Competitions

Register: NOV/01/2018, Submit: NOV/02/2018, Eligibility: Architects, students, engineers, biologists, sociologists, designers, thinkers, companies, organizations; individually, interdisciplinary teams with unlimited number of members, Fee: 50 USD (APR/01 – JUN/01/2018), 75 USD (JUN/02 – OCT/01/2018), 100 USD (OCT/02 – NOV/01/2018), Awards: 3 Main Prizes 1,000 USD each, 10 Honorable Mentions

Laka is a non-profit organization and an international network focused on positive social impact through responsible design and architecture. The beliefs in the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and in the potential of creative ideas are the core values of the programs and projects that Laka implements.

Register: OCT/12/2018, Submit: NOV/08/2018, Eligibility: Architects, designers, enthusiasts, companies, students; individually, teams up to 4 members, Fee: Architects, designers, enthusiasts, companies 90 USD, students 70 USD (MAY/03 – JUN/08/2018); architects, designers, enthusiasts, companies 120 USD, students 100 USD (JUN/09 – JUL/20/2018); architects, designers, enthusiasts, companies 140 USD, students 120 USD (JUL/21 – OCT/12/2018), discount for 3+ registrations from one university/school, Awards: 1st Prize 3,000 USD, 2nd Prize 1,500 USD, 3rd Prize 500 USD, BB Student Award 500 USD, BB Green Award 500 USD, 6 Honorable Mentions

Latvia has been described as a vast, unspoilt parkland that is a tapestry of sea, lakes, and woods. With only one major cosmopolitan city, the capital city Riga, Latvia is a small country that provides its visitors and inhabitants with a vast amount of personal space.

Register: OCT/09/2018, Submit: NOV/05/2018, Eligibility: Architects, designers, enthusiasts, companies, students; individually, teams up to 4 members, Fee: Architects, designers, enthusiasts, companies 90 USD, students 70 USD (APR/30 – JUN/05/2018); architects, designers, enthusiasts, companies 120 USD, students 100 USD (JUN/06 – JUL/17/2018); architects, designers, enthusiasts, companies 140 USD, students 120 USD (JUL/18 – OCT/09/2018), discount for 3+ registrations from one university/school, Awards: 1st Prize 3,000 USD, 2nd Prize 1,500 USD, 3rd Prize 500 USD, BB Student Award 500 USD, BB Green Award 500 USD, 6 Honorable Mentions

London is home to some of the most expensive properties in the world, making access to affordable housing almost impossible to all but the very rich. According to a report by UBS Wealth Management, London homes are the second most over-priced in the world, and closely behind Vancouver in its “bubble risk rating”.

Register: SEP/06/2018, Submit: SEP/09/2018, Eligibility: Architects, students, engineers, designers; individually, (multidisciplinary) teams up to 4 members, Fee: 40 GBP/50 USD (FEB/09 – JUN/06/2018), 58 GBP/75 USD (JUN/07 – AUG/31/2017), 75 GBP/100 USD (SEP/01 – SEP/06/2018), Awards: 1st Prize 5,000 USD, 2nd Prize 1,000 USD, 3rd Prize 1,000 USD, People’s Choice Award 500 USD, 7 Honorable Mentions, Top 20

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq with an area of 204.2 square kilometres and a population of 8,765,000 making it the largest city in Iraq, the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo, Egypt) and the second largest city in Western Asia (after Tehran, Iran). Baghdad is situated on both sides of the Tigris River. The city is approximately 300 miles from the northern, southern, and western borders of the country. It has a temperature range of 5°C – 15°C in winter and an average of 47°C in summer.

Register: AUG/31/2018, Submit: SEP/10/2018, Eligibility: Students, professionals, all profiles, architecture students, design students, organizations/studios; individually, teams up to 5 members, Fee: Students 15 USD, professional 25 USD (up to MAY/31/2018); students 25 USD, professional 35 USD (JUN/01 – JUL/15/2018); students 40 USD, professional 60 USD (JUL/16 – AUG/31/2018); + Taxes, Awards: Winner 1,500 USD, students – Runner-up 750 USD, professionals – Runner-up 750 USD, People’s choice 500 USD, 10 Honorable Mentions

The metro, local rail or the bus transit being considered the best and most widely accessed modes of transportation, need constant modifications to keep up with the increasing population and requirement of facilities. But to what extent and frequency can we expect these changes to occur?

Register: AUG/30/2018, Submit: SEP/20/2018, Eligibility: Architecture students, graduate students, PhD candidates; individually, teams up to 4 members and 2 advisors, Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Prize 100,000 CNY (Chinese Yuan Renminbi) (about 15,810 USD), 2nd Prize (3 individuals/team) – 30,000 CNY (about 4,740 USD) each, 3rd Prize (8 individuals/teams) – 10,000 CNY (about 1,580 USD) each, Honorable Mentions; all prizes are before tax

Architecture in Transformation should respond to contemporary challenges and changes. What concerns us primarily is the relationship between architecture and environment, so as to the image of city. The competition aims at searching and constructing human space with a Spirit of Place in the increasingly fragmented cities and unordered villages, exploring environment-friendly and sustainable ideas in the information age, and integrating creative concepts with solid basic skills in architectural design.

Register: JUL/31/2018, Submit: AUG/01/2018, Eligibility: Designers, students, professionals; individually, teams up to 4 members, Fee: 40 USD (FEB/01 – APR/02/2018), 60 USD (APR/03 – JUN/04/2018), 80 USD (JUN/05 – JUL/31/2018), Awards: Overall Winner 2,500 USD, Innovation Award 1,000 USD, Adaptability Award 1,000 USD, Pragmatic Award 1,000 USD

“People who build their own home tend to be very courageous. These people are curious about life. They’re thinking about what it means to live in a house, rather than just buying a commodity and making it work.” (Tom Kundig) The Home remains the most significant architectural place we experience throughout our lives. Home represents safety, ownership, privacy, and stability. Home is where we can be alone and with people we care about most. Historically, the home has been a place of permanence. Despite how chaotic our lives are, we cherish the consistency of sleeping in the same bed and performing the same daily rituals here.

Register: JUL/30/2018, Submit: JUL/30/2018, Eligibility: Graduate students, graduates or professionals; individually, teams up to 5 members, Fee: 20 EUR individuals, 30 EUR teams (APR/16 – JUN/15/2018), 25 EUR individuals, 40 EUR teams (JUN/16 – JUL/30/2018), Awards: Winner 1,000 EUR (excluding TAX), Web Prize 100 EUR, 3 top finalists – annual subscription to the DOMUS magazine in digital format, Honorable Mentions

Valencia, capital of the homonymous community, is a city rich in history. The 13th century Gothic Cathedral and La Loja de la Seda, a commercial market built in the 16th century, are some of the most important testimonies of the past. The City of Science firmed by Santiago Calatrava is an icon of the last century, embodying the perfect balance between contemporaneity and antiquity that characterizes the city of Valencia.

Register: JUL/12/2018, Submit: JUL/12/2018, Eligibility: Designers, creative talents, Fee: Free, Awards: Winner 3,000 EUR

The primary aim of the contest (sponsor: Manifattura Falomo, Italy) is to find a modality, a system or a tool (either physical or digital) mainly based on a coding system – of your conception – able to help the consumer choose the most appropriate mattress, based on two parameters: body shape and sleeping position. The body shape will be one of the selection parameters and shall be associated with an identification element (e.g. color, icon, writing, etc.), that will also be applied on the mattress. The other parameter that the user shall set is the preferred sleeping position (on the back, on the stomach, on the side) that will be associated with another identification element (e.g. color, icon, writing, etc.).

Register: JUN/30/2018, Submit: JUL/29/2018, Eligibility: Students enrolled in the academic year 2017/18 and graduates, who finished their studies from the year 2014 onwards in architecture, engineering, design, interior design, decoration; individually, teams up to 5 members, Fee: 29 EUR (up to MAY/12/2018), 39 EUR (MAY/13 – JUN/09/2018), 49 EUR (JUN/10 – JUN/30/2018), Awards: 1st Prize 2,000 EUR, 2nd Prize 1,500 EUR, 3rd Prize 1,000 EUR; Additionally 1st, 2nd & 3rd Prize: 2% of the sales of the design during the first five years; 2 Special Prizes 500 EUR each, 5 Special Acknowledgements

Following on from the work started in 2017 with the I International Competition “inHAUS LAB – Design your modular house”, Casas inHAUS (Valencia, Spain) launches this second edition where we would like to repeat the great reception that the last edition received, and increase the monetary value of the prizes.

Register: JUN/19/2018, Submit: JUN/19/2018, Eligibility: Students, professionals, all profiles, architecture students, design students, organizations/studios; individually, teams up to 5 members, Fee: Free, Awards: In each of the 5 categories (Residential, Commercial Offices, Commercial Retail, Hospitality, Leisure): Winner 500 USD, 2 Special Mentions, 10 Shortlists

Indoors frame how we grow – how we dwell – how we live. They are an inseparable part to a human life and furniture form a very crucial component of how this experience grows on us. But how well does your furniture fit in framing a life that’s unique in its own way? Boun Furniture Design Awards is looking for exceptional interior furniture design concepts/built projects that make our existence as a human more livable. Will yours be the one?

Register: JUN/08/2018, Submit: JUN/08/2018, Eligibility: Architecture students, architects or related professions; individually, groups up to 8 members who can be from different universities, countries and all disciplines: artists, philosophers, photographers, etc. Fee: 35 EUR (MAR/26 – APR/26/2018), 50 EUR (APR/27 – MAY/17/2018), 70 EUR (MAY/18 – JUN/08/2018); +IVA 21%; discount: 30% for every 10 teams, Awards: 1st Prize 1,500 EUR, 3 Accésits 500 EUR each, 10 Honorable Mentions, Grant for Master’s Degree MArch in Valencia 2,000 EUR

For many people Ibiza is synonymous to party, fun and nightlife, and in a way it is true, since the island of Ibiza has become in recent years a focus of “night tourism” looking to enjoy in pubs, discos and beach bars on the beach. At the same time of this reality of tourism, Ibiza has been and always will be a pole of attraction of a tourism of relaxation, of enjoyment of beaches, coves, landscape and nature, and this affirmation is totally true.

Register: JUN/05/2018, Submit: JUN/15/2018, Eligibility: Professionals beyond  bachelor’s degree, students enrolled in any bachelors program, Fee: Indian nationals – professionals 25 USD, students 15 USD; foreign nationals – professionals 60 USD, students 35 USD (until MAR/27/2018); Indian nationals – professionals 35 USD, students 25 USD; foreign nationals – professionals 85 USD, students 60 USD (MAR/28 – MAY/01/2018); Indian nationals – professionals 60 USD, students 40 USD; foreign nationals – professionals 150 USD, students 100 USD (MAY/02 – JUN/05/2018); + taxes;  special  pricing on institutional  participation 5 or more teams, Awards: Winner 2,000 USD, 2 Runner-up (professionals, students) 1,000 USD each, People’s Choice 500 USD, 3 Category Mentions (Network level, Prototype level, Detail level) 300 USD each, 10 Honorary Mentions

Mumbai, India, previously known as Bombay, is the capital city to the Indian state of Maharashtra and stands as the wealthiest city of the country.

Register: JUN/04/2018, Submit: JUN/04/2018, Eligibility: Professionals, students, enthusiasts, architects, designers; individually, teams up to 4 member, Fee: 40 GBP (Pound sterling) (FEB/27 – MAR/12/2018), 60 GBP (MAR/13 – MAY/21/2018), 80 GBP (MAY/22 – JUN/04/2018); discount: 25% for Macro and Micro competition at the same times, Awards: Winner 1,000 GBP, Runner-up 400 GBP, 6+ Honorable Mentions, People’s Choice 100 GBP

For this challenge, we are starting a living revolution. ‘Macro to Micro’ is a two-challenge competition looking at revolutionising the way we live from the city to the human scale. In this competition, we will focus on the Misro element and ask you to engage with the idea of new neighbourhoods and greenfield developments on a city scale. Today, in the United Kingdom, we are experiencing a housing crisis brought on by the increasing demand for houses which exceeds the supply.