YOUNG GRADUATE DEGREE

International Award "Degree&Profession" for young graduates and students

Submit before 31st December 2010

Degree & Profession has launched its seventh annual Virtual Expo, an online database in which graduates can upload their Master's theses or degree projects to gain international visibility with employers and companies. All projects submitted to the archive by December 31, 2010 will automatically be digitally exhibited in Florence, Italy, during the Florence World Festival from February 16-18, 2011.

USA: 2nd Annual BrickStainable Design Competition.
Registration Deadline: November 15, 2010
3-2-1-Net Zero! invite Architects, engineers, material scientists, environmentalists, students and educators to enter this competition, which is held in pursuit of design solutions that exploit the unique properties of brick masonry construction to create sustainable building concepts. The competition has two categories, Integrated Building Design and Technical Design 

new USA: Downtown Fargo: an urban-infill competition
Deadline for competition registration Friday, 29th October 2010
Competition Challenge. In 1999, the Fargo Renaissance Zone Plan was adopted to help revitalize the urban heart of the city. Since then, Fargo's downtown has experienced positive and steady growth. A development opportunity recently arose on the US Bank block, located at the heart of Fargo's Renaissance Zone. Since 1963, the 90,000 square feet surrounding the current US Bank building has been used for parking and concrete plaza space. In the fall of 2009, a dated parking garage occupying one-quarter of the block was demolished. Rather than see the city-owned parking structure simple be replaced, Kilbourne Group wishes to facilitate a progressive urban solution through this competition. Competition entries will be used to generate public and political interest in urban ideas that are viable, livable, sustainable, and beautiful. 

new Taiwan: Taiwan Tower Conceptual Design International Competition
Registration Deadline 21st Oct 2010
To commemorate the centennial anniversary of the founding of Taiwan, R.O.C. and celebrate the merger between Taichung County and Taichung City, the government of Taiwan, R.O.C. will erect "Taiwan Tower" as an important landmark in the new special municipality. Here, visitors will be treated to a panorama view of the park, the city and the natural surroundings. The new landmark will also help visitors and residents orient themselves as Taichung makes the leap to become a world-class metropolis. Taiwan Tower should also answer its call for environment responsibility and adopt the use of alternative energy. In implementing the government's policies in energy conservation and carbon reduction, Taiwan Tower will act as a model of green building for the 21st century. An international competition will be held to seek a forward-looking and innovative design and enliven the project with a fresh look and multifunctional use. Outstanding design teams from home and abroad are cordially invited to contribute pioneering planning and design ideas. Spread your creative wings and let the dream of a new-age landmark for Taichung take off.

new Chile: International Architecture Competition "SANTIAGO DE CHILE 2010"
Registration until October 11th, 2010

The challenge for this competition is to design a Museum that has XX Century History of Wine exhibition areas and also be a landmark for the city of Santiago. To this end, the plot where this project will take place is located at Cerro San Cristóbal, since this hill is the most natural and, at the same time, urban backdrop to lay out a natural/artificial product such as wine. This is an amazing opportunity for the winning architect to become well known in a potentially growing market such as design of wine cellars and vineyards of all South America.

new Panama: Diseño Entre Mares
Deadline is October 1st, 2010.
As a celebration of the school´s 10th anniversary and in commemoration of the 200 years of the independence movement  in most Latin American countries, ISTHMUS (Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño de América Latina y el Caribe),  is sponsoring a competition to submit, through creative far-fetched proposals, new images for the Panama Canal. This construction is one of the modern wonders of the world and one of the most important symbols of our continent. The crossing between the oceans is an exceptional and unforgettable experience. How can it be enhanced? What can be done to make it even more memorable?
The competition is open to all and has no inscription fees. Up to three proposals of the intervened image of one of the Canal Locks (Miraflores) can be submitted. The image should be accompanied by a short explanatory text. There are no cash prizes, but an effort is being done to include all the submissions in a final publication, and to obtain funding for awards which will be announced as available.

UK: 2010 Zumtobel Photographic Competition 

Entries by Friday 1st October 2010

Visit the website and register for your free camera, then you batter get snappering away to win a range of great prizes.

USA: The United States Fallen Heroes Memorial Open Design Competition
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2010 (8:46 AM)
An American citizen will have the opportunity to design the Memorial at Kennedale, TX. Those interested in participating should register register online to receive login information and access to 3-D renderings and animations of the site as well as photos and plot maps.

Philippines: Design Against the Elements

Register by Friday, September 24, 2010

Design Against the Elements is a global architectural design competition meant to find a solution to the problems and threats presented by disasters caused by climate change. The challenge is to develop a master plan and detailed design for a socialized housing community ­ considering the effect of the development towards the community, environment and its biodiversity, develop a high performance structure with an extended life cycle and a design that is appropriate to the changing climate to withstand the rigors of the Philippines' typhoons and consequent flooding, made worse by the increasingly alarming effects of climate change.

UK: New Drinking Fountain, Royal Parks Foundation -Open International Design Competition
The deadline for submissions is 22nd September 2010
The RIBA is delighted to announce the launch of an international open design competition on behalf of The Royal Parks Foundation and Tiffany & Co. Foundation for the design of a new drinking fountain which can then be installed throughout the Royal Parks in London. Tiffany and Co. Foundation is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a $1.25 million gift to the Royal Parks Foundation (USA), a charity established to enable America to support the natural history and heritage of London's Royal Parks.  The programme, called Tiffany ­ Across the Water, focuses on ornamental and drinking fountains in the capital's eight Royal Parks and will see the creation of a stunning new fountain in St James's Park, restoration of the Italian Gardens in Kensington Gardens, as well as improvements to drinking fountains to benefit the Royal Parks' 37 million visitors each year. The competition challenge will be to create a well-designed drinking fountain to replace older Parks' fountains which cannot be restored.  The winning designer will see their work turned into reality in the Parks, with the hope that the design will eventually be adopted in other green spaces around the world. 

Taiwan: Re-Announcement of Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural & Popular Music Center International Competition
Stage One Material Submission Deadline 16th Sept 2010
To create Kaohsiung as a maritime capital, Kaohsiung City Government sincerely invites architects from all over the world to participate in the international competition of Maritime Cultural & Popular Music Center. The center will comprise of a large exhibit & performance area, some small exhibit & performance areas, an outdoor exhibit & performance area, a pop music exhibit area, a maritime cultural exhibit center, a ferry terminal & passenger service center, a pop music industry center (incubation center), a music art & maritime technology commercial area, scenic landmark, and administration area.

Haiti: Kay e Sante nan Ayiti -Housing and Health in Haiti. 

Deadline for registration is Monday September 20, 2010.

A  global architectural competition calling for architects, designers, and health specialists to submit their ideas to the building of "healthy homes" for Haiti.  Through this competition, ARCHIVE Institute will be building five housing units in St. Marc, Haiti ­ a coastal town approximately 100 km north of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. What makes the project truly unique is that throughout the entire process - from design, construction through to habitation - health is a key ingredient. The design and construction of the housing units should make use of common sense principles which seek to minimize the transmission of Tuberculosis. ARCHIVE hopes that the competition will raise awareness of housing's ability to change the way in which society deals with global health.

Canada: Canstruction Toronto
Deadline for Entry Sept. 17
It starts with one can. To feed the hungry. To lift the spirit. To change the world. Canstruction, an event committed to ending hunger, is using 'one can' as a catalyst for change. CanstructionR is the most unique food charity in the world!  The 12th annual Toronto event hosted annually at the Toronto Dominion Centre.  So far, Toronto has raised almost 500,000 lbs of food for the Daily Bread Food Bank. Think you have what it takes to design and build a structure made of nothing more than canned food, ingenuity, and luck?

new USA: AIA Utah YAF Competition
Registration by Sept 15, 2010
AIA Utah announces the 2010 design/build competition--Ballet West: Fluid Adagio Installation (BWFAI), a first-time-ever joint competition initiated by AIA Utah's Young Architects Forum. We are calling on all young designers to step up to the challenge!
Local, national and international architects and designers are invited to participate in this blind competition to create a temporary installation (estimated to be 1 to 2 years) that will occupy the future building site for Utah's premiere ballet company, Ballet West. The project's site is adjacent to the historic Capitol Theater in downtown Salt Lake City and is currently vacant, thus providing a unique contextual setting in Salt Lake City's ever-changing urban fabric.