a contemporary design language and approach.

Arquideas Architecture Competition, Belgium
International Gastronomic Center Brussels Academic Competition
24 May 2013 - registration closing date
14 Jun 2013 - submission deadline

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Arquideas Architecture Competition
Contestants: Architecture students
Prizes: € 6,350 in cash prizes + Publication/Subscription to ON Diseño + Publication/Subscription to Future Arquitecturas + Publication/ Subscription to Yorokobu + Publication in Metalocus.
The winner or winner team's representative will be Jury member in our next architecture competition.

Belgorod City Centre Architecture Competition, Russia
Open international competition for the design of an urban block in the centre of the city of Belgorod, Russia

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Belgorod City Centre Architecture Competition
Prize fund: 50,000 US$
The competition site is quite a large urban block (around 300 x 200 m), located in the very heart of the city. The task is to replace the low rise buildings that now occupy the site with a more dense development. Though the construction of high towers is very popular in Russia with developers, the city would like to limit the maximum building height limited to 15-20 meters. At the same time it is obvious that a certain density is required to make the project viable. The task of the competitors is to find the optimum between density and quality and offer the city a recipe for redeveloping the city center as a whole, making it at an attractive place to live and work.

InstantHouse @ School 2013 Architecture Competition, International
This architecture competition is promoted by Federlegno Arredo S.r.l. for MADE Expo, in association with the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies of the Politecnico di Milano.
The focus of the 2013 contest is kindergartens or nursery schools. The competition is looking for architectural ideas relating to the many ways that children perceive and interpret the world around them through the multi-sensory experience of space and architecture.
The competition is open to Italians and non-Italians who are studying or have studied architecture, engineering and industrial design and who are eligible to compete.
All projects will be on display at MADE expo, the forthcoming international construction and design trade show at the Milan Fairgrounds Rho from 2 to 5 October 2013.
1st prize: EUR 1,500
2nd prize: EUR 1,000
3rd prize: EUR 750
Entrants must forward their design concepts by no later than 12 noon, on 3 June 2013.
Website: www.instanthouse.it

Zaryadye Park, International Architecture Competition, Moscow, Russia
22 May, 2013 submission of application deadline

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Zaryadye Park Architecture Competition
Zaryadye is a unique historic district in downtown Moscow, on the bank of Moskva river, adjacent to the UNESCO World Heritage sites at Kremlin and the Red Square. After the demolition of Hotel Russia, the site has remained abandoned for over 6 years. In late January, 2012, Prime Minister and President-Elect Vladimir Putin proposed to turn this 130 000 sq. m area into a multi-functional public park. This challenging project has the potential to become the most significant public space development in Moscow for the recent decades, likely to set a new benchmark for the quality of public space in Russia.

Kiruna Stadshus Architecture Contest, Lapland, Sweden
Kiruna Stadshus Architecture Competition
The swedish city of Kiruna - the most northerly in the country - have created an architecture competition for their city hall. Five design teams will be shortlisted.

Public Space for Urban Art and Sound Architecture Competition, International

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OPENGAP Architecture Competition
OPENGAP organizes this open ideas competition seeking for innovative, cutting-edge, contemporary, proposals for a new kind of public space that hosts activities related to street art, fostering a climate of creation, education and relationship of users with street art.
Participants are invited to conceive a space that gives urban culture an alternative where to merge the public use with a space of artistic expression and learning; to work on a proposal to brake old established paradigms about street art.

Gold Coast Design Competition - Architectural Design Contest in eastern Australia

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Gold Coast Architecture Competition
Prize money / Remuneration, $750.000 (AUD including VAT gross)
The Gold Coast Cultural Precinct Design Competition is a two-stage contest expected to attract a host of exciting design teams led by some of the world’s top architects and landscape architects. Stage one, from 26 March, will provide competitors with six weeks to develop and submit proposals that include a high-level design response and outline their team’s capability. An independent expert jury will assess submissions. Stage two, over 12 weeks from 18 June, during which up to three short-listed teams will each be paid AUD$250,000 to further develop their responses.

AIA Philadelphia Architecture Competition, International
2013 SKETCH SHOWDOWN
American Institute of Architects - Philadelphia
Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
(p) 215 569 3186
Early Registration through Apr 26, 2013 11:59PM EST
Late Registration Apr 27 - May 3, 2013 11:59PM EST
ALL ENTRIES POSTMARKED BY MAY 3, 2013
Exhibition May 20 - Jul 22, 2013
AIA Bookstore - Washington Square, 7th & Sansom Streets

Tote 2013 International Outbuilding Architecture Competition, Scandinavia
Tote Architecture Competition
1st place will get 25% of the entry fees, 2nd place 15% and 3rd place gets 5%. The entry cost is £20 and is focussed on unpublished designs. Open international design contest, with optional sponsored entry possibilities.

TAB 2013 Vision Competition, Tallinn, Estonia

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TAB 2013 Vision Architecture Competition
The Estonian Centre of Architecture in collaboration with the City of Tallinn announced the Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2013 Vision Competition: Recycling Socialism. According to the curators of TAB 2013, the aim of the open international vision competition is to gather architectural ideas and methods to enhance the current life quality as well as to envision the future of the iconic block-housing district of Väike-Õismäe ("Little Blossom Hill") in Tallinn. The deadline of the competition entries is April 30th, 2013.

SixtyNine-Seventy, The Spaces Between: An Urban Ideas Competition, Utah, USA

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SixtyNine-Seventy Architecture Competition
SixtyNine Seventy invites design teams from around the world to re-envision the circulation areas and passages of two blocks in Salt Lake City’s downtown. The entrants will prepare comprehensive ideas for these in-between spaces, developing them into the connective tissue linking the area’s cultural amenities.

DawnTown Architecture Competition, Florida, USA

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DawnTown Architecture Competition
DawnTown is launching its latest ideas competition on for the 2013 season, entitled LANDMARK MIAMI. This architectural competition is centered around the idea of how cities are recognized and perceived through architecture. Many cities worldwide are instantly identified by their exclusive architectural elements.

Architecture Competition of the Jacques Rougerie Foundation, International
The Foundation’s ambition is to provide opportunities for young architects and designers to stimulate their inventiveness, creativity and boldness at the service of architectural innovation. In order to do so, the Foundation is organizing for the third consecutive year, an international architectural competition, focusing on Water and Space.
This architecture competition, organized under the aegis of the prestigious Institut de France, aims to reward the most innovative architectural projects by delivering three awards of € 10,000 each. It is open to everyone and offers a unique opportunity for architects all around the globe to make their projects come true, or simply to reward their creativity.
Jacques Rougerie Foundation Architecture Competitions - external link

Arcology Skyscraper Architecture Contest, Hong Kong
Arcology Skyscraper Architecture Competition
This is a single-stage open international ideas architecture competition to seek Skyscraper design solutions and concepts. Winners of the competition will be awarded cash prizes as follows:
1st Prize: US$ 3,500
2nd Prize: US$ 1,500
3rd Prize: US$ 1,000
The objective of this architectural competition is to create an investigation into the design and construction ideas of very tall architecture and the dynamic communities within and around them.

Linking Europe Design Competition
Linking Europe Architecture Competition - Design Contest
The Fundació Mies van der Rohe and Vueling join efforts in their common aim to launch the professional career of European students through a competition to personalize an A320 Vueling airplane. The competition celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Mies Award, Europe's most important and prestigious architecture prize. The Fundació Mies van der Rohe, created to rebuild the Barcelona Pavilion built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1929, awards on a biennial basis, the highest recognition to a work of architecture in the European Union.

[re]vive Architecture Competition, Milan, Italy

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[re]vive Architecture Competition
'a contemporary factory of culture'
[im]possible living is launching an open call addressed to makers, creative people and startups to assign affordable exhibition spaces inside an unused civic library during Milan Design Week 2013.
Application window open from 14th to 25th March.

Rethinking Urbanity Architecture Competition - Project Space 2013 Contest, Austria + Hungary

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Rethinking Urbanity Design Competition
- transformation of the Coffin Factory into a neighbourhood for young lively people with housing, culture centre and school
- models and concepts for urban vacancies in Budapest

IS Arch Awards - Architecture Prize
IS Arch Awards

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The 2nd Edition of the International IS ARCH Awards for Architecture students, with the amount of € 6,000 for the winners. The aim of the International IS ARCH Awards for Architecture students is to provide a platform for recognition and debate surrounding the architecture solutions students contribute within the framework of their university studies around the world.

SITE Santa Fe Architectural Competition, New Mexico, USA

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SITE Santa Fe Architectural Competition
The winning proposal will be constructed on the grounds in front of SITE’s building in Santa Fe, New Mexico and will be a highly visible component of SITE’s newly-defined biennial exhibition in the summer of 2014 for which it will function as the exhibition’s information and knowledge-exchange center. The project will be part of the exhibition and will be featured in the exhibition catalogue. It will have the distinction of creating a signature feature of what will be a highly-anticipated and widely publicized and reviewed six-month-long exhibition.

CANactions Architecture Competition, Ukraine

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CANactions Architecture Competition
The Open International Ideas Competition
organizer: international architecture festival CANactions
support: the National Union of Architects of Ukraine
Theme: clear city ideas for Kyiv
"Our society is unsound: Crucial human values were substituted with consumer instincts having their roots in fear. Fear underlies cynicism which turned into a norm of social relations."

10Up 2013 Design Competition - YAF Atlanta Design Contest, Georgia, USA

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10UP Architecture Competition
The Young Architects Forum of Atlanta (YAF Atlanta), a program of the American Institute of Architects Atlanta, is pleased to announce its fourth Annual design competition entitled 10Up. We are inviting innovative designers to step up to the 10Up challenge! This year, Modern Atlanta (MA) and YAF Atlanta are teaming up with the Lifecycle Building Center and The Architecture and Design Center to create a series of events around the 10Up installation. This year also marks the first time 10Up will be installed inside an historic structure, a former factory designed by world renowned architect Albert Kahn.

The International Architectural Competition, Nigeria

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Nigerian Architectural Competition
This African design contest is a collaboration project between the Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development, Abuja and INTBAU Nigeria that aims to develop a sustainable housing programme for the urban poor. The main aims of supply of land, shelter and related services at affordable prices to all sections of society, and thereby to prevent the growth of slums in urban areas.

Young Package Design Competition

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Design a packaging for seniors - Competition for young designers announces new theme focused on the problems connected to aging.
18th year of the international competition aimed at young designers from all around the world.
According to the World Health Organization 605 million people over 60 live now on the Earth and by 2050 should exceed 2 billion. From the perspective of designers designing everyday objects, it is a great challenge and responsibility.
This design competition is aimed at young designers up to 30 years of age. The works can be registered in two groups: high-school students or university students and designers up to 30 years of age. The winner will receive 30,000 €, the others will also be awarded financially and other prizes donated by the competition partners. This year the special prize of Slovak Design Centre will be awarded too.
Registration online form will be closed 15 March 2013. The competition results will be announced in May 2013. Design competition website www.young-package.com.

Borderless Architecture Competition, South East Asia
30 Mar 2013 - submission deadline

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Borderless Competition: Designing Future ASEAN Borders
The Borderless Competition brings attention to the spaces along the borders of the 10 ASEAN nations, with the aim of improving their existing conditions.
While there has been much discussion about achieving a "borderless" condition through economic and legislative intiatives, currently, the actual border spaces themselves have been neglected and are lagging behind these developments.
For many people inhabiting these areas, the border remains a place of division and uncertainty. Outdated infrastructure affects their sense of security and livelihood. Socio-economic and cultural differences lead to misunderstandings and inequalities. In some areas, borders have become spaces of conflict and dispute.

Remember the Triangle Fire Memorial Architecture Competition, International
Call for Entries: Remember the Triangle Fire Memorial Design Competition
The Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition seeks entries for an international design competition to honor the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and its legacy.
Designers have the chance to wrap almost the entire façade of the New York City building where the blaze occurred. Anyone with an idea is encouraged to submit.
A jury of architects, designers, and labor activists will choose the winning design in a two-stage process, with a grand prize of $5,000.
The jury includes Daniel Libeskind, FAIA; Deborah Berke, FAIA; Wendy Feuer, Asst. Commissioner of Urban Design & Art, NYC Dept. of Transportation; Richard Greenwald, labor historian and Dean of St. Joseph’s College.
Register by March 29, 2013 at http://rememberthetrianglefire.org/competition/index.html

Theatre Design Architecture Competition, Wales, UK

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Theatre Design Architecture Competition
The winning design will be built for the World Stage Design festival 2013
World Stage Design 2013 is a celebration of international performance design from the world of theatre, opera and dance. The event will take place in Cardiff in September 2013, hosted by the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and includes an international design exhibition, a festival of performance, a series of presentations, seminars and workshops and a programme of events exploring sustainability in creative practice, including a competition to design a temporal sustainable theatre space.

London Vauxhall - The Missing Link International Design Ideas Competition, England

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Missing Link Architecture Competition
This area of south east London is undergoing major flux and massive capital investment. The design contest seeks design ideas to improve the public realm in the area, providing the ‘Missing Link’ between the New US Embassy and the capital's existing cultural area close to Waterloo Station. This architecture competition is open to registered architects, landscape architects, urban designers and students worldwide, with multi-disciplinary design teams preferred.

Triumph Pavilion Architecture Competition, London, UK

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Triumph Pavilion Architecture Competitions
Summer Showcase Pavilion - latest in a series of design competitions by Triumph
The aim of this architecture contest is to design a freestanding transportable temporary showcase pavilion. The resultant building should reflect a "peaceful space, encourage hope and highlight the need for ecological and sustainable architecture and design principles".

AZ AWARDS - Design Competition, Canada - International
AZ AWARDS Architecture Competition
The jury: Furniture manufacturer Giulio Cappellini, architect Shirley Blumberg, product designer Todd Bracher, landscape architect Ken Smith, interior designer George Yabu and architect Todd Saunders.
AZURE, the influential contemporary design and architecture magazine announces the AZ AWARDS. The 3rd annual international competition celebrates excellence in design. Submissions are open to designers and design firms from all disciplines, manufacturers and clients.

Docomomo Ireland Central Bank Competition, Ireland

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Docomomo Central Bank Architecture Competition
DoCoMoMo Ireland presents Central Bank in the 21st Century: an open design competition to develop ideas for what the building might become. The architectural ideas competition seeks to generate discussion among designers and decision-makers about the future of the Central Bank building. The competition is open to all and offers a prize fund of €1500.
First prize in the general category: €1000
First prize in the student category: €300
Sponsored award: €200 for the best presentation from Inspirational Arts
Competition registration fee €20 / €10 for students
This design contest is endorsed by the Irish professional body for architects (R.I.A.I). It is a conceptual architectural competition.

University of Manitoba Architecture Competition, USA
Visionary (re)Generation open international design competition.
The University of Manitoba is issuing an open international design competition to develop a vision for the future of the Fort Garry Campus and transform it into a vibrant and dynamic urban village. The new Campus Plan will identify a physical planning and design framework to guide future growth and development of the Fort Garry Campus across a 279 hectare site. the contest is an international open design competition in 2 phases.
University of Manitoba design competition website: http://www.visionaryregeneration.com

Radical Innovation Design Competition, USA - International
Innovation in Hospitality Design Competition
Grand prize: $10,000, 2nd prize: $5,000, student prize: $1,500
The Radical Innovation in Hospitality international design competition aims to act as a catalyst for new ideas in hotel design. This contest has challenged designers to create innovative concepts for the past six years.

Ocean Platform Prison Competition - [AC-CA] Design Contest, International

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[AC-CA] Architecture Competitions
This design contest focuses on the imprisonment of people. It is the sixth of [AC-CA]'s architecture competitions, all of which have been posted here on the architecture competitions page. Previous contests have had a specific site but as far as we can tell this one is marine-based and fairly flexible.

120 HOURS - Architecture Competition, Norway

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120 HOURS Architecture Competition
Architecture competitions for students, by students.
This design competition will take place in the 120 hours between 4 Feb at 14:00 and 9 Feb at 14:00.
The show begins on Monday 4 Feb at 2pm UTC+1.
This design contest is an independent architecture competition organised by students. The organizing committee comes from the three main Norwegian architecture schools. It offers fresh ideas on relevant architectural topics while giving students a voice in the current architectural discourse. It will give students a relevant first encounter with architectural competitions and should benefit the architectural community as a whole.
This architecture competition will this year focus on Bergen, with students from The Bergen School of Architecture as partners. The focus of the contest will be on the Norwegian West Coast.

Architecture of Necessity Competition, Virserum Art Museum, Sweden

Architecture of Necessity Competition
International triennial for sustainable community building - competition + exhibition
During the autumn of 2009, Virserum Art Museum launched their international manifesto on the Architecture of Necessity. 143 entries from 28 countries were submitted for the 2012 exhibition, 42 of which went on display. Now the Architecture of Necessity is set to become an international triennial for sustainable community building.

Center for American Architecture and Design, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

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Curtains Architecture Competition
CURTAINS is a multi-site installation, exhibition, and publication event designed to explore the use of fabrics in contemporary art and architecture - focusing on the theatrical and lyrical possibilities that curtains can make to buildings, not simply the functional item behind a window.

EASA 013 Pavilion Design Competition, Slovenia
EASA 013 Pavilion Architecture competition
An open, anonymous, single-stage, student and young graduates up to 5 years from graduating, international architecture competition for the pavilion on the square in Žužemberk.
The object of this design competition is the selection of an appropriate solution to build a pavilion on the site of the former Saint Jacob’s church in Žužemberk, the foundations of which are still buried underneath the square.
1st Prize: 600 euros

Italian Tile Design Competition

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Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition
Free, digital design contest.
Category prizes: $4,000 + 5-day trip to Bologna, northern Italy.
North America-based architects & interior designers invited to submit architectural projects completed between Jan 2008 & Jan 2013.

A Design for Later Life - RIBA Competition, UK
Design for Later Life Architecture Competition
The UK’s leading retirement developer, McCarthy & Stone, is seeking out the country’s most creative architects to help it revolutionise housing aimed at those aged 55 and over.

Architecture competition 'Nikola’s belvedere', Russia

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Nikola-Lenivets Architecture Competition
This design contest is to create one of the main landmarks in Nikola-Lenivets, a creative cluster in the Kaluga region, where the natural environment comfortable for living and working in harmony with nature is being produced. The winner will receive 100,000 rubles (~3500 $).

MOA Design Contest, UK - International

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Museum Of Architecture Competition
The aim of this two-stage “winner of winners“ International ideas competition is to design a new Museum Of Architecture in London, on the site of the derelict Battersea Power Station building. The four chimneys must be included in design proposals.
Organised by ArchTriumph - “Triumph of Architecture + Design”
Open to architects, architecture graduates, architectural students, designers, engineers & planners.
Total prizes: $ 17,000

Boulder Civic Area Ideas Competition, USA
Boulder Architecture Competition
Designers, artists, architects, planners & landscape architects (professionals and students) are invited to participate in the Boulder Civic Area Ideas Competition. This architecture competition is being hosted by Crowdbrite.

Cambodian Sustainable Housing Design Competition, Cambodia

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Cambodian Sustainable Housing Design Competition
International Open Design Competition
Design proposals must be below a $2000 budget and work with annual flooding that effects most residential areas. The winning house design will be built by Habitat for Humanity Cambodia. This architecture competition is a chance to make a difference to a large group of working Cambodians lives.

Cambridgeshire Design Competition, England

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Great Fen Visitor Centre Architecture Competition
RIBA Competitions announce a two-stage Design Ideas Competition for the Great Fen Visitor Centre in Cambridgeshire. Great Fen is bold ecological vision: over the next 50-100 years, more than 3,000ha of largely arable land will be transformed into a mosaic of natural habitat: open water, lakes, ponds, ditches, reedbed, wet & dry grassland, fen, bog, marsh, woodland and scrub.

Architectural Competition for the design of a Student Village in Berlin, Germany

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Berlin Architecture Competition
The construction of a modern student village out of 400 shipping containers on an approximately 11,000m2 sized plot of land in the context of an “Idea and realisation” architecture competition. This is a new concept for student accommodation not seen previously in Berlin or indeed Germany. It is designed to reflect the artistic and architectural environment.
The working language is German. English is allowed for phase 1 of “The Architectural Competition”. Entrants must be legally entitled to submit building plans and construction designs in the German capital.

Canning Town Architecture competition, London, England
Flitched Upcyclers Design Competition
Ash Sakula Architects has launched #Flitched; the design competition that challenges architects, architectural technologists, designers & ecologists to design a workshop space with structural engineers at a site in Canning Town, east London, using construction waste. Design teams are to creatively utilise waste materials to form an outdoor workshop space.
The winning project will be built in Feb 2013 - the winning team will be involved throughout.
Cost: £25

Design Competition in Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
Millennium Point Architecture Competition
Architecture competition to seek design ideas to "enhance the visibility and image" of Millennium Point from a key approach. One of various RIBA Architecture Competitions launched in 2012.

Urban Design Contest - Inclusive Masterplan for Bangalore Club, India

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Bangalore Club Architecture Competition
Established in 1868 this colonial clubs is one of the oldest in the country. It once served British Officers from the Army and Navy Barracks. The verdant ten-acre campus forjms an oasis in the heart of Bangalore City. Architects, Urban Designers and Architecture & Urban Design practices are invited to design an inclusive master-plan for the Club, to allow future growth. Interested design professionals and practices can download the Expression of Interest until Dec 25 2012.

innatur_2 Open Ideas Competition, International

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innatur_2 Architecture Competition
OPENGAP organizes the second edition of this open ideas competition seeking for innovative, cutting-edge, contemporary, proposals, committed to a strategy of implementing architecture in a protected natural environment. Approaches should point to find synergies between nature and the building itself. Participants are invited to find spaces that promote a deep understanding and assimilation of nature. Projects must lead through their architecture to sensitivity, awareness, understanding, enthusiasm and commitment to the natural environment around them.

Turin Architecture Student Competition, north west Italy
Turin Architecture Competition
Student design competition for a sustainable green space on a car park in Turin.
Entries are open to all currently registered students of any discipline and those who have graduated since 1 Jan 2011.
Individuals or teams of up to 4 architecture students are encouraged to enter the architecture competition.

Guildhall Architecture Competition, York, England

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Guildhall Architecture Competition
International design competition to influence the future of York’s historic Guildhall and riverside.
City of York Council have launched a competition seeking nationally and internationally renowned architects to submit their design proposals which clearly demonstrate potential future uses for York’s historic Guildhall and riverside complex. Registered architects are invited to develop their ideas for the Guildhall, the associated office accommodation, river frontage and boat yard, as part of an ‘Open Ideas’ competition, run by The Royal Institute of British Architects.
Guildhall Architecture Competition Prizes:
1st prize - £5,000 ; 2nd prize - £3,000 ; 3rd prize - £2,000 ; 4th prize - £1,000 ; 5th prize - £1,000

USITT “Ideal Theatre” Student Design Competition, USA
Architecture and theatre students are invited to participate in USITT’s Sixth Annual “Ideal Theatre” Student Design Competition. The competition encourages architecture students to work with young theater artists to explore the emotive power of space, how space can aid storytelling, and how it can be manipulated to achieve a dramatic purpose. The design of the space itself should form the environment of the play, supplemented by costumes, props, lighting, sound, actors, and the audience. Winning design teams will interact with working professionals, receive free Conference registrations and cash prizes.
A jury of professionals will select three projects for Honor Awards. The Honor Award teams will be invited to the USITT Conference & Stage Expo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from March 20 to 23, 2013. The three teams will present their design at a special event at which time a final winner will be determined. Website: www.usitt.org.

Lamp Lighting Solutions Competition - International
Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards 2013
48.000€ in prizes
Open to: lighting designer, architect, urban planner, interior designer, engineer, landscaper or student
www.lamp.es/en/prizes/faq

SuperSkyScrapers Competition, USA
19 Nov 2012 - registration closing date
30 Nov 2012 - submission deadline
NEW YORK HOTEL TOWER & SKY GARDEN SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION
AIM: The aim of this competition is to create an investigation into the design and construction ideas of high-rise or very tall architecture and the dynamic communities within and around them with attention to aesthetics, technology, material, flexibility, adaptability and sustainability at its core.

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PROJECT: This international ideas competition challenges participants to design a NEW Hotel Tower and Sky Garden Skyscraper in New York, USA. The design should create a new iconic skyscraper in the city of skyscrapers that is New York.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Architects
- Graduate Architects
- Architecture Students
- Team (Architects, Graduate Architect, Architecture Students)
- Inter-Disciplinary Teams (engineers, designers in-conjunction with an architect).
REGISTRATION FEE:
Every entrant shall be required to pay an entry fee as follows:
- Special Registration: $80 US from 1Aug 12:00 (GMT) to 19 Aug 2012 11:59 (GMT)
- Early Registration: $100 US from 19 Aug 12:00 (GMT) to 19 Sep 2012 11:59 (GMT)
- Standard Registration: $120 US from 19 Sep 12:00 (GMT) to 19 Oct 2012 11:59 (GMT)
- Late Registration: $150 US from 19 Oct 12:00 (GMT) to 19 Nov 2012 11:59 (GMT)
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
30 Nov 2012 - Closing Date for Submissions
RESULT ANNOUNCEMENT / PUBLICATION
14 Dec 2012 - Official Result Announcement / Publication
PRIZES + AWARDS
1st Prize - US$ 3,500
2nd Prize - US$ 1,500
3rd Prize - US$ 1,000
Joining the winners: 10 Special Mentions
Website:www.superskyscrapers.com

Detroit By Design 2012: Detroit Riverfront Competition, USA
30 Nov 2012 - registration closing date
30 Nov 2012 - submission deadline

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International ideas competition for the Detroit Riverfront with jurors Daniel Libeskind, Walter Hood, Reed Kroloff, Faye Alexander Nelson, and Lola Sheppard. This architecture competition is open to all architectural students and professionals around the world.
More info about the architecture competition:
Registration begins Aug 1
Registration Closed Nov 1
Submissions due by Nov 30
Symposium Dec 6
Prizes:
1st Place - $5000, trip to Detroit and a lecture at an AIA sponsored event
2nd Place - $2500
3rd Place - $1000
Website: aiadetroitbydesign2012.com

Floating Cinema Architecture Competition, UK
Architectural Competition Launched for A New Floating Cinema
Floating Cinema Architecture Competition
UP Projects and The Architecture Foundation were delighted to announce an Open Call through which a team will be selected to design the next phase of the acclaimed Floating Cinema project. This project has been commissioned by the Legacy List and sponsored by Bloomberg as part of the Bloomberg East series of artist-led programmes to animate the waterways in East London working in partnership with the Canal and River Trust. Once built, this new cinema-craft is planned to launch to the public in June 2013.

Article 25 Research Architecture Competition, Haiti

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Article 25 Research Architecture Competition
Port-au-Prince Design Contest : The National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti has shaped and been shaped by the geopolitical history of the modern world. Destroyed in the 2010 earthquake, this site has a tumultuous history. Today it is surrounded by a camp of homeless and displaced people, and it is unclear what will happen to the site in the future.

Green Boulevards Architecture Competition, International

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This international architecture competition is a collaboration between the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage [ Italian Pavilion at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia] and Campania Regional Government Municipal Government of Salerno Municipal Government of Rome In/Arch NewItalianBlood
First Prizes > 5.000 + 5.000 Euro, for a grand total of 10.000 Euro 6 Felllowships/Collaborations > 5.000 Euro, for a grand total of 30.000 Euro
Professionals under 40 (Architects, Engineers, Landascape Architects, Designers, Artists, Scientists...) and students
Submission Deadline: November 15, 2012
Winners presentation: November 24, Italian Pavilion Arsenale di Venezia
Official Website, competition organization and management: www.newitalianblood.com
Infrastructure for mobility, as well as ensuring increasingly fluid and safe interchange of passengers and goods, become "smart & green", ecofriendly and productive: networks for distributed generation of green energy, providing economy and employment for local communities. The aim of the competition is the design of devices for the production of energy and the ability to place them in an appropriate, artistic and evocative way in the landscape, triggering regeneration strategies of large areas.
The geographical area for the application of the ecometropolitan boulevards potential is the axis of rebalancing "Ro-Sa" future international outstanding sustainable tourist district with over 10 million inhabitants between Rome and Salerno.
Prizes: 40.000 Euro
Awards evening: Biennale di Venezia 24 Nov 2012
Official website: http://www.newitalianblood.com http://www.facebook.com/nib.newitalianblood

Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Architectural Design Excellence, International
BERKELEY PRIZE 2013 launches on September 15, 2012. The International Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Architectural Design Excellence, which focuses on the social art of architecture, is celebrating its 15th prize cycle this year. Architecture Student proposals are due by November 1, 2012. Please contact info(at)berkeleyprize.org for further information.

Latent Potentials Design Competition, USA
KTISMA Issue 3 explores the pervasive – the space, structure, and materials that surround us.
Have these environments become too familiar? How can these infrastructures, buildings and social manifestations be re-imagined and recreated to form equitable, conscientious, and inclusive societies? What are the foundations upon which these ideas can be conceived, manipulated and tested? KTISMAjournal is currently accepting design projects and investigations, critical articles, and artworks that explore these latent potentials present throughout design fields such as: architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, interior design, industrial design.
Submissions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Please visit ktismajournal.com for additional information. KTISMA is an independent Architecture Journal published by students of the Architecture Department at the University of Oregon.

New Sustainable Market Square in Casablanca, Morocco
[AC-CA] Architecture Contest

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Moroccan Architecture Competition
A Market square is a public open area where market stalls are traditionally set out for trading, commonly on particular days. Sustainable Architecture is a general term that describes environmentally conscious design techniques in the field of architecture. Casablanca is a young and dynamic city in Morocco with a population estimated at approximately 4 million habitants. It is the largest city in the Maghreb and the fourth largest in Africa.

Tile of Spain Awards
Open call for the 11th Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture-Interior Design

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Tile of Spain Awards
The prestigious architect Juan Navarro Baldeweg will chair the jury, which will be formed by the architects Francisco Aires Mateus, Luis Martínez Santa-María, Joseph Grima, Ramón Monfort, the French designer Matali Crasset and the journalist Anatxu Zabalbeascoa. The total prize fund is 42,000 Euros for three categories: Architecture, Interior Design and Degree Project in Architecture. The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers’ Association (ASCER) has launched the 11th edition of the competition that celebrates the most creative use of Spanish tiles in architectural and interior design projects around the world.

Building Trust International Competition
'Developing World - Digital World'
Building Trust International Competition
Open Photography competition open to architects and designers.

La Spezia Arsenale 2062 Architecture Competition, West Kowloon, China
Open international design competition
Re-Thinking a city in 50 years from now
This architecture competition is a renovation project for all areas of La Spezia’s Maritime Arsenal, assuming a future scenario in which a really important and strategic military zone could be merged with the urban center. Progetto per il concorso La Spezia Arsenale 2062: http://www.liquidlab.it/progetti/la-spezia-arsenale-2062-open-international-design-competition

New campus of the Vietnamese-German University Competition, Vietnam

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Architectural Design Contest for general planners for the new campus of the Vietnamese-German University near Ho Chi Minh City/Vietnam. The submission deadline for the pre-qualification (EOI) is October 4th, 2012 (Vietnam).
The procedure is a non-open general design planning competition according to World Bank regulations. Architects have to apply with a team including landscape architects, civil engineers, building engineers (MEP), lighting engineers and acoustic engineers.
International design contest: http://www.phase1.de/vgu

El Lissitzky Architecture Competition, Russia
Siberian Center for Contemporary Art (Novosibirsk) and Siberian Center for the Promotion of Architecture (Novosibirsk) invite to take part in Open international competition for the architectural concept of the symbolic object of city environment dedicated to Russian avant-garde WORLDS OF EL LISSITZKY.
The competition consists of Stage I (architectural concept) and Stage II (architectural project).
Stage I. The concept of the competition. Dates 01.09 - 20.10.2012
In Russia there are no monuments either to the Russian avant-garde movement or to Russian avant-gardist. That is why this project is unique. The realization of this project will be significant for the city and Russia. And it will underline the importance of Novosibirsk as one of the centers of Russian constructivist architecture. Competitors offer their concepts of symbolic object dedicated to Russian avant-garde (or to El Lissitzky). Concepts must be realizable.
Projects which will take the first, the second and the third places in the Stage I will get awards: I – 1 000 USD ; II – 750 USD ; III – 500 USD
Several finalists of the Stage I will be recommended by a Jury to participate in the Stage II. The winner of the Stage II will be required to enter into an agreement relating to the implementation of the winning project in Novosibirsk.
Participation in the competition is free of charge.
All projects will be exhibited on web-site www.zkapitel.ru
The exhibition of the second tour finalists will be hold in Siberian Center for Contemporary Art (Novosibirsk, 11 Voksalnaya Magistral st.) and within a framework of the Festival Zolotaya Kapitel 2013 (in February 2013).
Registration form must be send not later than 01.10.2012 by e-mail sarchmag(at)gmail.com
Deadline 20.10.2012

Expressions of Interest Open for Flagship Museum for Visual Culture, West Kowloon, China

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West Kowloon Design Competition
WKCDA announce details of the design competition for M+, Hong Kong’s future museum for visual culture and launched an open invitation to architectural practices in Hong Kong and worldwide to submit Expressions of Interest to participate.

IS ARCH Competition, Barcelona, Spain
IS ARCH-Awards for Architecture Students

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At this first announcement the IS ARCH Awards get the support of the following jury members:
- Herzog & de Meuron Studio
- Richard Rogers Architecture Studio
- EMBT | Enric Miralles - Benedetta Tagliabue
- Koji Tsutsui
- Fernando Marquez Cecilia
On 9 Jul the second registration period started and it will remain opened until 21 Sep.
First prize €3,000
Second prize €2,000
Third prize €1,000
10 Honourable mentions
30 Finalists
Organised by team of architecture students from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC - ETSAB)
Architecture Contest: www.isarch.org

Low Carbon Building Awards, Scotland
Low Carbon Building Awards
Designed to acknowledge and applaud the success of organisations in Scotland in designing and building low carbon buildings

San Pardo Architecture Competition, Matera, Italy

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International architectural competition - a project for the improvement of a residential and commercial area located in “San Pardo” district in Matera, Italy : 'Contest for design ideas'
1st prize of € 10.000,00, 2nd € 5.000,00 3rd € 1.000,00
Nemesis Group Architecture Competition

Five Senses Design Hotel Competition, Bari, Italy
Call for Artists, Architects and Designers: “Five Senses” Design Hotel
Luca Curci Architects asks artists, architects and designers from all over the world, to join a new project: styling the interior design of an exclusive five-room hotel, based on the five senses’ theme.
The Design Hotel stands at the first floor of a high-class building of the end of the 19th century, in the centre of Bari, nearby the historical Petruzzelli Theatre. It consists of five rooms (each room will be dedicated to one sense) plus the hall and breakfast room.
The interior of this new Design Hotel, projected by Luca Curci Architects, will be based on the main concept of the 5 senses: each room will be dedicated to only one of the five senses and its style will reflect them through the use of different furniture, materials, shapes and colours. The Hotel’s guests will live a different and total experience and their senses will be stimulated and delighted in every room.
The deadline for applications is October 10, 2012.
www.lucacurci.com/architecture

Hoop Cup 2012 International Student Competition in Architectural Design, Tianjin, China
Hoop Cup 2012 International Student Competition in Architectural Design
Competition Theme : Architecture in Transformation
Architectural Type : Cultural Complex
Architecture in Transformation should make responses to current situations and times. What concerns us is the relationship between architecture and city, and the relationship between architecture and natural environment. The competition aims at: (1) searching and constructing a human space with a sense of place in increasingly-fragmented cities or unordered villages; (2) exploring environment-friendly and sustainable ideas in the information age; (3) integrating creative design concepts with solid basic skills effectively in architectural education. The main requirements include: (1) making detailed examinations and reflections on architectural history; (2) exploring complicated requirements to architecture and environment by current users; (3) paying attention to events in specific sites; (4) configuring viable urban and architectural spaces.

Post Capitalist City Architecture Competition, International

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Post Capitalist City Architecture Competition
CollageLab launches its 2nd competition on the cycle POST+CAPITALIST City! After 1#SHOP, it's time to 2#WORK!
Collage Competitions is a cycle of competitions for prospective thinking in terms of urban planning, architecture, political, social and economical spaces in a global scale.
Students, architects, urban planners, designers, artists and all active thinkers are invited to submit their ideas and share their visions to the world.

Trimo Urban Crash Contest
Trimo Urban Crash Architecture Competition
The organizers of the biannual international competition for students of architecture and industrial design, found the gap between the architecture competitions too long. In view of this they have launched a summer design contest. Participants, not limited to architectural students, are asked to present their thoughts on "Sustainable urban commuting".

Mikkeli architecture competition, Finland
1 Oct 2012, tbc - first stage submission deadline
International two-stage architecture competition. The purpose of the Mikkeli architecture competition is to increase the density of Mikkeli's city structure by designing a new ecological housing area for 5,000 inhabitants by extending the city centre to the Lake Saimaa shoreline. Port Competition Lahti - First phase ends 2012-10-01.
Mikkeli Architecture Competition - external link

Architecture at Zero 2012 Architectural Competition, USA
1 Oct 2012 - first stage proposals submission deadline

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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) San Francisco chapter and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Pilot Program, in partnership with the University of California, Merced, are pleased to announce the upcoming Architecture at Zero 2012 zero net energy design competition. The competition team is extending this invitation to encourage the participation of advanced architecture, planning and urban design studios in this unique event that explores the cutting edge of energy efficient design. Up to $25,000 in total prizes will be awarded among student and professional entries.

Zero net energy buildings produce as much clean energy as they use during a year through a combination of designed energy efficiency and on-site, grid-tied renewable energy production. The Architecture at Zero competition supports an action plan of the California Public Utilities Commission for all new residential construction in California to be zero net energy by 2020 and for all new commercial construction to be zero net energy by 2030. The competition is targeted to raise awareness of ZNE design strategies and building technologies among the architectural design community.

For more information on Architecture at Zero 2011 and updates on the 2012 competition, visit Architecture at Zero 2012 Competition - external link

New Concordia Island Contest
University of Catania's ICSplat _camping of permanent research - a research platform focusing on landscape and new forms of architecture - has launched the New Concordia Island Contest, a competition for ideas responding to the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia, a cruise ship of the Costa Crociere company, out from regular service after the shipwreck on the night of 13 January 2012 on the Giglio Island.

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The competition has the aim of stimulating new future visions for the Giglio Island and the shipwreck, which will become as part of the same landscape and with the same identity.
How can we rethink the future of these places? What could the shipwreck become if it remains aground for a period longer than a year? How will we program the disassembling and dragging of the parts? How to work with the shipwreck to build a form of memory? Is there any way to reconsider the Giglio island with this new outcropping rock that has changed the coastline? 

In recent decades the perception of disaster has fueled insecurity and collective fear by encouraging the development of technicist rhetoric that uses engineering as linear solution to the issues. A disaster takes such a social and cultural significance that technical knowledge and economies are forced to reorganize themselves exclusively within its logic.
"Collapse" is a suspension of time that forces a rethink on the duration of the transformations and role of architecture: we need to think fast action in long-term visions. The "collapse" is the acceleration, determined by catastrophic events (landslides, floods, earthquakes), which triggers new immediate necessities; how can time be organized in different speed and forms?
The collapse is the measure of erasing. Can architecture suspend erasure at the margins of disaster? Or, can it trigger mechanisms of metabolism and coexistence with the everyday life?

Registration for the competition runs from 31 July (start registration) to 24 September (last registration deadline). Submissions must be entered by 25 September.
All information can be downloaded from the ICSplat website: www.icsplat.org

The jury evaluating the competition entries is composed of Cristina Díaz Moreno (AMID, cero9, Madrid), Andrea Bartoli (FARM cultural farm, Favara), Luca Emanueli (SEALINElab, Ferrara), Eva Franch i Gilabert (director of Storefront for Art & Architecture, New York), Joseph Grima (director of Domus, Milan), Kamiel Klaasse (NLarchitects, Amsterdam), Geoff Manaugh (BLDGBLOG, Los Angeles), Marco Navarra (NOWA, Milan - Caltagirone), Lori Nix (New York), François Roche (R&Sie(n), Paris), Italo Rota (Milano), Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow Wow, Tokyo).

High Line for London Competition, England

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High Line for London Design Competition
Registration is now open to find new ‘green’ designs for the development of London’s spaces. The Landscape Institute, Garden Museum and Mayor of London have launched ‘A High Line for London: Green Infrastructure Ideas Competition for a new London landscape’.

[International ArtExpo] Computer Graphic Competition in Venice

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Computer Graphic Competition
International ArtExpo is selecting five international video and photo talents operating in fields of computer graphic to include for FREE in the next 2012 Exhibition:
Liquid Identities - International Videoart Festival and Photo Exhibition at Scoletta di San Giovanni Battista e del SS. Sacramento in Bragora, Venice

European Architectural Competition 'Re-think Athens', Greece
The Onassis Foundation is organizing and funding a European Architectural Competition for the creation of a new city centre, a project centered around Panepistimiou Street. The competition is organized under the auspices and in collaboration with the Ministries of Environment, Energy and Climate Change and of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, the Attiko Metro S.A., the Region of Attica and the Municipality of Athens.
Those who wish to participate in the Architecture Competition may visit the Competition's website at www.rethinkathenscompetition.org in order to submit their registration forms and download the technical folder of the Competition.
This Architecture Competition is open to participants coming from countries that are members of the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA), as well as countries that have signed agreements within the framework of activities of the World Trade Organization.
The Architectural Competition will be realized in two stages. During the first stage (Ideas Competition) a number of entries will be selected whose designers will qualify for the second stage (Concept Drawings Competition). The winners of the Architecture Competition will share cash prizes of a total amount of Euros One Hundred and Sixty Thousand (€160,000.-).
Architecture Competition website: www.rethinkathenscompetition.org

2012 AIM Competition, China
Shengsi Islands : Renewing China’s Traditional Village Lifestyle

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AIM Competition
Prizes total $16,000 USD
Architects In Mission (AIM) Competition is organized by AIM competition committee, supported by Zeybekoglu and Associates (ZNA). The goal of the annual competition is to promote high quality design among architecture students and young professionals, instill a strong sense of social responsibility, and provide a stage for them to demonstrate their design gifts and abilities.

2012 Fentress Global Challenge : Workplace of the Future, USA

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What are the future workplace trends? The 2012 Fentress Global Challenge invites you to answer these questions through design.
Employee productivity, environmental quality, information technology and energy costs were of little concern when many of today's buildings were designed. Today they are of vital importance, and understanding the fundamentals behind these demands will help designers create workplaces that increase productivity and promote innovation.
All students presently enrolled in a recognized college level Architectural or Interior Design program are invited to participate. Graduates that are not employed may also enter the competition. Individuals and teams are both eligible.
Contest Awards:
1st Place: US$10,000 prize and a certificate
(US$10,000 prize includes US$3,000 cash, 4-week paid internship at Fentress Architects, round-trip airfare + lodging)
2nd Place: US$1000 cash prize and a certificate
3rd Place: US$500 cash prize and a certificate
Honorable Mention: Certificate
Winning designs will be exhibited at Architecture + Design Museum in Los Angeles, California.
Registration is free: www.fentressarchitects.com/edge/global-challenge/

AECOM Student Competition, International
Annual AECOM student competition 'Frontiers'
This year, AECOM are seeking integrated design, planning, environmental restoration and engineering responses that address border, gateway and edge/fringe conditions in cities worldwide. Proposals should address urban sites currently facing chronic liveability challenges that are largely the result of a city’s location on a physical, political, cultural or economic border. Proposals should be implementable. In addition to a cash prize for the winning team, AECOM will be engaging a local organization to help advance the proposed project. Responses can range from a strategic framework to a surgical micro-response, from a whole landscape system to a single piece of architecture. Entrants should demonstrate a holistic and sustainable approach. Judges will value creativity and innovation, but your response must be fundamentally feasible.
This design competition is open to students worldwide. Students may work as individuals or in teams of up to four. The deadline for final submissions is 31 August, and pre-registration must occur by that deadline any time prior to the final submission. Finalists will be announced by 1 October. During the week of 12 November, finalists will present their submissions to a panel of judges in Shanghai, and a final winner or winners will be announced. At stake is USD$15,000 as a cash prize, as well as USD$25,000 to help see the winning scheme implemented. Ref. http://aecom.com/urbansos

2012 CLU Foundation Competition, Quebec, Canada
LIGHTITUDE: Lighting urban areas above the polar circle
What role can lighting elements play when the sun never sets or when it stays below the horizon throughout the day? Thoughts about lighting in extreme latitudes.


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"The history of humanity, preferring warm and temperate countries, has poorly prepared mankind to accept the diversity of the earth, especially in high latitude locations where hours of sunshine are sometimes scarce." Louis-Edmond Hamelin, geographer and founder of the Northern Studies Center of the Université Laval.
"LIGHTITUDE" is the theme of the 2012 CLU foundation contest. This year’s theme invites participants to reflect on lighting the communities near the Polar Circle. Due to their high latitude these communities are subjected to particular lighting phenomena. Since light is an essential part of every living organism, it or its lack thereof has a profound effect on humankind. Can these isolated communities benefit from a more adapted artificial outdoor lighting solution to satisfy their particular Nordic needs and identities?
These are some of the questions that the CLU foundation members invite the participants from all walks of life to reflect and create upon.


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REGISTRATION
Registration to the 2012 CLU Foundation contest is free. Deadline for this architecture contest inscription is : 2 Sep. To obtain all rules and regulations to the contest and assure that all your questions are answered please fill out the registration form.

AWARDS
Winners will be selected from all projects received. Prizes will be awarded on merit by a Jury composed of professionals from international renown in such fields as design and urban planning. The competition prizes are:
- 1st Prize: 2 500 $CAD or a 12 weeks training course* with the industrial design and engineering teams of Philips Lumec (The training course is remunerated. Conditions may apply)
- 2nd Prize: 1 500 $CAD
- 3rd Prize: 1 000 $CAD


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SCHEDULE
2 Feb: Launch of the 2012 Edition
31 Aug: Deadline for submittal of questions
2 Sep, 23h59 (GMT-5): Deadline for contest entry
3 Sep, 23h59 (GMT-5): Deadline for project submittal
24 Sep: Publication of Laureates

WEB SITE
http://www.lumec.com/company/fondation_clu.html

Trondheim Architecture Competition, Norway
Trondheim municipality is working on the necessary upgrading of the town square. Limited planning and design Trondheim invites talented designers to limited planning and design competition for the design of everyday scene and furniture series in connection with the renewal of the town square in Trondheim. The municipality will involve four groups, each will receive a fee of NOK 150 000.
Website: http://torvetitrondheim.no
Website: http://www.doffin.no/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY178714&catID=217

SAFA Architecture Competition - Otaniemi Central Campus, Finland
Aalto University Properties Ltd is organising an open international competition for the design of the Otaniemi central campus area. This design competition is divided into two phases: Phase 1 competition assignment consists of designing a lively central campus area for the use of Aalto University and the whole Otaniemi science and research community
Phase 1: 5 Apr - 10 Aug 2012.
The architecture competition jury will select approximately six best proposals for Phase 2. The second phase is scheduled to start in November 2012.
This Finnish Architecture Competition can be entered by persons who have the right to practice architect’s profession in the country where they qualified or in the country where they practice the profession. The architecture competition language is English. The total prize sum is EUR 300,000. Signing up is via the competition website. The architecture competition will be launched and the related documents released on 5 April 2012.

Cadogan Café London Competition, Duke of York Square, London, UK
Cadogan Café London Competition
Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) is delighted to announce a two-stage competition to find a design team for a new café at the heart of Duke of York Square, in one of London’s most sophisticated districts.
MRC is managing the competition on behalf of the Cadogan Estate and further details of the project and how to register for the competition are available on the dedicated competition microsite.

suckerPUNCH New York City Casino/Convention Center competition, USA
suckerPUNCH announce their Summer 2012 open international design competition. Recently, New York’s state government has been trying to legalize non-Indian casinos throughout the state. Current proposals are asking for the construction of seven “Vegas”-sized casinos throughout New York. Although lawmakers have pushed to keep the casinos out of New York City, this ideas competition aims to investigate what a casino would do to New York City and, likewise, what New York City would do to a casino.
This architecture competition is blind peer reviewed.
$2500 in prizes will be awarded and the winning designs will be published on suckerPUNCH.
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Architecture competition info: http://www.suckerpunchdaily.com

inspiration HOTEL Architecture Competition, International

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inspiration HOTEL Open Ideas Competition - spaces for artistic creation
OPENGAP organizes this open ideas competition seeking for innovative, cutting-edge, contemporary, proposals regarding a new concept for artistic inspiration spaces. Participants are invited to design a place focused on the rental of spaces that motivate creativity and concentration, allowing users to focus, inspire and develop their artistic ideas.

Adream Architecture Competition, Europe
Adream is an European Competition in Architecture and Design realisation in Eco and Agro materials. 2012 is seeing the adream competition being held for the second time. This architectural competition is open to Students and Professsionals in Architecture and Design fields. Students can participate as individuals or in a group.
Projects can be submitted online at www.adream2012.eu
The competition is endowed with 30,000€ of prize money and a 50,000€ budget for developing prototypes.
The adream competition results will be on display in a touring exhibition in Europe.

MOBILIciTY Architecture Competition, Albania
'MOBILIciTY - Tirana Multimodal Station' : International Architecture Competition.
This architecture competition proposes the design of a multifunctional railways station.


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Jury
Winy Mass / MVRDV / TU-Delft Holland
Besnik Aliaj / POLIS University
Rudina Toto / POLIS University
Ulrike Bega / Municipality of Tirana
Zamir Ramadani / HSH Albanian Railways
Stephan Pinkau / ANHALT University of Applied Science
Ledian Bregasi / AUA - Albanian Union of Architects
Antonello Stella / University of Ferrara


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Awards
1st Prize: 1500€
2nd Prize: 1000€
3rd Prize: 500€
5 honorable mentions
Winning projects and honourable mentions will be published in a special issue of Headline and will be displayed at the Tirana Architecture Week Exhibition.
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Buenos Aires Architectural Competition
[AC-CA] Architecture Contest

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Architecture Competition
Paintings and scupltures are the most commonly displayed art objects; however, drawings, collages, prints, photographs and installation art including other artistic activities, such as performance art, land'art, web art to name a few are also regularly shown. This is an open international competition to generate progressive contemporary design ideas.

Arquideas Architecture Competition
Landscape, Architecture & Wine academic competition

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The aim of the present architecture students competition - 'Landscape, Architecture & Wine' - is to contribute innovative ideas to the, increasingly common, strategy of opening wineries to tourism and to their immediate surroundings, thus providing new experiences for the visitor.

Prizes:
5100 euros in cash + Publication of awarded projects in WA Wettbewerbe Aktuell magazine + 1 year free subscription to WA Wettbewerbe Aktuell magazine + 1 year free subscription to EL CROQUIS magazine + 1 year free subscription to 2G magazine.
The winner will be in the Jury in the next architecture competition.
All projects will be exhibed in www.arquideas.es

Jury:
- Martha Thorne
Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize
- Benedetta Tagliabue
Director of the architecture office Miralles Tagliabue-EMBT
- Fernando Marquez Cecilia
Editor in chief of the internacional architecture magazine EL CROQUIS
- Maria Urrutia Ybarra
Board Member and Marketing Director of Bodegas CVNE
- Sara Ouass Chemlal
Winner of the Coworking Building (COB) Madrid academic competition
Publication of design contest results: Aug 6, 2012
http://www.arquideas.es/en/home.html

Post Capitalist City Architecture Competition, International
collagelab Architecture Contest

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Post Capitalist City Architecture Competition
With successive declines on the financial markets, recent times have seen a growing interest in the theoretical debate about alternatives to the ongoing capitalist system. Gathering international thinkers from all walks of political life, the diagnosis on the ongoing economic crisis situation tends to demonstrate that the system as it is nowadays needs to be rethought and perhaps re-established globally.
Entry fee: 30 Euros / submission

Project Space Architecture Competition, International
Call for ideas : The Project Space 2012 brings up the topic of new appearing challenges for urban space design in different European cities and discusses possible approaches. The design of our cities is one of the biggest and most pressing fields of activities, particularly for the young and European orientated architecture generation.
Project Space 2012 is an International Competition for European young teams to challenge the proposed sites.
Wonderland Design Contest

Floornature International Architecture Contest, Venice

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Floornature International Architecture Competition
FLOORNATURE, the portal for architecture, design and design culture, and IUSVE are promoting the first NEXT LANDMARK: an architecture contest for university graduates. The winning projects will be exhibited in an event held on the same dates as the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale.

ONE PRIZE Competition, International

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ONE PRIZE Competition
Terreform ONE is now accepting submissions for the 2012 ONE Prize Competition: BLIGHT TO MIGHT. ONE Prize 2012 is a call to put design in the service of disenfranchised communities, to reinvigorate deindustrialized and depressed urban areas, and to repurpose spaces for economic growth and job creation. Situated in the context of a struggling U.S. economy and the tension of stagnant unemployment, ONE Prize 2012 aims to explore the socially, economically, and ecologically regenerative possibilities of urban transformation and design. The competition is powered by the idea that social, ecological, and economic struggles can simultaneously be addressed through collaborative action and innovative planning.

NOVA Innovation Architecture Competition, International
Fourth NOVA Innovation Competition
NOVA External Venturing - the Saint-Gobain team of analysts that identifies start-up companies that are a good strategic fit with Saint-Gobain businesses - will reward innovations in the fields of construction products, advanced materials, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability with cash prizes and consideration for partnership opportunities with Saint-Gobain.
Start-ups from all over the world can participate. Final selection will take place at the Saint-Gobain booth at Greenbuild in San Francisco on November 15, 2012, where the most promising 8-12 start-ups will take part in a "speed-dating" session. Three winners will be chosen.
The design competition winners will benefit from:
- top three cash prizes are: $50,000 (1st place), $25,000 (2nd place) and $10,000 (3rd place)
- NOVA External Venturing team will work with the most promising start-ups to assess the possibility of partnerships with Saint-Gobain (joint development, license, financing, etc.)
Website: http://www.saint-gobain.com/en/group/innovations-and-research/generating-external-contacts/nova/2012-competition

HOME International Open Design Competition, International

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Building Trust international open design competition, which seeks to find well designed homes for the elderly or homeless within some of the World’s richest countries. The growing rate in single occupancy households has led to increased numbers of young and elderly people affected by poverty being forced to live in substandard living conditions and in the worst cases sleeping rough. We are asking designers, engineers, architects and house builders to provide a solution to the housing crisis by offering sustainable, affordable small homes that give those that are alienated or marginalised within society a safe place to live.

King’s College London Design Competition, UK

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King’s College London Design Competition
RIBA Competitions is delighted to announce the launch of a new Invited Design Competition on behalf of King’s College London. Expressions of Interest are sought from architects or architectural practices for the redevelopment of the Quadrangle and its associated buildings at the College’s historic Strand Campus in London WC2.

Trieste Contemporanea Design Competition, Italy
Trieste Contemporanea Design Contest 2012
The Trieste Contemporanea Committee announced DOUBLE TRACK, the tenth edition of its International Design Contest organised under the patronage of C.E.I. (Central European Initiative). This design contest represents an interesting opportunity also for all the young designers and the architecture students who can show their own ability and promote their works in an international context.

Call for Proposals - Seismic Zones Buildings, Toronto, Canada
Completed or on the boards projects that were/are built in seismic zones can be considered for the following call for proposals.
Curators Dr. Effie Bouras and Professor Ghyslaine McClure of McGill University, Department of Civil Engineering, are seeking completed building projects and research that engage innovative approach to seismic design for an exhibit that will be held at the internationally renowned Design Exchange in downtown Toronto Canada during the months of Sep/Oct 2012.
Buildings, as we have been reminded by too many recent catastrophic earthquakes, are complex dynamic systems, oftentimes, aesthetic consideration is put on hold in favor of cost and engineering restraint; with this in mind, we are seeking proposals that surpass conventional approaches, ones that do not sacrifice a design aesthetic for conventional structural solution. These buildings feature elegant structural solution to seismic considerations, while remaining true to the designer's vision. Featuring drawings, models and various multimedia platforms, the exhibition aims to convey the cutting-edge character of some of the most creative projects around the world.

Rethink Hotels Architecture Competition, International
Open Architecture Contest
Entry Fee: Free
Awards: overall Prize Value up to $20,000
Rethink Hotels Competition

Bridging Prague Architecture Competition, Czech Republic
reSITE / Skanska Design Contest

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Bridging Prague Architecture Competition
This design contest presents a challenge for interdisciplinary collaboration on new conceptions to connect the river with the historical capital city.

Young Arab Architects International competition

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CA’ASI, located in Venice and founded by AS.Architecture-Studio, is designed as a venue open to all those who are fond of architecture, urban planning and art. It functions like a laboratory and makes professional debate available for the general public. On the occasion of the International Architecture Biennale in Venice, CA’ASI opens its doors for young architects and “architectures”, in order to offer an offbeat perspective on the chosen theme of the Biennale or Venice’s relation with architecture.

Eisteddfod Architecture Competition, Wales
Eisteddfod Architecture Pavilion Competition
For the first time in its history, the 2012 National Eisteddfod of Wales Architecture Pavilion will be created by a Welsh Designer.

Troldtekt Architecture Competition, International
Danish Architecture Contest

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Architecture Competition - winners announced 2 Jul 2012

Living in the Spacial Shift Competition, Mannheim, Germany

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Living in the Spacial Shift Competition

alterMALL Architecture Competition, International

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alterMALL Competition : opengap Design Contest news

The Heart of the Metropolis - Helsinki Central Library Open International Architectural Competition, Finland

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Helsinki Architecture Competition
Design contest open to all design teams that fulfil the architecture competition eligibility requirements. Each design team must include an energy-technology expert.

Tirana Cultural Complex Architecture Contest, Albania

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Tirana Architecture Competition

Re-Thinking Shanghai 2012 - Architecture Competition, International
RE-THINKING SHANGHAI 2012 - International Design Competition
This design competition is open to all students, architectural professionals, and artists. The aim of the competition is to further and expand a dialog about green thinking in Asia. The architecture competition site is located in Shanghai, China.

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Entries will be evaluated upon design merit, quality of sustainable ideas, and the impact proposal will have on Shanghai. The winner of the design competition will get 3 months to work in 10 DESIGN’s Hong Kong or Shanghai office to further develop their ideas. An international jury composed of magazine editors, educators, and design professionals will select the winning entry. An exhibit of the winning entries and other notable submissions will be held both in Hong Kong and Shanghai and then at various universities and venues around the world.

Call for application, features space available in Tent London 2012, UK
Tent London is the annual design trade show during the London Design Festival, and this year they are are targeting architects to design one of 4 feature spaces in the show. These designs  will be presented to Tent London's 20,000 visitors.
London Design Festival

Doodlit Napkin Competition, February 2012 "My Ceiling...on a napkin"

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Pedestrian Bridge Architecture Competition, Amsterdam
[AMSTERDAM 03] - Iconic Pedestrian Bridge Architectural Competition

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Amsterdam Iconic Bridge Competition
The aim of this international architecture competition is to design an Iconic Pedestrian Bridge in the Heart of Amsterdam. This is an open international competition hosted by [AC-CA] to generate progressive contemporary design ideas. There are no plans for the Iconic Pedestrian Bridge to be built.

‘The Kelpies’ Design Competition, Scotland

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Scottish Architecture Competition
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland organised this architecture competition to select an architect-led, multi disciplinary, team. The competition is for the design of the internal space within a giant sculpture of a horse’s head. This architecture competition also seeks the design of a complementary visitor hub on the same site.

Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition, North America

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Ceramic Tile Architecture Competition

Arquine Competition

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Arquine's 14th International Architecture Competition : A Shelter for the Displaced

LifeEdited Challenge Competition, NYC, USA
Open Design Review and Ideas Challenge

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LifeEdited Challenge Architecture Competition

Bab Al Bahrain square Architecture Competition, Bahrain

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On the occasion of Manama: Capital of Culture of the Arab World 2012, the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain is organising an international open ideas competition for the redesign of the Bab Al Bahrain square. The square holds the potential of becoming one of the most representative and significant public spaces in the Island due to its central location, although it is currently little more than an accumulation of surface parking areas.

CAPITheticAL Design Contest, Canberra, Australia

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CAPITheticAL Competition : Canberra Design Contest

eVolo 2012 Skyscraper Competition
Architects, students, engineers + designers invited to participate in this architecture competition
eVolo Skyscraper Competition - 2011 for ref.

Architectural Competitions : Archive up to 2011