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Introduction As urban areas around the globe continue to expand at an unprecedented rate, the traditional models of housing and community planning are being tested to their limits. The strain on resources, the challenges of climate change, and the increasing demand for space in densely populated cities necessitate a radical rethinking of how we design

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Registration Deadline: Apr 10, 2025; Submission Deadline: Apr 10, 2025

Attention, young architects!

#TACFestival2025 call for the design of the temporary pavilions at Casa Mediterráneo in Alicante and Plaza Stagno in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is open until April 10th.

This call, organized by @viviendagob in collaboration with @fundación.arquia, @csmediterraneo, and the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council, is open to all architects under 45. International architects can also apply if they are part of a local team or if at least one member holds a Spanish-qualified Architecture degree.

Don’t miss this opportunity!

https://tacfestival.com/convocatorias/

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Registration Deadline: Mar 3, 2025; Submission Deadline: Mar 7, 2025

Every two years since 1968, the AIA Long Beach/South Bay Chapter has celebrated outstanding architecture through its Biennial Design Awards Program. Our Design Awards Program recognizes achievements for a broad range of architectural works that elevate the general quality of architectural practice, establish a standard of excellence against which all architects can measure performance, and inform the public of the breath and value of architectural practice.  Learn more

Nationally recognized jury:

• Marlon Blackwell, FAIA – MARLON BLACKWELL ARCHITECTS
• Michael Hsu, FAIA – MICHAEL HSU OFFICE OF ARCHITECTURE
• Jonathan Moody, AIA – MOODY NOLAN
• Lauren Rottet, FAIA – ROTTET STUDIO

Categories:

The Design Awards Program seeks to recognize achievements for the broad range of architectural works that AIA members are engaged. In that regard, awards are open to built and unbuilt works of Architecture, Interior Architecture, Urban Design, Sustainable Design, as well as those Architectural Details that exhibit exceptional architectural thought. Projects may be submitted in one or more of the following categories:

• Single-Family Residential
• Multi-Family Residential
• Commercial
• Historic Preservation
• Interiors
• Small Projects
• Detail
• Unbuilt / Non-Commissioned (chapter members only)
• Optional COTE

Learn more about the AIA LBSB 2025 Design Awards Program

Last Day to Register: March 3, 11:59 pm

Last Day to Submit: March 7, 11:59 pm

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Registration Deadline: Apr 9, 2025; Submission Deadline: Apr 9, 2025

ASA EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN COMPETITION 2025 invites architects, designers, students, and creative thinkers to submit their most innovative works under the theme ‘Future Nostalgia in Architecture.’

This competition, hosted by the Association of Siamese Architects (ASA), explores how architectural design can bridge the past and future—blending history, culture, nature, and technology in new and exciting ways. Participants can freely select locations and scales, using Thailand as a case study to develop innovative architectural visions.

Prizes:

• General Category:
  • First Prize: 100,000 Baht
  • Second Prize: 50,000 Baht
  • Third Prize: 30,000 Baht
  • 3x Honorable Mentions
• Student Category:
  • First Prize: 50,000 Baht
  • Second Prize: 30,000 Baht
  • Third Prize: 20,000 Baht
  • 3x Honorable Mentions

Competition Timeline:

• Official Announcement: February 5, 2025
• Submission Period: February 5 – April 9, 2025
• Shortlist Announcement: April 22, 2025
• Finalists Judging Session: May 3, 2025
• Winners Announcement: May 3, 2025

Jury Panel:

• Jenchieh Hung
• Kulthida Songkittipakdee
• Adul Kaewdee
• Christo Meyer
• Kulapat Yantrasast

How to Participate:

• Register at: www.asacompetition.com
• Submit entries via email: [email protected]

This is your chance to showcase your architectural creativity and redefine Future Nostalgia!

More Info & Full Guidelines: www.asacompetition.com

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Registration Deadline: Aug 1, 2025; Submission Deadline: Sep 1, 2025

The proposed hospitality product should introduce innovation within hotel guestrooms, food and beverage offerings, amenity spaces, technology solutions, operational efficiencies, sustainability initiatives, guest experience enhancements, or other areas that redefine the future of hospitality.

In the submission process, submit the following attachments:

• A compelling presentation (PPT or PDF) that effectively communicates the product concept, its significance, and the potential impact.
• Detailed sketches, renderings, and/or a video of a 3D model illustrating the product. 

In the application form, answer the following questions:

• What is your product? Clearly articulate the unique features and functionalities.
• Outline the technical aspects of the design, including materials, manufacturing processes, and technologies used.
• What hospitality problem is it attempting to solve or how is it elevating the guest experience?
• Provide an estimate of the timeframe required for successful implementation of your product in the marketplace and describe the path you will take.
• Do you have any team members? Provide their name(s) and email(s).
• What is your company/University name? If you graduated within the past year, please include the name of your University.
• How do you hear about Radical Innovation?
• If you are a student, upload a picture of your student ID.

*Radical Innovation Submission Fee: 

– Students: Free with a valid student ID 

– Professionals: $250

https://www.radicalinnovation.io/

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Registration Deadline: Mar 24, 2025; Submission Deadline: Mar 28, 2025

We’re excited to announce this year’s StuCAN Competition: ‘Design a Mobile Climate Action Headquarters’!

All students from across architectural and built environment education (or beyond!) are welcome to participate! The competition looks to develop collective, creative, buildable responses that envision a temporary, mobile structure that can be built and transported by students. The headquarters should encourage and facilitate protest, gathering, knowledge sharing, empowerment and inclusivity, supporting users of all abilities to facilitate climate action and increase climate literacy in an interactive way!

Sign ups are now open, and you can sign up individually or in teams of up to four. Check out this link to register and find out more!

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Registration Deadline: May 16, 2025; Submission Deadline: May 16, 2025

We are delighted to invite you to submit your examples of aerogel use in architecture, construction, refurbishment and monument preservation as built solutions or student projects. We are searching for the top realized projects internationally to showcase the best projects of architects, civil engineers or top project ideas of students from these fields. The best realized projects selected by our jury will be shortlisted for our Aerogel Architecture Awards ceremony hosted near Zurich at Empa campus, which will give broad recognition to the projects. The projects will be published in relevant international magazines and portals. The award celebrates the best examples with regards to energy efficiency, unconventional solutions, translucent daylighting, high performing buildings solutions with use of superinsulating aerogel materials.

CATEGORY
REALIZED SOLUTIONS / architects, civil engineers and their studios
STUDENT DESIGNS / architecture and civil engineering students 

SCHEDULE
January 20, 2025 – Competition announcement and registration opens
May 16, 2025 – Project submission deadline (23:59 hours Zurich time)
June 13, 2025, 15:30 – Winners’ announcement event, “Akademie” building, Empa Duebendorf (on-site and public stream) (AAA2025 is part of 3rd AIA – Aerogel Industry Academia Forum 2025, June 11-13, 2025)

JURY
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Beat Kämpfen // Kämpfen Zinke + Partner / Switzerland
Volker Herzog // Herzog-architektur / Germany
Manfred Wehdorn // Wehdorn architekten / Austria
Michael O´Connor //  Advapor / Advanced porous material consortium / France 

PARTNERS
Agitec
FIXIT 
IBIH
Hasit
Empa 

CONDITIONS FOR SUBMISSION
Architectural and civil engineering studios can submit realized projects of renovation, refurbishment or new buildings located in any country and place. Students of architecture and civil engineering can submit their proposals and design studio projects with use of aerogel based materials. The award is communicated in English. Projects should be no older than three years. Highly encouraged are submissions of realized projects of renovation of protected buildings, refurbished buildings and new buildings where the energy efficiency was improved using aerogel insulation materials or translucency of silica aerogels is used. Winners of Realized solutions category will be invited to Switzerland for the announcement event, which will take place at the NEST building at the Empa campus in Duebendorf (Zurich). The winners of Realized solutions category will receive a memorial trophy and will be invited to introduce shortly their project within ca. 10 minutes to broader audience. Winners in Student category will be invited to present their project via video presentation.

Full competition details

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In this article, we continue our series on Competitions.archi, presenting a collection of articles on different architectural competitions. Today, we will be featuring the winner of the Tactical Urbanism Now! #2023 Competition – an article from Architecture Competitions Yearbook 2023. ____________________________________________________________________   ONE LINE Santa Cruz del Islote, Colombia  “ONE LINE” began with the quest

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TerraViva has officially released the complete list of awarded projects of the architecture contest entitled “Eliava Bazaar”. Eliava Bazaar Architecture Competition invited architects and designers to propose innovative solutions for the future of one of Tbilisi’s most dynamic marketplaces. With ongoing discussions about potential relocation or redevelopment, the challenge was to envision a project that

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The un Design Award represent an insoluble proposition and a romantic quest. The most interesting aspect lies in the variety of interpretations that different people can bring to it. “un” can stand for “undefined”, reflecting our belief that life is a wilderness, not a track. By shedding labels and refusing to be defined, one can

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