New architecture and design competitions: The Passive House Network Design Awards, Re-imagining Play, International Interior Design Awards, and JANUS et CIE Global Student Design Competition

If you're in search of some exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler. Highlighted today are four calls inviting innovative proposals for climate specific passive house designs, dedicated play and educational spaces for children in refugee camps, outstanding interior design, and student-led furniture designs. 

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The Passive House Network 2023 Design Awards

Registration/Submission Deadline: Monday, September 4, 2023

"The first annual competition hosted by The Passive House Network will recognize climate specific innovation in project design and detailing to address the particular needs of site, local climate and bioregion. Entries shall be clustered and compared using the 7 PHI climate zones. This means that size and building type does not matter, but location and climate region does. Projects will be assessed based on how they respond to local climate conditions or have used the flexibility of the Passive House standard to creatively deliver a climate-specific response."

Re-imagining Play - Designing resourceful playgrounds in refugee camps

Registration Deadline: Monday, September 4, 2023
Submission Deadline: Tuesday, September 5, 2023

"In most circumstances, play can be invigorating, stimulating, freeing and fun. Here it is much more than a fundamental form of therapy. A dedicated play space can ensure a safe and caring environment for kids to freely express themselves through the process of play. Develop an architectural concept creating a safe, stable happy place for children in an otherwise chaotic world.  Seeing this as a two-step problem, attempt to bring in education to the children, and secondly focus on letting the children be children. Most importantly, make play the source of happiness it should be."

International Interior Design Awards 2023 (IID Awards 2023)

Registration/Submission Deadline: Thursday, November 30, 2023

"APR Award is pleased to invite Designers, Students from around the globe to take part in 2023. APR International Interior Design Awards. Established in 2016, the APR IID 2023 Award is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for Interior Design. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine Design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution."

JANUS et CIE 2024 Global Student Design Competition

Registration/Submission Deadline: Friday, December 15, 2023

"JANUS et Cie announces its second Global Student Design Competition, celebrating budding talent in the design industry. Collaborating with international design collective RIOS to develop the brief and foundational platform, the goal of the 2024 competition is to create versatile products centered around placemaking, with particular emphasis on the dynamic relationship between pieces—how they cluster, group, and fit together to establish a place for dialogue and community."