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  • Festival des Architectures Vives 2024

    The Festival des Architectures Vives draws a sizable crowd each year. It attracted 13,000 visits in 2023 and was widely written about both in France and internationally.The Festival des Architectures Vives, now in its 18th year, will be held in…

  • Cairo Designathon

    The next Cairo Designathon has just launched applications for its Design Marathon, which will be held in Downtown Cairo from November 17–25, 2023, during Cairo Design Week.The first collaborative design marathon in Egypt and the MENA region, Cairo Designathon was…

  • HOUSE OF THE FUTURE

    There are differences between a house and a home. And even while a place’s characteristics go beyond its outward appearance, architecture can nevertheless have a significant influence. What you search for in a house will depend on a number of…

  • ACARA 2023

    The network of life is made up of several loops, both large and little, in which all materials and information are exchanged. The need for resources and waste is reduced when everything is interconnected through these loops since all the…

  • Space Prize 2023

    Portugal, a nation around the size of Korea, set out for the Atlantic Ocean in the early 15th century to seek refuge from the European powers due to its inferior geographical and economic situation. As a result of Portugal’s challenge,…

  • Architecture for Fashion

    The course “Architecture for Fashion” from YACademy has been updated. Meet and work with David Chipperfield Architects, SANAA, Herzog & de Meuron, Duccio Grassi Architects, and Claudio Silvestrin Architects:3 scholarships that fully cover the cost of enrollment and allow for…

  • CTBUH 2023 International Conference

    Making High Density Human – CTBUH 2023By 2050, the United Nations predicts that approximately 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Thus we must make sure that cities are places where people can not only live. But…

  • ReUse Italy – Reuse the Thermae — Curinga

    There are many abandoned historical structures dotting the Italian landscape. ReUse ItalyThe long-term objective of ReUse Italy is to draw attention to this problem by sponsoring cultural initiatives that can demonstrate how it is still possible to breathe new life…

  • Dewan Award For Architecture

    Register/Submit Deadline:  Friday, Sep 29, 20236 PMGST The Dewan Award For Architecture returns and Invites Architects and Designers to Submit Their Ideas to Develop Basra Waterfront and Dakeer Island.Dewan Architects + Engineers has been synonymous with the Middle East’s booming architectural design sector for four decades. The multi-award-winning firm boasts world-class talents, including architects, engineers

  • Adaptive Reuse x Placemaking Competition + Course

    In support of Madrid Architecture Week, Never Enough Architecture (NEA) is excited to present its new initiative in collaboration with the Municipality of Pelayos de la Presa. This initiative seamlessly blends a detailed course on “Adaptive Reuse” and “Placemaking” with a design contest, offering participants a comprehensive understanding of these pivotal modern design concepts. Adaptive

  • Seoul Design Awards 2023

    The Seoul Design Awards, now in its fourth year, is an international design contest that awards design projects that solve everyday challenges with creative ideas. Under the theme of “a sustainable design that enables harmonies among people, society, and the environment,” designers and design teams around the world were invited to submit realized design projects

  • FuturArc Prize 2024: Architecture for Life After

    FuturArc Prize 2024: Architecture for Life After: FuturArc Prize 2024, international competition has been recently opened for entries, this time themed ‘Architecture for Life After’ asking entrants to propose architectural solutions for the continuation of life after Climate Disasters and/or Endings scenarios. FuturArc Prize 2024, organised by FuturArc Journal is back for its next cycle!FuturArc

  • Brick in Architecture Awards 2023

    Sponsored ContentCall for Entries: 2023 Brick in Architecture Awards Courtesy of Brick Industry AssociationThe Brick Industry Association (BIA) has opened entries for the international 2023 Brick in Architecture Awards, featuring a new category for thin brick projects as of last year. Projects will compete for a Best in Class, Gold, Silver, or Bronze award in

  • Best Pivot Door Contest 2023

    Call for Entries: Best Pivot Door Contest 2023 Courtesy of FritsJurgensThe Best Pivot Door Contest celebrates the transformation of grand ideas into tangible creations that redefine beauty. It is not only about recognizing excellence, but also inspiring and encouraging the industry to continually push the boundaries of design and innovation.The contest invites architects, designers, door

  • Human/AI Design Challenge

    Register/Submit Deadline:  Wednesday, Sep 27, 20231 AMCEST The 18th edition of the Barcelona Design Week which will take place from October 16th to 28th, will be associated with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals declared by the United Nations. With a global scenario marked by uncertainty, complexity, and volatility, design is a key element for people’s present and future

  • Moganshan Core Scenic Area Planning and Yinshan Street

    Register/Submit Deadline:  Wednesday, Sep 27, 202312 AMHKT Competition Background According to the Outline of the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 of the People’s Republic of China, it is proposed to promote the integrated development of culture and tourism, creating a batch of world-class tourist

  • International Competition: Innovative Furniture – 03

    BRIEF: Competition is open to everyone including students and professionals. Design a furniture, which is ergonomically sound, cost effective, environment friendly and feasible to build in neglected communities. As we all are aware, inhabitants in slums and other neglected communities lack space to accommodate. The furniture designed shall fit and transform from smaller spaces to

  • International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa (IFDA) 2024

    home > International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa (IFDA) 2024 Held every three years, the renowned International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa (IFDA) celebrates the ingenuity of woodworking. The platform promotes the love of the age-old material, not only its traditions but also its innovation. IFDA 2024 calls for such novelties as it marks its 12th edition

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    Architectural Essay Writing Contest: ‘Water and the Evolution of Cities’

    Submitted by WA Contents India Architecture News – Sep 20, 2023 – 16:40   609 views Architectural Essay Writing Contest, 5th Cycle is the twenty-third initiative of the Architectural Journalism & Criticism Organization founded by architect Pappal Suneja to spread awareness about this subject and sow the seeds of inspiration to explore and write about Architecture

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