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Registration Deadline: Jul 15, 2025; Submission Deadline: Jul 15, 2025

Calling creative minds and innovative urban and architectural design students (bachelor and master) around the world, the committee of the 4th International Design Competition is looking for smart and sustainable solutions to reimagine Nha Trang’s urban landscape!

Along the river bank of the Cai Rivers, a heritage route will soon be built. This vision comes with a challenge on balancing the growth of economics and the conservation of cultural beauty. Taking up this challenge, the fourth year of the International Design Competition is now more than a design challenge; it is a global platform where we inspire the next generation to envision future cities that harmoniously blend innovation and tradition.

As part of the competition, participants will have the opportunity to engage with leading experts, exchange cutting-edge ideas, and contribute meaningful solutions that foster sustainable urban development.

Are you ready to be a changemaker in shaping the future of our cities?

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Registration Deadline: Apr 11, 2025; Submission Deadline: Jun 3, 2025

Purpose of the Design Competition

The current Yeosu City Hall was newly built in 1980. After the 1998 administrative consolidation of Yeosu City, Yeocheon City, and Yeocheon County, it was operated using three separate buildings. Due to events such as the 2012 Yeosu Expo, the establishment of an international education institute, increased administrative demands, and organizational expansion, the city has continued relocating offices and leasing buildings. As a result, there are now eight separate administrative office buildings in operation.

The excessive dispersion of government offices has led to decreased inter-departmental coordination, inconsistent space allocation, and difficulties in providing high-quality public services to citizens.

To resolve long-standing complaints regarding administrative inefficiency and poor service, the city aims to construct a rational and future-oriented office building. This new facility will go beyond serving as a simple administrative space and will introduce a variety of functions that allow it to coexist with the citizens.

Project Overview

Competition Title: Architectural Design Competition for the Extension of the Yeosu City Hall Annex

Site Location: 1, Sicheong-ro, Yeosu-si (parking lot site south of the existing City Hall)

Site Area: 47,394㎡ (subject to urban planning revision)

Primary Use: Government Office Facility (Local Government Building)

Total Floor Area for Extension: 17,492.90㎡

Estimated Construction Cost: KRW 47,991,000,000 (electrical work not included; to be tendered separately)

Building Scale: 2 basement levels / 6 above-ground levels

Parking Capacity: Minimum of 160 underground spaces (750 total spaces or more)

Zoning and Districts: Natural Green Area, Type-2 General Residential Zone, Central Commercial Zone, Fire Protection District, Urban Landscape District

Estimated Design Fee: KRW 2,757,400,000 (including VAT; excludes electrical design, includes various certifications and insurance)

Design Period: 180 days from project commencement (including holidays and permit acquisition period)

Competition Website: archidesign.co.kr

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Registration Deadline: May 27, 2025; Submission Deadline: May 27, 2025

Puerto Ayora: The Heart of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

• The Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are known for their fragile ecosystems, endemic species, and their role in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. However, increasing tourism and urban expansion threaten this delicate balance. As visitor numbers rise and infrastructure demands grow, the islands face significant challenges in preserving their unique biodiversity while accommodating the needs of both locals and tourists. Unregulated construction, resource depletion, and habitat disruption have intensified concerns over sustainable development in this ecologically sensitive region.

• The Challenge is to develop a sustainable eco-hotel in the Galapagos, the design must balance conservation, innovation, and community engagement. In Puerto Ayora’s fragile ecosystem, it should prioritize adaptive reuse, low-impact methods, and alignment with local ecological and cultural values.

1.  Sustainability & Environment : Repurpose unfinished buildings using local materials (volcanic rock, bamboo) and passive design (natural ventilation, solar shading). Integrate renewable energy (solar panels, rainwater harvesting) and sustainable waste systems (composting, greywater recycling).
2. Architecture & Structure : Ensure modular, flexible designs for future expansion with lightweight constructionand climate-responsive facades, blending with the Galapagos landscape.
3. Tourism & Community : Promote eco-tourism, local involvement, and shared public spaces, while encouraging sustainable mobility (bike paths, electric transport.

Keywords:

• Addition

• Reuse

• Identity

• Detail

• Adaptability

Link of the Competition > https://idoarch.com/galapagos-retreat/

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Registration Deadline: Oct 19, 2025; Submission Deadline: Oct 19, 2025

The LIT Lighting Design Awards are officially open for submissions, inviting the world’s most innovative lighting designers to be part of its 2025 celebration of excellence. This distinguished event is renowned for recognizing the pinnacle of creativity and innovation in the lighting design industry. The program boasts an impressive array of categories, with 31 in Architectural Lighting Design, 15 in Entertainment Lighting Design, and 44 in Lighting Product Design.

In 2024, the program received over 800 submissions from 58 countries, showcasing a breathtaking spectrum of design. Notable winners included Studio ZNA, led by Zerlina Hughes, who received the top honor in Architectural Lighting Design for their work on Gabrielle Chanel, Fashion Manifesto at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Takahiro Matsuo of Lucent won in Entertainment Lighting Design for The Creation, a dazzling installation featuring 20,000 suspended acrylic spheres. In Lighting Product Design, Evgenii Vetlugin and Eduard Bochanov of Pipe Lighting GmbH were recognized for their innovative, eco-friendly LED system designed for film sets.

The LIT Lighting Design Awards honor a visionary lighting designer with the Lifetime Achievement Award each year. In 2024, this prestigious accolade was awarded to Allen Lee Hughes, a pioneer whose five-decade career has profoundly influenced lighting design in theatre, opera, and dance. The 2024 Spotlight Prize recognizes the “Brighten the Future of Gaza’s Children” initiative, highlighting the positive impact lighting can have beyond design.

“At the LIT Lighting Design Awards, we believe light has the power to transform everything,” shared Program Director, Astrid Hébert. “It’s about designs that make a real difference, leaving a lasting mark on the world. We’re excited to see the bold, creative ideas shaping the future of lighting and sustainability. If you’re ready to share your vision, create change, and be part of something bigger, this is your moment. Submit your design and let your light shine!”

The 2025 jury, comprising 35 esteemed designers, lighting experts, academics, and media representatives, will select the winners in each category in November 2024. Past jurors have included industry leaders such as Sooner Routhier, CEO of The Playground, Roland Greil from Roland Greil & The Black Project, Emmy Award Winner Peter Morse, and Randy Reid, Editor at Designing Lighting (dl), among others.

To ensure winners receive the recognition they deserve, the LIT Lighting Design Awards has partnered with global media like V2com, D5mag.com, and DesignWanted. This collaboration guarantees extensive international publicity for the awarded projects. Additionally, winners will have their work featured in the annual Book of Design, receive the coveted LIT Lighting Design Awards certificate and badge of achievement, and enjoy a year-round profile in the LIT Awards Online Directory. Participating in the awards offers invaluable learning opportunities, allowing companies to benchmark their work against industry peers and gain insights for future projects.

To encourage early submissions, a 10% Early Bird discount is available until April 30th, 2025. For more information, and to submit your entries, visit litawards.com. Illuminate your brilliance—be part of the LIT Lighting Design Awards 2025!

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Registration Deadline: May 23, 2025; Submission Deadline: May 23, 2025

The UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona (UIA2026BCN) announces the Call for Participants, an international and open invitation for professionals from around the world to take part in the largest global architecture event.

The theme Becoming. Architectures for a planet in transition will shape the Congress programme as a platform to explore innovative perspectives, interdisciplinary approaches and transformative ideas that address contemporary challenges.

Professionals from architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, design, engineering, research, photography, film and art are invited to participate with projects, essays or multimedia pieces. Through this call, UIA2026BCN aims to bring together knowledge across research, practice and education to generate new perspectives and strengthening connections between disciplines.

The UIA World Congress of Architects, organised by the International Union of Architects has been held every three years since 1948. This edition, taking place in Barcelona in 2026 is organised by the Higher Council of Spanish Colleges of Architects Guilds (CSCAE), in collaboration with the Architects ́ Association of Catalonia (COAC) and the participation and financing of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda, the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Barcelona City Council. By hosting the Congress, Barcelona also become the World Capital of Architecture 2026.

Becoming. Architectures for a planet in transition

Becoming explores spatial practices that foster processes of appropriation and transformation of the inhabited environment —both human and nonhuman, individual and collective— investigating the potential of time as a design tool. Far from the idea of  tabula rasa, it is rooted in a deep awareness of preexisting physical and cultural landscapes. 

Becoming promotes the transformation of the existing reality, addressing the relationship between the urgency of contemporary challenges and a long-term perspective that unfolds through six lines of research: Becoming More-than-human, Becoming Attuned, Becoming Embodied, Becoming Interdependent, Becoming Hyper-Conscious and Becoming Circular.

The proposals can be submitted in the following categories:

Critical Design – Architectural projects, industrial design, prototypes and explorations in design methodologies.

Critical Essay – Essays, academic papers and research articles.

Critical Image – Photographs, films and multimedia pieces.

 

Process

The UIA2026BCN Scientific Committee and the Evaluation Committee, will evaluate the proposals from broad and cross-disciplinary perspectives. After an initial pre-selection by subject matter experts, a jury composed of internationally renowned professionals— specialised in each category–, as well as the Congress curatorial team, will make the final selection.

Accepted proposals will be part of the central events of the UIA2026BCN Congress between 28 June and 2 July 2026. The jury will determine the form of participation, which may include individual presentations, debates or other planned formats. Additionally, it will decide whether the selected works will be exhibited physically or digitally at the Congress exhibition and whether they will be published in the official catalogue.

 

Calendar

Submitting to the Call for Participants is completely free of charge.

●         31 March 2025 – Launch of the Call for Participants

●         23 May 2025 – Submission deadline

●         30 September 2025 – Announcement of selected proposals

●         28 June – 2 July 2026 – UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona

Present your proposal here

For any enquiries, please contact [email protected]

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Registration Deadline: Jul 1, 2025; Submission Deadline: Jul 1, 2025

Nomadic Artist Residency Spaces

Premise

• Registration must be completed at: seekfanatic.com/go/nomadicspaces

The Nomadic Artist Residency Spaces competition invites architects, designers, and visionaries to develop innovative and impactful mobile artist residencies. Art has the power to transform communities, and this competition seeks to create self-sufficient, transportable living and working spaces that allow artists to engage deeply with diverse environments and underserved communities.

Participants are challenged to design mobile units that provide not only comfortable accommodations and functional studio spaces but also opportunities for meaningful interaction with local cultures and landscapes. The aim is to foster a dynamic exchange between artists and communities, enriching both through creative expression. Sustainability, adaptability, and logistical feasibility are key aspects to consider in developing these moving sanctuaries for artistic creation.

Objective

The competition seeks designs for a versatile, mobile artist residency that can adapt to different landscapes and cultural contexts. The proposal must integrate essential facilities, including:

• Living Quarters: Comfortable yet compact sleeping and personal spaces.
• Studio Space: A functional workspace catering to various artistic disciplines.
• Community Engagement Areas: Optional shared or interactive spaces for workshops, exhibitions, or collaborations.

Key Design Considerations:

• Transportability: The structure must be easily mobile, considering existing transportation infrastructure such as trailers, modular units, or collapsible structures.
• Deployment & Assembly: The unit should be quickly and efficiently set up and packed when relocating.
• Adaptability: The design must be able to operate in different terrains and climates, including urban peripheries, remote landscapes, coastal areas, and deserts.
• Sustainability: Utilize eco-friendly materials and off-grid solutions (solar panels, rainwater harvesting, composting toilets, etc.).
• Minimal Environmental Impact: The structure should be lightweight, reusable, and non-invasive to its surroundings.
• Cultural Sensitivity: The design should reflect an understanding of and respect for local traditions and cultural contexts wherever it is placed.

Site

This competition encourages participants to design a nomadic residency, meaning no fixed site is provided. Instead, participants must consider a range of environments where such a residency could be deployed. These may include:

• Rural landscapes – forests, mountains, or remote plains.
• Coastal regions – small fishing villages, beachfronts, or wetlands.
• Urban peripheries – underutilized spaces on the edges of cities.
• Deserts and arid regions – requiring innovative cooling and shading solutions.

Site Guidelines:

• Space Allocation: The deployment space should range between 500 – 2000 square meters, allowing for both residency functions and community interactions.
• Environmental Conditions: Participants should address factors such as temperature variations, access to water, and natural hazards.
• Community Interaction: The design should facilitate engagement with local people, potentially including exhibition spaces, workshops, or temporary installations.

Constraints & Restrictions

Mobility & Transport

• The design must be transportable and should consider practical means such as trailers, modified vehicles, modular container units, or prefabricated structures.
• The unit should be lightweight yet durable to withstand frequent movement.
• Consider collapsible or expandable features for ease of transport.

Resource Management

• Water & Energy: Off-grid solutions such as solar energy, wind power, rainwater collection, and composting systems should be incorporated.
• Waste Management: The design must promote low waste production, sustainable disposal, and potentially a zero-waste lifestyle.
• Material Selection: Use of recycled, biodegradable, or locally sourced materials is encouraged.

Budget & Feasibility

• The design must balance cost-effectiveness with functionality, ensuring that it is financially viable for actual implementation.
• Maintenance & Longevity: Consider ease of repairs, durability of materials, and long-term operational feasibility.

Cultural & Social Considerations

• The space should be inclusive and welcoming to diverse artistic practices and backgrounds.
• Community collaboration should be encouraged—whether through architecture, programming, or open-access features.

Competition Timeline & Fees

Milestone	Date & Time (GMT/UTC)	Fee
Early Registration	$29 USD
Final Registration & Submission	$49 USD
Results Announcement	N/A

Submission Requirements

Mandatory Submissions

1. 1 x A1 Sheet (Landscape Format):
   • Clearly explain the value proposition, design concept, and spatial layout.
   • Format: PDF, at least 150 dpi, maximum 20 MB.

Optional Submission

1. 1-2 Minute Video (Optional):
   • Explain the concept, functionality, and uniqueness of the design.
   • Must include the Seek Fanatic logo at the end for 3 seconds.

Team Participation & Submission Guidelines

• Team Size: 1-3 individuals per team.
• Multiple Registrations: Allowed using different email IDs and phone numbers.
• File Naming Format:
  • PDF: team-<your team number>.pdf
  • Video: team-<your team number> | Seek Fanatic Competition #seekfanatic
• File Hosting:
  • PDFs must be shared via Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive with public access enabled.
  • Videos should be uploaded as “Unlisted” on YouTube.

Important Rules

• Plagiarism Prohibited: All content must be original, except for collages and human cutouts in renders.
• Anonymity: No personal details, region, or identifying information should be present in submissions.

Failure to comply with any submission guidelines may result in disqualification.

Awards & Recognition

Prizes & Grants

• 1 Winner + 4 Runners-Up:
  • Online publication featuring the winning designs.
  • Social media feature across Seek Fanatic platforms.
  • E-Certificate with a shareable link (valid permanently).

Participation Certificates

• All registered participants will receive a digital certificate, available as a shareable link.

Registration & Additional Details

• Registration must be completed at: seekfanatic.com/go/nomadicspaces
• Team Number: Your Order Number after payment will serve as your Team Number.

Final Notes

This competition encourages participants to redefine mobile artist residencies, pushing the boundaries of nomadic living, sustainability, and creative engagement. We look forward to seeing how designers merge architecture, mobility, and cultural interaction into innovative, practical, and inspiring solutions.

Good luck!

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The Nomadic Artist Residency Spaces competition challenges designers to create mobile, self-sufficient artist residencies adaptable to various environments. Designs must integrate living spaces, studio areas, and community engagement zones while prioritizing transportability, sustainability, and cultural sensitivity. Key Design Considerations: – Portability: Trailers, modular systems, or collapsible structures. – Eco-friendly Solutions: Solar energy, rainwater collection, and

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We are holding the annual COPIC AWARD to spread the joy of creativity with Copic and provide an opportunity to showcase your artistic expression to our global art community. Within this global platform, we connect in a collective creative experience and synergize by learning from each other. Grab your markers, start bringing color to your

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Registration Deadline: Sep 12, 2025; Submission Deadline: Sep 12, 2025

Organizer: International Awards Associate (IAA) 
Award Title: 2025 French Design Awards: Season 2
Category: Design, Architectural Design, Interior Design, Visual Arts 
Eligibility: Open to public 
Registration: https //frenchdesignawards.com… 
Winner Benefits: https://frenchdesignawards.com… 
Venue: Online Entry 

About:
The French Design Awards is an international competition that honours and acknowledges the zenith of creative genius in interior, architectural, product, fashion, packaging, landscape and conceptual designs. This prestigious award recognises and celebrates architects, interior, product and packaging designers who are not only shaping the environment, but also reimagining how design is perceived, inhabited, and its interaction with spaces.

Categories:
French Design Awards Categories are divided into 7 award programs: architectural design, interior design, product design, packaging design, fashion design, landscape design and conceptual design.

Eligibility:
The French Design Awards accepts entries from architects, interior designers, landscape architects, product designers, packaging designers, hospitality designers, fashion designers, urban planners, and any designer of all background whose designs tell a compelling story, whether they are companies, team / departments, innovators, manufacturers, suppliers, freelancers, hobbyists or students.

Submission Requirement:
➜ Entries must be produced within the last FIVE (5) calendar years up through the final deadline.

➜ All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published or implemented and may not be modified for the competition. The French Design Awards may request proof of initial production and/or publication date.

➜ The awards reserve the right to re-categorise incorrectly classified entries.

➜ Judges reserve the right to withhold an award in a category if submissions do not meet their expectations.

Entry Brief:
It is recommended that you keep your synopsis to approximately 350 words. We suggest you utilise this section of your entry to elaborate on the piece as well as the creativity and originality of your idea. The brief should strengthen your entry, as well as providing the jury a better understanding of your project. A written translation or adaptation must accompany non-English entries.

Image Submission:
The submissions should be saved in a flattened JPEG or JPG format. (keep them under 4MB, 1,200px wide is preferable, 300dpi, RGB).

2025 S2 Entry Deadline & Fees:
➜ Early Bird Deadline: 21 Mar – 15 Apr 2025 ($209)

➜ Regular Deadline: 16 Apr – 21 May 2025 ($219)

➜ Final Deadline: 22 May – 24 Jun 2025 ($239)

➜ Final Extension Deadline: 25 Jun – 22 Jul 2025 ($249)

➜ Last-Minute Deadline: 23 Jul – 27 Aug 2025 ($259)

➜ Results Announcement: 12 Sep 2025

Full Deadline & Fees – https://frenchdesignawards.com/design-awards.php#thefees

Winning Level:
There are FOUR (4) levels of achievement in the competition:

➜ Design of the Year

➜ Platinum Winner (85-100 points)

➜ Gold Winner (70-84 points)

➜ Silver Winner (50-69 points)

Judging:
Judging is blind. All entrant information is removed from entries to prevent bias/conflict of interest.

Judges are senior-level, experienced in their field/industry, including creative designers and art directors from international agencies, architects, fashion designers, interior designers, product designers, educators, marketers or business owners. Judges are selected based on experience, credibility and availability.

Evaluation Criteria:

Judges score on a scale of 1-100, based on the below criteria:

➜ Creativity / Originality / Concept / Idea

➜ Content / Brief / Objective / Planning / Execution

➜ Innovation / Technology

➜ Quality / Functionality / Sustainability

➜ Overall Impression / Wow! Factor / Memorable

The French Design Awards and International Awards Associate’s decision are final in its sole discretion and binding in relation to all matters relating to Competitions and may not be subject to any discussions or correspondence.

Results Announcement:
All Season 2 winners for 2025 will be announced on 12 September 2025 via French Design Awards official page. All registered participants can then login to view all winning entries.

Prizes:
➜ The Designs of the Year receive a complimentary trophy and professionally designed certificate.

➜ One professionally designed certificate commemorating the winning entry, which includes entry title, entering company/winners’ name and category. Decal will be affixed indicating the level of win.

➜ Top tier (Platinum and Gold) winners will be featured on French Design Awards site’s Gallery, where professionals can view your work.

➜ A press release template sent to major industry outlets, celebrating your win.

Professionally designed logos for use on websites, in email signatures, etc.

➜ Platinum, Gold, and Silver winners may purchase elegant French Design Awards statuettes, and/or additional customised certificates.

➜ Platinum and Gold winners will get featured on social media.

About Organizer:
Established in 2015, the International Awards Associate (IAA) is a global organization dedicated to recognizing professional excellence and outstanding achievements in various industries. As the organizer of a wide range of prestigious award programs such as the MUSE Creative Awards, MUSE Design Awards, Vega Digital Awards, NYX Awards, NYX Game Awards, TITAN Business Awards, TITAN Property Awards, London Design Awards, NY Product Design Awards, and many more, IAA aims to honour, promote, and encourage professional excellence, from industry to industry, internationally and domestically, through award platforms that are industry-appropriate.

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Pequena África (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a place of singular grandeur, where culture, memory, and resistance intertwine in every path and every narrative that is renewed. This territory has become a stronghold of Afro-Brazilian heritage, serving as a key reference in shaping Brazilian identity. To enhance its visibility, the National Bank for Economic and

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