Our weekly wrap-up of new design competitions worth checking out

Call for Entries: 2018 North American Copper in Architecture Awards (deadline approaching soon!)
Register/Submit Deadline: Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 

Architects, designers and sheet metal contractors are invited to submit their copper building projects for the 2018 North American Copper in Architecture (NACIA) awards program through January 31, 2018. Now in its 11th year, the program recognizes and promotes architectural copper and copper alloy structures in North America. 

Design the Next-Generation Facade (deadline approaching soon!)
Register/Submit Deadline: Thursday, Feb 1, 2018

The Metals in Construction magazine 2018 Design Challenge is a competition to generate ideas for a facade system that can play a major role in enhancing employee health and well-being at a speculative tech incubator on the Williamsburg, Brooklyn waterfront. This Design Brief asks architects and engineers, students and practitioners, to address this real-world concern by thinking about the next generation of building enclosures. What role does the facade system play in making workers both happier and healthier?

Outside the Box
Register/Submit Deadline: Monday, Feb 12, 2018

On the occasion of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, and in response to its general theme 'Freespace', the teams of the Belgian, Dutch and Spanish pavilions launch a joint Open Call. This Open Call seeks to engage students, architects, designers, researchers, curators and artists of all ages and nationalities, to develop site-specific projects that encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing and solidarity across borders.

Peter Reyner Banham Fellowship
Register/Submit Deadline: Thursday, Mar 1, 2018

In celebration of Peter Reyner Banham’s legacy of experimental criticism, the fellowship is intended to support the research and creative activity of emerging practicitioners. Candidates are encouraged to propose a research trajectory that will be developed in tandem with a pedagogical agenda. The Banham Fellow will teach a design studio and an elective course each semester for the duration of the one-year fellowship. In addition, the fellow will deliver a public lecture as part of our school wide series and prepare an exhibition that culminates from the research, teaching and/or creative work conducted while in residence at the school.

NEW YORK VERTICAL CITY
Registration Deadline: Sunday, Apr 29, 2018
Submission Deadline: Sunday, May 13, 2018

We propose an ideas competition for a new tower with a mixed-use program in the city of New York. A large hybrid building that generates quality work spaces, temporary housing, cultural and leisure spaces. A small vertical city for the city of the 21st century, where urban life is condensed and integrated into the public spaces in New York. Can a mixed-use building generate productive spaces and collective spaces for the entire enjoyment of the community?

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