Ideas and Concepts Contests
New life of a destroyed church
The contestants will have to turn the abandoned Chiesa Diruta church in the Italian commune of Grottole into a concert hall. The church, built in the 15th century, survived earthquakes, fires and other hardships, as a result of which it was severely destroyed. Today, the contestants need to submit ideas for its revival, but in a new function.
| dead-line: | 12.03.2021 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | from € 55 | |
| awards: | prize fund - € 4000 |
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Restile 2020
The competition collects non-standard ideas for the use of porcelain stoneware in interiors. You can participate with design concepts for wall decoration (in private or public interiors) and shower cabins. It is planned to determine several winners in each category.
| dead-line: | 11.12.2020 | |
| open to: | architects, designers | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | € 500 for each winning project |
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Play: interactive children's furniture
The competition evaluates original ideas for creating interactive modular furniture for children under 10 years old. Furniture needs to be more than just functional and comfortable - it needs to stimulate the creativity and imagination of the child. The choice of the specific type or function of the piece of furniture is up to the participants.
| registration dead-line: | 09.02.2021 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 10.02.2021 | |
| open to: | designers | |
| reg. contribution: | from € 60 | |
| awards: | prize fund - 200,000 rupees |
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FITT headquarters
Contestants are invited to design the new FITT headquarters in Vicenza, Italy. The company with 50 years of history has been developing and manufacturing innovative piping solutions for home, professional and industrial use. It is necessary to create a modern workspace in accordance with the status, philosophy and specifics of FITT activities.
| registration dead-line: | 24.01.2021 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 27.01.2021 | |
| open to: | students and young architects (up to 35 years old) | |
| reg. contribution: | from € 60 | |
| awards: | prize fund - € 20,000 |
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Crea Talents 2020
The task for the participants is to design a wine culture center for the Chinese county of Huailai, one of the oldest wine-growing regions in the country. The center should combine several functions - entertainment, cultural and educational, commercial. But the main thing is that the new building must coexist harmoniously with the natural environment.
| registration dead-line: | 10.01.2021 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 15.01.2021 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | prize fund - € 23,000 |
[more] With hope for implementation
Public spaces and educational institutions in Dagestan
The competition is dedicated to the development of projects for the improvement of four public spaces in different cities of Dagestan, as well as standard projects of schools and kindergartens. To participate in the qualifying selection, it is necessary to submit to the jury a portfolio and an essay with the main ideas of the future concept. In total, it is planned to select 18 finalists (3 for each nomination), who will take part in the main competition stage.
| registration dead-line: | 14.12.2020 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 16.02.2021 | |
| open to: | architectural and design organizations | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | prize fund - 3.6 million rubles |
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Renovation appearance
The competition, designed to select the best architectural solutions for the facades of houses under the program of renovation of the capital's housing stock, will be held in two stages. The projects will be developed by qualified teams. In total, the jury will evaluate 93 concepts for 31 sites - there is a chance to win with both one and several projects at once.
| registration dead-line: | 24.12.2020 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 21.03.2021 | |
| open to: | architects, architectural bureaus | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
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Marco Polo 100 - digital building competition
The competition is looking for ideas to create affordable housing in Canada at $ 100 CAD per square foot - using 3D printing, prefabricated structures, robotics and / or other new technologies. The competition will take place in several stages and will end with the implementation of the best project - an apartment building will be built in Southern Ontario with the payment of the corresponding deductions to the authors.
| dead-line: | 11.01.2021 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
[more] Project competitions
BIM technologies 2020-2021
The competition evaluates projects (including those implemented), carried out using information modeling technology. Among the main nominations are residential, public and industrial buildings, transport infrastructure, modeling of existing objects. Student works are assessed separately.
| dead-line: | 01.03.2021 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
[more] Awards and contests
Archiprix 2021
The competition is held every two years and evaluates the theses of graduates of architecture universities and specialties from all over the world (the list of participating universities can be found here). Each educational institution can submit only one work for the competition. The competition ends with workshops, lectures for participants and an award ceremony. Next year, the final stage of the competition will take place in Ethiopia.
| registration dead-line: | 31.10.2020 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 30.11.2020 | |
| open to: | graduates of architecture universities | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
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LIV Hospitality Design Awards
The award is intended to recognize high-quality architectural and design projects in two categories: “for living” and “for eating”. Each contains several dozen subcategories. Both students and professional architects and designers can participate.
| dead-line: | 31.03.2021 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | from $ 70 |
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MUSE Design Awards 2021
The MUSE Design Awards celebrate leading-edge design solutions in a wide variety of areas. Among the categories: architecture, interiors, landscape, furniture, lighting, packaging, etc. Participation is open to professionals and students.
| dead-line: | 25.02.2021 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | from $ 169 |
[more] Curator contests
São Paulo Architecture Biennale 2022 - co-curator competition
The competition is held with the aim of selecting several teams that will curate thematic exhibitions in the framework of the Architecture Biennale in Sao Paulo. The Biennale will be held in 2022 under the theme "Reconstruction". It is expected that participants for curatorial expositions will be selected through open competitions, so the budget of 1 million reais should include not only the organization of the exhibition itself and the curators' fees, but also the costs of competitive procedures.
| dead-line: | 24.01.2021 | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
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