New architecture and design competitions: Transportation & Infrastructure Design Awards, Architecture MasterPrize, Re:Form, and Design The World You Want

If you're in search of new, exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler. Featured below are four briefs seeking excellence in transportation and infrastructure design, student-led proposals that reimagine Melbourne's Victoria Harbour, exceptional design in all forms and architectural photography, and forward-thinking concepts repurposing abandoned or forgotten structures.

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AIANY + ASLANY Transportation and Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards
Registration/Submission Deadline: Friday, March 13, 2026

"The AIANY + ASLANY Transportation and Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards celebrate exceptional design in transportation and infrastructure architecture by architects, landscape architects, and planners across the United States. The awards program recognizes built and unbuilt projects for their design, innovation, and impact, raising awareness about the critical role that well-designed infrastructure plays in our cities, our communities, and our lives."

Design The World You Want | Student Ideas Competition
Registration/Submission Deadline: Friday, April 10, 2026

"World Landscape Architecture is proud to announce the DESIGN THE WORLD YOU WANT International Student Ideas Competition, inviting students from around the globe to reimagine Melbourne’s iconic Victoria Harbour. Tasked with transforming a significant waterfront on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation (Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) and Boonwurrung people), students must explore restorative biodiversity design and circularity to transition from linear, extractive models to bio-design futures that rebalance human-nature relations."

Architecture MasterPrize 2026 Call for Entries
Registration/Submission Deadline: Monday, August 31, 2026

"The Architecture MasterPrize invites submissions for its 2026 edition, recognizing excellence in architectural design, interior design, landscape architecture, architectural product design, and architectural photography. The call for entries follows a globally recognized 2025 edition that brought together participants from 72 countries, honoring projects by leading international practices, including Álvaro Siza Vieira, Kengo Kuma, Zaha Hadid Architects, Shigeru Ban, Safdie Architects, Snøhetta, Perkins&Will, and Ennead Architects."

Re:Form - New Life for Old Spaces / Edition #3
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Submission Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2026

"Choose a site—used, abandoned, or forgotten—anywhere in the world, and give it a new purpose. In a world facing urgent environmental and spatial challenges, the most sustainable solutions may come not from new construction, but from reimagining what already exists. Re:Form Edition #3 invites architects, designers, and innovators to embrace the challenge of adaptive reuse, working within spaces under 250 square meters to give them renewed purpose and relevance."

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