Proposals by five teams of architects and designers have been named finalists in a competition to build a temporary pavilion on the grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Five design teams vie to build a pavilion for Nelson-Atkins
Proposals by five teams of architects and designers have been named finalists in a competition to build a temporary pavilion on the grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Istanbul Disaster Prevention and Education Centre, competition proposal by Design Initiatives
The intention in the ThyssenKrupp Elevator Istanbul Disaster Prevention and Education Centre Competition is to organize a joyful, integral space where man reconciles with nature.The intention in the ThyssenKrupp Elevator Istanbul Disaster Prevention and Education Centre Competition is to organize a joyful, integral space where man reconciles with nature.

P.S. 1′S WOULD BE MAKEOVER ARTISTS
MoMA/P.S. 1 has announced the finalists of the 2012 Young Architects Program. The winning team, which will be announced in February, will have the chance to makeover the museum’s courtyard into a space for the annual Warm Up summer concerts and dance parties.

BD’s Young Architect of the Year shortlist announced
The six shortlisted practices in the 2011 Autodesk Young Architect of the Year Awards were announced at a party held at the Architecture Foundation last night.
“inmidtown Habitats” New Design Competition Launched
The Architecture Foundation is running a new open and international competition that calls on design teams to submit proposals for urban beehives, bird/bat-boxes and planters.

Call for Submission: Coworking Building (COB) Madrid 2011
Arquideas informs that the registration period for the Coworking Building (COB) Madrid 2011 academic competition is open. The purpose of this competition for students of architecture is to provide ideas for creating a coworking Building (COB), in the city of Madrid, Spain.

The Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA), AIA NY Chapter, announced its fifth biennial design ideas competition
The Harlem Edge/Cultivating Connections competition will explore the redevelopment of the decommissioned Department of Sanitation marine transfer station located in the Hudson River at 135th Street.

Berkeley Prize Announces 14th Annual Competition Cycle
The international Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Architectural Design Excellence announces that the 2012 BERKELEY PRIZE launches on September 15, 2011. Details after the jump

Annual Visionary Design (AViD) // Breaking Grounds: Designing the National Pavilion
The competition is to design a “National Pavilion” for a future World’s Fair. The pavilion can be a free standing pavilion or complex of structures and landscape – using native construction materials on a structural framework of a choice of wood, bamboo, reinforced concrete, steel or any combination of these. There is no budget constraint.

Call for Submission // Frame Moooi Award – Juror Philippe Starck
Frame Publishers and Moooi announce the launch of an inaugural design competition. The Frame Moooi Award is looking for the best furniture and lamps that have been designed for a specific interior.

Call for Submission: Hong Kong // Alternative Car Park Tower
The aim of this International competition is to design an iconic and Alternative Car Park Tower in the heart of Hong Kong. The new tower will include several possibilities for events such as concerts, art exhibitions, fashion shows, ceremonies dinners, cinematic projections, etc.

Call for Submission: International competition of ideas for a livable design LA CASA DEL III MILLENNIO
At the fourth edition of the show-The House of the third millennium, the CNA in Prato, in collaboration with the CNA in Arezzo, proposes to explore the pleasure of living, understood as a response to changing needs of contemporary society increasingly attentive to the value of the object and its ethics.
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