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Together with the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), the Philippine Senate aims to develop its permanent home in an 18,320 sq. m. lot area situated in the heart of the Philippines’ premier business and residential districts. The Philippine Senate and BCDA are inviting local and international architectural firms to take on the challenge of designing a GREEN and ICONIC building that will become a landmark for the Filipino people.

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Building an equitable economy in New York City requires a groundbreaking approach to urban design. New York City lays claim to our nation’s largest economy and a record low unemployment rate. Yet stagnating wages, skyrocketing rents and growth in the gig economy have made the city increasingly inaccessible to the urban workforce.

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The 2016 MNPG Arch Competition was for the design of a tech port beacon and now, humanity is beginning to understand about the oceanic evolution that has been the hallmark of modern civilisation’s progression. It is with this placement, that to better connect, as people and with the architecture that surrounds, the 2018 MNPG Arch Competition is for a bridge, starting with the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, with a movement towards the projection of that of the architect’s composition.

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Waterfront Toronto, in partnership with the City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation, is calling on international design professionals to develop a bold vision for two new waterfront parks. This request for qualifications invites talented and experienced design teams to pre-qualify for a competition that will seek design proposals for Toronto’s York Street Park and Rees Street Park, integrating them into a growing collection of vibrant public spaces along Toronto’s waterfront.

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Just like Frank Lloyd Wright with the Guggenheim, Jean Nouvel with the Louvre Abu Dhabi, Frank Gehry with the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Ieoh Ming Pei with the Louvre, or Oscar Niemeyer with the Niteroi Museum, you dream of putting your creative talent and passion into serving Beauty, Art and Originality. In architecture, designing a museum is the peak of many architects’ work. Temple for the arts, the museum becomes an artwork in itself. As such, it mirrors and shelters one of the oldest human religions: artistic contemplation.

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A few kilometers at the South East of Orange, in the municipality of Courthézon, the Château de Beaucastel vineyard spreads over 130 hectares. The vineyard, where legendary wines are produced, is the jewel of the Perrin Family, already famous among wine lovers in France and worldwide.

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Tamayouz Excellence Award is delighted to invite students, designers and architects worldwide to transform the current unused site of the Old Governorate Building into the Baghdad Design Centre in the city’s Cultural District, Al-Rusafa.

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, located on seventeen acres overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is America’s living memorial to President Kennedy and his vision that the arts and cultural achievement should be an integral part of human experience. It is the nation’s busiest performing arts facility: each year the Kennedy Center’s nine performance spaces host approximately 2,000 performances for audiences totaling nearly two million.

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The competition “Paradoxity” is open to students of universities, practicing artists, lighting designers, multimedia specialists, architects, as well as creative associations and design studios all over the world. The competition accepts original artworks, representing static or dynamic light installations (competition objects) for temporary installation on the territory of Gatchina Park.

Now in its sixth year, CONNECT highlights innovative design programs at universities throughout the country. Students, under the supervision of university faculty, have the opportunity to design environments that incorporate seating and lighting installations, with the intention of offering an intimate area on the show floor where attendees can sit, relax and “connect.” Exhibits will be located throughout the show floor, providing SOFA CHICAGO’s international audience an opportunity to experience the innovation and creativity of future designers.