Register: JUL/18/2018, Submit: JUL/18/2018, Eligibility: Architects, architecture  students, people from other  disciplines (engineers, philosophers, sociologists,  photographers, etc.); architect does not must be in the team, but it is recommended; individually, teams up to 4 members, Fee: 40 EUR (APR/18 – MAY/23/2018), 60 EUR (MAY/24 – JUN/20/2018), 80 EUR (JUN/21 – JUL/18/2018); +VAT 21%, Awards: 1st Prize 4,000 EUR, 2nd Prize 1,000 EUR, 3rd Prize 500 EUR, People’s Choice Award 200 EUR, 10 Honorable Mentions

The World’s Fair is a fascinating beast. Arising from its first incarnation, The Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London in 1851, for more than a century and a half the ‘Expo’ has moved around the world operating on essentially the same original principle – an opportunity to show off your country’s wares. It’s an amazing history from Joseph Paxton’s first Palace, to Gustave Eiffel’s Tower, to Mies’ architecture-changing German Pavilion in Barcelona.

Register: SEP/04/2018, Submit: SEP/12/2018, Eligibility: Architects, designers, architecture students; individually, teams up to 5 members, Fee: 35 EUR (MAY/08 – JUN/03/2018), 60 EUR (JUN/04 – JUL/05/2018), 90 EUR (JUL/06 – AUG/16/2018), 110 EUR (AUG/17 – SEP/04/2018); +VAT 21%, Awards: 1st Prize 2,000 EUR, 2nd Prize 1,000 EUR, 3rd Prize 500 EUR, Mentions

The competition seeks for innovative ideas in the design of a house, focusing in the relationship of the project with a specific client, as well as with the site where it is located. Opengap invites participants to explore the boundaries and paradigms of house designing. To work in innovative and visionary proposals which can both, think in a basic housing program and the relation of identity between the customer and the project. Each participant or team will propose the client for designing a house. This will be a person of interest and inspiration for the project. There are no limitations as to the choice of the character. This may be a historical or contemporary, real or fictional person, from any origin or nationality.

Register: AUG/27/2018, Submit: AUG/27/2018, Eligibility: Architects, urbanists; individually, teams (at least one urbanist or one architect with landscapers, designers, visual artists, traffic engineers, sociologists, historians, engineers, persons with a different training), Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Prize 20,000 EUR, 2nd Prize 10,000 EUR, 3rd Prize 5,000 EUR; partial solutions – up to 3 Mentions 1,000 EUR each

The urban space consisting of the Pța Victoriei – Pța Trandafirilor – Pța Petőfi Sándor – Pța Bernády Győrgy – Bdul Cetății areas represents one of the most intensely circulated aisles at the level of the city Tirgu Mures (Romania), both from a traffic perspective and from the point of view of alternative circulations, as it is located at the intersection of the historical roads which have generated the topography of the actual city.

Register: MAY/31/2019, Submit: MAY/31/2019, Eligibility: Graduate and undergraduate students who are actively enrolled and pursuing architecture or engineering degrees, as well as recent graduates (within the last four years) with a degree in architecture or engineering; individually, teams up to 3 members, Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Place 10,000 USD + event (airfare, lodging, and entrance up to 5,000 USD), 2nd Place 3,000 USD, 3rd Place 2,000 USD, 2 People’s Choice Award 1,000 USD each

Global commerce and the unprecedented demand for travel and have resulted in the proliferation of airports around the world. In their short history, terminal buildings have been criticized for employing generic architectural forms that are unapologetically disconnected from their context and cultural identity. Technical complexity and functional design have often taken precedence over quality and comfort for users.

Register: JUL/13/2018, Submit: JUL/14/2018, Eligibility: Everyone over 18 years old; architects, designers, students; individually, teams up to 5 members, Fee: 20 EUR (MAY/28 – JUN/03/2018), 25 EUR (JUN/04 – JUL/03/2018), 30 EUR (JUL/04 – JUL/13/2018), after the competition start 50 EUR, Awards: 1st Place 500 EUR, 2nd Place 150 EUR, 3rd Place 50 EUR, 7 Honorable Mentions

Ideasforward wants to give young creative people from around the world the opportunity to express their views on the future of societies through their innovative and visionary proposals. We are an experimental platform seeking progressive ideas that reflect on emerging themes. The eco design, sustainable architecture, new materials, concepts and technologies are compelling issues in the societies of the future and the involvement of the whole community is imperative.

Register: OCT/14/2018, Submit: OCT/14/2018, Eligibility: Anyone, companies; individually, teams up to 3 members, Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Place 10,000,000 KRW (South Korean won) (about 9,266 USD), 4 × 2nd Place 5,000,000 KRW (about 4,633 USD) each, 10 × 3rd Place 1,000,000 KRW (about 926 USD) each; including tax and public utility charges

The Shina sb dockyard was founded in 1946 and served as a major source of economic growth in Tongyeong, Korea. However, due to stagnation in the shipbuilding industry, the company began to experience a slowdown in business after 2010, eventually filing for bankruptcy on November 26, 2015. As a result, approximately 5,000 workers at the Shina sb dockyard and related businesses lost their jobs en masse, leading to 70% of residential units in the surrounding areas becoming vacant.

Register: JUL/01/2018, Submit: JUL/13/2018, Eligibility: Architects, designers, artists, builders, students; individually, teams, Fee: 55 USD (MAY/11 – JUL/01/2018), Awards: Each of the 10-12 Finalists – 1,800 USD design stipend, People’s Choice Award 500 USD, Winner (one of the finalists) – cash prize

A Sukkah is a temporary structure constructed for annual use during the week long Jewish festival of Sukkot. The original source for this tradition is Leviticus 23:42-43, where it is described as a reminder of the booths that the children of Israel dwelt in during their journey through the desert from slavery in Egypt to freedom. In modern times the sukkah is a symbol of frailty and transience of life and shelter. While building a Sukkah is an annual Jewish ritual, it embodies many universal themes related to the nature of dwelling: new/old, open/closed, temporary/permanent.

Register: JUN/25/2018, Submit: JUN/25/2018, Eligibility: Architects, artists, makers, builders, design professionals; no professional qualification is required; individually, teams up to 4 members, Fee: 6 USD (MAY/01 – JUN/25/2018), Awards: Each of the 5-7 winners – 5,000 USD design stipend, 10,000 USD materials/construction budget

Since biblical times, the sukkah-a temporary shelter celebrating the harvest and commemorating the exodus from Egypt – has served as the symbolic centerpiece of the Jewish festival of Sukkot. Today, revisiting the ritual of building a sukkah offers the opportunity to reimagine historically rooted ways of making, while exploring themes of transience, hospitality, and community. Detroit, home to 1300 urban farms, is also the only UNESCO City of Design in the United States. Sukkah x Detroit celebrates both. By soliciting contemporary sukkah design proposals for Detroit’s Capitol Park, the competition looks to combine design, agriculture, and cultural programming for this first edition of the Sukkah x Detroit event.

Register: JUL/01/2018, Submit: JUL/31/2018, Eligibility: Everyone; individually, (multidisciplinary) teams up to 5 members, Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Prize 6,000 USD, 2nd Prize 3,000 USD, 3 Honorable Mentions 1,500 USD each

We live in a time of great change. As paradigmatic shifts in technology, social networks and the physical environment constantly reshape our way of living, we can foresee that the living space of the future in 10 or even 5 years will be drastically different from what it is today. How will we live in 2025 with updated basic needs and redefined living spaces? Perhaps, physical space and distance will further give way to digital connectivity, while inter-personal relationships will be complicated by our latest affair with artificial intelligence. Or, unsustainable urban development and the celebration of all things virtual will come to a halt and humans will engage in a renewed conversation with each other and the environment.

Register: AUG/27/2018, Submit: AUG/31/2018, Eligibility: Everyone; individually, teams up to 5 members, Fee: 30 EUR JUN/01 – JUN/15/2018), 45 EUR (JUN/16 – JUL/15/2018), 60 EUR (JUL/16 – AUG/15/2018), 75 EUR (AUG/16 – AUG/27/2018); included VAT, Awards: 3 Winners 1,000 EUR each, 9 Honorable Mentions, Finalists

The aim of the “thinking” competition is to develop a design proposals for the office typology, intended as a space to process, organize and generate information. In other words, a place for mental work. The participants are asked to create innovative and unconventional projects on this theme, questioning the very basis of the notion of office. Recently a series of new initiatives have emerged in relation to office innovation. While companies like Google revolutionized the way office work and workplaces are conceived, remote work and freelancing are increasing chances for freedom and flexibility, turning living rooms and coffee places into modern offices.

Register: JUN/28/2018, Submit: JUL/03/2018, Eligibility: University students, graduates and young professionals under 35 years; teams up to 2 members, Fee: 40 EUR (MAY/07 – MAY/31/2018), 60 EUR (JUN/01- JUN/28/2018), Awards: 1st Prize 1,000 EUR, Special Mention – free admission to an Archistart contest

The theme of 2018 edition of the Self-Construction Competition is the design of a street furniture installation for the urban waterfront of San Cataldo, Lecce. The project idea will have to study an installation that overcomes the current standard supplies and that proposes characteristic elements for the reference context. The proposed item will be an example of a new way of interpreting the public space linked to the beach and the coast. A bench, a trash can, a rack, a planter for the integration of vegetation, a chaise lounge.

Register: OCT/30/2018, Submit: OCT/30/2018, Eligibility: Students and young professionals (under 40) of areas related to architecture, architecture teaching institutions; individually, (multidisciplinary) teams up to 4 members, Fee: 20 NZD (New Zealand dollar) (about 14 USD) (until AUG/30/2018); 30 NZD (about 21 USD) (AUG/31 – OCT/30/2018); 500 NZD (about 353 USD) institution registration (for unlimited number of teams); 10 NZD (about 7 USD) teams from developing countries, Awards: 1st Prize 1,500 NZD (about 1,058 USD), 2nd Prize 1,000 NZD (about 705 USD), 3rd Prize 500 NZD (about 353 USD), 5 Honorable Mentions

ADEDU is hosting a competition seeking ideas for a Creative Exhibition Centre in Wellington (New Zealand). This single-stage competition aims to find the best proposal for a site in the heart of Oriental Parade in Wellington.

Register: SEP/11/2018, Submit: SEP/11/2018, Eligibility: Professionals, architects, designers, students, enthusiasts; individually, teams up to 4 members, Fee:  60 GBP (Pound sterling) (MAY/14 – JUN/10/2017), 90 GBP (JUN/11 – AUG/31/2017), 120 GBP (SEP/01 – SEP/11/2018), Awards: Winner 2,000 GBP, Runner-up 400 GBP, 6 Honorable Mentions, The People’s Choice Award 100 GBP

Buy any travel book on Havana or Google its top attractions and must-see highlights, and somewhere in the top rankings, you will find the Malecon. This Cuban icon, which began construction in 1901 and was completed in 1959 (the same year as the Cuban Revolution entered Havana), is a sea-hugging avenue approximately 8km (5miles) long on the northern shores of the island’s capital city Havana. It was constructed as a major artery for the city, as well as a sea defence to protect this Caribbean pearl from violent sea storms and floods which frequently hit Havana.

Register: JUN/30/2018, Submit: JUN/30/2018, Eligibility: Individuals or team leaders must be registered architects or engineers, Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Place 1,000 EUR, 2nd Place 500 EUR, 2 Honorable Mentions

Grating competition wants to explore new ways of employing prefab iron modules produced for fences and gates. Emmegi Spa is looking for a creative project that would open new scenarios on the use of its products. Each design has to employ one or more than one products available in the Emmegi Spa catalogue. We decided to not fix the scale of the design: any project from product design to building scale is eligible for consideration. For this reasons, there is no functional restriction, but the jury will evaluate the usability according to the project description. The project should be adaptable to any context: dimension and formal solutions are up to the participant but should meet feasibility requirements.