Ideas Contests
Fentress Global Challenge 2018
Source: fentressglobalchallenge.com Participants are encouraged to imagine what airports will look like in 2075. 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 10 international airports to choose from. 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.
| dead-line: | 31.05.2019 | |
| open to: | students and young architects who graduated from the university no more than 4 years ago | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | 1st place - $ 10,000; 2nd place - $ 3000; 3rd place - $ 2,000; Audience Award - $ 1000 |
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Wellington Creative Exhibition Center
Source: adedu.co.nz The competition evaluates ideas for transforming the historic Band Rotunda in Wellington into an exhibition center that could become one of the hallmarks of not only the city, but also the country. The building was severely damaged by the earthquake, and the city authorities are wondering whether it needs to be restored, or whether it is worth creating a new facility on this site in a modern style. Therefore, participants in the development of projects can go along any of these paths.
| registration dead-line: | 30.10.2018 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 15.11.2018 | |
| open to: | students and young architects (up to 40 years old) | |
| reg. contribution: | before August 30 - $ 20; from August 31 to October 30 - $ 30 | |
| awards: | 1st place - 1,500 NZD (New Zealand dollars); 2nd place - 1000 NZD; 3rd place - 500 NZD |
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Another Central Park
Source: laplusjournal.com The organizers of the competition propose to imagine that Central Park in New York was destroyed by eco-terrorists. Participants need to re-create one of the masterpieces of world landscape architecture, taking into account today's realities. There will be four winners in the competition - all will receive cash prizes.
| dead-line: | 10.10.2018 | |
| open to: | of all | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | five prizes of $ 4000 |
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Meditation huts
Source: beebreeders.com Participants should offer ideas for building meditation huts in the forests of Latvia, where they can be alone with nature and enjoy the silence. Each hut should accommodate one person and have the necessary amenities. The main requirement for projects is environmental friendliness and efficiency. The best concepts will have a chance to be implemented.
| registration dead-line: | 23.10.2018 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 19.11.2018 | |
| open to: | of all | |
| reg. contribution: | before June 22: for students - $ 70 / for professionals - $ 90; from June 23 to August 3: $ 100 / $ 120; from 4th August to 23rd October: $ 140 / $ 120 | |
| awards: | 1st place - $ 3000; 2nd place - $ 1500; 3rd place - $ 500 |
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Alternative design for offices
Source: nonarchitecture.eu The competition is aimed at creating a new look at the design and architecture of offices. The organizers are waiting for non-standard projects, fresh ideas for the effective organization of space for mental work. Participants can offer individual decorative elements or pieces of furniture, interior design projects or entire pavilions, building complexes. The scale of projects and the location of the proposed implementation are not regulated.
| registration dead-line: | 27.08.2018 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 31.08.2018 | |
| open to: | of all | |
| reg. contribution: | before July 15 - € 45; from July 16 to August 15 - € 60; from 16 to 27 August - € 75 | |
| awards: | three prizes of € 1000 |
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Shelter 2018 - international student competition
Source: shelter.jp The theme of this year's competition is “Home for All”. Home-for-All is the name for the places where earthquake victims in Japan live. Here, initially, strangers live together, communicate daily, support each other. The participants of the competition will have to go beyond the concept of “refuge” and create a “home for all” in the context of modern society. This should be a concept of housing, close interaction of tenants is assumed.
| dead-line: | 07.09.2018 | |
| open to: | students | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | 1st place - 1,000,000 yen; 2nd place - 500,000 yen; 3rd place - 100,000 yen |
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Porada Design Competition 2018
Source: polidesign.net Test Project - to develop a unique design for a writing table or dressing table. Wood should be the predominant material. The use of metal, glass and textiles is also allowed. It is imperative to convey the values and identity of the Porada brand. The works of professionals and students are evaluated separately.
| dead-line: | 09.11.2018 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | for professionals: I place - € 3000, II place - € 2000, III place - € 1000; for students: 1st place - € 2000; 2nd place - € 1200; 3rd place - € 800 |
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BIM project 2018
GRAPHISOFT® invites students to participate in the competition for the best project using information modeling (BIM) technologies.
There are three nominations in the competition:
- Individual residential building
- Apartment building
- Public building
Not only the architectural qualities of the object and the graphic presentation will be assessed, but also the demonstration of the effectiveness of using the BIM tools from GRAPHISOFT.
| dead-line: | 21.11.2018 | |
| open to: | students | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
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ATA 2019 - Architectural Thesis Competition
Source: archistart.net The competition is designed to identify young talents in the field of architecture, to draw attention to the activities of specialists who are at the beginning of their professional path. The organizers give participants the opportunity to present their thesis to a wide audience. The project must be completed no earlier than January 2016. The author of the best diploma will receive a cash prize and the possibility of free participation in subsequent archiSTART competitions.
| dead-line: | 08.01.2019 | |
| open to: | architects and designers who defended their dissertations in the period from January 2016 to January 2019 | |
| reg. contribution: | €50 | |
| awards: | € 2000 + free participation in competitions and workshops archiSTART |
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Interni Design Awards 2018
Image courtesy of ACMG Media Group The award was established in 2016 by the editorial staff of INTERNI magazine and is intended to recognize the best projects in the field of interior design in seven nominations:
- Public interior design
- Private interior design
- Object design
- Design meets function
- Minimalism & fashionable light
- Functional design in a UNICA interior
- Interior lighting legends
The winners will receive valuable prizes from the partners of the award, as well as publications in the leading media of the interior market.
| dead-line: | 01.11.2018 | |
| open to: | architects and designers | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
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Eurasian Prize 2018
Source: eurasian-prize.ru Both concepts and implemented projects created in 2014-2018 that have not previously become laureates of the Eurasian Prize can participate in the competition. Contestants are divided into two categories: students and professionals. There is a registration fee for participants.
| dead-line: | 25.09.2018 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | for professionals: from 7,500 to 15,000 rubles; for students: 500 rubles |
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