PREMISE

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia – IAAC, wants to support the development of the field of urbanism, urban planning, and urban design by advancing technologies for the formation of the future urban environments. For this reason, IAAC and its industry collaborators offer a partial scholarship to study in IAAC’s Master in City & Technology which begins in October 2021!

IF it is an international platform for competitions that aims to connect ideas from different areas of society in order to help transform cities and make them increasingly self-sustaining, efficient and green.
We are looking for innovative ideas and new ways of thinking.
In a global emergency period, it is increasingly important that we think globally.
IF is the space
Here, you can try and experiment, everything is possible!

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A+C Designs are launching a Design and Build Competition open to all!

The MEDIA ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE - MAB20 invites students to send in their projects for the MAB Student Awards. An internationally acclaimed jury will select nominees and winners in five categories. A selection of projects will also be presented in an online exhibition to be displayed on the MAB Student Awards website. [https://studentawards.mediaarchitecture.org/mab/projects/]

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the fifth call of the Media Architecture Biennale Awards for outstanding projects at the intersection of architecture, urban design and planning, media and interaction design. The awards ceremony will take place on July 2nd, 2021 as an online live cast featuring the nominees and winners.

Get your Passivhaus projects (and monitoring evaluation) ready! The 2021 UK Passivhaus Awards are open for entries.

Design "HER PLACE" an inspirational girls’ development centre that welcomes girls from Nepalese municipalities, spreading knowledge and support to rural areas and above all providing a safe environment for deeply vulnerable young women in need.

At Artists 4 Peace, we dedicate space to the works of people who focus their practice in peace and sustainable living. We collect works in a number of mediums including Architecture, Dance, Film/Video, Multidisciplinary, Music, Theatre, Science, Visual Arts, Written Word, and works from young artists from the age of 18 and below.

Call for writers
Participate in WriteON 2021
Theme: Amend

OVERVIEW
The AIAS is looking for members to share their designs and renderings on Instagram to showcase the work our members do and to provide inspiration for those looking to enhance their skill sets. This competition is open to all years and skillsets – show us what you’ve got! Share your sketches and renderings of a parklet starting January 7th, 2021 via Instagram.

The Henning Larsen Foundation is proud to announce the latest edition of its competition series this year an open international competition on the theme of Utopia in architecture. Previous competition editions have explored photography and architecture (2007), drawing and architecture (2008), writing and architecture (2012), architecture and film (2015), and architecture and music (2017.)

#n’ODS opens a category for students, whose proposals will become part of the #n’ODStudent contest.
Students may submit any urban or territorial proposal that demonstrates that it is possible to build a future for the natural and urban environment by achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, through the modes of action of n’UNDO: Not Do, Redo and Undo. These can be theoretical, reflections and/or projects.

UC BERKELEY'S SUMMER PROGRAMS REFRAME THE STUDIO FOR THE PANDEMIC AGE

THIS YEAR’S CHALLENGE
The Covid-19 pandemic is far from being over; nevertheless, architects and designers are already beginning to envision its effects on how buildings are designed and inhabited. The pandemic – particularly its lethal transmissibility that is exacerbated by human proximity – exposed the fragility of the spatial arrangements and technologies that organize our everyday life, be it in the home, the workplace, educational institutions, or shared cultural and civic activities. The accelerated integration of remote modes of communication due to social distancing challenges the very need for designating buildings to host productive and collective activities, and undermines the economy that relies on revenues generated from these activities. Moreover, the airborne transmission of the virus is compelling architecture to address issues, such as building environmental systems, that it has traditionally delegated to technical advisers and experts.

The Architecture Film Festival London returns for its third edition with a programme of virtual film screenings.

The National Gallery is seeking a multi-disciplinary design team to work with it on a suite of capital projects to mark its bicentenary, its 200th anniversary, with an initial phase to be opened in 2024.

The TERRAFIBRA Award is a global award in contemporary earthen and plant fibre-based architectures. Its objective is to promote the aesthetics, construction perks and environmental benefits of 40 sustainable buildings. For those outstanding buildings to be fully recognized by both professionals and the general public, every stakeholder involved in the process must be acknowledged as well. Indeed, the objective of the award is to shed some light on remarkable projects while praising the courage of clients who have chosen mineral and bio sourced materials, the creativity of designers and know-how of craftsmen and contractors.

A house isn’t always a home and a home isn’t always a house. The concept of a home is both universal and distinctly unique to each individual person and each culture from every part of the world. From big cities to small towns to tiny rural villages, each culture is influenced by its own history, politics, economy, and resources in how they define a home. That being said, there are a few common traits of an ideal home that we can all aspire to.

Coffee plants grew in the wilderness in Ethiopia and were used by nomadic tribes for thousands of years, only until the 1400s when people figured out that they could roast its seeds. By the 1500s, the drink had spread to coffee houses across the Arab world. Coffee houses first appeared in Turkey, Syria, and Egypt as early as 1530. Since they became a hotspot for political discussions, they were banned repeatedly.

OVERVIEW
The competition aims to celebrate and promote exceptional work of young creative illustrators around the world.
There are no limitations as to what you can create, your imagination is the limit.

Young architects are being invited to participate in a design competition for Tipat Halav – early years centres – in Israel. “Between the Drops” is a collaboration between the Israeli Ministry of Health, the Bernard van Leer Foundation and the Department of Architecture at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, open to fourth- and fifth-year students and recent graduates in Israel and beyond.

A new ListLab! 
Open Call for publishing projects within the context of the forthcoming books series' M120 - Meridiano 120,' 'Enter Anthropocene,' and 'The Digital Affairs' by ListLab publisher.

As more of us flock to urban living in quest of enhanced lives and professions, there is a paradigm shift in the way we live, work, and play. Today, more than half the world’s population lives in cities. The century has witnessed a dramatic population shift from rural to urban to experience the growth dynamism of the world’s metropolises. However, this ‘growth’ is chewing the space and adding a ‘weight’ to the functioning of the cities. The housing stock isn’t growing as fast as their migration and hence there is a resurgence of co-living.