The College of Design does not endorse, approve or certify the competitions listed below.

Upcoming Deadlines

Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Design Excellence

Each year the Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Design Excellence Committee selects a topic important to the understanding of the interaction of people and the built world that becomes the focus of the Essay Competition.

This year the topic is: Architecture for the Public Good.

The committee poses a question on its website related to the topic. Students enrolled in any accredited undergraduate architecture program or diploma in architecture program throughout the world are invited to submit a 500-word essay proposal in English responding to the question. Undergraduate architecture students may team up with undergraduates from allied arts and social sciences programs.

For more information, see: http://www.berkeleyprize.org/competition/essay/2012

Past Deadlines

DESIGN CONTEST

Great opportunity for design/art students. A local bike shop located in Dinkytown, Varsity Bike &
Transit, is revamping the line of stickers they currently hand out in-store. They are promoting a design contest to help find the best designs. For more information about the contest as well as submission and voting details please visit http://varsitybike.com/pedal-more-art/ for full details.

Natural Talent Design Competition: Design a MN Home with USGBC LEED Platinum Criteria

The 2011 challenge calls for designing a home in Proctor, Minn., under USGBC LEED Platinum criteria. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is an environmentally friendly criteria for buildings and homes.  The challenge calls for designing a 1,800-square-foot home on a budget of $150,000 – including materials and labor. The winning designs will help serve as models for forthcoming residential construction in northern Minnesota.

More details are available at: http://www.usgbcmn.org/newsmedia/natural-talent-design-competition/

Teams should register before April 1 to take advantage of free registration, mentor guidance and to meet the judges on April 6.

Videotect: A Competition Exploring the
Built Environment

Entries accepted January 24 through
February 25, 2011

This winter, Architecture Minnesota Magazine is launching Videotect, a video competition that invites people of all ages and backgrounds to assemble creative, thought-provoking commentary on the skyway and its impact on urban life. If you have a camera, a computer, and a point of view, then you have a shot at big prize money and seeing your video shown on the big screen. For everything you need to know about the competition, stay tuned to this site between now and January 24, when registration begins: http://www.architecturemn.com/videotect

Architecture Minnesota Magazine is looking for new ways to broaden the appeal and distribution of the magazine and create a buzz in the community. Please plan on participating if this is of interest to you! If you have questions about the magazine in general please feel free to contact Thomas P. Wasmoen, (AIA, CID) at twasmoen@FirmGroundAE.com.

Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth) Design Contest

Submission Period: September 6 to October 29, 2010

The Japan Foundation (JF) is pleased to announce this contest for students around the world who are designers of the future. Awards range from 30,000 - 100,000 yen (approx. US$350-1200).

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