The Center for American Architecture and Design of the University of Texas at Austin is hosting an international design/arts/architecture competition, called “The Secret Life of Buildings”. The call is open for works of art or design that might fairly be called ‘objects’ by the nascent philosophies of Speculative Realism and Object Oriented Ontology, and that will throw light on architecture as a peculiar set of objects, phenomena, ideas, relations, connections, skills, materials, obligations, and operations. Twenty (20) works will be selected in a two stage selection process, for inclusion in the “Objects” exhibition, scheduled for 20-22 October 2016 at the University of Texas at Austin campus. An edited selection of the objects submitted for exhibition will also be included in the “CENTER 21: The Secret Life of Buildings” publication, to be published in the Fall of 2017.

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Starting 16 June 2016, students of architecture, urban design and planning are invited to participate in the 2016/2017 edition of the Schindler Global Award (SGA) ideas competition. The SGA is open to final-year bachelor’s and all master’s degree students of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and planning, from degree-granting educational institutions worldwide. With over 100,000 Euro in prizes, the Global Schindler Award will recognize one winning competition scheme along with runners up and grants.

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