Category Archives: Open

YAC – Young Architects Competitions –  and  Manni Group​  launch DETROIT WATERFRONT DISTRICT, a competition of ideas aiming to shape a new skyline for the city of Detroit by designing its future leisure and entertainment core. (more…)

At IE School of Architecture and Design, we would like to announce the 7th edition of our IE ARCHITECTURE+ PRIZE for young architects and designers. We are looking to attract top talent from around the world to take part in one of our school’s innovative and exciting master’s programs for the upcoming academic year. (more…)

On June 5th when Mayor Bowser painted “Black Lives Matter” on 16th Street NW in front of the White House and as a temporary fence transformed into a makeshift billboard, it became abundantly clear that the appearance and design of public space can itself be an act of protest and speech. During the recent protest, people expressed their resentment and frustration by reclaiming space through art, text, removal of iconic statues and renaming of squares throughout the city, which brought an extraordinary transfiguration of space by symbolizing unity and hope. We seek to examine ways in which the physical environment of cities can participate and promote civic engagement, sharing in the life of the community and activism in our national capital – Washington, DC.

IF it is an international platform for competitions that aims to connect ideas from different areas of society in order to help transform cities and make them increasingly self-sustaining, efficient and green. We are looking for innovative ideas and new ways of thinking. In a global emergency period, it is increasingly important that we think globally. (more…)

Designers are storytellers.​They assume many roles, but common to them all is the task of telling the story of the spaces andworlds they imagine. Often, they must convey these thoughts with images. Through their images, theycan shape and influence how others feel and understand their ideas. (more…)

The Order of Architects in Romania (OAR) and the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca officially announce the launch of the „East Park Cluj-Napoca” International Design Competition. The design competition aims at selecting the best project for The Cluj-Napoca East Park, for the award of the design contract.

ARI is excited to announce its first Halloween rendering competition! As part of our Twitch modeling series, we created a custom 3D pumpkin and a 3D carved pumpkin. Now we’re challenging viewers to render these into their own Halloween-themed image. We’ll announce the winners and honorable mentions on our weekly Twitch stream on November 5 at 5pm EST.

Here is a challenge for designers of all age groups, nationalities etc. to unleash their unlimited imagination and creative abilities and marry them with cutting-edge evolving scientific/technological advances of the moment in order to project a utopia for Mobitecture: habitat on the move.  It could be a device with no wheels, one or two wheels, three wheels, four wheels or more, could be water, ice or air borne. It could be none of these, a combination of any or all of these.  Powered by hands, feet, propellers, sun, wind in conjunction with means and mediums mechanical, digital, robotic or AI driven. (more…)

Winter Stations is a single-stage international design competition held annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Participants are tasked with designing temporary winter art installations which incorporate existing lifeguard towers spaced strategically across the city’s Kew and Woodbine beaches. The structures (not in use in the wintertime) must not be ignored in the design and can be used as either an armature for the installations, a central feature, or other- wise linked to the installation. (more…)