Tag: Environment

Buildner invites architects and design enthusiasts to join the Microhome Kingspan Edition competition, offering a significant €150,000 prize fund. This challenge seeks innovative designs for an off-grid, modular home for two, efficiently utilizing a 25 square meter footprint.Participants are encouraged to unleash their creativity and dedication to sustainability, without any geographical constraints. This is your chance to push the boundaries of design, integrate green technology, and address contemporary socio-economic issues through your architectural solutions.This competition presents a unique opportunity for both established professionals and em

Buildner presents the second edition of the Home of Shadows architecture competition. This event once again highlights the crucial interplay between light and shadow in creating functional and inviting living spaces.Natural light is not just a vital aspect in home design for its practicality, but it also transforms spaces into welcoming and comfortable havens. It enables architects to infuse emotion and ambiance into their designs, giving life to structures beyond their physical form.Similarly, shadows are not to be overlooked. They are essential in adding depth, texture, and mood to spaces. The strategic placement of architectural elements like windows or

The winners of this year’s Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines Student Competition have been announced as a team from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Their vision for the redevelopment of a land parcel in downtown Seattle addressed concerns about equity, housing affordability, access to neighborhood services, sustainability, and connectivity to surrounding communities as related by planning officials from King County.Their project titled ‘Meander’ was selected as the $50,000 winner and joined by three other $10

The Denver Art Museum is hosting an exhibition on the use of architecture, art, and design to connect with the natural world. Titled Biophilia: Nature Reimagined, and on display throughout the summer of 2024, the exhibition will bring together more than 70 works, including architectural models, photographs, objects, fashion, digital installations, and immersive art experiences centered on the transformative power of nature.Read

An international competition to deliver a brand new concert hall to the Norwegian city of Bergen has announced Henning Larsen’s entry as the winning bid. The firm beat out four other shortlist finalists for the Grieg Quarter competition with their ‘Kontrapunkt’ vision, a 17,500-square-meter (188,000-square-foot) music hall and conference center that will feature both a theater and exhibition hall while restoring major portions of the corresponding space outdoors.Read the full post on Bustler

Buildner invites architects and design enthusiasts to join the Microhome Kingspan Edition competition, offering a significant €150,000 prize fund. This challenge seeks innovative designs for an off-grid, modular home for two, efficiently utilizing a 25 square meter footprint.Participants are encouraged to unleash their creativity and dedication to sustainability, without any geographical constraints. This is your chance to push the boundaries of design, integrate green technology, and address contemporary socio-economic issues through your architectural solutions.This competition presents a unique opportunity for both established professionals and em

The College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley has opened an exhibition on the BART’s architectural history. Titled Along the Line: Designing and Planning BART, 1963-1976, the show features the work of architects, landscape architects, and planners involved in the system’s initial design. The exhibition centers on the desire of BART designers to encourage middle-class passengers commuting from Bay Area suburbs to use public transport to downtown San Francisco. The approach included “aes

This month, the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) is opening its new Loop as Lab: Reshaping Downtowns exhibition aimed at demonstrating how the city’s famed business district can become a model for other cities in their lingering rebound from the economic ill effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.Read the full post on Bustler

If you're in search of new, exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler. Featured below are four calls seeking the best in homebuilding and residential renovations, innovative proposals for the reuse of the Montreal Olympic Stadium roof, visions for a new Conservation Center at the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, and exceptional hospitality design projects.For the complete directory of newly listed competitions, click here.

New London Architecture’s group of 16 shortlisted entries for the 2024 Don’t Move, Improve! competition has been announced for the annual contest's 14th edition. Federico Ortiz, Head of Content at NLA, said: “The Shortlist for Don’t Move, Improve! 2024 is an extraordinary showcase of innovation and creativity, offering a unique resource for Londoners who want to reimagine their living spaces and keep calling their neighbourhoods home.”This year's jury was comprised of Ed Jarvis, Urban Design Manager, London Borough of Camden; Ellie Stathaki, Architecture & Environment Director, Wallpap