New architecture and design competitions: Museum of Emotions, Ceramics of Italy, Drawing of the Year, and Changping Urban Aesthetics & Gamified Space Design

Bustler's curated picks of new architecture and design competitions this week feature four calls seeking master plan proposals that integrate game mechanics for Changping, China, excellence in creative imagery and drawings, projects that best showcase the use of Italian tile, and museum space designs that evoke positive and negative emotions.

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Changping Urban Aesthetics And Gamified Space Design International Competition
Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 30, 2026
Submission Deadline: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

"The Changping Urban Aesthetics And Gamified Space Design International Competition aims to deeply integrate game mechanics with urban space. Participants are guided to apply gamified thinking and urban aesthetic perspectives to address real urban challenges, shaping interactive scenarios that embody both Changping’s identity and visual appeal."

Drawing of the Year 2026: Call for Entries
Registration/Submission Deadline: Sunday, May 31, 2026

"Submissions are open to the Drawing of the Year Awards 2026! The seventh annual, global Awards by Archisource are free to enter and celebrate excellence in creative imagery, drawings and visual representations. [...] Open to creatives from all disciplines and backgrounds, the Drawing of the Year Awards recognise visual representations across a diverse range of styles, typologies and approaches within the built environment."

Ceramics of Italy 2026 Tile Competition
Registration/Submission Deadline: Friday, June 5, 2026

"With four categories – Residential, Commercial, Design & New Applications, and Outdoor – and no fee to enter, the competition invites architects and designers to submit projects that showcase an expansive use of Italian tile and a keen understanding of the material’s practical, aesthetic, and sustainable qualities. Eligible projects may include new construction, renovations, or architectural restorations completed between January 2021 and March 2026, and must feature Italian ceramic or porcelain tile produced and marketed by companies licensed to use the Ceramics of Italy trademark under their own brand names."

Museum of Emotions / Edition #8
Registration Deadline: Thursday, June 18, 2026
Submission Deadline: Monday, July 20, 2026

"Now in its 8th edition, the Museum of Emotions competition continues this annual series by challenging participants to use architecture as a tool for emotional expression. Designers are asked to create a museum consisting of two distinct halls that evoke contrasting emotional states—one inducing negative emotions and the other positive. Participants are free to choose which emotions their designs provoke, whether fear, anger, anxiety, love, happiness, laughter, or others. The aim of the Museum of Emotions is to explore how architecture alone can generate emotional responses through spatial scale, sequence and movement, colour, lighting, and materiality."

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