Stone Over Stone

      No âmbito da edição de 2009 e do tema "It's About Time", a EXD e a Fundação Galp Energia convidam os ateliers e profissionais de arquitectura a projectar um novo equipamento para a capital portuguesa. A nova ponte tem por objectivo facilitar a travessia da 2ª Circular por bicicletas e peões, promovendo a utilização destas formas de locomoção e constituindo um legado para Lisboa e seus habitantes. O concurso está aberto a todos os ateliers de arquitectura e arquitectos portugueses e estrangeiros. Ao autor do projecto vencedor será atribuído um prémio de €10,000, bem como a adjudicação do projecto de execução (prevista para 2010). Serão ainda atribuídos prémios monetários ao segundo e terceiro classificados e duas menções honrosas. O projecto vencedor e a shortlist do júri serão expostos no Lounging Space durante a EXD'09, de 13 de Setembro (anúncio do vencedor) a 8 de Novembro. Calendário: 27 Julho Lançamento oficial do concu

          THINK OUTSIDE THE PARKING BOX INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION Think outside the parking box can't park? reduced parking availability and rising parking costs? browsing aisle after aisle, fighting over the same parking spot? got a ticket? little aesthetic attractiveness of urban parking lots? as much as people love to drive, all good things must come to an end: the parking. designboom and Nissan Motor Company are looking for YOUR artwork that illustrate your perception within the theme 'Think outside the parking box'. challenge conventional urban parking! playful enhanced parking technology, robotic facilities, safety, dynamic services, green parking ... creative solutions that address urban parking problems, statements of objections, creative-innovative-and-hilarious ide

O Prémio Universitário Arquitectura e Engenharia Civil é atribuído pela Associação Portuguesa de Construção Metálica e Mista, que tem como objectivo promover um Concurso Nacional para premiar os melhores trabalhos escolares de Arquitectura e Engenharia Civil, no âmbito da Construção Metálica e Mista. O tema dos trabalhos é livre, devendo no entanto o enunciado ser aprovado localmente, em cada escola, pelo docente responsável.Os trabalhos apresentados a concurso serão avaliados segundo os seguintes aspectos: - trabalhos de Arquitectura: a originalidade e a actualidade; aspectos ecológicos e estéticos; novos materiais; ligeireza estrutural. Universidades admitidas a concurso: A esta iniciativa podem concorrer estudantes finalistas de Licenciatura em Arquitectura ou Engenharia Civil, individualmente ou integrados em equipas de até dois elementos, que frequentem universidades públicas. Entrega das Candidaturas: Cada estudante ou equipa só pode apresentar um trabalho, original, e

Dwell Magazine and Inhabitat.com are pleased to announce the first ever Reburbia competition: a design competition dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs. With the current housing crisis, the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, and rising energy costs, the future of suburbia looks bleak. Suburban communities in central California , Arizona and Florida are desolate and decaying, with for sale and foreclosure signs dotting many lawns. According to the US Census, about 90% of all metropolitan growth occurred in suburban communities in the last ten years. Urbanites who loathe the freeways, big box stores and bland aesthetics stereotypical of suburbia may secretly root for the end of sprawl, but demographic trends indicate that exurban growth is still on the rise. In a future where limited natural resources will force us to find better solutions for density and efficiency, what will become of the cul-de-sacs, cookie-cutter tract houses and generic strip malls that have long upheld the d

 

COMPETITION Jury: Stan Allen,Cecil Balmond, Elizabeth Diller, Walter Hood, Thom Mayne, Marilyn Jordan Taylor WPA 2.0: an open design competition for working public architecture organized and sponsored by cityLAB cityLAB, an urban think tank at UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design, announces a call for entries to “WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture.” WPA 2.0 is an open competition that seeks innovative, implementable proposals to place infrastructure at the heart of rebuilding our cities during this next era of metropolitan recovery. WPA 2.0 recalls the Depression-era Works Projects Administration (1935-43), which built public buildings, parks, bridges, and roads across the nation as an investment in the future—one that has, in turn, become a lasting legacy. We encourage projects that explore the value of infrastructure not only as an engineering endeavor, but as a robust design opportunity to strengthen communities and revitalize cities. Unlike the previous era,

O Concurso Criar2009 tem por objectivo estimular e premiar o desenvolvimento de Ideias Criativas em Portugal no âmbito do Ano Europeu da Criatividade e da Inovação. Cada ideia criativa - pode participar com quantas quiser - deve ser apresentada em formato vídeo, com a duração recomendada de 3m, e, tanto quanto possível, enquadrar-se numa das seguintes categorias: Visões - Ideias de natureza conceptual, podendo, por exemplo, ser uma simples declaração ou apresentação Design - Ideias de criação de um objecto, forma ou estrutura, funcional ou artística Tecnologias - Ideias de uma aplicação ou solução informática. Os vídeos deverão ser enviados até ao dia 31 de Julho de 2009, data em que o serviço de upload será encerrado. Regulamento do concurso   Via: http://www.arquitectos.pt/?no=2020491674,155  

  It’s already time for the One Good Chair Competition again, and this year we couldn’t be more excited about the theme - local and regional furniture. The annual competition, sponsored by The Sustainable Furnishings Council and World Market Center Las Vegas , will award fabulous cash prizes and publishing opportunities to the best and brightest designs that embody and enhance a particular place. So pick a place, any place, and design a chair that exemplifies it. Final registration for the competition closes this weekend on June 15th , so register today ! Winners of the competition will receive a cash prize, have their winning design published in a number of media outlets, and have an opportunity to get the chair built. Your mission, should you choose to enter, is to design a chair that ‘Makes Good, Feels Good, Looks Good’ and is geared towards relaxation, casual seating or lounging. Also your chair should be made for a specific place, and constructed from local or regional mat

As the world’s population shifts from rural areas towards dense urban cores, skyscrapers , urban infill, and redevelopment will become even more important in the structure of our lives. Now In its 6th year, the eVolo Skyscraper Competition is currently accepting entries for future-forward skyscrapers that redefine how we envision urban design. They’re looking for buildings which examine the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community and the skyscraper and urban living, so if you have a project that pushes the envelope in these areas register today ! Each year the eVolo Skyscraper Competition showcases some incredible examples of future-forward architecture, and we can’t wait to see what next year’s crop brings. The competition officially opened on June 15th and will be accepting registration up until January 12, 2010 , with submission entries due January 18th, 2010 . The top 3 entries will receive cash prizes, and desig