Ideas Contests
Retro-Fit: Modular Balcony Competition
Competitors need to design a balcony module that could be easily attached both to new structures during construction and to existing residential buildings where balconies were not provided. To develop a project, you need to select a specific building anywhere in the world.
| registration dead-line: | 03.08.2020 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 18.08.2020 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | from $ 25 | |
| awards: | from $ 100 |
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Warming adaptation
Ideas are accepted for the competition that would allow them to resist global warming or quickly adapt to a changing climate. It is important to demonstrate how architects can today adapt human-created environments to the challenges of our world.
| registration dead-line: | 02.08.2020 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 03.08.2020 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | from $ 55 to $ 95 | |
| awards: | main prize - $ 5000 |
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Cinema of the future
The task of the participants is to look ten years ahead and imagine a compact cinema of tomorrow, which will combine all the latest technologies in the field of cinema and at the same time will itself be a kind of work of art. The cinema has a capacity of 75 people. The proposed location is at the choice of the contestants.
| registration dead-line: | 28.07.2020 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 11.08.2020 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | from $ 25 | |
| awards: | from $ 100 |
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Time architecture
Participants are encouraged to imagine the existence of a building as a process - it must live, change, develop over time, and not "freeze" and become obsolete. The challenge is to design such a “living” educational center in Mexico City.
| registration dead-line: | 13.07.2020 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 28.07.2020 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | $26 | |
| awards: | from $ 100 |
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Climate Ideas for Abu Dhabi
Ideas for creating and maintaining thermal comfort in public spaces of Abu Dhabi by reducing the intensity of the heat island (this is a phenomenon when the temperature in the city is higher than in its vicinity for one reason or another) are accepted for the competition. The authors of the ten best projects will receive $ 10,000 each.
| dead-line: | 12.05.2020 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | prize fund - $ 100,000 |
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Green housing for Rotterdam
Participants are required to submit to the jury their ideas for a large eco-friendly residential complex in Rotterdam, in the coastal area of the Meuse River. In addition to residential buildings, large green areas should be envisaged here, which will become a place for recreation and communication for residents.
| dead-line: | 19.04.2020 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | from € 20 to € 40 | |
| awards: | €1000 |
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Peter Joseph Lenne Prize 2020
The competition is recognized to recognize talented young architects around the world. There are three tasks for the participants: the renovation of the Hornstrasse in Berlin, the development of the main city cemetery in Frankfurt am Main, or the creation of a coastal recreation area in the Finnish city of Tampere. The reward for the three winners is € 5000 each.
| dead-line: | 17.07.2020 | |
| open to: | young architects (up to 35 years old) | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | three prizes of € 5000 |
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New life in the old quarters of Kaifeng
The task of the contestants is to breathe life into one of the old lifeless quarters of the ancient Chinese city of Kaifeng. Participants need to demonstrate the possibilities of transforming such neighborhoods into elements of tourism infrastructure. For example, an exhibition space or a theater, a craft workshop or a hotel can be located here. The main thing is to preserve and emphasize the national flavor inherent in this place.
| dead-line: | 15.04.2020 | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | 1st place - 50,000 yuan; 2nd place - 30,000 yuan; 3rd place - 20,000 yuan |
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African house
The goal of the competition is not only to choose the best residential project for one of the Tanzanian families, but also to find solutions that can be used for people in need of a roof over their heads throughout Africa. The house, which will accommodate 15 people, should include 6 bedrooms, a living room, an open and closed kitchen, showers and toilets. You also need to provide a corral for cattle.
| dead-line: | 17.06.2020 | |
| open to: | of all | |
| reg. contribution: | from € 60 to € 120 | |
| awards: | main prize - € 6000 + project implementation |
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Hotel 5 * in Martinique
Contestants who have successfully passed the qualification selection will have to develop projects for a 5-star hotel of tomorrow for construction on the island of Martinique. A prerequisite is the active use of sustainable technologies. The estimated cost of the project is 40 million euros.
| registration dead-line: | 18.03.2020 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 31.05.2020 | |
| open to: | architects, architectural bureaus | |
| reg. contribution: | until March 15 - free; after - € 80 | |
| awards: | reward for finalists - € 35,000 |
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Norman Foster + RIBA Scholarship 2020
Source: architecture.com The £ 7,000 travel grant will go to a student with the potential for excellence and out-of-the-box thinking in sustainable urban development. Each of the universities invited to participate can submit only one student to the competition. MARCHI, MARSH and Kazan University of Architecture and Civil Engineering have been invited from Russian universities.
| dead-line: | 24.04.2020 | |
| open to: | students of MARCHI, MARSH, KGASU | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | £7000 |
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Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2021 is looking for a curator
The aim of the competition is to select a theme and curator / curator team for the 6th Tallinn Architecture Biennale to be held in 2021. The topic should touch upon topical issues and reflect the peculiarities of Estonian architecture.
| dead-line: | 29.05.2020 | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
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