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 percent of its urban residents live in unplanned and unserviced informal settlements.
Submission: April 27, 2020
Registration: March 31, 2020
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: 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 that you have to get up and start all over again from scratch.In recent years the occurrence of deluges and flooding have increased dramatically. Analogously, conflicts and financial crises persist and lead to the development of serious humanitarian emergencies which put the lives of millions of people at risk. Resolving an emergency of any kind means re-establishing peace and security.
Submission: March 06, 2020
Registration: March 06, 2020
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: 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, a small country in the heart of Africa.
Submission: April 18, 2019
Registration: March 31, 2019
Language: English
Location: Sedhiou, Senegal
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: 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 lives lost and refugees seeking hope in a better life elsewhere. Communities annihilated. Villages and cities torn to the ground. Nations in chaos. Continue reading
Submission: March 20, 2019
Registration: March 20, 2019
Language: English
Location: Benga, Malawi
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open
*The winning proposal will be built*
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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 and conquer disease. School also offers children a safe environment, with support, supervision and socialization. Here they learn life skills that can help them prevent diseases, including how to avoid HIV/AIDS and malaria. Children may receive life-saving vaccines, fresh water and nutrient supplementation at school. Continue reading
Submission: October 31, 2018
Registration: October 30, 2018
Language: English
Location: Kajiado County, Kenya
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: 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 of nature and its key elements like forests, foliage, wildlife and marine habitats in order to satisfy the whims and fancies of the human race. Continue reading
Submission: April 25, 2018
Registration: April 04, 2018
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: 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, bonding the human being to its own roots through dance, history, music, colours, flavours, materials and landscapes. Space and Matter relate themeselves with the power of rituals, drawing together the lines of an architecture encharged of passing and preserving History. Continue reading
Submission: January 11, 2018
Registration: January 11, 2018
Language: English
Location: Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: 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, 2017
Registration: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: $USD 10 000 prize to Grand Prix winner
Type: 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 one overall winner garnering a $10 000 grand prize. Continue reading
Submission: August 01, 2017
Registration: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Location: Africa
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: 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 architects, students, urban planners, visual artists, engineers, interior designers, and all built environment professionals to join in writing the final chapter in the book of contemporary architecture – The African Chapter. Continue reading
