New architecture and design competitions: Europe 40 Under 40, OVERTIME, Course Development Prize, and Young Architects Competition

For this week's curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we are featuring four calls seeking 40 of the most promising European architects and designers under the age of 40, course proposals on the theme of "Architecture, Climate Change, and Society", creative artwork by architects and designers, and forward-thinking ideas by young architects for new forms of architectural intervention in the aftermath of disaster.

For the complete directory of newly listed competitions, click here.

Europe 40 Under 40 2025
Registration/Submission Deadline: Monday, December 15, 2025

"The program is initiated to spotlight and identify the next generation of architects and industrial designers who will impact future living and working environments, while providing an insight of the architectural and design scene in Europe. Τhe program is open to architects, landscape architects, interior design architects, urban planners and industrial designers, who are under the age of 40."

2026 Course Development Prize: Call for Course Proposals
Registration/Submission Deadline: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

"Successful proposals for this Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society will include methods and themes that innovate within their institutional setting—asking hard questions of students that are equal in weight to the hard questions being asked of society as it continues to grapple with the intertwined causes and effects of climate change."

OVERTIME 26
Registration/Submission Deadline: Wednesday, February 25, 2026

"The Center for Architecture + Design is seeking creative artwork to feature in the upcoming exhibition OVERTIME 26. Submissions can range from sketches, paintings, drawings, and photography to jewelry, sculpture, furniture, and anything you can think of. Any and all scales are encouraged! This is an opportunity for architects and designers to showcase their talents beyond their design for the built environment. Through this exhibition, CA+D aims to highlight the richness and diversity of the local interdisciplinary design community."

Young Architects Competition – Architecture in the Aftermath of Disasters
Registration/Submission Deadline: Wednesday, March 11, 2026

"The International Union of Architects, through its Natural and Human Disasters Work Programme and with the expert support of the Order of Architects of Morocco, invites young architects to imagine new forms of architectural intervention in the aftermath of disaster, focusing on the 2023 earthquake in Morocco. The competition aims to raise awareness of the complex interconnection between natural and human-made crises and calls for visionary proposals that can heal, protect, and regenerate."

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