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Competition BriefIntentThe Model Young Package Competition 2026 operates as a worldwide packaging design contest which targets emerging designers and students and professional creative designers. The program invites participants to develop innovative paper-based packaging concepts that combine functional performance, sustainability, and…
Competition BriefIntentThe 46th European Architecture Students’ Assembly (EASA) – Seanchaí 2026 – invites workshop tutors and organizers to participate in its two-week international program hosted in Waterford, Ireland. The initiative develops architectural education through its experimental development program, which studies…
Competition BriefIntentThe Bamboo Housing Challenge 2026 is an international architecture competition focused on developing innovative residential solutions using bamboo as the primary construction material. The project enables designers to test renewable structural systems while creating sustainable housing solutions through their…
Competition BriefIntentTerraViva Competitions presents Tactical Urbanism NOW! 2026 as an international architectural and urban design competition. The program challenges teams to create temporary small-scale urban designs which use lightweight testing methods to examine new ways of creating public spaces.PurposeThe competition…
Competition BriefThe 2026 Student Prize for the Advancement of Architecture constitutes a national award that the Australian Institute of Architects presents to recognize exceptional student leadership and contributions which help students advance architectural dialogue and educational progress and their community…
Competition BriefThe International Masonry Institute (IMI) organizes The JBC Masonry Innovation Competition 2026 which allows architects and engineers and students and diverse teams to present their masonry design and construction solutions. The competition seeks solutions which demonstrate climate resilience and…
Competition BriefThe James Dyson Award 2026 is an international design and engineering competition that celebrates, encourages, and inspires the next generation of design engineers to create inventions that solve real problems. The James Dyson Foundation organizes the award which promotes…
Competition Brief The 2026 IIDA Showroom & Booth Design Competition judges design innovations and visual presentation of showrooms and booths which compete in the NeoCon event at The Mart and Design Days in Fulton Market. The competition recognizes excellence in…
Competition BriefThe International Competition for the National Slavery Museum in Amsterdam is a major architectural design contest which the Municipality of Amsterdam uses to develop a national museum and its connected public space. The project establishes a permanent cultural institution…
Competition BriefThe 1969 Woodstock festival grounds serve as the installation space for BuildFest 2026 which invites academic professionals and design experts and multi-disciplinary teams to develop their major art projects. The five-day live-work festival will enable selected participants to form…
Competition BriefThe Houston Design Awards 2026 is an open recognition program that honors exceptional architectural and design work which benefits the Houston community. The awards organized by ArchitectureHouston showcase superior design work which demonstrates originality and makes a positive contribution…
Competition BriefThe Center for Architecture Design Scholarship 2026 is an annual scholarship awarded by the Center for Architecture (New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects). The scholarship provides financial aid to exceptional undergraduate and graduate students who study…
Competition BriefThe Houzee Awards 2026 is an international design competition which recognizes exceptional achievements in residential and interior design. The awards invite architects and interior designers and landscape designers and multidisciplinary creative professionals to submit their work which develops fresh…
Competition BriefThe AAMG Global Vertiport Design Competition 2026 is an international architecture and infrastructure design challenge initiated by the Ambitious Air Mobility Group (AAMG). The competition invites professionals and multidisciplinary teams to design practical, scalable vertiport concepts that establish infrastructure…
Competition BriefThe Hotel Designer Awards 2026 represents a global design contest which recognizes the innovative design work of hospitality professionals who work in their 40s. The award requires hotels to develop fresh room designs which demonstrate comfort and sustainable elements…
Competition BriefThe Besionia Outlet Retail Design Competition 2026 is an interior design challenge focused on creating an outlet store concept for a light luxury fashion brand. The competition is organized in collaboration with Lima Commerce via a design platform and…
Competition BriefThe Casa dell’Architettura Call for Contributions 2026 exists as an open call which the Casa dell’Architettura of Rome presents through its CONTEMPORANEA program. The conference ROMA CONTAMINATA which takes place on 12 to 13 June 2026 at Casa dell’Architectura…
Competition BriefThe 2026 international architectural competition A House For Gustave Moreau celebrates the 200th anniversary of symbolist painter Gustave Moreau’s birth. The competition inviting participants to create a “symbolist house par excellence” requires architects to design buildings through metaphysical and…
Competition BriefTerraviva Competitions organizes the Milan Design Loft Competition 2026 as an international interior design competition. Designers and architects are challenged to create new interior designs for a loft apartment located in Città Studi, which is a vibrant academic area…
Competition BriefThe Houzee Awards 2026 marks its fourth international architectural and design award ceremony which honors exceptional achievements in residential architecture and related artistic fields. The competition invites Worldwide architects and designers and planners and interior designers and landscape experts…
Competition BriefThe second edition of Schrödinger’s Room international conceptual architecture contest runs under Archcontest management. The challenge invites participants to design a room, real or imagined, that embodies uncertainty and perception, which studies how space changes its meaning through different…
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