09.29.08 Request for Proposals: 2009 Mies van der Rohe Award
The biennial Mies van der Rohe Award is hosted by the European Union and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona. The jury will select two works: one that receives the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (cash prize of 50,000€ and a sculpture evoking Mies van der Rohe’s German Pavilion) in recognition of its conceptual, technical, and constructional qualities, and the other that receives the Emerging Architect Special Mention (10,000€ and a sculpture). The jury also selects a set of finalist works to be included in both the Award catalogue and exhibition.

11.07.08 Call for Entries: The Buckminster Fuller Challenge
This annual $100,000 prize program seeks comprehensive anticipatory design solutions with integrated strategies dealing with key social, economic, environmental, and cultural issues. Entries should be regionally specific yet globally applicable and backed up by a solid plan and the capability to move the solution forward.

12.12.08 Call for Entries: Exhibit Design Awards
EXHIBITOR magazine’s 23rd Annual Exhibit Design Awards honor the world’s best trade show exhibition designs. Designs debuting between 12.01.06 and 12.01.08, are eligible for the 2009 competition. One EDGE Award (for Exhibit Design and Graphic Excellence) and multiple Gold, Silver, and Special Merit Awards are offered. Each winner receives a feature in EXHIBITOR‘s May issue, and winning entrants receive a trophy and a posting on the Awards Wall at the EXHIBITOR conference.

01.13.09 Call for Entries: WOOD, PAPER, CHECKMARK Competition and GOING WITH THE GRAIN Challenge
Created by DESIGN 21 with co-beneficiaries Forest Stewardship Council-US (FSC-US) and The Nature Conservancy, these events were developed as a means to inform the public about FSC-certified wood. To be considered for Wood, Paper, Checkmark, entrants must provide: a message that sparks an interest in FSC and drives people to a consumer-searchable website; a campaign design for online and print ads; and a clever URL name for FSC’s website. The winner will receive $5,000 in prize money. The prototype of the winning design will be auctioned in concurrence with the May 2009 opening of The Nature Conservancy’s Design for a Living World traveling exhibition featuring sustainable materials.

01.30.09 Call for Entries: 2009 Metropolis Next Generation Design Competition: Fix Our Energy Addiction
Metropolis magazine challenges young designers to rethink the broken energy models that represented 20th-century life and work. Open to all designers in practice for 10 years or less, as well as to students, the magazine seeks entries at all scales of design and for every aspect of the man-made environment. The prize is a $10,000 award.

02.06.09 Call for Entries: Ceramic Tiles of Italy 2009 Design Competition
This competition, now in its 16th year, celebrates examples of contemporary American design featuring Italian ceramic tiles. An international jury looks at the overall design of the space and how the tiles meet their functional and technical requirements. Winning architects/designers receive $5,000 per category, presented at Coverings 2009, Chicago, IL, plus a five-day trip to Italy to attend Cersaie 2009 (Additional $1,000 to be shared by distributor/contractor team).