designboom competitions for the summer
This summer, designboom is spotlighting a curated lineup of design competitions from around the globe. From envisioning the most unique staircase to designing the Digital Heritage Museum of Egypt, each competition offers a global platform for creative excellence. Through our platform, we invite architects, designers, institutions, and brands to share their own competitions with our worldwide audience of design professionals, students, and enthusiasts. By featuring your open call on designboom, your project can gain visibility among a vibrant, engaged community always seeking new challenges, inspiration, and opportunities to shape the built and designed environment.
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five competitions calling for entries
Discover five global designboom competitions that are calling for entries this summer.
Organization: TerraViva
Competition name: LA MADRESELVA
Early registration: July 1 – September 19, 2025
Submission deadline: December 5, 2025
La Madreselva is a historic countryside property near San Antonio de Areco, known as the ‘Cradle of Argentine Tradition’. The competition invites participants to design a series of small-scale lodging units and communal spaces, expanding the site’s capacity to host up to 20 guests without compromising its rural soul. Designers are encouraged to develop a project that merges architecture, landscape, and cultural identity: an intervention that enhances the quiet presence of the original structures while providing new experiences for contemporary travellers seeking disconnection and immersive tradition.
The Architect’s Stair Edition #2 by Buildner
Organization: Buildner
Competition name: The Architect’s Stair Edition #2
Last Minute Registration: July 9 – July 24, 2025
Submission deadline: July 24, 2025
From ancient stone steps carved into cliffs to futuristic floating staircases in contemporary design, the stair has served far more than a functional role. This competition invites architects, designers, and creative thinkers to explore the stair as a pure expression of architectural language. Participants are asked to reflect on its symbolism, geometry, movement, and potential—free from constraints of program, material, or scale. There are no limitations on style, function, context, or dimension. Whether monumental or minimal, abstract or inhabitable, real or speculative—what matters is the clarity and creativity of the concept.
Dewan Award for Architecture by Dewan Architects + Engineers and Tamayouz Excellence Award
Organization: Dewan Architects + Engineers, in association with the Tamayouz Excellence Award
Competition name: Dewan Award for Architecture
Last Minute Registration: July 9 – July 24, 2025
Submission deadline: September 30, 2025
Dewan Architects + Engineers, in association with the Tamayouz Excellence Award, announces the launch of the Dewan Award for Architecture 2025. The award invites architects, students, designers, and studios from around the world to participate. Participants are asked to reimagine Baghdad Central Railway Station, a historic landmark in the heart of Iraq’s capital. Once a vital transport hub, the station now features limited services, outdated infrastructure, and minimal public engagement. The structure remains sound and presents an opportunity for architectural renewal.
The Digital Heritage Museum by Design Unlimited
Organization: Design Unlimited
Competition name: The Digital Heritage Museum
Standard Registration: Jun 26 – August 21, 2025
Submission deadline: September 14, 2025
The Digital Heritage Museum proposes a bold architectural response: a new kind of cultural institution that uses emerging technologies to digitally preserve, reconstruct, and reinterpret Egypt’s vast and diverse cultural legacy. This competition invites architects, designers, and students to envision a site-specific, technologically-forward, and culturally-sensitive museum that bridges the past with the future, positioning Cairo as a global leader in the preservation of digital heritage.
The London Design Awards by International Awards Associate (IAA)
Organization: International Awards Associate (IAA)
Competition name: 2025 London Design Awards
Standard Registration: July 26 – September 4, 2025
Submission deadline: December 5, 2025
The 2025 London Design Awards is an international competition celebrating creative excellence across a wide spectrum of disciplines, from product and architectural design to UX, packaging, and newly introduced fashion design. Open to professionals and emerging talents alike, this global platform invites designers, studios, manufacturers, and students to showcase work produced in the last five years. With blind judging by an esteemed panel of industry experts, winners can earn prestigious titles including Design of the Year, and receive exclusive trophies, certificates, press opportunities, and global exposure.
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