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Submission: May 31, 2018
RegistrationMay 31, 2018
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

 

The Cities for our Future Challenge is a global competition run by the Royal Institution Of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in partnership with UNESCO UKNC and the ACU. Are you an imaginative, problem solving young professional, start up or student involved in surveying, urban design, architecture,or engineering? Then share your transformative ideas for projects and policies that solve some of the defining issues of our time: Rapid Urbanisation, Climate Change and Resource Scarcity.

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cities of the future challenge

Submission: September 20, 2018
Registration:  August 30, 2018
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

 

China’s economy is shifting from the primacy of manufacturing to the primacy of a knowledge- and research-based service sector. This shift aligns with a global trend, namely the global socio-economic transformation from a society based on mechanical mass production to a society based on digital customization. This implies a city based on R&D, marketing and finance, requiring continuous networking and face to face communication. The city becomes the social super-brain.

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Submission: April 30, 2018
Registration: April 29, 2018
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

 

Rapid urban growth and growing inequality has created a global crisis in housing that increasingly segregates the rich from the poor. Though not fully understood, there is a clear and parallel relationship between the size of a city and its level of socio-economic disparity: the larger the city, the less equal it tends to be. Physical and social segregation, which both reflects and perpetuates socio-economic disparity within a city, is a growing concern in cities worldwide – including Mumbai. Continue reading

mumbai mixed housing

Submission: March 11, 2018
Registration: March 11, 2018
Language: English
Location: Mars
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

 

Eleven has announced their latest ideas and design competition ‘Marstopia’, the official sequel to their 2016 award-winning international challenge Moontopia. This latest competition invites creatives from all around the world to imagine Marstopia – the first human colony on Mars – and in doing so, begin to define Martian vernacular design. Continue reading

marsotopia architecture competition

Submission: May 31, 2018
Registration: April 27, 2018
Language: English
Location: Kemeri Park, Latvia
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

 

Third-largest national park in one of Europe’s greenest country, Kemeri is a stunning and eclectic mix of forests, lakes, swamps and ancient raised bogs. Situated just a 1-hour train ride from Latvia’s capital, Riga, the park is home to a wide range of fauna including rare birds like the black stork, as well as moose, deer, elk, foxes, wolves, and wild cattle and horses. These were all reintroduced into this unique ecosystem with some help from the World Wildlife Fund.

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observation tower architecture contest

Submission: May 10, 2018
Registration: April 06, 2018
Language: English
Location: Nemrut Volcano, Turkey
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

 

The Nemrut caldera sits cradled within the Nemrut Volcano in Turkey, formed by the collapse of the volcano into itself, creating a large, deep crater. This dramatic formation creates a unique micro-environment, becoming home to plants and animals that thrive in the harsh conditions. Nestled within the caldera is lake Nemrut, a half-moon crater freshwater lake that further adds to the unique biodiversity of the caldera.

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nemrut volcano eyes architecture competition

Submission: February 14, 2018
Registration: February 09, 2018
Language: English
Location: Sydney, Australia
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

 

Debate rages across the country, as experts and analysts go back and forth over the idea of an affordable housing crisis in Australia. One area that all experts can agree on, however, is that Sydney is in a league of its own when it comes to property prices. Sydney comes in second to Hong Kong as having the least affordable housing in a survey of 10 major metropolitan markets.

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sydney affordable housing