COMMUNITY DESIGN FOR CHILDREN’S FUTURE

‘Wisdom and Dreams’ is the theme proposed to to children, adolescents, young people and everyone around the world who would like to offer ideas that can provide children and the residents of disaster stricken areas in Japan an environment that will allow them to assume the responsibility of the future with confidence. Organised with the support of UNICEF-Japan in the framework of the Japan recovery programme.

Deadline for submissions: 15 July 2011

http://www.children-env.org/sinsai/?lang=english

SHELTERS IN THE WILDERNESS

This international confrontation of projects invites university students to design a shelter that puts today’s women and men in a situation where they can feel both the richness andthe toughness of the wilderness: desert, sea, forrest, polar regions.

Deadline for submissions: 25 July 2011

http://www.shelter-inc.net/compe/

GLASS ARCHITECTURE IN 2050

Open to students and architects worldwide, this confrontation of ideas invites participants to think about ways glass will be used in the architecture of the 2050s, emphasising the environment, energy saving, history and cultural diversity.

Deadline for submissions: 1st August 2011

http://www.cgco.co.jp/kyougi/#/about/

LEDs, LIGHT OF THE FUTURE AND OF HOPE

The Japan Institute of Architects (JIA) announces The Architectural Lighting Design

Competition. This confrontation of ideas on the integration of light emitting diodes (LED) in lighting design is open to architects worldwide.

Deadline for submissions, on line: 8 August 2011

http://www2.lighting-daiko.co.jp/jia/index16.html