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.
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.
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.
The International Committee of Dachau Elders organised a competition to build a monument on the camp’s former roll-call square to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its liberation.
The competition had the patronage of the International Dachau Committee and the approval of the International Union of Architects (UIA).
