Keyword: Sustainability

The UIA, in partnership with UN-Habitat, launched the first cycle of the UIA 2030 Award (2021-2022) in October 2021 to promote the work of architects contributing to delivery of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development together with the New Urban Agenda.

The International Union of Architects (UIA) has concluded the second edition of the UIA Award for Innovation in Architectural Education, organised jointly by the UIA Architectural Education Commission and the UIA Sustainable Development Goals Commission.  This edition of the award focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The UIA has launched the first International Innovative Health Design Awards, organised by the UIA Public Health Group and open to all architects around the world.

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.

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.

The UIA, in partnership with UN-Habitat, launched the second cycle of the UIA 2030 Award in January 2024 to promote the work of architects contributing to the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda.

The UIA is pleased to announce that 16 projects from 9 countries on 4 continents were submitted to the inaugural edition of the UIA Innovation in Architectural Education Award, organised by the UIA Education Commission and launched in November 2019.

This international project competition aimed to identify and use best practices to stimulate the development of creative approaches to housing built using steel. 

The competition was sponsored by Living Steel, a worldwide programme promoting the use of steel in construction contexts. Members of Living Steel include steel companies such as Arcelor, Baosteel, BlueScope Steel, CELSA Group, Corus, Erdemir, IMIDRO, Mittal Steel, Posco, Ruukki and Tata Steel.

This competition was approved by the International Union of Architects (UIA) and followed the provisions of the International Recommendations for Competitions in Architecture and Urban Planning adopted by UNESCO.

This international architectural competition was presented in order to select the design of an Istanbul Disaster Prevention and Education Centre, which was to be the first institution in Turkey with the intended facilities.