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Indigenous - Social, Economic, Environmental Design
2026 I-SEED Awards Competition

Submission Deadline Extension Now Due July 8th, 2026

Seeking Entries For Excellence in Indigenous Public Interest Design

Over the past year, we – the founding members of designbuildXchange – have taken the network to the next level: we are now officially a non-profit association (comparable to a 501(c)(3) organization in the US)!

Why are we contacting you?

We would like to introduce who is behind dbXchange and what we do!

We want to talk about the Design-Build method, the platform, and the network!

CALL FOR PAPERS: 

The teams at the Center for Public Interest Design (CPID), Indigenous Traditional Ecological & Cultural Knowledge (ITECK), and Design Corps cordially invite scholars and practitioners to present papers addressing topics in Indigenous Public Interest Design.

Abstract Submission Deadline: June 19, 2026

Here is our official Call for Papers Mailer

The first Indigenous Public Interest Design Institute will take place this October! Attendance is free but an application is required: We are seeking interested Indigenous voices to participate in the discussion. 

Apply now!

Attendance is free but application is required: We are seeking interested Indigenous voices to participate in the discussion!

Architecture-in-Development (A--D) is launching the 2025 edition of the Global Challenge—more than just a competition, it creates a platform for radical collaboration. By transforming architecture prizes as an incubator for bottom-up projects, the Challenge brings together diverse perspectives to tackle urgent social and ecological challenges. Call for Submissions ends on April 19th, 2025

The Biennial Competition is an open call for projects and publications carried out during the four years prior to each edition of the BAQ. In its twenty-two editions, the Biennial Competition has had more than 7,000 entries and has rewarded their contributions in the practice of architecture, urban planning, landscape, theory and architectural dissemination.

Put 18th June 2024, 6 pm MET (Berlin time) in your calendar, when we will call to the virtual event ´PresentationXchange´ of the International designbuildXchange Award Winners 2024!

Program

Tuesday, 18th June 2024,  6:00 pm MET (Berlin time)

Zoom-Link: https://zoom.us/j/98065372987?pwd=SWNOaFNkTmVsaUprUHVHTHFXaUk2QT09

WITH HEAD AND HANDS / hlavou & rukama

3rd Student Scientific Conference School of Architecture 2024 

Organized by the Institute of Design II under the direction of Dalibor Hlaváček, the conference will focus on the teaching of design-build projects at architecture schools. 

The International DesignBuildXchange Award 2024 received a diverse range of competition entries. The jury was particularly impressed by the variety of methodological, thematic and constructive approaches presented. These projects ranged from two-week summer school initiatives to long-term commitments, combining action and learning as iterative processes alongside in-depth research integration. They ranged from technical-experimental endeavours to community-oriented initiatives, encompassing both small-scale urban interventions and comprehensive building ensembles.

The closing date for entries extended to  2024 March 29th.   

DesignBuild 2024: design, build, reflect

We are pleased to celebrate the relaunch of the dbXchange web platform with an award for new DesignBuild projects.
 

Call for Projects
The Call for Projects is open to DesignBuild projects that have been realized within the last three years (2020-2023) and are published on the dbXchange website. We are looking forward to new approaches to technology, sustainability, circular economy and scaling; to new focus areas such as
social justice, interdisciplinary work and pedagogy; to new insights into funding, ethics and project evaluation.

This video from the opening of the DCGN International Exhibition Budapest shows the atmosphere of the opening. Speakers include curator Lisa Abendroth, DCG Networkpartners Sergio Palleroni, Ursula Hartig, Peter Fattinger, and project contributor Tibor Zoltán Dány.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kVnU9EtPGg&t=353s

Agency, empowerment, impact: these characteristics distinguish the work featured in the Design for the Common Good International Exhibition. In its first international venue outside of the United States, the Design for the Common Good Network, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and Budapest Metropolitan University Faculty of Art and Creative Industries are pleased to present this curated collection of thirty-two projects from six continents and twenty-three countries.

Die von der Sto-Stiftung unterstützte Buchreihe „DesignBuild REFLECT" beleuchtet theoriebildende und projektübergreifende Fragestellungen der Lehr- und Lernmethode „DesignBuild“. Als erstes der auf vier Bücher angelegten Reihe ist nun „DesignBuild_Joint perspectives“ erschienen und kostenlos erhältlich. In diesem Buch erörtern die Autorinnen und Autoren eine gemeinsame DesignBuild-Hypothese anhand des Spannungsfeldes zwischen gesellschaftlicher Transformation, Architekturausbildung und -produktion.

You have built or renovated one or more buildings using a significant amount of raw earth, stone and vegetal fibers. Don’t wait any longer, submit your application online!

The materia award was inspired by the success of the TERRA Award (2016), the FIBRA Award (2019) and the TERRAFIBRA Award (2021) and is a continuity of these first three editions.

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