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Why an international UNESCO-UIA competition?

The International Union of Architects has many years of experience overseeing and assisting in the organisation of international competitions in architecture and urban planning. In 1956, delegations of practicing architects from all over the world drew up a set of standard regulations for international competitions in architecture and urban planning, which UNESCO subsequently ratified. The framework and objectives embodied in the UNESCO Regulations have endured for more than sixty years, prioritising equal treatment, transparency, qualified adjudication, quality and innovation. The experience and authority conferred on UIA by UNESCO allows us to serve as a reference in terms of ethics and prestige in the realm of international architecture and urban planning competitions. Support from the UIA gives organisers access to architects and architecture students as well as to media and professional institutions worldwide.

Quality competitions, quality architecture since 1956

The UIA promotes excellence in architecture, sustainability and cultural diversity. Student and professional international architecture competitions endorsed through the UNESCO-UIA International Competitions Programme have taken place all over the world and have resulted in some of the most iconic edifices of the 20th century. The experience and authority conferred upon the UIA by UNESCO in 1956 allow us to serve as a reference in terms of ethics in the realm of architecture and urban planning competitions globally.

The UIA also advises on the organisation of international architectural prizes. Launched by public or private organisms these prizes spotlight specific architectural realisations, materials, technologies, themes, or research. UIA-endorsed architecture prizes have taken place all over the world.

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Open | Professional, Student

MOLEWA (Mount Lu Estate of World Architecture)

Region IV - Asia and Oceania | China

An unprecedented International Architectural project Competition, under the auspices of UIA, commissions 16 iconic buildings for the Mount Lu Estate of World Architecture (MOLEWA), which will combine a unique permanent exhibition and celebration of world architecture with a world-class tourist destination.

This innovative project has been established by Huayan Group to explore how China’s ‘new urbanisation’ can be achieved.

Keywords : Tourism, Transformation, Urban Landscape
Open | Professional

Bamiyan Cultural Centre

Region II - Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East | Afghanistan

UNESCO, with the collaboration of the Government of Afghanistan, organised an international open competition in 2014 for the design of the Bamiyan Cultural Centre.

The realisation of this project on one of the most prominent sites overlooking the Buddha Cliffs was made possible by the support of the Bamiyan Governor and Mayor, the Ministry of Information and Culture, the Ministry of Agriculture and the people of Bamiyan. This project is located near the UNESCO World Heritage property of Bamiyan, which has outstanding universal value.

Keywords : Cultural rehabilitation, Culture, Heritage
Open | Professional

Dalseong Citizen’s Gymnasium

Region IV - Asia and Oceania | South Korea

This competition aims to invite participants into an open ideas architectural design contest of the gymnasium for local residents in Hyeonpung-myeon located in Dalseong-gun (District), Daegu Metropolitan City, which is expected to begin construction in 2015.

It is organized by the Daegu Architectural Culture Confederation (DACC) and hosted by Dalseong-gun Office of Daegu Metropolitan City.

Keywords : Culture, Health, Sports
past | Professional

Olympic House

Region I - Western Europe | Switzerland

The International Union of Architects (UIA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) collaborated to launch a two-stage international architectural competition in 2013.

Keywords : Institutional, Sustainability
Single-stage | Professional, Student

DAEGU GOSAN Public Library

Region IV - Asia and Oceania | South Korea

This competition is an architectural design competition for the realization  of the Gosan Library in Suseong-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City Library which is expected to start construction in 2013.

This competition is organized by the Daegu Architectural Culture Confederation (DACC) and hosted by the client : Daegu Metropolitan City Suseong-gu Office.

Keywords : Culture, Education
Open | Professional

Rio 2016 Olympic Park Competition

Region III - The Americas | Brazil

The city Government of the Rio de Janeiro in collaboration with the Brazilian Institute of Architects-Rio de Janeiro announce an open, anonymous international competition in a single phase for the general urban plan of the Rio 2016 Olympic Park.

This competition is organized to select the best master plan for the Rio 2016 Olympic Park to relocated at Barra da Tijuca.

The Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be a sports celebration, which shall serve as a turning point for transformation, assuring a sustainable legacy to the city bringing about the development of solutions to improve the urban environment and quality of life of it’s citizens.

Keywords : Accessibility, Inclusivity, Sports, Sustainability, Urban Landscape
Open | Professional

Rehabilitation of Place Lalla Yeddouna

Region V - Africa | Morocco

The Agency of Partnership for Progress (APP), with its implementing partner, the Agency for the Development and Rehabilitation of the city of Fez (ADER-Fès), is issuing this competition for the design of a site in the Medina of Fez, Morocco, known as Place Lalla Yeddouna.

The competition is being conducted in the context of an international development program funded by the United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), in accordance with the Millennium Challenge Compact (the “Compact”) signed on August 31, 2007, between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Morocco.

Keywords : Cultural rehabilitation, Culture, Heritage, Sustainability
Single-stage | Professional

Centre for the Promotion of Science

Region II - Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East | Serbia
This Competition is organized by the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) supported by the Association of Serbian Architects and the Association of Belgrade Architects.
The competition was approved by the UIA in compliance with UNESCO Revised Recommendations for International Architectural and Urban-Planning Competitions.
Keywords : Education, Sustainability
Open | Professional

International Business Centre and Intercontinental Hotel in Yerevan City Centre

Region II - Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East | Armenia
Avangard Motors LLC in conjunction with Yerevan City Hall and the Union of Architects of the Republic of Armenia, along with the participation of the Ministry of Urban Development of the Republic of Armenia, the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia, and the International Association of Unions of Architects (UIA) has announced an international competition for the development of an Architectural concept for an International Business Center with an Intercontinental Hotel in the City of Yerevan.
The goal of the competition is to realize a new and original urban development project that is both architecturally and functionally integrated into the surrounding cityscape.
Keywords : Urban Landscape
Open | Professional, Student

Bering Strait – Interconnection and communication

Region IV - Asia and Oceania | South Korea

The Bering project is a large scale project by which railroad systems and ocean driveways of world-wide nations are to be connected right at the Bering Strait between North America and Eurasia Continents. Through this unprecedented projects, east and west hemisphere can be link with this connection which will recover the discontinuity of nation, human and culture. The promoter hopes that a long-pending hostility and conflict could be cleared up by the communication obtained as a result, and thus, mutual cooperation can be realized.

The Foundation for Peace and Unification (FPU) is announcing the International ideas competition for the Bering project approved by the International Union fo Architects (UIA) in order to let the world know about this intention and to stimulate their interest and participation in the competition.

Keywords : Transformation