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The AIA San Francisco chapter’s Design Awards program just announced a slate of 19 winning projects for 2025. Six Honor winners and seven Merit honorees were joined by others who received Citations or Commendation Awards in either the Architecture or Interior Architecture category. Adding to the winning project designers were the Emerging Professional Award honors for Julia Weatherspoon, AIA; Kevin Riley, AIA; and Madhubala Ayyamperumal, Assoc. AIA. The Stay Over Project Team from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco collectively took home the Student Award. Leadership Awar

Introducing the Kinderspace: Architecture for Children's Development competition / Edition #2, an architectural challenge dedicated to crafting innovative educational spaces that enhance early childhood learning. As young children navigate their formative years, the environment in which they learn plays a pivotal role in their cognitive, emotional, and social development. Traditional educational settings often do not fully cater to the dynamism of early childhood, potentially stifling creativity and exploration.This competition seeks to transform kindergarten design by creating environments that are not only safe and functional but also stimulating and inclusive. Participants are encouraged t

This edition of Bustler's curated picks of noteworthy architecture and design competitions features four calls seeking innovative proposals that reimagine London's Camden High Street into a vibrant, inclusive public space, wildfire rebuilding solutions for Los Angeles, forward-thinking work in the fields of interior design and product design, and ideas for the redesign of the Ancient Theatre of Ohrid in Ohrid, North Macedonia.For the complete directory of newly listed competitions, click here.

The selection of three prize winners of the third annual Home of Shadows international architecture ideas competition has been made by the six-member panel assembled by Buildner. For the competition, light was elevated to a primary design ‘language.’ Contestants were challenged to design a home for a hypothetical couple with artificial lighting allowed inside. Organizers say it “underscores the critical role natural light plays in home design, where it not only enhances comfort and practicality but also creates a welcoming atmosphere.” The proposals you’ll see prefer multiple devices and strategies to incorporate natural light into their architectural designs.

WEISS/MANFREDI’s proposal for a new expansion of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has been selected at the conclusion of an international competition that began last October and drew more than 180 applications.Read the full post on Bustler

Today marks the announcement of a new crop of the Architectural League of New York annual League Prize for Young Architects + Designers winners. The 44th cycle of the League Prize, as with other contests, is open to those practicing within ten years of completing their education and organized under the 2025 theme 'Plot.'Explaining the theme, the Young Architects + Designers Committee wrote: "Every building has its lore, and plots are known to thicken. Which dramas are shaping architecture’s arc today? The truth may be stranger than fiction.

WHAT IS A HOME?A house and a home aren't always the same thing. And while the aspects that make a place your home aren't limited to physical attributes, architecture can still have a huge impact. Cultural differences, location, resources, and the format of your family will all influence what you look for in a home. And in a world that seems to be changing faster than ever, can architects and designers anticipate the needs of new-age homes?SHEIKH ZAYED HOUSING PROGRAMMEAs the second competition in the series following the success of the first House of the Future 2023/24, we continue our exploration into the future of livi

The American Academy in Rome has announced the winners of the 2025-26 Rome Prize, naming five architects as part of the 35-person cohort that will reside there in the Eternal City for a yearlong fellowship beginning in September. This year, they will be joined on the 11-acre campus by invitees to a new 1-3 month residency program. That group includes Susan Chin, Lesley Lokko, Glenn LaRue Smith, Brent Leggs, and Christine Sun Kim, among others. The architects/proposals selected for this cycle are: Akima Bra

OMA and partner Shohei Shigematsu have shared images from a recent scenographic exhibition design for a traveling show on Christian Dior that’s open now at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul. Their design arranges four thematic rooms for the display, which is the fourth such collaboration between the firm and brand since 2018. Shigematsu says cultural references to Korea are embedded throughout and that it offers an expanded “new experience” thanks to the delimited nat

Calling all Los Angeles design angels! The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator is looking to vet wildfire rebuilding solutions in the first stage of a new competition called the LA Resilient Rebuilding Cup that culminates in a one-day fete this July with $100,000 and future pilot funding on the line.LACI organizers say their intent is to have the proposals developed afterward to debut at the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. The solutions are not for a particular design or concept per se, but will present ideas that "reduce vulner