Competitions



Student Design Competition at BLTa – A Perkins Eastman Studio

BLT Architects – a Perkins Eastman Studio, (BLTa) is pleased to announce its 12th Annual Student Design Competition. This year we will host a virtual competition happening on Saturday, March 25th and Sunday, March 26th. Structured as a hackathon-style partner challenge, the competition is open to students enrolled in an architectural program graduating …


MFA ID Director, Michele Gorman, selected as advisor for Kaleidoverse Metaverse contest

MFA ID Director, Michele Gorman, selected as advisor for Kaleidoverse Metaverse contest. She discusses the future of interiors in the Metaverse, discussing inclusive pedagogy and spaces of belonging. Full link here.


Call for Submissions for Independent Projects Grants to Designers

The Architecture + Design Independent Projects grant program is a partnership between the New York State Council on the Arts and The Architectural League of New York, awarding grants for New York State-based individuals and teams to explore a design topic through creation or research. For the 2022 cycle, this …


Extended Deadline for BraunPrize 2021

This year’s BraunPrize is honoring Great Designs, Visionary Ideas and Clever Solutions that will help promote behavioral change and make an impact on today’s society and the future of our planet. Entries must be product design and/or product interaction concepts that are not yet on the market or in production. …


BLT Architects Student Design Competition

BLT Architects will host its tenth-annual Student Design Competition structured as a partner project. This year’s challenge will be a 24-hour virtual competition beginning on Saturday, February 27th, and ending Sunday, February 28th. The winning two-person team will receive $1,000 each and a summer internship with the firm. Both undergraduate and …


“Mask Up 2020” Contest

The Japan Foundation has launched a design contest and is inviting all amateur artists to create an original design for a face mask. The winning designs will be printed on masks and distributed to interested medical institutions and nonprofit Japan-related organizations. This year, the judges will be joined by Rama …


NYC DOB Innovation Challenges: Sustainability & The Building Code

The NYC  Department of Buildings has launched two separate innovation challenges, challenges that seek your ideas for increasing energy efficiency, and improving & modernizing the building code, worker safety and building design, construction, and regulation. For info on how to send submissions, please click the respective links below. Entries are …


HML Desigm Contest

Contest Brief: Impacts of design decisions are far-reaching, inescapable, and indisputable. As designers, the questions we continually ask ourselves are: how does what I make impact the world at large? What materials am I using? Who am I designing for and are my designs inclusive? How can materials be used …


2020 Radical Innovation Award for Student Hospitality Design Now Open

Radical Innovation, a global  platform promoting innovative, industry-changing ideas within the hospitality space, is looking for new concepts that present opportunities for the hotel guest and hospitality industry growth. With an expanded interest in moving ideas from concepts to reality, we are asking participants to submit hospitality concepts that provide …


Join The DWR Champagne Chair Contest

For 16 years, DWR has proudly hosted the Champagne Chair Contest. This is an incredibly unique design opportunity to create a miniature chair using only the foil, label, cage and cork from no more than two champagne bottles. Five winners will receive a DWR Gift Card. Prizes will be awarded in …