Competition: DESIGN A BIOCLIMATIC SCHOOL IN GREECE

The School Buildings Organisation of Greece (SBO) in association with the International Union of Architects, through its international Work Programme Architecture and Renewable Energy Sources (UIA-ARES), launches a competition for the design of a European school complex in Voutes, Heraklion, on the island of Crete. This international project competition, open and anonymous, has been approved by the International Union of Architects. The prize pool of 70 000 euros will be shared between the 1st prize (30 000 euros); the 2nd prize (20 000 euros); the 3rd prize (10 000 euros) and two mentions of 5 000 each.

Call for Academic Review and Papers

The Pan-American Association of Architects [FPAA] and the Brazilian Institute of Architects [IAB-DN and IAB-AL] invite architects, urban planners and landscape architects, researchers, scholars and professionals to discuss architecture and urban planning in the XXIV PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTS (CPA) whose main theme is LIVING THE TERRITORY, IMAGINING AMERICA.

International Architectural Ideas Competition: National Museum of Afghanistan

The Ministry of Information and Culture of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is proud to announce and endorse this International Architectural Ideas Competition for the design of a new National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul. As Afghanistan’s paramount museum of the archaeological and ethnographic history of the nation, the Museum’s mission is to conserve, collect, study and exhibit important examples of the nation’s uniquely rich and diverse cultural patrimony, while educating the local and international communities and advancing the world’s knowledge and appreciation of Afghanistan’s remarkable history and traditions. The Museum itself is a symbol of this culture and of its perseverance and survival.

US Green Hospital Build and Senior Housing Mission Now Accepting Applications

You are invited to join the US Green Hospital & Senior Housing Mission led by U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke from April 18‐23 in Beijing, Xi’an and Dalian. Applications are due February 29th.

U.S. Department of Commerce Now Accepting Applications for Trade Mission to India

The Secretary of the US Department of Commerce is leading an Infrastructure Trade Mission to India on March 25-March 30. Secretary led missions receive enormous local interest and can be an excellent way to start your foray into another market. See the PDF for more information and if you are interested, apply today!!! Space is very limited. Request further information at BusinessLiaison@doc.gov or via telephone at (202) 482-1360.