Urbanism and territorial development
Global Schindler Award 2017: Transforming the City Center
Illustration: schindler.com The Schindler Global Award (SGA) is held for undergraduate students every two years. The focus of this competition is on the problem of urban overpopulation and ensuring mobility. This year, participants are invited to design projects for the development of the central part of São Paulo, which will soon become vacant due to the relocation of a large wholesale market, which will open up new opportunities for urban change.
| registration dead-line: | 16.12.2016 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 30.12.2016 | |
| open to: | students of the last courses of architecture universities; individual participants and teams | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | prize fund - more than € 100,000 |
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The best landscaping project in Moscow - 2016
Courtesy of the Moscow Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection The award is presented by the Moscow Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection for the best projects for the integrated improvement of natural and green areas in the capital. The unrealized concepts of 2015 and 2016 are accepted for consideration. Both professionals and students can participate.
| dead-line: | 30.09.2016 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | for professionals - three prizes of 100,000 rubles each; for students - three prizes of 70,000 rubles each |
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Urban Awards 2016
Illustration: urbanawards.ru Residential real estate projects with a deadline from Q4 2015 to Q4 2016 are eligible to participate in the Urban Awards 2016. Projects that are at the concept stage are not allowed to participate. In total, this year it is planned to award objects in 28 nominations.
| dead-line: | 09.09.2016 | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
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Development of the historical center of Chelyabinsk
Illustration: dostup1.ru The competition will be held in two stages. The first one is a qualifying one, according to the results of which five finalists will be selected. They will be engaged in the development of architectural and urban planning concepts for the development of the historical center of Chelyabinsk, the best of which will form the basis of the new general plan of the city.
| dead-line: | 05.08.2016 | |
| open to: | design organizations | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | 1st place - 1,500,000 rubles; 2nd place - 1,250,000 rubles; 3rd place - 1,000,000 rubles |
[more] Ideas Contests
Fentress Global Challenge 2016
Illustration: fentressarchitects.com Participants are encouraged to imagine what the airport of the future will look like. The main prize will go to a project that meets high aesthetic requirements and has the most elaborate concept. The challenge is to design a terminal for one of 30 international airports to choose from. The building must be designed with modern technological trends in mind. The desire to improve passenger service processes and ensure maximum terminal functionality is encouraged. It is also necessary to consider issues of comfort, safety, innovation.
| registration dead-line: | 01.10.2016 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 01.11.2016 | |
| open to: | students and young architects who graduated from the university no more than 4 years ago | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | 1st place - $ 15,000 ($ 5,000 in cash, internship at Fentress Architects with accommodation and travel expenses); 2nd place - $ 3000; 3rd place - $ 2,000; Audience Award - $ 1000 |
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Sports Park in Warsaw
Illustration: ctrl-space.net Ideas for the return to life of the Varshavyanka sports center in the capital of Poland, which have already lost both their former architectural appearance and popularity among residents and visitors of the city, are accepted for the competition. It is proposed to create a modern complex here, where it will be possible to conduct sports training and competitions, exhibition events; also on the territory it is necessary to create catering points and equip a park for walking and active recreation.
| dead-line: | 17.09.2016 | |
| open to: | professionals and students; individual participants and teams up to 4 people | |
| reg. contribution: | before July 16 - € 40; from July 17 to September 4 - € 60; from 5 to 17 September - € 90 | |
| awards: | 1st place - € 3,500; 2nd place - € 1000; 3rd place - € 500 |
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Hyperloop Train Ideas
Illustration: hyperloop-one.com Representatives of various professions are invited to participate in a competition for ideas to launch Hyperloop vacuum trains in their countries, regions and cities. The organizers expect from the participants specific and detailed justifications, including transport, economic, social and other aspects of the implementation of Hyperloop networks. This is not an engineering contest - the technology must remain the same. Participants are required to present opportunities for the most effective use of it.
| dead-line: | 15.09.2016 | |
| open to: | of all | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | the possibility of cooperation with Hyperloop One |
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Science Island in Kaunas
Illustration: competitions.malcolmreading.co.uk The aim of the competition is to choose the best project to create a science popularization center in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas. Professional architects are invited to participate. The center is planned to be built by 2018. The "Island of Science" should become a symbol of not only the city, but also the country, and attract people from all over the world.
| dead-line: | 14.09.2016 | |
| open to: | professional architects | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | € 15,000 for each of the three finalists |
[more] Students and young architects
International Steedman Grant Competition 2016
Illustration: steedmanfellowship.wustl.edu The Steedman Grant has been awarded every two years since 1926. The funds are allocated so that the young architect - the winner of the competition - can supplement his education by traveling and studying outside his country. This year, the jury must submit a study on the topic of "adaptation". Applicants must be able to spend up to 18 months overseas after receiving the grant to complete their study.
| dead-line: | 01.11.2016 | |
| open to: | architects who graduated from university no more than 8 years ago | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | grant of $ 50,000 |
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Shelter 2016 - international student competition
Illustration: shelter.jp This year the challenge for the contestants is to imagine what a new, diverse architecture could be. The idea is to improve the quality of life of people, to create buildings that fully meet the needs of modern society.
Competitors need to rethink existing views on architecture functionality, scale, location, and other relevant characteristics.
| dead-line: | 20.10.2016 | |
| open to: | students | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | 1st place - 2,000,000 yen; 2nd place - 500,000 yen; 3rd place - 100,000 yen |
[more] Design
LAMP 2016
Design projects of lamps of any type (wall, table, floor) and from any materials made in the space theme are accepted for the competition. Participants are divided into three categories: students, beginners and professionals. The winner will be determined in each of them.
| dead-line: | 15.08.2016 | |
| open to: | students, novice designers, professionals | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | student prize - $ 500 + professional internship; for young professionals - $ 1000; for professionals - $ 2000 |
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Apartment design in the residential complex "Versis"
Illustration: peresvet.ru The aim of the competition is to choose the most original, functional and aesthetically attractive design project for an apartment with an area of 76.4 square meters in the air gallery of the Versis residential complex. Both professional architects and designers and students of specialized universities can participate. The main prize is a trip to the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Berlin in autumn 2016.
| dead-line: | 15.09.2016 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | a trip to the International Architecture Festival in Berlin |
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