AR New into Old awards 2025

Registration Deadline: Mar 13, 2025; Submission Deadline: Mar 13, 2025

The eleventh annual iteration of this international ideas competition continues a tradition of calling for design strategies that benefit the collective well-being. This year, the challenge seeks innovative and environmentally responsible solutions to overcome New York City’s critical shortage of affordable rental housing. A $15,000 grand prize will be awarded to the most creative submission found by a jury of credentialed practitioners to offer desirable urban living within the means of lower income New Yorkers.

DESIGN BRIEF

New York City is facing its worst housing crisis in decades. To solve it means choosing sites and designs that can bring about the speedy, cost-conscious construction of affordable apartments that meet modern standards for comfort and wellbeing and are indistinguishable from those of their high end neighbors. Given these parameters, the Metals in Construction magazine 2025 Design Challenge invites students and practitioners to submit their vision for a 30-story residential tower that can be replicated on property zoned for subsidized housing. 

Submissions must use structural steel framing with a curtain wall enclosure to be considered. The site selected for this speculative exercise is a lot numbered 290 Kent Avenue in Brooklyn, New York.

The waterfront property is bordered by River Street, South 1st Street, Kent Avenue and South 2nd Street. It is to be assumed that site conditions include low soil-bearing capacity and seasonal flooding.

To be eligible for the grand prize, entries at a minimum must:

1. Maximize structural steel’s ability to create a unique and innovative design that would be difficult to achieve with other building materials
2. Detail how structural steel is used for all framing elements, including thin-floor systems if employed. However, any type of floor system may be used.
3. Include architectural concept drawings depicting:
   a. Site plan showing building placement and access (parking not required)
   b. Cross-sectional drawings
   c. Elevations
   d. Floor plans that depict unit size and configuration, the mix of studio, one-bedroom and larger units
   e. Design of project components and measures to control hypothetical flood conditions
   f. A fire-engineering solution to provide fire protection for structural steel framing
4. Consider the ease and efficiency with which the structure can be built
5. Optimize framing for greatest design flexibility to enable uncomplicated modification or expansion to accommodate future requirements
6. Present a resilient, versatile, and environmentally responsible building solution

The submission process is composed of two parts:

• Entrant Information – Contact information of the individual or team submitting. This will not be shared with the jury and is only for contact purposes. Enter additional team names in the “Notes” section of the My Competition Entry page. You may also paste a link to any animated visualizations in the “Notes” field.
• Proposal Visualization – Up to 10 pages may be submitted to represent the proposal. This attachment should be one (1) multi-page PDF file (max. 10 pages) formatted at 11×17″ (ledger) and can include supporting backup data, calculations, and commentary to supplement the images. Do not link or embed objects. Do not include any identifying information. Links to any video or animated components may be pasted into the “Notes” field. Maximum file size is 20MB.

All materials are due by 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Once you register via this site, you or your teammates may log in and edit your competition entry as many times as you like until the deadline. This competition is sponsored by the Steel Institute of New York, which reserves the right to suspend or amend the cash award if deemed warranted by circumstances.

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Registration Deadline: Mar 20, 2025; Submission Deadline: May 29, 2025

Students Reinventing Cities is C40 Cities‘ global competition seeking innovative, tangible designs that help build a green and just urban future. The fourth Students Reinventing Cities competition launched in October 2024 and will run until July 2025. 

The competition creates a space to:

• drive collaboration between youth and city governments to accelerate low-carbon urban redevelopment.

• support the development of globally replicable and innovative urban design solutions.

• strengthen knowledge and understanding of leading climate policies, solutions and technologies. 

HOW IT WORKS

• Participating world-leading citiesselect urban areas urgently seeking redevelopment. These sites are open to students and young people across the world to redevelop, presenting creative and innovative solutions that address city climate targets, resident priorities and local challenges.

• Interested participants select a site/city to develop a proposal for. Participants then form teams and develop a comprehensive action plan for the site.

• Projects should seek to transform urban areas into green and thriving neighbourhoods, integrating the “15-Minute City” model & proximity approach for low-carbon urbanisation.

PARTICIPATION ELIGIBILITY 

• Current university students of any age, any degree level, and any discipline can participate, provided they are enrolled in the 2024-2025 (or 2025) academic year.

• Any young person who is not a current student can also participate, provided they are aged 18-28.

• Teams must comprise at least one current university student. “University(ies)” refers to research institutions, schools, colleges and the entire academic community in higher education, above the high school level.

• Teams must be composed of at least two people. There is no limit to the maximum number of people that can be in a team.

• The competition encourages participants to develop mixed-discipline teams, drawing on knowledge from a wide range of studies. Teams may include participants from multiple departments such as architecture, urbanism, environment, engineering, real estate development, sociology, economy, and the arts, among other fields.

•  Any eligible participant is welcome to apply, regardless of their city of residence. Participants do not need to be from or reside in, the city they have chosen for the competition.

TIMELINE

• 29 October 2024 | Competition launch

• 20 March 2025* | Deadline to register your team*

• 29 May 2025*| Deadline to submit your project* 

• June 2025 | Juries comprised of C40 and city experts will assess all projects

• July 2025 | Announcement of winning projects & city-specific prizes

*Timeline may vary for certain cities. Please refer to each city’s site page to verify the timeline. 

PARTICIPATING CITIES & SITES TO CHOOSE FROM 

• The fourth Students Reinventing Cities competition has launched in 11 cities worldwide –  Amman, Barcelona, Freetown, Istanbul, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Lisbon, Milan-Segrate, Quito, Rome and Tshwane. Please consult the Sites in Competitionfor information about the selected sites and development expectations. 
• For each city in competition, a Site Form is provided. The city prepares this document to present the site and detail the objectives of the project. The Site Form may provide further information regarding submission requirements such as language requirements as well as potential additional awards given by the city.
•  An online folder (“Dataroom”) will also be available containing more relevant documentation [maps, images, regulations] related to the site. 

SCORING CRITERIA
For each site, all submitted projects will be judged based on the following criteria:

• Quality of the team and their approach to developing the project.
• Quality of design and relevance of the project 
• Proposed solutions aligned with the Green & Thriving Neighbourhoods Guidance
• Feasibility of the project.

For each site, the final projects are evaluated (anonymously) by a jury composed of representatives from the city, C40 and external experts. The composition of the juries will be made public. 

One winner will be chosen per city/site; some projects may be awarded a special mention. Please refer to the Competition Regulations for a more detailed breakdown of the scoring criteria.

WINNING PRIZES 

For each city/site, the winning team will receive:

• An official Certificate signed by the Mayor of the city and the Executive Director of C40.
• Coverage in local and global communication campaigns (social media, press releases, Reinventing Cities website).
• Additional awards may be given at each city’s discretion. Further information regarding additional awards can be found within the city-specific Site Form.

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Registration Deadline: Mar 21, 2025; Submission Deadline: Mar 21, 2025

Event Date: Nov 8, 2024 to March 21, 2025 (Full Results on May 16, 2025)

Location: Online

Entry Fee: Yes ($209 – $249)
For a Full List of Entry Fees: https://nyarchitectureawards.c… 

Category: Architectural Designs

Eligibility: Open to public 

Registration: https://nyarchitectureawards.com/sign-up.php 

Winner Benefits: https://nyarchitectureawards.com/design-awards.php#benefits 

The NY Architectural Design Awards recognizes the world’s greatest architectural designs, while celebrating the truly extraordinary designs that shape skylines, communities and living spaces from the past, present, and future. This is where you put up a challenge for conventional ideas, through a global platform that transforms your innovation, creativity, and vision into a grander scheme of brilliance and achievements.

The award extends its invitation to global architects, and every designer / student who are inspired to diversify the keystones of success in interior design, urban design and planning, as well as conceptual designs, honoring established or emerging individuals on a global design community of excellence.

Level of Winner Awards: 

1) Design of the Year

2) Gold Winner

3) Silver Winner

*(Only ONE highest score point from each category will be recognized as Residential Architecture / Commercial Architecture / Institutional Architecture / Cultural Architecture / Urban Design and Planning / Interior Design / Landscape Architecture / Innovative Architecture / Historical Preservation and Renovation / Conceptual Design / Student Design of the Year.)

For details on how Winning Levels are scored: https://nyarchitectureawards.c… 

Winner Benefits: 

1) All winners will receive an e-certificate as well as a physical certificate. 

2) Winners will be featured on our website: https://nyarchitectureawards.com/ as well as Interviews on our media partner Muse.World. 

3) Professionally designed logos for use on websites, in email signatures, etc.

4) Dedicated winner page for winning entrants.

For the full Winner benefits refer to: https://nyarchitectureawards.com/design-awards.php#benefits 

Refer here for more details: https://nyarchitectureawards.com/design-awards.php#howtoenter

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About the International Awards Associate

Established in 2015, the International Awards Associate (IAA) is a global organization dedicated to recognizing professional excellence and outstanding achievements in various industries. As the organizer of a wide range of prestigious award programs such as the MUSE Creative Awards, MUSE Design Awards, Vega Digital Awards, NYX Awards, NYX Game Awards, TITAN Business Awards, TITAN Property Awards, TITAN Innovation Awards, London Design Awards, NY Product Design Awards, French Design Awards and many more, IAA aims to honor, promote and encourage professional excellence, from industry to industry, internationally and domestically, through award platforms that are industry appropriate.

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Registration Deadline: Feb 9, 2025; Submission Deadline: Feb 9, 2025

The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce the 2025 cycle of the Wheelwright Prize, an open international competition that awards $100,000 to a talented early-career architect to support new forms of architectural research. The 2025 Wheelwright Prize is now accepting applications.  

The deadline for submissions is Sunday, February 9, 2025.  

The annual Wheelwright Prize is dedicated to fostering expansive, intensive design research that shows potential to make a significant impact on architectural discourse. The prize is open to emerging architects practicing anywhere in the world. The primary eligibility requirement is that applicants must have received a degree from a professionally accredited architecture program in the past 15 years. An affiliation with the GSD is not required. Applicants are asked to submit a portfolio and research proposal that includes travel outside the applicant’s home country. In preparing a portfolio, applicants are encouraged to consider the various formats through which architectural research and practice can be expressed, including but not limited to built work, curatorial practice, and written output.  

The winning architect is expected to dedicate roughly two years of concentrated research related to their proposal, and to present a lecture on their findings at the conclusion of that research. Throughout the research process, Wheelwright Prize jury members and other GSD faculty are committed to providing regular guidance and peer feedback, in support of the project’s overall growth and development.  

In 2013, the GSD recast the Arthur W. Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship—established in 1935 in memory of Wheelwright, Class of 1887—into its current form. Intended to encourage the study of architecture outside the United States at a time when international travel was difficult, the Fellowship was available only to GSD alumni. Past fellows have included Paul Rudolph, Eliot Noyes, William Wurster, Christopher Tunnard, I. M. Pei, Farès el-Dahdah, Adele Santos, and Linda Pollak.  

The GSD awarded the 2024 Wheelwright Prize to Thandi Loewenson for her proposal, Black Papers: Beyond the Politics of Land, Towards African Policies of Earth & Air. Through her research, Loewenson engages a dynamic terrain of social and spatial relations in contemporary Africa.  

An international jury for the 2025 Wheelwright Prize will be announced in January 2025 via the GSD’s website. 

Applicants will be judged on the quality of their design work, scholarly accomplishments, originality and persuasiveness of the research proposal, evidence of ability to fulfill the proposed project, and potential for the proposed project to make important and direct contributions to architectural discourse. 

Applications are accepted online only, via the Wheelwright Prize website; questions may be directed to info [at] wheelwrightprize.org.

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