New architecture and design competitions: AR House Awards, CTBUH Mass Timber Competition, Metals in Construction Design Challenge, and MOA Design and Build Student Competition

This edition of Bustler's curated picks of notable architecture and design challenges highlights four competitions seeking curtain wall façade systems for a mixed-use building in Manhattan, student-driven conceptual design proposals related to land art, the best in housing design, and affordable, multi-story building designs that utilize mass timber.

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Curtain Wall Design for Longevity
Registration/Submission Deadline: Wednesday, March 13, 2024

"The tenth annual iteration of this international ideas competition continues the tradition of calling for design strategies to help shape the welfare of our citizens and cities through the built environment. This year, the challenge focuses on the design of a curtain wall constructed with the highest possible efficiency properties, serviceability characteristics, and recyclability of constituent parts."

MOA Design and Build Student Competition — "Land Art: Celestial Architecture"
Registration/Submission Deadline: Sunday, April 21, 2024

"The Museum of Outdoor Arts (MOA) in Greenwood Village, CO seeks conceptual design proposals for its Design and Build Competition from art, architecture, landscape architecture, design and other creatively focused USA-based collegiate students, teams, and/or classes. This year’s theme is Land Art: Celestial Architecture."

AR House awards 2024
Registration/Submission Deadline: Friday, July 5, 2024

"Launched in 2010, the AR House awards recognises originality and excellence in the design of dwellings. The house — a key rite of passage for architects — offers the potential for innovation and is critical to the ferment and crystallisation of new ideas. Looking for projects built in the last five years, AR House recognises creativity and originality, and ideas that push the type forward whatever the scale and construction cost. The judges’ chosen schemes will all be visited by an independent critic and photographer before a decision is made on the winner."

2023-24 CTBUH Mass Timber Student Design Competition
Registration/Submission Deadline: Monday, August 5, 2024

"The goal of the competition, which is open to all students who are currently enrolled at U.S. and Canada-based institutes, is to shed new light on the meaning and value of tall buildings in modern society. This competition focuses on the use of mass timber in multi-story buildings through the lens of affordable housing that emphasizes rapid development. The only stipulation is that the building should be multi-storied (i.e., not a pavilion or single space), and be designed to maximize the use and expression of mass timber while taking into consideration the 2021 IBC building code and current standards."

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