Architecture Research Basics: Competitions

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The AIA New York Chapter sponsors, co-sponsors, and supports a number of design competitions, open calls and awards throughout the year. Click above to learn details of current and recent competitions.

The AIAS supports and sponsors design competitions for students. Competitions present unique opportunities to investigate and utilize building materials and design techniques from different perspectives or those that the student might not be familiar with already. Furthermore, participants compete among students from a broad range of programs and are evaluated by diverse juries of experts. Competitions can also assist instructors with developing a repertoire of design challenges to use in studio courses.

Competition news and links to directories of competitions and to prizes and awards sites.

International coverage; some coverage overlaps with Death by Architecture.

For Architects, Artists, and Planners -- the Competition Project, Inc. is a non-profit corporation which serves as a clearing house for information and ideas on design competitions, both in the United States and abroad. Also features results of past competition announcements.

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The Solar Decathlon is a competition in which 20 teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house.