New architecture and design competitions: AR New into Old awards, Buildner UNBUILT Award, Pyeongtaek Central Library, and Seoul International Garden Show

This edition of Bustler's curated picks of noteworthy architecture and design competitions features four calls seeking the best architectural adaptations of existing structures, exceptional unbuilt projects, designs for a future-oriented and multifunctional library in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, and creative garden designs located in Seoul's Boramae Park.

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International Design Competition Central Library of Pyeongtaek
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Submission Deadline: Thursday, December 12, 2024

"The establishment of a representative library as a landmark in Pyeongtaek will serve as the city’s knowledge hub and a comprehensive collection center for local resources, playing a central role in building collaborative networks. We aim to create a user-centered library that serves as a living room for citizens and a multifunctional cultural space, flexibly responding to the rapidly changing society and reflecting the diverse needs of the community.By building a future-oriented library, we will introduce spaces and services capable of adapting to the latest technological trends."

Show Garden Competition for Seoul International Garden Show 2025
Registration/Submission Deadline: Wednesday, December 18, 2024

"‘Seoul International Garden Show 2025 Show Garden Competition’ proposes to explore the meaning of gardens as the third nature, suspended in the threshold between the nature and man. To be located in Boramae Park, a central green space located in southwestern Seoul, we hope to receive a diverse array of interpretations and interesting proposals about the meaning of gardens by the landscape architects and garden designers."

AR New into Old awards 2025
Registration/Submission Deadline: Friday, March 7, 2025

"As the need for sustainable alternatives to building anew becomes increasingly urgent, the AR New into Old awards celebrate architectural adaptations and remodelings that welcome new contemporary uses to older buildings. These awards speak of what we inherit and preserve, why we assemble and transform, and how the spaces we appropriate can be reimagined to suggest that the world could be different. Launched in 2017, the awards recognise imaginative appropriations of structures, from innovative insertions to ambitious adaptations, that offer buildings a new lease of life."

The Buildner UNBUILT Award 2025
Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Submission Deadline: Thursday, November 20, 2025

"The Buildner Unbuilt Award 2025 extends an exclusive opportunity for architects and designers to highlight and celebrate their architectural and design achievements that have yet to be realized. This international competition invites submissions of unbuilt work that participants are most proud of, regardless of whether these projects are published or unpublished, fully designed or still conceptual. This year's Buildner Unbuilt Award introduces three distinct categories for submission: small, medium, and large-scale projects. This classification ensures that every entry, regardless of size or scope, is acknowledged and celebrated. We encourage participants to select the category that best fits the scale of their visionary projects, offering a platform for every idea to shine."

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