Martin House Creative Residency 2026
Ended
The Martin House Creative Residency 2026 is a research-based residency program which enables artists to create new work through…
Competitions
Architecture Competitions
Architecture and design competitions, including briefs, entry requirements, deadlines and published outcomes. The archive covers professional and student opportunities and retains past calls as a record of the questions and approaches they generated.
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International Competition for Conceptual Planning and Design of Sanya Dadonghai Urban Renewal 2026
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The Sanya Dadonghai Urban Renewal Competition 2026 is an international design challenge which requires participants to create urban planning…
Community Urban Farm Competition 2026
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The Community Urban Farm Competition 2026 is an international conceptual design challenge which aims to implement urban agriculture systems…
Urban Pocket Park Pavilion Competition 2026
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The Urban Pocket Park Pavilion Competition 2026 invites designers to rethink small urban residual spaces through pavilion architecture. The…
Street Vendor Shelter Competition 2026
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The Street Vendor Shelter Competition 2026 is an international design challenge that invites architects, designers, planners, and students to…
ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards 2026
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The ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards 2026 exists to recognize superior library interior design work which showcases both original…
World Architecture Competitions 2026 – Last Light
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World Architecture Competitions 2026 – Last Light is a design contest which requires participants to create new lighthouse designs…
Kimball International Makers of a Better Future 2026
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Kimball International Makers of a Better Future 2026 is a professional award program organized by the IIDA Foundation in…
IIDA Campus Center Awards 2026
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The IIDA Campus Center Awards 2026 honor exceptional work produced by all active IIDA Campus Centers. The awards showcase…
IIDA Chapter Awards 2026
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The International Interior Design Association uses its IIDA Chapter Awards 2026 as a professional recognition program. The awards recognize…
Anna Hernandez/Luna Textiles Award 2026
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The Anna Hernandez/Luna Textiles Award 2026 serves as an annual recognition program which the IIDA Foundation administers. The award…
ET CONTEST Beyond Underground 2026
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The ET CONTEST Beyond Underground 2026 invites designers to transform the former Sos Enattos mining site in Sardinia, Italy….
IIDA 2026 Student Mentoring Program
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The IIDA 2026 Student Mentoring Program is a professional development initiative that pairs interior design students with experienced design…
IIDA 2026 Will Ching Design Competition
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The IIDA 2026 Will Ching Design Competition stands as an international design competition which recognizes exceptional commercial interior designs…
IIDA 2026 Interior Design Competition
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The IIDA 2026 Interior Design Competition represents an open international competition which showcases interior design and built architectural work…
Openair Suites Competition 2026
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Openair Suites is an international architecture competition that invites designers to create a new type of rural accommodation which…
ACSA 2026 Timber Competition
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The ACSA 2026 Timber Competition asks architecture students to create an original timber building design which needs to fulfill…
The Davidson Prize 2026
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- Stage 1 submission
- 02 March 2026
- Entry fee
- Free
The Davidson Prize is an annual design ideas competition that asks multidisciplinary teams to rethink the home and its…
The Great Reclamation: LDA Design Bursary Challenge 2025–26
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- Submission
- 20 February 2026
- Entry fee
- Free
The Great Reclamation is a bursary-based design competition that asks students to reconsider the future of land currently dominated…
ACSA 2026 COTE® Top Ten for Students Competition
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The ACSA 2026 COTE® Top Ten for Students Competition evaluates student design work which demonstrates climate change solutions and…
Saint‑Gobain Architecture Student Contest 2026
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IntentThe Saint-Gobain Architecture Student Contest 2026 focuses on an urban regeneration project in Belgrade Serbia. The students must develop…
