New architecture and design competitions: NYCxDESIGN Awards, Girls Empowerment Center in Nepal, Driving the Human, and a new mosque in the UK

For this week's curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we have compiled four challenges calling for the best projects and products from NYC designers, a Girls Empowerment Center in Nepal, critical proposals for sustainable and collective futures, and a new mosque in Northern England.

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2021 NYCxDESIGN Awards
Register/Submit Deadline: Wednesday, Mar 24, 2021

"Now in its sixth year, the NYCxDESIGN Awards honor outstanding projects and products in categories that span major areas of design. [...] Celebrate New York City design talent in architecture, interiors, product design, graphics and branding, student design, and more! NEW 2021 CATEGORIES! Tabletop, Dimensional Art, Web/Virtual Design, Iconic Product, People's Choice, Office Restoration/Renovation, Hotel Restoration/Renovation, Residential Restoration/Renovation, Staircase, Iconic Project"

her place - OPEN CALL Design Girls Empowerment Centre - NEPAL
Registration Deadline: Thursday, Apr 1, 2021
Submission Deadline: Saturday, Apr 10, 2021

"Design 'HER PLACE' a girls’ development centre that welcomes girls from Nepalese municipalities, spreading knowledge and support to rural areas and above all providing a safe environment for deeply vulnerable young women in need. There are thousands of young women in deeply difficult and abusive situations with nowhere to turn. The region desperately needs a centre where these girls can come for help, support, refuge and education about their rights."

Driving the Human Open Call
Register/Submit Deadline: Friday, Apr 9, 2021

"From February 10 to April 9, 2021, Driving the Human invites designers, artists, scientists, initiatives, and agents from any other field of expertise, from anywhere in the world, to join us in shaping sustainable and collective futures that combine science, technology, and the arts in a transdisciplinary and collaborative approach. Our Open Call invites proposals that critically engage with the present and propose alternatives current developments and disruptions, reflecting on what makes us human, and reexamining our relationship with society, the planet, and life itself."

International design competition for a new Mosque near Preston, Lancashire
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Apr 21, 2021
Submission Deadline: Thursday, Apr 22, 2021

"The RIBA has launched a competition for the design of a new mosque on a site near Preston in Lancashire on behalf of a local registered charitable trust. The client is looking to create a landmark, timeless building and the site is located close to the city centre but in its own, prominent setting, visible from a large part of the surrounding area including key routes into Preston therefore there is a great opportunity to design a building which will become a proud element of Preston’s skyscape for many years to come."

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