The Competition Roundup
Despite global challenges and uncertainties, there remains a wealth of international design opportunities – mutual collaboration and cross-border commerce remain very much in fashion, writes Merlin Fulcher.
Applications are now live for the competition to create a new permanent, site-specific home for the Malmö Art Museum– one of the most prominent global contests of this autumn.
The two-stage competition – organised by Atelier 01 arkitektur on behalf of the City of Malmö – will select a multi-disciplinary team to transform and extend a 150-year-old restaurant pavilion within Malmö’s central Kungsparken green space. The application deadline is 6 October 2026.
Elsewhere, the Upper Silesian town of Gliwice in southern Poland has launched a single-stage urban planning, landscape and architecture contest to transform its historic boulevards lining the Kłodnica River.
Aiming to create new multifunctional spaces along Gliwice’s riverfront, the competition features an estimated £27,000 (135,000 zł) prize fund and is open for applications until 12 November.
The Finnish government has meanwhile announced a procurement for a new 800m² events pavilion in the coastal settlement of Kultaranta, Naantali. Supported by the Finnish Association of Architects, the competition will remain open for applications until 12 October.
Estonian developer Krulli Kvartal AS has launched a competition for a series of new commercial and residential buildings on three plots within the Krulli Quarter regeneration of a former steelworks within the capital city of Tallinn.
The contest represents the latest 14,750m² phase of the ongoing large-scale regeneration project which has been masterminded by Danish architecture firm Cobe. The contest features a €144,000 prize fund and the deadline for applications is 17 November.
Young architects born after 16 November 1986 are being invited to design a new pavilion on the Yong Ding River waterfront in Beijing, as part of a contest endorsed by the International Union of Architects (UIA) and featuring a €65,000 prize fund.
Backed by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Planning & Natural Resources, the pavilion will serve as a pilot project for the 30th UIA World Congress of Architects, set to be held in the Chinese capital in 2029. The deadline for applications is 16 November.
Merlin Fulcher
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