Category: Architecture

Clothed Spaces explores the mountain tent as a primordial micro-architecture: lightweight, temporary, and in direct dialogue with the landscape—clothing nature without altering it. Clothed Spaces invites participants to design an innovative mountain tent conceived as a lightweight, temporary micro-architecture. The competition is conceptual and experimental, encouraging bold and visionary proposals that rethink the tent beyond

The annual Antepavilion commission is an initiative to develop, construct and display experimental structures offering emerging artists, makers and architects an opportunity to create new work within a complex urban environment. Antepavilion has always encouraged reuse through its competitions, however, this year it will be a necessity. Full Reclaim requires entrants to build a structure

The 10 Cubic Meter Challenge invites designers, architects, artists, makers, and creative thinkers to reconsider space, meaning, and experience through the discipline of a strict spatial boundary. Participants are asked to design a spatial idea, structure, object, or installation contained entirely within a maximum volume of 10 cubic meters. Your micro-architecture may be functional, symbolic, emotional, speculative, portable, or expressive — a compact shelter, a ritual

The Buildner’s Unbuilt Award 2026 marks the third global celebration of architectural imagination and creative excellence. Dedicated to the world’s most compelling unrealized designs, the award recognizes projects that embody innovation, experimentation, and the power of visionary thinking — works that exist beyond construction yet shape the discourse of contemporary architecture. The Unbuilt Award celebrates

Every place carries a story — not just of its past, but of its present values and future possibilities. Architecture can give form to those stories, offering a way to express culture, ideas, and identity without relying on words. A pavilion, in its simplicity and scale, is an ideal format for this kind of expression.

Terraviva launches THE WATER TOWER, a new international competition that challenges architects and designers to envision the complete transformation of Milanino’s historic Water Tower into a vibrant cultural hub for the community! Prizes up to 16.000 € will be awarded to the winners, selected by an international jury including Luciano Crespi (Politecnico di Milano), Lidia

The Kingspan MICROHOME 2026 continues Buildner’s long-standing exploration of compact living and sustainable design. Now in its 11th edition, and marking the fourth collaboration with Kingspan, the competition challenges architects and designers to reimagine what home means when it is stripped to its essentials. Participants are invited to propose an off-grid modular dwelling with a

Call for Entries: Rifat Chadirji Prize 2026: The Right to Landscape Reclaiming Land and Sustaining Lives in Sahl Al Khiam, Lebanon The Rifat Chadirji Award invites landscape architects, architects, and urban planners worldwide to propose a landscape led recovery vision for Sahl Al Khiam in Southern Lebanon. The valley, an agricultural lifeline endured occupation and

Call for Entries: Rifat Chadirji Prize 2026: The Right to Landscape Reclaiming Land and Sustaining Lives in Sahl Al Khiam, Lebanon The Rifat Chadirji Award invites landscape architects, architects, and urban planners worldwide to propose a landscape led recovery vision for Sahl Al Khiam in Southern Lebanon. The valley, an agricultural lifeline endured occupation and

Reboot Retreat invites architects, designers, and visionaries to explore how architecture can become a tool for digital detox, emotional reset, and mindful living. As awareness grows around digital well-being and mental health, physical environments are increasingly recognized as powerful agents in shaping behavior, focus, and emotional balance. Reboot Retreat is an architectural ideas competition inviting