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Submission : May 7, 2014
Registration : May 26, 2014 – no later than midday (12am)
The Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) is planning the construction of a new multimedia site next to the campus of the federal polytechnical school of Lausanne (EPFL) and the university of Lausanne (UNIL).
Winners of the Montréal Space for Life architecture competition, inspired by the Space for Life mission: designs for 3 major projects: the Insectarium Metamorphosis, the Biodôme Renewal and a new Glass Pavilion at the Botanical Garden.
The two-stage architecture competition – open to multidisciplinary teams of architects, Living Building Challenge and LEED certification experts, scenic designers, landscape architects and engineers – was designed to source creative architectural solutions.
Winners of the first edition of RESHAPE | digital craft competition. This architectural contest has selected various innovative ideas in the field of design and digital fabrication.
May 15, 2014: submission deadline
1407 Broadway, a premier building in Times Square South undergoing a dramatic transformation with extensive building renovations and an image repositioning, has launched an architecture contest inviting designers to create the ideal work environment – with $14,000 for the winning design.
SuperSkyScrapers architecture contest
Elevator Annual 2014: “A Unique Vertical Experience”
The program for this new architecture competition challenges participants to design or present an Elevator concept that takes into account today’s need for a unique vertical transportation experience with the added expectation of spectacular views during the ascend to higher floors or planes.
Niall McLaughlin Architects wins Natural History Museum Competition
The Natural History Museum is delighted to announce that Niall McLaughlin Architects with Kim Wilkie have won the chance to re-develop its exterior grounds. The team will work with the Museum to create an innovative setting that matches the visual excellence of the world famous Waterhouse building and Darwin Centre.
Evolution: the architecture of future mankind
Beijing Cityvision Competition is the sixth international competition launched by Cityvision and it’s part of the annual programme 2014, Evolution: the architecture of future mankind.
This architecture competition aims to provide a future vision of Beijing perceived as a Supercity that will absorb the best features from other cities, assuming them as her own, and then reinvent itself in the form of a new model.
Reanimate The Ruins Architecture Contest. Detroit Design Contest, Michigan, USA by Parallel Projections. Detroit, once the fourth largest city in America and Michigan’s primary Metropolis, has recently filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the United States.
Design: Building Trust International, Habitat for Humanity and Karuna Cambodia. Collaboration between three NGOs results in the construction of housing solutions that bring new life to housing design and delivery for low income families living in Cambodia.
Sukkahville Architecture Contest
Location: Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kehilla Residential Programme invites architects, students, artists, builders and allied design professionals to submit design proposals for the fourth annual Sukkahville Design Competition. The aim of this open competition is to design a temporary, free standing Sukkah to be built on Nathan Phillips Square in front of Toronto’s City Hall for the holiday of Sukkot, with a contemporary design language and approach.
Organiser: Arquideas
Arquideas informs you the launching of the NOA South America 2014 architecture competition
The Amazon is a vast region located in the central northern part of South America comprised of the Amazon Basin rainforest.
Recently, 2013 AIM Competition “Post Earthquake Reconstruction, Ya’an Sichuan – Rebuild Panda’s hometown from the earthquake” has announced the winners of the four awards.
The Ya’an Earthquake occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time (00:02 UTC) on April 20, 2013. The epicenter was located in Lushan County, Ya’an, Sichuan, about 116 km (72 mi) from Chengdu along the Longmenshan Fault in the same province heavily impacted by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
African Architecture Competition
Nka Foundation invites entries for Mud House Design 2014, an international architecture competition open to recent graduates and students of architecture, design and others from around the world who think earth architecture can be beautiful. The challenge is to design a single-family unit of about 30 x 40 feet (approximately 10 x 12 metres) to be built by maximum use of earth and local labor in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Organisers: The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Foundation
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Foundation announces the launch of one of the largest architectural prizes in the world — the Moriyama RAIC International Prize.