ELEVATING ELEGANCE – The Minimalist Hotel Challenge 2026
Competition Brief Intent The competition challenges architects and designers to revisit the concept of luxury…
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HABITAT BEYOND EARTH – The Mars Colony Dreamscape Challenge 2026
Competition Brief Intent The Habitat Beyond Earth Competition requires the contestants to create a conceptual…
AQUATIC HORIZONS – Designing the Floating Museum 2026
Competition Brief Intent This contest is about the design of a floating museum which is…
Modular Arctic Research Station 2026
Competition Brief The competition challenges participants to come up with a modular research station that…
BEYOND WALLS 2026
Competition Brief Intent The contest challenges the participants to reconsider the outdoor learning places. It…
Green Good Design Sustainability Awards 2026
Competition Brief Intent The Green GOOD DESIGN Sustainability Awards-open floor to professionals, institutions, and individuals…
EPIC Cabins Global Student Challenge: Design Living Landmarks
Competition Brief Intent The EPIC Cabins Global Student Design Challenge 2025 calls for the participation…
A House for Sigurd Lewerentz
Competition Brief Purpose The competition is open to architects and designers to envision a conceptual…
Hetao Vision: Innovative AI Video Competition (UABBHK 2025)
Competition Brief Purpose Artists in the competition will have to bring to life AI generated…
The Architect’s Stair #3
Competition Brief Purpose With The Architect’s Stair #3 the designers and architects are invited to…
OVERTIME 26
Competition Brief Purpose OVERTIME 26 calls for innovative works from all sorts of artists (such…
AR Public awards 2026
Competition Brief Purpose The AR Public Awards 2026 are aimed at commendable architecture that connects…
A Bauhaus Bathroom: Design Competition For a Public Restroom at Gropius House
Competition Brief The design competition has a permanent public restroom at the Gropius House (Lincoln,…
2026 Course Development Prize
Competition Brief The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) has partnered with the Temple…
Okbaby Foldable Baby Bathtub Design Competition
The Okbaby Foldable Baby Bathtub Design Competition is an international event that is sponsored by…
HEALING GARDENS – Designing Spaces for Wellness and Reflection
Healing Gardens Designing Spaces for Wellness and Reflection is an international competition that architects, landscape…
LIFE ON MOVE Mobile – Home Design Challenge
Life On Move is running an international competition that invites architects, designers, and creative thinkers…
Rome Rain Rooms 2026
Competition Brief Purpose The Rome Rain Rooms 2026 competition is a call for urban rainwater…
The House of Death and Life
Competition Brief Purpose A competition known as The House of Death and Life is inviting…
ADF Design Award 2026
Competition Brief Purpose The ADF Design Award 2026 has opened its doors to submission of…
The Sport District – Codroipo’s Athletic Grounds Reimagined as Social Hubs
The Sport District competition is presented to the world as an open canvas for architects,…
