Tag: africa architecture competition

Submission: June 17, 2020 Registration: June 17, 2020 Language: English Location: Tanzania Prizes: 10.000€ + Construction Type: Open   Tanzania suffers from a terrible shortage of good quality and affordable housing. So dire is this shortage that the nation currently carries a 3 million housing deficit coupled with a 200.000 unit annual demand. Over seventy

Submission: April 27, 2020Registration: March 31, 2020Language: EnglishLocation: ConceptPrizes: Please see details below Type: Open   Emergencies strike suddenly and without warning. They level cities to the ground and tear down buildings as though they were made of sand. In almost no time at all everything is destroyed and all that remains is the realisation

Submission: March 06, 2020Registration: March 06, 2020Language: English Location: ConceptPrizes: Please see details below Type: Open   Archstorming is collaborating in this new competition with His Hands on Africa, a non-profit organization born in 2016 that wants to address the lack of dental services by equipping communities to achieve sustainability with dignity. The chosen location is Rwanda,

Submission: April 18, 2019Registration: March 31, 2019Language: EnglishLocation: Sedhiou, SenegalPrizes: Please see details belowType: Open   “Peace is a dream, it can become a reality, but to build it we must be capable of dreaming.” (Nelson Mandela) Intercultural hostility and the exploitation of resources on the African continent have triggered a succession of armed conflicts resulting in millions of innocent

Submission: March 20, 2019Registration: March 20, 2019Language: EnglishLocation: Benga, MalawiPrizes: Please see details belowType: Open   ​*The winning proposal will be built* · introduction · Universal education, gender equality and empowering women are vital components of the mission in developing countries. Educating children helps reduce poverty and will give the next generation the tools to fight poverty

Submission: October 31, 2018Registration: October 30, 2018Language: EnglishLocation: Kajiado County, KenyaPrizes: Please see details belowType: Open   “When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.” With each passing year and subsequent technological advancement, man is becoming more and more apathetic about the natural ecosystem he was once an indispensable part of. There has been unprecedented destruction

Submission: April 25, 2018Registration: April 04, 2018Language: EnglishLocation: ConceptPrizes: Please see details belowType: Open   A tribute to the Africa’s culture in a remote place of the earth. Hundred-years old cultures give birth to Communities, being transmitted through rhymes of those who are narrating it and interpretating tha past through wisdom. One’s accomplishments result from rituals and metamorphosis,

Submission: January 11, 2018Registration: January 11, 2018Language: EnglishLocation: Matobo National Park, ZimbabwePrizes: Please see details belowType: Open   Eleven has announced their latest ideas and design competition: ‘Safari: Zimbabwe 2017’. The magazine’s latest challenge calls on creatives from all around the world to design innovative concepts for a super sensory safari lodge in the heart of Matobo National Park.

Submission: June 30, 2017Registration: June 30, 2017Language: EnglishLocation: ConceptPrizes: $USD 10 000 prize to Grand Prix winnerType: Open   The inaugural Africa Architecture Awards is noteworthy as the first dedicated Pan-African awards programme of its kind. Launched by founder Saint-Gobain, the awards aim to recognise and reward worthy projects from across the African continent, with

Submission: August 01, 2017Registration: July 31, 2017Language: EnglishLocation: AfricaPrizes: Please see details belowType: Open   The Community Planning & Design Initiative Africa challenges you to design prototypes of contemporary African architecture, that reflect the culture, aesthetics, materials and sustainable environmental elements for developing communities in today’s Africa. This competition is the perfect opportunity for professional