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Registration Deadline: Feb 3, 2025; Submission Deadline: Feb 3, 2025

The Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum is pleased to announce the opening of submissions for the 2nd Daxi International Wood Furniture Craft and Design Competition. Entries are welcome from now until February 3, 2025. The competition calls on creators worldwide to reimagine the potential of wooden furniture design through the lens of “storage.” This theme highlights the harmonious blend of traditional woodworking craftsmanship and contemporary design innovation, celebrating the distinctive aesthetics and functionality of wooden furniture. Designers from around the globe are warmly invited to engage in this dynamic and creative journey.

The competition features two categories: the Open Group and the Youth Group, offering a total prize pool of US$ 43,000. The Grand Prize for the Open Group is set at US$12,000, while the Grand Prize for the Youth Group is US$7,700, with a total of 16 award opportunities available. Open to all who are passionate about wooden furniture design, regardless of nationality, profession, or residence, the competition invites participants to embark on a journey of creativity and innovation, exploring the boundless possibilities of wooden furniture design together.

Daxi, Taoyuan, boasts a rich woodcraft industry that dates back to the 19th century. With a legacy spanning over a century, Daxi’s comprehensive woodworking industry encompasses sawmilling, design creation, and bespoke woodcraft services. The Ecomuseum has been a vital partner in preserving and promoting Daxi’s woodworking heritage. Through dedicated research, exhibitions, educational outreach, and artisan training, the Ecomuseum plays a pivotal role in fostering the region’s woodcraft culture. In 2023, the Ecomuseum launched the inaugural Daxi International Wood Furniture Craft and Design Competition, drawing an impressive 519 entries from 14 countries and regions. The competition culminated in 16 exceptional winning designs, which were showcased through exhibitions and tours, strengthening cultural exchanges between Daxi, Taiwan, and the global woodworking community. Building on this success, the Ecomuseum aims to continue hosting this competition, creating an international platform for woodcraft creators to exchange ideas and expertise. By connecting local and global talent, the Ecomuseum seeks to preserve and innovate woodcraft traditions, establishing Daxi as a world-renowned hub for woodworking talent.

The theme for this year’s competition, “Storage,” reflects the evolving needs of contemporary living spaces and changing lifestyle dynamics. Beyond fulfilling the basic function of storing items, the competition encourages participants to integrate thoughtful innovations that address spatial dimensions, lifestyle aesthetics, and user convenience. Creators are invited to go beyond traditional frameworks, incorporating elements of expandability, adaptability, and multipurpose use. They are also encouraged to experiment with diverse materials, blending traditional woodworking techniques with modern design language and creative philosophies, bringing warmth and imagination to home living.

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Registration Deadline: Jan 31, 2025; Submission Deadline: Jan 31, 2025

Alexei Navalny – the leader of the Russian opposition whose courage and fight for freedom continues to inspire millions, even after his death. Murdered by Putin, Navalny’s legacy and his unshakeable belief in a free, peaceful and democratic Russia lives on. 

We are calling for designs for the monument to Navalny, which will mark his grave in the Borisovskoye Cemetery, Moscow. In Putin’s dictatorship, any hint of dissent is brutally put down, but the Alexei Navalny memorial will be a symbol of hope and strength for all who dream of a free and fair country. Indeed, it will be one of the only places in Russia where, by visiting Navalny’s grave, people can express their political views – just as we saw at Navalny’s funeral, where thousands came to lay flowers and messages, while also calling for an end to the war with Ukraine and to Putin’s regime.

The best three designs for this remembrance place will be chosen by Alexei Navalny’s family. On 4 February these three designs will be put to a public vote. The most popular one will be made into the Alexei Navalny memorial.

We invite anyone with whom Navalny’s message of democracy resonates to take part in creating this people’s memorial and beacon of hope for a different Russia

See all details on https://navalny.memorial/en

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Registration Deadline: Jan 17, 2025; Submission Deadline: Jan 17, 2025

The Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas, in partnership with DesignConnects and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, invites architects, designers, artists and creatives from across the United States and its territories to submit exhibit design proposals for PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity, the U.S. Pavilion exhibition at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. 

PORCH focuses on the representation of the U.S. through the contemporary manifestation of the porch in American architecture – a quintessential constructed place that is at once social and environmental, tectonic and performative, hospitable and intimate, generous and democratic. The U.S. Pavilion’s theme highlights an enduring American architectural typology that persists across scales, geographies, communities, construction methods and histories. PORCH also complements the Biennale Architettura 2025’s theme, Intelligens: Natural. Artificial. Collective., spotlighting architecture’s role in addressing climate change and fostering forward-looking solutions for adaptation and renewal.

Architects, landscape architects, designers, artists, design firms, nonprofits, public agencies and individuals from across the U.S. and its territories are invited to respond to the Open Call. The U.S. Pavilion’s interior exhibition will feature at least 50 participant displays, encouraging proposals from citizens, states and territories nationwide, as well as from design practices of any size or discipline. Eligible entries must have been built or completed after 2000. A separate call for participation, launching in mid-January 2025, will permit unbuilt and speculative projects from students and schools of architecture and design. 

The Open Call for Participation will be conducted in two phases, accepting initial submissions through a dedicated portal (porchusavenice2025.org/open-call) from December 3, 2024, to January 17, 2025. Projects will be evaluated by the PORCH design team leads, working with prominent figures from architectural and design arenas. The announcement of at least 50 exhibitors will be made on February 3, 2025, and selected participants will receive a modest stipend to support the further development of their proposals into a designated format for exhibition. 

PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity will debut publicly on May 10, 2025, at the opening of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition.

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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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  A Global Sanctuary: Designing Hotel for Cultural Exchange Introduction In an increasingly interconnected world, the celebration of cultural diversity and fusion stands as a cornerstone of modern society. This competition invites architects and designers to conceptualize a hotel that transcends mere accommodation, transforming it into a dynamic sanctuary for cultural exchange and understanding. The

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Registration Deadline: Feb 4, 2025; Submission Deadline: Feb 4, 2025

The call for submissions for a new edition of the Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Competition, organized by the Traditional Building Cultures Foundation thanks to Richard H. Driehaus and the collaboration of the Spanish Ministry of Culture through its Directorate General for Cultural Heritage and Fine Arts, INTBAU Spain, and the Spanish High Council of Institutes of Architects, is now open.

Proposals for each of the three municipalities selected in the first phase of the competition—Baltanás (Palencia), Irurita (Navarra), and La Fresneda (Teruel)—can be submitted until February 4, 2025.

In this second phase of the competition, which is international in scope, architects of any nationality are encouraged to submit architectural and urban design proposals for any of these three locations.

For each of the three sites, the authors of the winning First Prize proposal will receive a total of €12,000, and the authors of each Honorable Mention awarded by the jury will receive a total of €2,000.

Through the following link, contestants can access the necessary information to develop their proposals.

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Registration Deadline: Aug 1, 2025; Submission Deadline: Aug 1, 2025

The Leicester B. Holland Prize is an annual competition that recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of a historic building, structure or site prepared to the standards of the National Park Service’s Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP). The sheet may be prepared for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). The prize is supported by the Paul Rudolph Trust, the American Institute of Architects, and the Library of Congress’s Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering. The prize honors Leicester B. Holland (1882-1952), FAIA, chairman of the AIA’s Committee on Historic Buildings, head of the Fine Arts Division of the Library of Congress, first curator of the HABS collection, co-founder of the HABS program in the 1930s, and the first chair of the HABS Advisory Board. 

By requiring only a single sheet, the competition challenges the delineator to capture the essence of the site through the presentation of key features that reflect its historic and its architectural, landscape architectural or engineering significance. The Holland Prize competition is open to all those interested, regardless of experience or professional background. 

The winner will receive a $1,500 cash prize and a certificate of recognition. Preservation Architect, the online newsletter of the American Institute of Architects’ Historic Resources Committee, will publish the winning drawing. Merit awards may also be given. 

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritagedocumentation/holland-prize.htm

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Registration Deadline: Apr 11, 2025; Submission Deadline: Apr 14, 2025

New edition – new stars! The International Architecture & Design Awards has launched its 4th edition. 

Each masterpiece begins with your dream, polished by your skills and hard work, fuelled by your steadfast belief in your power, and nurtured by your inspiration and desire to create a better future. IADA is here to recognize your genius, celebrate your dedication, reward your tireless journey, and inspire others with your vision and creativity. We will share your story of challenge and success with the world.

PARTICIPATE

This year, our esteemed Jury Board has been enhanced with the brightest professionals, ready to uncover the stories behind your projects and select the best among them. Meet our new Jury members:

• Frederick Rickmann (DNgroup, STEENSSEN Aps, DNDC, AFR, Thinking Urbans)

• Yuting Zhang (Studio RE+N)

• Daryl Villanueva (Bandit9 Motors)

• Jiaru Lin (KMC Corp)

• Larry Lim (Anchor Agency)

• Alberto Dias Ribeiro (A2OFFICE)

• Gloria Cabral (STUDIO 4.4)

• Serhii Makhno (Makhno Studio)

• Xiaobi (Iris) Pan (Amazon)

• Paul Wiseman (The Wiseman Group)

IADA 2025 invites you to join a global stage where passion meets recognition. Whether you are a student, creator, professional, constructor, web designer, fashion designer, artist, or anyone who dares to dream and turn those dreams into reality, you are welcome here.

Prizes:

• Certificate of Achievement

• Personalized Award Logo

• Winner’s personalized page

• Iconic IADA Trophy
  Our magnificent trophy can go to each winner.

• Winner’s Banner Kit

• Social Media publication

• Media-Partner publication

• Studio’s Spotlight
  A personalized studio card with contact information will be featured on each winner’s page.

Take advantage of early registration with discounted pricing, enter by the Early Bird Registration Deadline (6th December 2024), and secure your place among the world’s most inspiring designers. 

TO PARTICIPATE, sign up here:

https://ad-c.org/registration/

For more information about fees and dates, visit our website:

https://ad-c.org/

To enjoy the 2024 IADA winners, visit our highlights:

https://ad-c.org/winners/

For details on the registration process, visit:

REGISTRATION PAGE

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SOME OF THE IADA 2024 WINNERS:

PLATINUM WINNER in Restaurants, Bars & Cafes Design, RESTAURANT COMPLEX “SHEMAHA”, Evgeny Fomchenkov, Alexander Baymiev, Maria Nikolaeva, MAD ARCHITECTS

PLATINUM WINNER in Restaurants, Bars & Cafes Design, The Green Isle, Keng-Fu Lo, Chain10 Architecture & Interior Design Institute, Taiwan

PLATINUM WINNER in Corporate & Office Building Design, Office Building in Grodno, Varabei Viktar, intelstock engineering, Belarus

GOLD WINNER in Public Building & Civic Architecture, Montecima Clubhouse, Ar. Patrick Lendel Go & Ar. Leizle Marie Go, LLG Architects Design Studio, Philippines

PLATINUM WINNER in Commercial & Retail Interior Design, Moments Sales Office, Artem Babayants, Babayants Architects

PLATINUM WINNER in Sustainable & Green Architecture, Natural Connection: OLM Nature Escape Eco-Aparthotel Project, Andreas Gruber, Andreas Gruber Architekten AGA, Italy

PLATINUM WINNER in Playgrounds & Recreational Spaces, Ninja House, Vongvasu Chaloisap and Vichittrarat Chaloisap, VVdesine Landscape Architect Co., Ltd., Thailand

PLATINUM WINNER in Cultural & Arts Centers, Anji Creative & Design Center, Liu Yichun, Atelier Deshaus, China

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Registration Deadline: Jan 6, 2025; Submission Deadline: Jan 6, 2025

The Prem Jain Memorial Trust National Green Earth Challenge invites students of Engineering, Architecture, and Design colleges across India to tackle critical environmental challenges by developing innovative and sustainable design solutions for the built environment. With the mounting pressures of climate change, resource depletion, and urbanization, this challenge emphasizes the importance of a transdisciplinary, integrated approach. Participants will blend insights from various disciplines to create solutions that are not only eco-friendly but also socially inclusive.
The PJMT National Green Earth Challenge this year will focus on two distinct themes: 

• The Arch-Eng Challenge: The Arch-Eng theme encourages Architecture and Engineering students to create sustainable design solutions that are rooted in evidence and address issues related to the environment & people. The challenge emphasizes a transdisciplinary approach, integrating the environmental, social, and technological aspects while designing the solution. Participants should bring their innovative ideas and subject matter expertise to reinvent conventional practices or provide an alternate solution to enhance efficiency. 
• The Design Challenge: The Design category of the PJMT National Green Earth Challenge aims to promote sustainability by transforming available materials into innovative products that benefit humanity, communities, society, and the environment as a whole. Our planet faces escalating environmental challenges, from resource scarcity to mounting waste and pollution. Designers have a unique ability to shape how products are created, used, and discarded. In this challenge, we ask you to reimagine design processes through the lens of circularity—creating innovative solutions that keep materials in use for as long as possible, minimize waste, and regenerate natural systems. 

Who can participate? 

• The challenge is open to undergraduate students currently enrolled in architecture, engineering, or design programs. 
• You can participate individually or form teams of 2 or 3 members. Teams can consist of students from different batches or colleges, as long as all members meet the eligibility criteria. 
• Eligibility is restricted to Indian citizens. 

Stages of Evaluation 

• First Stage: A panel of experts in the field will review all applications and rank the top solutions from four zones – North, East, South, and West. 
• Second Stage: The top solutions will present their submissions online to a distinguished jury in each zone. Per zone, three prizes will be awarded at this stage: zonal winner, zonal first runner-up, and zonal second runner-up. 
• Third Stage: The zonal winners and first runners-up advance to the third stage, competing in Delhi for the National Prize. They will present their solutions while incorporating feedback from previous stages. A national winner and national runner-up will be announced at this stage. 

Awards: 

The following awards* are available for both categories: 

• National Round:  
  • Winner: ₹1,50,000 
  • Runner-Up: ₹50,000 
• Zonal Rounds:   
  • Winner: ₹25,000  
  • First Runner-Up: ₹18,000  
  • Second Runner-Up: ₹12,000 

Key Dates: 

• 13th November 2024 – Applications Open 
• 6th January 2025 – Applications Close 
• 1st-2nd March 2025 – Zonal Rounds: Top entries from the North, East, South, and West zone will present their ideas to judges. 
• 28th-29th March 2025 – National Round: Zonal winners and first runners-up will compete at the Grand Finale in Delhi.

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Ryohei Koike, an associate in Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) walks us through the studio’s most important competition project, the LEGO house, reflecting on the similarities between architecture and playing with LEGO. Throughout his story we learn that the world is saturated with proportions of a LEGO brick, how the project relates to Mona Lisa, Bruce

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