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3rd international roca design contest 2008-2009 With the third International Design Contest, Roca is proud to provide a platform for talented young designers, architects and interior designers. "Jump the gap" offers the opportunity to create and design innovative solutions for the bathroom and it's associated products. Application deadline: 31st December 2008 Entries must arrive by 13th March 2009 Link: http://www.jumpthegap.net

 

        ...........................................................................................................................................................  "lugares.efémeros " é um projecto do Programa Lidera da Universidade do Porto sediado na F. Arquitectura.   

- Os temas fotográficos propostos são: a) Cidade de Lisboa b) Parque das Nações c) O Mar - O Prémio consistirá em 200€ no mínimo, e na publicação da fotografia no jornal Notícias do Parque. - O período de recepção das fotografias é de 15 de Novembro 2008 a 15 de Fevereiro 2009. Para consultar o programa, inscrever-se ou saber mais informações, clique aqui .

A Crossroads for the High-Speed Rail City Chicago Architectural Club Burnham Prize The Chicago Architectural Club and the Chicago Humanities Festival announce UNION STATION 2020, an international design ideas competition for the conversion of Chicago’s Union Station into a high-speed rail hub, regional market, and meeting place. This year’s Burnham Prize competition forms part of Burnham 2.0: A Patchwork Plan for Chicago, a composite urban plan that marks the centennial of Burnham and Bennett’s Plan of Chicago . UNION STATION 2020 asks for innovative solutions for the transformation of Union Station into a center of high speed rail traffic and related programs. It is not simply a question of designing an efficient and functional transit hub. How can this intermodal node become more than a mere knot of infrastructure? What role can this project play in the reconfiguration of Chicago’s West Loop and of the city and region? How can an existing landmark building be transformed to a

A Fundação da Juventude lançou o concurso "Mais Vale Perder um Minuto na Vida do que a Vida num Minuto! Um Desafio de Todos para uma Melhor Prática Rodoviária”. A iniciativa destina-se a estudantes do ensino superior, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 30 anos, e atribuirá prémios entre 5.000 e 1.500 euros. O concurso nacional "Mais Vale Perder um Minuto na Vida do que a Vida num Minuto! Um Desafio de Todos para uma Melhor Prática Rodoviária” pretende sensibilizar os estudantes do ensino superior para a problemática da Educação, Segurança e Prevenção Rodoviárias, através da elaboração de trabalhos temáticos que perspectivem novas abordagens sobre esta matéria e possibilitem a sua participação activa na identificação de saídas tendentes a diminuir o número de acidentes rodoviários em Portugal e, consequentemente, as mortes nas estradas. A iniciativa dirige-

Qualified entrants in this year's exciting challenge will compete in one of two categories: student and general/open. The general/open competition is for design engineers, hobbyists, inventors and anyone else who is not a full-time student. Designs will be judged only against designs submitted within the same category. Live EDGE's design requirements for submission are intentionally broad, so as to open the challenge to the widest range of ideas. To enter, your design must be original and innovative, use electric and/or electronic components, and positively impact the environment, such as by increasing energy efficiency or reducing carbon emissions. It is helpful to view a sample entry (pdf 286Kb) and the winning designs from 2007 . Live EDGE competition to create a design for the most innovative product that utilises electronic components and will have a significant positive effect on the environment You can register your design on the website between October 1, 2008 and J

The Metropolitan Municipality of Quito, the Corporation for Environmental Health “Vida para Quito” and the Architects’ Association of Ecuador – Pichincha Province, are implementing the Open International Competition for Ideas in urban planning, architecture and landscape architecture for the design of Quito´s Lake Park (Parque del Lago). The Competition Site is currently the location of the Mariscal Sucre International Airport, in the cities’ north. The above mentioned Competition seeks to obtain holistic proposals that allow: the reconfiguration of the urban development policies and tendencies of the northern zone, the promotion of urban improvement processes, the solution for the limitations of northern Quito’s transversal connectivity (east – west), the reduction of environmental liabilities, the promotion of the recuperation of the landscape and urban environment, and the generation of well-being and social integration in public spaces. The lau

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At the heart of the Festival will be the biggest architectural awards programme in the world. The 2008 awards are for buildings completed between 1 January 2007 and 20 June 2008. Buildings in any country, by architects of any nationality, are eligible for entry. Entries open 15 April 2008 Deadline for entries 20 June 2008 Shortlisting by international jury, July 2008 Category winners selected at the Festival, 22 & 23 October 2008 More information: www.worldarchitecturefestival.com

We want to inform you that the application closing date for the third Schindler Award for Architecture "Access for All" 2007/2008 themed "To Reclaim the Public Ground" is coming to an end. The closing date for applications is April 25, 2008. We kindly ask you to apply by filling in the online application form on the Schindler Award website. A DVD containing all relevant working materials related to the Schindler Award 2007/2008 will then be sent to the responsible professor. The “Access for All” principle is based on finding solutions for everyone rather than concentrating only on measures for specific forms of disability. For Schindler, this means planning and construction according to the “Design for All” philosophy. Calendar of the Schindler Award for Architecture 2007 / 2008 "Access for All" April 25, 2008 - Deadline application period August 1, 2008 - Projects to be submitted September 9 - 13, 2008 - Projects are judged by jury of experts November 14,

What if the White House, the ultimate architectural symbol of political power, were to be designed today? On occasion of the election of the 44th President of the United States of America, Storefront for Art and Architecture, in association with Control Group, challenge you to design a new residence for the world's most powerful individual. The best ideas, designs, descriptions, images, and videos will be selected by some of the world's most distinguished designers and critics and featured in a month-long exhibition at Storefront for Art and Architecture in July 2008. All three winners will be flown to New York to collect their prizes at the opening party. Competition Timeline January 15, 2008 - Competition launched March 1, 2008 - Online submissions accepted April 20, 2008 - Registration and submissions deadline May 2008 - Jury selects winners May 2008 - Winners announced July 2008 - Exhibition and award giving ceremony at Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York More Inf

The IDEA® (International Design Excellence Awards) program is the premier international competition honoring design excellence in products, ecodesign, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts. Entries are invited from designers, students and companies worldwide. Winning entries will receive press coverage in BusinessWeek magazine and businessweek.com as well as in hundreds of newspapers and networks, including CNN, NBC, PBS, CNBC, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and the general design press. More Information

A Next Generation category is open for project visions at a conceptual level, early stage of design or with a low probability of execution. To be eligible for entry, the project author(s) must be less than 35 years of age at February 29, 2008. Please note there is no global phase of the competition for entrants in the “Next Generation” category. All entries must be completed in English. More information >

The Holcim Awards competition is now open for entries and will close on February 29, 2008. The competition celebrates innovative, future-oriented and tangible sustainable construction projects from around the globe and provides prize money of USD 2 million per three-year competition cycle. The Holcim Awards (main category) competition is open to projects at an advanced stage of design with a high probability of execution. To be eligible for entry, the project must not have commenced execution prior to June 1, 2007. In addition, a “Next Generation” category is open for project visions at a conceptual level, early stage of design or with a low probability of execution. To be eligible for entry, the project author(s) must be less than 35 years of age at February 29, 2008. Please note there is no global phase of the competition for entrants in the “Next Generation” category. More information >

The WORLD Space Creators Awards ask design professionals and students to envision a new concept in shop style, a venue conceived to promote “customer-to-shop interaction”. Winning designers to be commissioned to be part of a team to use their winning design in a project for real retail space development. The WORLD Space Creators Awards are given through an open competition that aims not only to discover talented designers from around the world but also to realize their ideas by actually developing winning entries into an actual interior. Entrants can submit nearly any kind of concept that helps to define a shop interior, from overall interior design concept to various shop tools including window or interior displays, mannequins, logos and signs. With the only assumption that submissions will be physically possible to create, we hope participants will allow their imaginations to run freely in creating an idea for their submission. * This competition is open to professional as well

The Porto Water Company is organizing the International Architectural Design Competition INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR PORTO WATER TANKS open to young architects and architecture students. DEADLINE 20 january 2008 TOTAL PRIZE €42000 WEBSITE www.aguasdoporto.pt/innovativeideas CONTACT innovativeideas@aguasdoporto.pt