The World Habitat Awards were established in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation as part of its contribution to the United Nations International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. Two awards are given annually to projects from the global North as…

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), in partnership with the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the support of Google Inc. and Transportation Alternatives, is pleased to announce an international design competition for new bicycle parking for the City of New York. As part of our effort to promote…

Design Build Challenge, a competition in which designers, architects and builders create functional public structures for marginalized communities, today announced that its annual competition will be held from March 27-30 in Seattle, WA. DBC provides participants with the opportunity to create practical, yet attractive, structures which will be deployed in…

Diesel Wall is an international art contest that aims to bring intriguing/inspiring/insightful/inciting contemporary ideas to giant urban canvases in city centres around the world. ART DEMOCRACY! With this idea in mind, Diesel created DIESEL WALL, a competition dedicated to young artists…

Seen on Core77: New 1HDC just launched! Win a $200 gift certificate at Harris Cyclery. We all remember when our first Huffy was stolen. The realization that some lazy-eyed cretin had stripped away our freedom all for the…

March 2008 - The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is seeking nominations for the 2009 Royal Gold Medal and Honorary and International Fellows. The Royal Gold Medal is a lifetime achievement award, approved by Her Majesty the Queen, to an architect or group of architects for a…

‘Design Your Future’ for students of architecture COLUMBIA, MD, Mar 3, 2008 - Nemetschek North America, makers of VectorWorks Architect software, announces the “Design Your Future” VectorWorks 2008 design competition for students of architecture. Sponsored by Architect magazine and supported by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS),…

Seen on The Architect’s Journal: Organisers of the 2008 Wood Awards are inviting professionals who are working with wood to enter projects now for the 2008 Wood Awards The categories for entry are Commercial & Public Access, Private, Structural, Conservation/Restoration and…

The Image Competition is open to users of any LightWorks-based application and images may be focused on any market sector or theme. The only criterion is that the image must be created using one of the 80+ software applications which integrates the LightWorks rendering engine. The winner will…

The submission deadline has been extended to March 10, 2008 for the eighth edition of Champ Libre, a biennial event that will take place in September 2008 in Montreal. The theme of Champ Libre is the forest, and project calls are open to those in the fields of art architecture,…