09.15.08 Request for Qualifications: From the Ground Up: Innovative Green Homes
This competition seeks to provide a new model for formerly vital, urban residential neighborhoods throughout the U.S. through the creation of sustainable, affordable housing. Selected teams will work on infill sites, proposing designs for a 1,100-1,500-square-foot single-family home to be built in the Near Westside neighborhood of Syracuse, NY. The goal is to create innovative designs for cost-efficient, green prototypes that are sensitive to the scale and composition of the existing conditions while providing a legible vision for an array of existing and potential residents.

09.26.08 Call for Proposals: AIA Emerging Professionals Component Grants
The deadline has been extended to apply for small grants provided by The College of Fellows to assist AIA components in the development of programs that foster the mission of Young Architects and Associates. Funds may be used to enhance the activities of an existing Emerging Professionals group or as seed money to help start a new one. All grants must be for a specific program or activity. The maximum available funding is $10,000, although grants may be subdivided.

11.03.08 Call for Entries: AIAS 2008 Library for the 21st Century Design Competition
Sponsored by Kawneer and administered by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), this program challenges students to learn about building materials — specifically architectural aluminum building products and systems and their assembly in the design of a library. While open to any student, the competition is designed for advanced students. Total prize money is $7,225, including $2,500 for the winning design.

11.14.08 Request for Proposals: 2009 Sustainable Design Assessment Team Program
This RFP solicits applications for inclusion in the Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) 2009 program. SDAT brings together multidisciplinary, architect-led teams to work with community stakeholders and decision-makers to develop a vision and framework for a sustainable future. Since its inception in 2005, the SDAT program has assisted over 25 communities with long-term sustainability plans addressing a range of local issues.

11.14.08 Call for Submissions: The Palladio Awards
The eighth annual competition recognizes outstanding work in traditional design for commercial, institutional, public, and residential projects. Co-produced by Traditional Building and Period Homes magazines, the awards are named in honor of Andrea Palladio, the Renaissance architect who created modern architecture for his time while drawing on past models for inspiration.

12.05.08 Call for Entries: Discarded Dreams: Used Mattress Design Competition
Every year in the U.S. 40 million mattresses are discarded. Architecture for Humanity and Rubicon National Social Innovations invite entrants to create innovative ways of converting used mattresses into useful products. Submissions should include instructions detailing how to make the product and a plan for production on a larger scale. First place is $1,000, and the winner/winners will be invited to collaborate with Rubicon to design and execute a method of collecting and converting the mattresses into their value-added product, potentially to be distributed for commercial use.

01.06.09 Call for Entries: TEA-OFF! Tea Kettle Design Competition
The competition invites original kettle designs using one of three materials: metal, glass, or ceramic. Three winners will be chosen with designs unveiled and exhibited at the World Kitchen booth at the 2009 International Housewares Show in Chicago in March 2009. Winning designers receive $5,000 cash prizes and two-day, expense-paid trips to Chicago for the show. If a winner is a design student, a $1,000 award will be given to a faculty advisor. The winning designs will also appear on the World Kitchen website.

02.13.09 Call for Entries: COD Ideas Competition
The AIA Committee on Design (COD) invites architects, students, and allied design professionals to submit sketches to the international COD Ideas Competition. Submitters are asked to design a new house to replace the recently demolished Raymond House (architect: Eleanor Raymond, FAIA). One of the earliest Modern homes in the United States, the Raymond House was a signature work of one of the most prominent American women architects of the 20th century. Award recipients will receive funding to attend the COD Spring Design Conference in Boston and have their work exhibited at the 2009 AIA National Convention in San Francisco.