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Competition BriefPurposeA competition known as The House of Death and Life is inviting design submissions and the theme is Sigurd Lewerentz. This very house can be anything, a literal interpretation, a metaphor, an abstract idea, or a symbol, so long…
Competition BriefPurposeThe ADF Design Award 2026 has opened its doors to submission of all architectural and design works finished in the last three years. The competition is meant to judge the artifacts by different categories of buildings and design.IntentThe competition…
The Sport District competition is presented to the world as an open canvas for architects, urban designers, planners and creative minds to envision the main sports district in the town of Codroipo, Italy, as a thriving civic campus embellished by…
The Home of Shadows competition of Edition 4 takes world architects and designers on a journey to look at residential living through a very strict lens: artificial light is not allowed at all in the house. Participants that thus have…
The 2026 MUSE Hotel Awards is an international competition that recognizes the best in the world of hospitality and the most amazingly designed hotels. “Crowning Achievements” is the theme for 2026 and it will deal with the hotels, resorts, and…
The 2026 MUSE Creative Awards an international competition that recognizes the best in the Field of Creative Design, Advertising, Digital Media, and Communications. Creatives from all around the globe can submit their works of art in various disciplines according to…
The “Our Homes: Inclusionary Housing Now” contest aims at getting world-wide architects, urban planners, engineers, artists, and makers to present designs of affordable, decent, and aspirational houses in Cape Town. The contenders will have to rethink the underused public lands…
The 11th Advanced Architecture Contest, which is already a tradition, calls upon architects, designers, urbanists, and also creative minds from all parts of the globe to picture the cities of the future with the theme “”Barcelona 2051: City Futures for…
The 6th Biennale Svizzera del Territorio starts off a strong Call for Action under the slogan Handle with Care. This event invites not only architects, designers, artists, and urban thinkers, but also those who are involved in the making of…
The competition calls for the submission of a new concept for the center of Elin Pelin (Bulgaria) by architects, urban designers, landscape architects and interdisciplinary teams from all over the world. The objective is to turn the town center into…
The Design with Curves contest calls for architects and designers to reveal the potential of fluid architecture by inventing a cultural center with organic shapes and curved spaces. The contestants are free to use their imagination, inventiveness, and expressive geometry,…
Concursos AG360’s Sports Park 2026 competition excitedly brings together architectural and design talents globally to imagine a multi-functional sports park at the edge of Mexico City. The aim-an eco-friendly public park-provides not only for sports fields but also walking paths,…
The year 2026 is going to witness the MUSE Photography Awards, a worldwide photography contest that invites and indulges professionals, students, and amateurs to send in their most good and expressive pictures from all over the globe. The 2026 motto…
The Karlovo Living Landscape competition lures architects, urban designers, and planners to depict a novel residential area on the hills above Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. The contest has to do with a rare outright devoid of slope on the western side…
The Candelo Urban Link contest challenges designers to innovate a square that has been neglected in the medieval village of Candelo in Piedmont, Italy. The square is currently disfigured with an awkward steep level change and does not have an…
MUSE Design Awards 2026 is the global design competition that will be held in the year 2026 and will be awarding excellent works in various fields. It acquires the participation of architects, designers, engineers, and creative professionals, seeking original works…
This worldwide contest challenges the imaginations of the designers, architects, and inventors to alter the street trade in cities. The main problem to be tackled is the embodiment of the vendors’ daily lives in practical, functional, and human-centered furniture that…
The CLASSICS Small Luxury Design Award 2026 is an international design competition aimed at designers to come up with handkerchief designs. A premium handkerchief brand with a long history in Japanese craftsmanship and a quality legacy that goes back to…
The Living Ruins II contest has assigned designers the task of envisioning the ghost town of Dereiçi in Turkey as a vibrant outdoor museum. Although the village has been deserted, it still possesses tremendous cultural and historical significance. The aim…
The Home Within Reach competition invites architects, students, designers and thinkers to think of new ways for affordable and dignified housing. The challenge will deal with the areas of accessibility, space utilization, cost and human-centered design. The theme of the…
The LIV Hospitality Design Awards have been established to honor the absolute best in the architectural and interior design fields, specifically for the hospitality sector. Amazing “living” and “eating” spaces all over the globe have been acknowledged by the awards….
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