Neapolis Living as a Student

Posted 05.11.17

Sponsor: The Plan
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: 20.00€ for early registration; 25€ for regular registration
Eligibility: Student Competition
Deadline: June 26, 2017
Awards: Top 10 winners will be featured in an article of the December 2017 issue of the prestigious architecture magazine The Plan.
Design Challenge: The competition is about the design of university housing for 300 students in the ancient Neapolis. The design experiment aims to find new ways to give an interpretation to the college students' housing in a unique environment such as this Greek-Roman city. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.instaura.it/restaura-km0/articles/368/neapolis-living-as-a-student/ for more details.

Rome Contemporary Chapel

Posted 05.09.17

Sponsor: ARCH Medium
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: 90.75€ for early registration; 121€ for regular registration
Eligibility: Student Competition
Deadline: July 31, 2017
Awards: First place: 2.000€, Second Place: 1.000€, Third Place: 500€  
Design Challenge: ARCH Medium is challenging its contestants to design one temple for the dialogue of all religions, a common place for all creeds. Rome Contemporary Chapel aims to be a place of encounter, a space for dialogue, and hope for peace in a complex world. This temple will be located in the historic Via Giulia of Rome, one of the most important streets in Rome and of the world. 
Submission Requirements: Visit student.archmedium.com/competition/rcc/downloads/ for more details.

Observatory Houses

Posted 04.28.17

Sponsor: Young Architects Competition
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: 50€ for early bird registration, 75€ regular registration, €100 late registration
Eligibility: Student Competition
Deadline: July 26, 2017
Awards: First place: 10.000€, Second Place: 4.000€, Third Place: 1.000€  
Design Challenge: The Young Architects Competition is proud to sponsor the Observatory Houses Competition. The Italian government launched this project in order to find a new use for Roccascalegna. The project aims aims at creating the first and most suggestive observatory houses in Italy! They should be a sustainable and exclusive house model aimed to ensure the protection and improvement of such inestimable heritage.
Submission Requirements: Visit youngarchitectscompetitions.com/competition/observatory-houses#brief for more details.

Vectorworks Design Competition

Posted 04.12.17

Sponsor: Vector Works
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: Free
Eligibility: Student Competition
Deadline: July 15, 2017
Awards: First place: $10,000 Scholarship.  
Design Challenge: The 2017 Vectorworks Design Scholarship is underway, giving architecture design students around the world a chance to win up to $10,000 to support their academic goals. Students can enter any project and it does not need to be designed with Vectorworks to be eligible. 
Submission Requirements: Visit vectorworks.net/scholarship for more details.

Tenancingo Square Mediascape

Posted 04.12.17

Sponsor: ARCH Out Loud
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: $95 Registration Fee
Eligibility: Open Competition
Deadline: May 14, 2017
Awards: First place: $5,000.  
Design Challenge: Arch Out Loud challenges designers to reimagine the town square of Tenancingo, Mexico in response to the prevalent issues of sex trafficking existing in the area. Designers should explore the catalytic potentials of architectural intervention, inciting positive change through the introduction of a transformative mediascape. The proposed conversion should aim to both educate and empower, reforming entrenched behavior. 
Submission Requirements: Visit archoutloud.com/trafficking.html for more details.

B.I.G. Booth Competition

Posted 02.28.17

Sponsor: B.I.G. Enterprises
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: Free
Eligibility: Student Competition
Deadline: August 23, 2017
Awards: First place: $2,000.  
Design Challenge: For the purposes of recognizing excellence in guard booth design, B.I.G. has organized and is sponsoring a contest for licensed architects and student architects, whose task will be to draw a sketch of a booth. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.bigbooth.com/architectural-design-contest for more details.

Wedding Oasis 

Posted 02.22.17

Sponsor: Young Architects Competition
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: Early bird registration: €50, regular registration: €75; Late Registration: €100
Eligibility: Student Competition
Deadline: May 27, 2017
Awards: First place: €8,000; Second place: €4,000; Third place: €2,000.  
Design Challenge: The Wedding Oasis challenge is an appealing architectural design competition aiming at the design of outdoor living structures that would enhance the accommodating potential of historical architectures like the medieval Castle of Rosciano. Once upon a time, it was unassailable fortress in the heart of Italy, near Assisi, and today this nice manor is one of the best wedding parties' location in Italy. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.youngarchitectscompetitions.com for more details.

2017 Driverless Future

Posted 02.22.17

Sponsor: City of New York
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: Free
Eligibility: Student Competition
Deadline: April 6, 2017
Awards: First place: $1,500; Second place: $750.  
Design Challenge: The Driverless Future Challenge seeks proposals that actively shape the city's response to driverless cars. It's not about the cars themselves but everything else: from parking solutions, to new uses of roadways, intersections, and sidewalks. Participants in the challenge will pitch concrete solutions and will have their proposals turned into real companies and products. 
Submission Requirements: Visit driverlessfuture.blankspaceproject.com for more details.

2017 Sustainable Versatility Design Competition

Posted 02.22.17

Sponsor: Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: Free
Eligibility: Student Competition
Deadline: August 1, 2017
Awards: First place: $1,500; Second place: $750.  
Design Challenge: Imagine, research, and design a building that could be a new home for your school's School of Architecture and Design using the following materials: Cross-Laminated Timber for structural systems, Spruce-Pine-Fir graded lumber for framing, and Eastern White Pine lumber grades for appearance finish. 
Submission Requirements: Visit sustainableversatility.org for more details.

ARKxSITE Site Sanctuary

Posted 02.22.17

Sponsor: ARKxSITE
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: Regular Registration: €75; Late Registration: €90
Eligibility: Open to architecture students and young professionals 
Deadline: Online registration deadline is May 12, 2017.
Awards: First place: €2,000; Second place: €1,000; Third place: €500.  
Design Challenge: The international once-stage architecture ideas competition invites all architecture students, young architects and young professionals with a degree in architecture studies to develop and submit compelling ideas for design of a Site Sanctuary located on the powerful natural scenery in Monsanto, Portugal. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.arkxsite.com for more details.

DENCITY 2017

Posted 01.24.17

Sponsor: Shelter
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: Regular Registration: $55; Late Registration: $80
Eligibility: Open competition
Deadline: Online registration deadline is March 13, 2017.
Awards: First place: $3,000; Second place: $1,500; Third place: $750.  
Design Challenge: The intent of this competition is twofold: to foster new ideas on how to better handle the growing density of unplanned cities and to spread awareness of this massive problem. Contestants should consider how design can empower communities and allow for a self-sufficient future. For this years competition, the focus will be on improving living conditions in urban settings. There are no restrictions in regards to site, program, or size. Projects can be based on a specific urban location or a general concept. 
Submission Requirements: Visit shelterglobal.org/competition/2017 for more details.

R.E.D. Student Portfolio Competition

Posted 01.20.17

Sponsor: MG2
Type: Portfolio Competition
Location: online
Fee: Free for Students
Eligibility: Student competition
Deadline: Online submissions must be submitted by February 17, 2017.
Awards: First place: A three-month paid summer internship at any MG2 office in the United States, plus a $500 housing stipend each month.  
Design Challenge: The MG2 Student Portfolio Competition celebrates the work of college architecture students across the nation. MG2 is consistently ranked among the top architecture firms in the nation and leading retail design firms in the world. MG2 serves clients around the globe from four offices: Seattle, WA; Irvine, Ca; Washington, DC; and Shanghai, China.
Submission Requirements: Visit red.mg2.com for more details.

KENCADA International Ideas Competition

Posted 01.20.17

Sponsor: KENCADA
Type: Ideas Competition
Location: online
Fee: Free for Students
Eligibility: Open competition
Deadline: Online submissions must be submitted by March 15, 2017
Awards: First place: $2,000 cash prize.  
Design Challenge: Participants will be challenged to design a school, and the focus should be on the experience of the students and the teachers. The site is located in the neighborhood of Mamburi, Mombasa, and Kenya. Site dimensions are 150mx100m, with a maximum of 3 stories.
Submission Requirements: Visit www.kencadaiic.com/#kencada for more details.

Radical Innovation 2017 

Posted 01.18.17

Sponsor: Radical Innovation
Type: Design Competition
Location: online
Fee: Free for Students
Eligibility: Open competition
Deadline: Online submissions must be submitted by April 22, 2017
Awards: First Prize: $1,500 cash prize and a trip to New York. Opportunity to apply for a scholarship to UNLV's hospitality design program.  
Design Challenge: This competition is asking participants to submit hospitality concepts that provide not only new meaningful travel experiences for consumers, but also new revenue growth opportunities for owners, investors, operators, contractors, and vendors. All entries require a clear and compelling brief, along with realistic design renderings and cost analysis, illustrating how the concept could be implemented in the next 3-5 years.
Submission Requirements: Visit website for more details.

HOLLYWOOD: The Last House On Mulholland

Posted 01.10.17

Sponsor: Arch Out Loud
Type: Design Competition
Location: online
Fee: Early Bird Registration: $45; Regular Registration: $65; Late Registration: $85
Eligibility: Student Competition
Deadline: Online submissions must be submitted by February 10, 2017
Awards: First Prize: $3,000; Second Prize: $2,000; Third Prize: $1,000. 
Design Challenge: The HOLLYWOOD competition will serve as a design charette to explore the potential of the site, its relation to the Hollywood Sign and the surrounding park and community. Participants will have the freedom to explore the home's program, design style, and contextual relationship. The competition will challenge the traditional approach to residential design as well as the nature of a modern day home. Participants will study the role a home plays in our lives, both today and in the future. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.archoutloud.com/hollywood.html for more details.

2017 Steel Design Student Competition

Posted 01.09.17

Sponsor: American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
Type: Design Competition
Location: online
Fee: No registration fee
Eligibility: Student Competition
Deadline: Online submissions must be submitted by March 29, 2017
Awards: First Prize: $2,500; Second Prize: $1,500; Third Prize: $750. 
Design Challenge: The ACSA is pleased to announce the 17th annual Steel Design Student Competition. The program is intended to challenge students, working individually or in teams, to explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.acsa-arch.org/programs-events/competitions/2016-2017-steel-competition for more details.

Borders Korean Demilitarized Zone Underground Bathhouse

Posted 12.13.16

Sponsor: Arch Out Loud
Type: Design Competition
Location: online
Fee: No registration fee
Eligibility: Open competition
Deadline: Online submissions must be submitted by February 16, 2017
Awards: First Prize: $5,000 cash prize and Borders publication; The next five runners up will receive a $1,000 cash prize and Borders publication. 
Design Challenge: Arch Out Loud challenges designers to explore the possibility of creating an underground bathhouse within the Korean Demilitarized Zone which responds to the surrounding geopolitical conditions. New forms of non-military architecture could occupy this border zone and begin to ease the existing tension. The role tourism can play in opening relations across a border begs the question: How does architecture position itself in the middle of this condition of tension?
Submission Requirements: Visit www.archoutloud.com/borders.html for more details.

EDRA 2017 Great Places Award

Posted 12.12.16
UPDATED 01.17.17

Sponsor: EDRA
Type: Research Competition
Location: online
Fee: No registration fee
Eligibility: Open competition
Deadline: Online submissions must be submitted by February 14, 2017
Awards: See website for details.
Design Challenge: The Great Places Awards seek to recognize work that combines expertise in design, research and practice; and contributes to the creation of dynamic, humane places that engage our attention and imagination. EDRA invites participation from all range of design and research disciplines, particularly projects whose significance extends beyond any one profession or field. All submissions should show how research and/or public participation is linked to or part of an environmental design practice, and vice versa. Submissions should also demonstrate how an understanding of the experience of place may be used to generate insightful design.
Submission Requirements: Visit www.edra.org/page/greatplaces for more details.

RBT Student Light Fixture Design Competition

Posted 11.22.16

Sponsor: Robert Bruce Thompson Charitable Trust
Type: Lighting Design Competition
Location: online
Fee: No registration fee
Eligibility: Entrants must be full time students, enrolled in an accredited academic degree program in the United States. Approved programs include architectural engineering programs, architecture programs, interior design programs, theatre, or industrial design programs. Because of the high level of competition, it is recommended that entrants be undergraduate seniors or graduate students. Only individuals may apply. Group projects are not acceptable.
Deadline: Online submissions must be submitted by March 24, 2017
Awards: First Prize: The Thompson Prize is a cash award of $5,000, plus a trophy; Second Prize: The Award of Distinction is a cash award of $2,500, plus a plaque; Third Prize: The Award of Merit is a cash award of $1,000, plus a plaque; Special Citations: A Special Citation is a cash award of $500, plus a plaque.
Design Challenge: A prominent Pacific Northwest university is opening a new leading edge modern art museum. The Museum has commissioned you to design a light fixture to illuminate the entry lobby.  The light fixture is a signature piece, but it is also functional.  The lobby is used for social gatherings, public lectures, special events, and art display of objects that are not light sensitive. This is a large lobby with a 16’ high ceiling.  The architectural design of the space is up to you.
Submission Requirements: Visit rbtcompetition.org/index.html for more details.

2016-2017 Steel Competition

Posted 11.18.16

Sponsor: American Institute of Steel Construction
Type: Design Contest
Location: Online
Fee: no fees
Eligibility: Open to students from ACSA Full and Candidate Member Schools from the U.S. and Canada, as well as ACSA Affiliate Members Schools from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico only.
Deadline: Registration deadline is March 29, 2017
Awards: Total prizes of $14,000
Design Challenge: The ACSA/AISC 2016-2017 Steel Design Student Competition will offer architecture students the opportunity to compete in two separate Categories.  Category I will challenge architecture students to design a MUSEUM. The project will allow the student to explore the many varied functional and aesthetic uses for steel as a building material. Students will be exploring the ways in which design and imagination can create a popular visitor destination and a city focal point. The student must keep in mind the current needs of the city, the compatibility of the new structures with the existing surroundings, and the building’s ultimate acceptability into the existing urban fabric. Category II will be an OPEN competition with limited restrictions. This open submission design option will permit the greatest amount of flexibility with the context.
Submission Requirements: Visit www.acsa-arch.org/programs-events/competitions/2016-2017-steel-competition for details.

Place and Displacement: A Marketplace in Refugee Settlements

Posted 11.18.16

Sponsor: International Development in Action
Type: Design Contest
Location: Online
Fee: $30 early registration (Nov 14 - 21, 2016); $50 regular registration (Nov 22 - Dec 3, 2016)
Eligibility: This is an open competition. 
Deadline: Registration deadline is December 3, 2016
Awards: Total prizes of $30,000
Design Challenge: Refugee livelihoods in transitional settlements have become a crucial topic in contemporary geopolitical relations. Most inhabitants in refugee settlements rely on humanitarian aid and cannot fully exercise their agency and skill sets. A marketplace can become an embodiment of dignity and resilience that respects refugee inhabitants’ autonomy, creativity and capability. Through trading activities, refugee inhabitants can connect with the world and future beyond the settlements. Thus, we challenge the innovative minds around the globe to design a marketplace with an operational plan for a vulnerable population (adolescents, single mothers, people with trauma, etc) in one of the refugee settlements in Kenya, Jordan and Germany.
Submission Requirements: Visit www.idevelopment.us/competition for details.

AXP 2016 DESIGN

Posted 11.09.16

Sponsor: NCARB/AXP
Type: Design Contest
Location: Online
Fee: Interns: $75 for AIA Members/$100 for non AIA members. Students: $50 for AIAS members/$75 for non AIAS members. 
Eligibility: This is an open competition. Both individuals and teams can submit work.
Deadline: November 14, 2017
Awards: 1st place receives $1000, 2nd place receives $600, 3rd place receives $400.  
Design Challenge: The competition involves the design of a neighborhood park in Los Angeles to be built by the city. It will include a playground, sports facilities and related buildings. This competition meets all new AXP guidelines as outlined by NCARB. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.aiasfv.org for details.

DBR|PAUSE 2017 

Posted 11.07.16

Sponsor: Design Build Research Institute
Type: Design Contest
Location: Online
Fee: Free
Eligibility: Open to full-time post-secondary students or young professionals
Deadline: January 1, 2017
Awards: Winner will receive a conference pass to TED2017, airfare to Vancouver from a North American airport. Accomodations will be provided in Vancouver for the 10-day installation period and the duration of the conference. The winning design will be built and showcased at TED2017.
Design Challenge: Design Build Research (DBR) is seeking entries for PAUSE, an international wood design competition that will determine the final form of this year's pavilion structure for TED2017. The pavilion is about personal reflection. A pause within the forest, within the city. A place to reflect, gather, or interact, the applicant will define the user encounter. To develop an identity of place and experience, but also to recognize the respect of the surrounding environment. Both the individual and team submissions are accepted. However, the winning prize cannot be shared between two or more participants.   
Submission Requirements: Visit website for details.

Canyon View Accommodation Arizona 

Posted 10.19.16

Sponsor: arquideas
Type: Design Contest
Location: Online
Fee: Early Registration-Individual 50 Euros, Team 75 Euros; Regular Registration-Individual 75 Euros, Team 100 Euros (team must consist of 2-4 members) 
Eligibility: Students and Young Architects
Deadline: January 20, 2017
Awards: 1st Place 8000 euros, 2nd place 4000 euros, 3rd place, 2000 euros
Design Challenge: This competition requires architecture students and young architects to propose a temporary accommodation space for visitors in such unique and delicate spaces as the Grand Canyon. The proposal should aim to become an international benchmark in the world of tourist accomodation, not only for its location but for the characteristics of its morphology.  
Submission Requirements: Visit www.arquideas.net/competition/canyon-view-accommodation for details.

Experiential Beer Garden

Posted 10.19.16

Sponsor: Young Architects Competitions
Type: Design Contest
Location: Online
Fee: Free 
Eligibility: Students 
Deadline: January 21, 2017
Awards: 1st Place 8000 euros, 2nd place 4000 euros, 3rd place, 2000 euros
Design Challenge: Participants will be given a chance to apply architecture to one of the oldest and most fascinating human activities and will allow them to interact with a beautiful place of great historical significance. The goal is to turn a former brandy aging building int oa brewery and restaurant. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.youngarchitectscompetitions.com for details.

ARKxSITE Presents SITE DWELLING

Posted 10.18.16

Sponsor: ARKxSITE 
Type: Design Contest
Location: Online
Fee: Free
Eligibility: Students and young architects (under 40)
Deadline: January 30, 2017
Awards: 1st Place 2,000 euros, 2nd place 1,000 euros, 3rd place, 500 euros
Design Challenge: The Site Dwelling, located on the cliff of the bay in the village of Salir do Porto, aims to create a secluded destination, a place of retreat to engage with the landscape while providing shelter from the natural elements. This is a place to stay and inhabit for a few days, offering visitors a unique experience in a very special setting; visitors must leave the space as they found it, empty. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.arkxsite.com for details.

AIA COTE Top Ten for Students

Posted 10.07.16

Sponsor: AIA and ACSA 
Type: Design Contest
Location: Online
Fee: Free for any NCSA member schools
Eligibility: Students
Deadline: December 7, 2016
Awards: Top 10 finishers will have their designs displayed at the AIA Convention in Orlando, Florida from April 27-29, 2017. Winners will receive a $500 stipend to attend the conference and will get to see their projects promoted on the ACSA and AIA COTE websites. 
Design Challenge: This competition challenges students, working individually or in teams, to submit projects that use a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology to provide architectural solutions that protect and enhance the environment. The competition will recognize ten exceptional studio projects that seamlessly integrate innovative, regenerative strategies within their broader design concepts.
Submission Requirements: Visit www.acsa-arch.org/programs-events/competitions/2016-2017-cote-top-ten-for-students for details.

Land Art Competition 2017

Posted 09.26.16

Sponsor: NKA Foundation 
Type: Design Contest
Location: Online
Fee: $40 for an individual and $50 for a team
Eligibility: Open Competition
Deadline: February 15, 2017
Awards: 1st place $1000, 2nd place $700, 3rd place $400 
Design Challenge: The competition is open to landscape architects, artists, curators, designers, architects, urban planners, engineers, university students and others from around the world to submit ideas for large-scale and site-specific public art installations based on site by Abetenim Arts Village in Ghana. Total costs of constructing the design entry must not exceed $3,000 (USD) for materials and local labor. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.nkafoundation.org for details.

The Berkeley Prize 2017

Posted 09.09.16

Sponsor: UC Berkeley 
Type: Writing Contest
Location: Online
Fee: Free
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students
Deadline: November 1, 2016
Awards: 1st place wins $5750 
Design Challenge: The BERKELEY PRIZE supports the study and teaching of the social art of architecture. The online, two-stage Essay Competition (in English) is open to undergraduate architecture majors in accredited schools of architecture throughout the world. The Travel Fellowship Competition is open to the Essay Competition semifinalists. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.berkeleyprize.org for details.

Fairy Tales 2017

Posted 09.09.16

Sponsor: Blank Space 
Type: Writing Contest
Location: Online
Fee: Early Bird Discount $40; Regular Registration $60; Late Registration $80
Eligibility: Open Competition
Deadline: December 9, 2016
Awards: 1st place wins $2,000 plus a $500 stipend, 2nd place wins $1000 and a $500 stipend, 3rd place wins $500 and a $500 stipend. 
Design Challenge: Fairy Tales is open to all to submit their own unique architectural fairy tales. A successful entry crafts a text narrative, along with five images, in the most spectacular way possible.
Submission Requirements: Visit website for details.

SBSE Call for Posters Competition

Posted 08.30.16

Sponsor: Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) 
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: National Participant Fee $40; International Participant Fee $60
Eligibility: 
Deadline: September 15, 2016
Awards: The best posters will be part of an academic publication and will be exhibited on PUCE's campus during Habitat III.
Design Challenge: This contest welcomes participants from all over the world and from all areas of knowledge, without exception, in order to release their scientific research projects, projects, artistic proposals, manifestos, etc. graphically. The format proposed is the infographics with will express complex ideas through graphics.  Proposals must fit into one of the six thematic areas of UN HABITAT III. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.puce-h3.com/call-for-posters for details.

Playable City Award 2016

Posted 07.28.16

Sponsor: Watershed
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: Free
Eligibility: This is an open competition.
Deadline: August 31, 2016
Awards: The winner will receive a £30,000 commission. Practical support in designing, testing, and communicating the idea. Residency at the Pervasive Media Studio in Watershed, Bristol. Development of touring and future opportunities. Film and photographic documentation of your idea.
Design Challenge: With more than half the world’s population now living in cities, it is becoming increasingly important to invest in transport infrastructure in the even bigger, more hectic and more modern future cities that are developing. But infrastructure and technology are often prioritised over user experience. The way people feel when out and about in the urban landscape day after day, how they spend their time and meet or connect with each other while so doing – that all fades into the background. User experience is rarely part of the process to create something new. Watershed, the initiator of the relatively young but successful award, have become known as an active urban network. Once again, they are looking for globally-facing projects which start new conversations, imagine new futures and make new connections across the city. Creative ideas should address how to re-appropriate city infrastructure and make use of creative technologies, the goal being to make our cities more liveable, hopeful and collaborative spaces.

Schindler Global Award

Posted 07.20.16

Sponsor: Schindler Management ltd.
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: Free
Eligibility: Competition is open to all students in their final year of study, including thesis year, in a bachelor's course and those enrolled in a master's course at a worldwide university or college of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and planning, and their international equivalents.
Deadline: Registration ends December 16, 2016
Awards: See schindleraward.schindler.com for details.
Design Challenge: Students must come up with a design that addresses the complex conditions and substantial challenges of contemporary urbanization. The competition site is in the center of São Paulo, Brazil and tackles the planned relocation of a wholesale marketplace. The brief asks students to use mobility as a catalyst for change, from the design of public spaces and infrastructure to the role of economic and social forces. Questions about the integration of urban elements and populations are the focus of this holistic ideas competition.
Submission Requirements: Visit schindleraward.schindler.com for details.

2017 CPDI Africa Competition

Posted 07.01.16

Sponsor: The Community Planning & Design Initiative
Type: Design Competition
Location: Online
Fee: $45 for early registration
Eligibility: Open to practitioners and students of architecture and all related professions of the built environment, inclusive of arts & design, engineering and town planning and urban design. Participants may enter the competition as an individual, or as members of a team. Members of a team may comprise of professionals or students from the allied professions.
Deadline: Registration ends January 1, 2017
Awards: See website for details.
Design Challenge: To design perfect residential prototypes, of contemporary African architecture, that reflects the culture, aesthetics and sustainability for community design and development in today’s Africa.
Submission Requirements: Visit website for details.

GREEN ACADEMY COMPETITION

Posted 05.20.16

Sponsor: Young Architects Competitions (YAC)
Type: Design Competition
Location: online
Fee: 50-90 Euros (See Website)
Eligibility: Architecture Students 
Deadline: Registration ends August 1, 2016
Awards: First place: 10.000€; Second place: 4000€; Third place: 200€; Fourth Place: 1000€. Ten honorable mentions, all entries will be published to architectural magazines, websites, and exhibitions. 
Design Challenge: University of Bologna, in partnership with the IUAV of Venice, the UNL of Santa Fé, has supported some interesting architectural competitions open to students and young designers, aiming to involve the academic world in interesting and up-to-date architectural  topics. During next months (between May and August) YAC will promote "Green Academy," an interesting call for ideas for designers aiming at the transformation of a former paper factory in Marzabotto (Bologna, Italy) into a training and museum international center. This project represents for the students a real occasion to deal with stimulating and up-to-date architectural and social topics. I would like to draw this project to your attention and to invite the students of your University to take part in this unique occasion of  architectural debate and international sharing of ideas.
Submission Requirements: Visit www.youngarchitectscompetitions.com​​ for details.

ARKxSITE International Competition

Posted 05.20.16

Sponsor: ARKxSITE
Type: Design Competition
Location: online
Fee: 60-90 Euros (See Website)
Eligibility: Architecture Students and Young Professionals Below 40 Years Old
Deadline: Registration ends September 24, 2016
Awards: First place: 2000€; Second place: 1000€; Third place: 500€. Seven honorable mentions, all entries will be published to the website (arkxsite.com). All reasonable efforts will be made to advertise the winners and honorable mentions to various notable architectural firms and publications.  
Design Challenge: This international one-stage architecture competition invites all architecture students, young architects and young professionals with a degree in architecture studies (≤ 40 years old) to develop and submit compelling ideas for the design of a contemporary Site Landmark located on a site promontory in Sagres, Algarve, Portugal. When generating a vision for an intervention located within such a spectacular place, it is essential that each proposal emphasizes, respects and celebrates the site, while providing visitors with a unique experience.
Submission Requirements: Visit www.arkxsite.com​ for details.

Tritschler Prize Competition

Posted 05.02.16

Sponsor: Shalom Baranes Associates Architects
Type: Design Competition/Scholarship
Location: Washington, D.C.
Fee: Free
Eligibility: 4th and 5th Year Undergrad Students/Graduate Students
Deadline: Registration ends January 16, 2017
Awards: The first place winner will be awarded a scholarship of $25,000 and an internship position at the Shalom Baranes Associates Architects
Design Challenge: Entries to this competition must focus on urban sites and must either incorporate some historic element (a full building or portion of a building) as part of a new project and/or propose a new project within a context having a recognizable historic character. This is not indented to be limited to pure restoration. 
Submission Requirements: Visit www.sbaranes.com/firm-profile/news for details.