International Architecture & Design Awards 2026
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Intent The International Architecture & Design Awards 2026 loudly proclaims itself to be a supreme prize for the world’s…
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Tokyo Design Awards 2026
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IntentThe Tokyo Design Awards is a competition of international stature that celebrates the excellency of design in several disciplines….
Re:form – New Life for Old Spaces / Edition #2
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IntentThe competition dares architects and designers to choose an overused, abandoned, or neglected building and to redevelop it for…
Kaira Looro Architecture Competition 2026
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IntentThe Kaira Looro Architecture Competition 2026 is concerned with the designing of a Community Center meant to be in…
URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION KODAŇSKÁ 1441 2026
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- Entry fee
- Free
IntentThe design competition is looking for something new and interesting for Kodaňská 1441 site in Vršovice which is located…
THE ARCHITECT’S STAIR EDITION #3 2026
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IntentThe contest invites the partakers to see the stair again as a building element. Not just a means of…
Wheelwright Prize 2026
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IntentThe Wheelwright Prize makes a call to the worldwide early-career architects to suggest an ambitious research project. The winner…
NEW CHAPTER FOR BRATISLAVA’S BROWNFIELD 2026
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IntentThe competition is about the future redevelopment of a substantial brownfield site in Bratislava. The competition aims at reimagining…
ELEVATING ELEGANCE – The Minimalist Hotel Challenge 2026
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IntentThe competition challenges architects and designers to revisit the concept of luxury in hospitality through a minimalism approach. It…
HABITAT BEYOND EARTH – The Mars Colony Dreamscape Challenge 2026
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IntentThe Habitat Beyond Earth Competition requires the contestants to create a conceptual model of a sustainable human colony on…
AQUATIC HORIZONS – Designing the Floating Museum 2026
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IntentThis contest is about the design of a floating museum which is going to be a remarkable conceptual one…
Modular Arctic Research Station 2026
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The competition challenges participants to come up with a modular research station that can withstand the harshest conditions to…
BEYOND WALLS 2026
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IntentThe contest challenges the participants to reconsider the outdoor learning places. It encourages the designers to switch over from…
Green Good Design Sustainability Awards 2026
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- Entry fee
- 375 euros per project if paid online with card or debit, 400 euros per project if paid by bank transfer
IntentThe Green GOOD DESIGN Sustainability Awards-open floor to professionals, institutions, and individuals to submit design projects that tackle ecological…
EPIC Cabins Global Student Challenge: Design Living Landmarks
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- Entry fee
- Not stated / appears to be free
IntentThe EPIC Cabins Global Student Design Challenge 2025 calls for the participation of architecture students and fresh graduates to…
A House for Sigurd Lewerentz
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- Submission
- 29 December 2025
PurposeThe competition is open to architects and designers to envision a conceptual “house” that would be the finished product…
Hetao Vision: Innovative AI Video Competition (UABBHK 2025)
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- Submission
- 26 December 2025 at 23:59 HKT
PurposeArtists in the competition will have to bring to life AI generated video works that visualize the future of…
The Architect’s Stair #3
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- Submission
- 6 April 2026 (23:59 London Time)
- Registration
- 5 March 2026
PurposeWith The Architect’s Stair #3 the designers and architects are invited to investigate the essence of staircase as a…
OVERTIME 26
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PurposeOVERTIME 26 calls for innovative works from all sorts of artists (such as sketches, paintings, drawings, photography, jewelry, sculpture,…
AR Public awards 2026
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PurposeThe AR Public Awards 2026 are aimed at commendable architecture that connects with the general public. The competition pushes…
A Bauhaus Bathroom: Design Competition For a Public Restroom at Gropius House
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The design competition has a permanent public restroom at the Gropius House (Lincoln, Massachusetts) as its object. The main…
