Our weekly wrap-up of new design competitions worth checking out

We get it. It can get a little overwhelming keeping up with the dozens of new architecture competitions launching worldwide on any given week — let alone having to stay on top of the multiple deadlines for each and every one. That's why Bustler is here to help! At the end of every week, we'll share a quick selection of our newest design competition submissions that we think are worth a look, as well as some ongoing ones you might have missed the first time. Check out our latest competition recommendations below.

2020 Center for Architecture | AIANY Arnold W. Brunner Grant for Mid-Career Architects
Register/Submit Deadline:  Monday, Feb 3, 2020

The Center for Architecture is now accepting applications for the 2020 Arnold W. Brunner Grant.  This grant is awarded to mid-career architects for advanced study in any area of architectural investigation that will contribute to the knowledge, teaching, or practice of the art and science of architecture. The proposed investigation is to result in a publicly available written work, design project, research paper, or other form of presentation to be offered at the Center for Architecture.

Urban Design Challenge 2020: Student Ideas Competition for Canada’s Capital
Registration Deadline:  Friday, Feb 14, 2020
Submission Deadline:  Monday, Mar 23, 2020

Urban Design Challenge 2020 is a competition that invites students from across the country to come up with design concepts for important sites in Canada’s Capital Region. The competition is open to university students who are currently enrolled in a design-focused program at an accredited educational institution in Canada.

Now Open: AZ Awards 2020
Register/Submit Deadline:  Tuesday, Feb 18, 2020

The annual AZ Awards is open for submissions. Now in its TENTH instalment, the AZ Awards is a unique opportunity for those in the design and architecture community to receive the international exposure and acknowledgement that their exceptional work deserves.

Jiaxing City Logo System Design Competition 2020
Register/Submit Deadline:  Friday, Mar 6, 2020

The People's Government of Jiaxing City and Young Bird Plan, an international competition platform, jointly launch the Jiaxing City Logo System Design Competition 2020. The competition is calling for entries for Jiaxing city logo system, aiming at attracting global attention and help Jiaxing become an international cultural city of Jiangnan Water Village.

INNATUR 9 COMPETITION
Registration Deadline:  Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Submission Deadline:  Wednesday, May 20, 2020

OPENGAP organizes the ninth edition of this open ideas competition seeking for innovative, cutting-edge, contemporary, proposals, committed to a strategy of implementing architecture in a natural environment. Approaches should point to find synergies between nature and the building itself.

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Foster + Partners selected to design Alibaba's new, algorithm-guided Shanghai HQ

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Winning design ideas for the Paris Affordable Housing Challenge

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