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METROPOLIS Future100
Launched in 2021, the Future100 program recognizes the top 100 students from architecture and interior design programs, connecting them directly with METROPOLIS’s extensive network of leading A&D firms. This is your chance to nominate the brightest stars of the class of 2025 and set them on a path to unparalleled professional success.
Why Participate?
• Expert Review: Submissions are evaluated by a distinguished panel of experts, led by METROPOLIS Editor in Chief Avinash Rajagopal.
• National Recognition: Selected students will be featured in the Spring 2025 print issue of METROPOLIS, highlighted online at Metropolismag.com, and celebrated across our social media and partner networks.
• Industry Connections: Details of the Future100 students will be shared with architecture and design firms, recruiters, and industry leaders nationwide.
• Prestigious Cohort: Now in its fifth year, the program connects the class of 2025 with a network of 400+ Future100 alumni, fostering professional collaboration and mentorship.
• Program & School Visibility: Honoring schools, programs, and nominators who nurture these exceptional talents.
• Exclusive Access: Honorees will gain invitations to exclusive METROPOLIS events nationwide, opening doors to invaluable educational and professional opportunities.
Deadline and Extensions
Submissions officially close on December 2, but if your students need more time, just let me know—we’re happy to provide an extension!
For more details and to submit nominations, visit metfuture100.secure-platform.com.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is pleased to announce that the application for their 2025 Winter Shadowship program is now open! Click here for the application.
This week-long program is hosted by their Employee Resource Groups (Arquitectos, Asian Alliance, NOMA, Pride and Women’s Initiative) and offers selected candidates an immersive professional experience, along with mentorship, and guidance to students of all backgrounds. The program is open to applicants who are planning careers in architecture, engineering, urban planning, graphic design, or interior design, and who share a passion for advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in the AEC industry. More-
Because duplexes are allowed in a wide range of residential zones, can be built under residential code standards, and have the same permit submission requirements as single-family homes, duplexes are an ideal starting point for accelerating the production of Missing Middle housing in the Omaha metro. Similar to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), duplexes also have inherent features that lend themselves to aging in place. For example, a duplex can provide an older resident with the ability to live adjacent to an adult child or caretaker, or provide a supplemental source of income that makes it easier to remain in a neighborhood as property values rise.
Charles E. Peterson Prize
The National Park Service's Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP), The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) announce the 2024 Charles E. Peterson Prize, which annually recognizes the best set of measured drawings prepared to HDP standards and donated to HDP by students.
Leicester B. Holland Prize
The Leicester B. Holland Prize is an annual competition that recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of a historic building, structure or site prepared to the standards of the National Park Service's Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP). The sheet may be prepared for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). The prize is supported by the Paul Rudolph Trust, the American Institute of Architects, and the Library of Congress's Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering. The prize honors Leicester B. Holland (1882-1952), FAIA, chairman of the AIA's Committee on Historic Buildings, head of the Fine Arts Division of the Library of Congress, first curator of the HABS collection, co-founder of the HABS program in the 1930s, and the first chair of the HABS Advisory Board.
The PAC College of Architecture Prize
Awarding the excellence that emerges from a collaborative process, the PAC CoA Prize offers the winning team an award of $2,500. For details, see this link.
Kaira Looro Architecture Competition
Kaira Looro Architecture Competition, a non profit contest for students and young architects on humanitarian architectures in developing countries. Here is an opportunity for research and professional growth for students with the current edition of the competition.
The architecture contest theme is the design of a Children's House in Africa (Senegal), to promote health and nutrition. The competition aims to launch the careers of new architectural talent, to raise awareness in the international community on the emergencies issue, and to support humanitarian projects. Indeed, the proceeds of the competition will be entirely devolved to Balouo Salo's charity projects and to the construction of the winning project of the competition.
There will be cash prizes and internships at the architectural firms in the jury.
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Competition
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® is a collegiate competition, initiated in 2002, that has grown to showcase much more than solar technologies. Today, the 10 contests that are the foundation of Solar Decathlon inspire student teams to design and build highly efficient buildings powered by renewables, while optimizing for key considerations including affordability, resilience, and occupant health. The winners are those teams that best blend architectural and engineering excellence with innovation in how their building interacts with the world around it.
Arch Out Loud
ARCH OUT LOUD holds annual and themed competitions for student designers. Check out their latest offerings.
Leicester B. Holland Prize
The Leicester B. Holland Prize is an annual competition that recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of an historic building, site, or structure prepared by an individual(s) to the standards of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), or the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). The prize is supported by the Paul Rudolph Trust, the American Institute of Architects, and the Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering at the Library of Congress, and is administered by the Heritage Documentation Programs of the National Park Service (HABS/HAER/HALS). The prize honors Leicester B. Holland (1882-1952), FAIA, chairman of the AIA's Committee on Historic Buildings, head of the Fine Arts Division of the Library of Congress, first curator of the HABS collection, co-founder of the HABS program in the 1930s, and the first chair of the HABS Advisory Board.
RAMSA Fellowship
The RAMSA Travel Fellowship is a $10,000 prize awarded annually by Robert A.M. Stern Architects for travel and research. The fellowship seeks to promote investigations into the perpetuation of tradition through invention—key to the firm’s own work—and is given to an individual who has proven insight and interest in the profession and its future, as well as the ability to carry forth in-depth research.
Home Base Earth
Home Base Earth is an organization that’s the main purpose is to give sufficient and modern environmental solutions to create a better life for people all around the world.
We focus, especially on migrants. Our vision is to develop an environmental home base in new, permanent and appropriate settlements built by their own hands that will restructure their lives in a positive way.
Home Base Earth- Global Architecture Competition is our initiative to awaken the young generation to think and create sustainable cities for migrants. We offer an exciting grand prize for the winning team and many more career breaking opportunities. There are no age criteria. To know more please visit our Home Base Earth website.
JANUS et Cie Design Competition
JANUS et Cie introduces their first annual student design competition. Collaborating with architectural design firm Populous in the first year to develop the brief and foundational platform, the competition celebrates upcoming talents in the design industry and fosters creative innovation around the globe.
2024 COTE Competition
The AIA COTE® Top Ten for Students Competition is sponsored by The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE®), in partnership with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). Each year, the competition recognizes ten exceptional student design studio projects that integrate health, sustainability, and equity, evaluated following the same categories of the AIA COTE® Top Ten Award for built work, and the AIA Framework for Design Excellence (now adopted as the basis of professional practice and awards across the AIA).
CTBUH 2023-24 Mass Timber Student Design Competition
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is now accepting submissions for the CTBUH 2023-24 Mass Timber Student Design Competition—culminating with the top finalists presenting to the jury for winning distinctions at a virtual event in fall 2024.
The goal of the competition, which is open to all students who are currently enrolled at U.S. and Canada-based institutes, is to shed new light on the meaning and value of tall buildings in modern society. This competition focuses on the use of mass timber in multi-story buildings through the lens of affordable housing that emphasizes rapid development. The only stipulation is that the building should be multi-storied (i.e., not a pavilion or single space), and be designed to maximize the use and expression of mass timber while taking into consideration the 2021 IBC building code and current standards. It is also suggested that participants consider prefabricated components or volumetric modular approach to highlight the benefit of utilizing mass timber for rapid development.
The Existing Conditions Innovation Challenge
Entrants are tasked with crafting a single, comprehensive architectural illustration that encapsulates their in-depth analysis and understanding of a real-world project, based on the 3D point cloud and Revit model we supply. This visual representation should not only demonstrate technical proficiency and innovation in digital documentation but also convey a clear, compelling narrative about the project’s architectural significance, spatial dynamics, potential for sustainability, and integration within its environment. Students will create a three- to five-minute video narrative to accompany their architectural illustration.
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