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After a short pause—we’re pleased to announce a new partnership and a reimagining of the Deign Biennial. With the generous support of WS Development we are excited to announce the first iteration of Design Seaport. In times of darkness, art…
Network Rail and RIBA Competitions have launched a world competition to shape the longer term of Britain’s railway stations. The competition will provide architects, engineers and designers the prospect to enhance the travel experience for the many passengers who use…
Silkmatters is a digital platform for all things Architecture and Design. We encourage creative freedom and open learning through Competitions and Awards. We invite Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, including recent graduates of 2017 and later to take part in our…
The Committee for the Protection of Yerevan’s Heritage has organized a thought competition for the urban revitalization of the District 33 in Yerevan, Armenia, to seek out alternative approaches to the present valuable historic populated area . District 33, better…
Saratov may be a city located within the southeastern European portion of Russia, and a serious cultural and economic centre of the Volga region. This open international competition will determine the simplest concept for integrated development of 5 sites within…
Due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, Combo Competitions has decided to increase the deadline of Emotions, Architecture, Opioids by 4 weeks to form up for lost time due to the pandemic, and to permit longer for participants…
What would you do with an old and empty building? Would you tear it down, leave it abandoned, or could you transform it into something new? Cities all around the world are wrestling with this very challenge. The question then…
The Companion to Architectural Research (CAP) will examine the question: Why is research important in architecture? The publication will offer a platform to facilitate future lines of inquiry by providing an emerging and established understanding of the importance of research…
This mapping of seminal sustainable ideas across knowledge domains (from architecture to fashion design to product design to manufacturing et al) to showcase the traction between Ecology and Design in India will be launched at the London Design Biennale in…
Protocol, the Magazine for Architecture in Context of University of Arts, Berlin, has released an open call for the 12 edition.Chance is the greatest novelist in the world, to be productive one only has to study it. —Balzac.The transitory and unconscious…
The American Institute of Steel Construction is on the lookout for creative visions of the longer term from up-and-coming architects. The third annual Forge Prize competition is now open for entries! This competition, established by The American Institute of Steel…
We are happy to announce the 5th «Summer School Ticino», an annual week-long workshop within the late summer that brings together students from multiple disciplines. The program aims to research the important – to know and integrate the various facets…
The typology of the architect’s population is changing with a decrease in the average age of practitioners. Each year, hundreds of young laureates, mainly from national universities are joining the job market and the interest in architectural patrimony is perceptibly…
This competition exists in an Alternate Reality. You make the rules in this realm. Does gravity exist? Do humans live on Earth? How far has technology advanced? You decide! The aim of this competition is to explore wild design ideas…
The aim of the open sketch design competition is to obtain high-quality, architecturally elaborate and economically justified solutions for the spatial development vision and the intent of construction of new buildings as part of Stage 1 in Riga, Latvia, at…
The objective of the primary Greater Bay Area Urban Design Awards (GBA Urban Design Awards) is to elevate the general urban design standard within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) through recognition of excellence in urban design related projects…
Innovative solutions for the new normal – sustainable, resilient and inclusive while physical distancing. In the midst of the general public health emergency and physical distancing thanks to COVID-19, we invite civil society from Latin America and therefore the refore…
Saratov, a Russian city on the Volga River, has launched an International Competition to determine the Best Integrated Spatial Development Concepts for the Development of the City Centre. Saratov is a city located in the southeastern European portion of Russia, a…
How do we define “home”? Although ideas about our homes are constantly being rethought, the careful examination of “home” has recently come to the attention of architects and nonarchitects alike. We’ve all had to confront our perspective of “home” as we…
India is home to at least one of the most important & complex education system within the world. There are over 1.5 million schools & quite 260 million school-goers in India. Schools providing primary education counts for 56.58% of the…
World Campus Masters Selective Graduation Design Program (short for “WCM Program”) is launched by a world design competition platform young Plan, and it’s committed to recognizing the fresh blood of up to date design through evaluating graduation designs from global…
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