New architecture and design competitions: British Museum Western Range, Built by New York, Future School for Ukraine, and London Design Summit

This edition of Bustler's curated picks of noteworthy architecture and design competitions features four calls seeking adaptive concepts for new schools across Ukraine, outstanding work of design practitioners based in New York City, proposals for the restoration of the British Museum's Western Range, and creative solutions addressing the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.

For the complete directory of newly listed competitions, click here.

Future School for Ukraine: Open Architectural Design Competition
Registration Deadline: Thursday, May 23, 2024
Submission Deadline: Friday, May 31, 2024 (extended)

"The 'Future School for Ukraine' project aims to support Ukrainian people facing the daunting task of rebuilding schools and reviving the education sector, heavily impacted by war. It will provide a ready-to-implement and free-to-use adaptive technical design for building new schools across the country. The availability of such a solution will save time and financial resources and will facilitate fundraising for the recovery of Ukraine’s school system."

Built by New York
Registration/Submission Deadline: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

"Built by New York celebrates the work of architects, designers, and affiliated professionals in the New York City design community. Past, current, and future work from members of AIA New York, AIA Brooklyn, AIA Bronx, AIA Staten Island, and AIA Queens will take over three floors of the Center for Architecture galleries, providing a snapshot of our community’s impact on the city and the built environment at large."

British Museum Western Range Competition
Registration/Submission Deadline: Friday, June 21, 2024

"The British Museum is delighted to launch this international competition to choose a visionary, architect-led design team to work with the Museum to develop an extraordinary design for a significant part of its Bloomsbury site: The Western Range. This is an important commission to re-envisage and transform key parts of the main, iconic site in Bloomsbury. This will be the Museum’s biggest building project since the 1820s, when work commenced on the original quadrangle. The ambition is significant: to restore the Western Range and, in so doing, reimagine a third of the existing gallery area, deliver improved collections storage and create new amenities to enhance the visitor experience, making the collection as accessible as possible to all the Museum’s audiences."

London Design Summit-High Tech Design Challenge 2024
Registration/Submission Deadline: Saturday, August 31, 2024

"The London Design Summit collaborates with world-leading designers working at Foster+Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, BIG, MVRDV and BIAD to give you an opportunity to create meaningful connections by solving global issues. This year, High Tech Design Challenge asks participants to choose one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the focus of their design solution. You can choose to submit either an ongoing project or completed project in professional or academic environments."