Author: Julia

Buildner proudly announces the results of the Re:Form – New Life for Old Spaces competition, which invited architects and designers worldwide to reimagine existing, neglected, or abandoned spaces under 250 m² and give them renewed purpose through adaptive reuse and creative transformation.

Introduction Choose a site—used, abandoned, or forgotten—anywhere in the world, and give it a new purpose! In a world facing urgent environmental and spatial challenges, the most sustainable solutions may come not from new construction, but from reimagining what already exists. Re:Form #2 invites architects, designers, and innovators to embrace the challenge of adaptive reuse,

Terraviva launches THE SPORT DISTRICT, a new international competition that challenges architects, designers and urban planners to rethink the main sports area of Codroipo, a small Italian town in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, as a contemporary civic campus where sports and culture meet to shape new models of social engagement! Prizes up to 12.000

Oceanic Parliament, the new competition by YAC aimed at the design of a floating parliament for the Garbage Patch State. At the same level as the ruins of Chernobyl, the ship cemeteries on the African coasts, or any other icon of the Anthropocene, the big plastic islands of the Pacific are an environmental catastrophe beyond

Buildner is delighted to announce the results of the Portugal Vez River SPA Competition!

  Introduction: Human activity has pushed the planet into an era of mass biodiversity loss. Expanding cities, deforestation, climate change, and industrial growth continue to fragment habitats and disrupt ecosystems. The built environment, often viewed as an ecological burden, is at the core of this crisis. But architecture also holds the potential to reverse it.

Light is one of the most important factors when designing homes, and the use of natural light is vital in creating a space that feels both comfortable, inviting and practical. It could be said that lighting is a form of language that architects can use to communicate emotions in the spaces and structures they design.

Introducing the Architect’s Chair Competition, an exciting opportunity for architects and designers to showcase their versatility and creativity by designing a signature piece of furniture. Inspired by the long-standing tradition of iconic architects creating custom furniture as an extension of their architectural work, this competition challenges participants to distill their design approach into its core

The sauna has always been more than a room of heat. It is a place of stillness, where the body slows, the breath deepens, and the mind begins to loosen. Architecture has the power to enrich this ritual — to frame silence, to choreograph the movement between warmth and air, to turn a simple act

For over half a century, the American suburban home has been more than just a building—it has been a cultural symbol, a promise, and at times a problem. Once imagined as the embodiment of comfort and stability, it now often represents excess, isolation, and environmental strain. How can this archetype be redefined for a century