New architecture and design competitions: eVolo Skyscraper Competition, BLT Built Design Awards, Milan Design District, and GOOD DESIGN

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“Rebirth Skyscraper” by Liu Shijia, Liu Jieyao, Dou Han China was an Honorable Mention in eVolo’s 2023 Skyscraper Competition. Image courtesy eVolo

For this week’s curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we are featuring four calls seeking the world’s most innovative industrial, product, and graphic designs, excellent projects across architectural, interior, construction product, and landscape design, proposals for the renewal of a traditional tenement-style apartment building in Milan, and the best ideas that redefine skyscraper design.

For the complete directory of newly listed competitions, click here.

GOOD DESIGN 2026
Registration Deadline: Sunday, June 1, 2025
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, July 2, 2025

“The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. present the Museum’s annual GOOD DESIGN® Awards Program for the most innovative and cutting-edge industrial, product, and graphic designs produced around the world.”

“ATMOSPHERE by Krallerhof” by Hadi Teherani Architects was the Architectural Design of the Year in the 2024 BLT Built Design Awards. Photo: HGEsch Photography

BLT Built Design Awards 2025
Registration/Submission Deadline: Wednesday, September 10, 2025

“The renowned 3C Group has officially opened submissions for the fifth edition of the BLT Built Design Awards. These awards aim to acknowledge the expertise of professionals engaged in the realization of exceptional projects on a global scale, encompassing architectural firms, interior designers, landscape studios, and construction product innovators. The program is open to professionals, emerging designers, and students until September 10th, 2025, promising to attract entries from some of the most forward-thinking firms from all around the world.”

MILAN DESIGN DISTRICT: Rethinking an Apartment Concept in the Heart of Isola
Registration/Submission Deadline: Friday, September 12, 2025

“Terraviva launches MILAN DESIGN DISTRICT, a new architecture competition representing a unique opportunity to redefine the essence of residential design in Milan. […] Move beyond conventional renovation and rethink the very essence of residential design in a unique metropolis like Milan. This competition is about rethinking everyday living by transforming an apartment into a masterpiece of contemporary design that embodies Milan’s avant-garde spirit. Nestled in the heart of Isola District, the flat is situated in a classic “Casa di Ringhiera” – a traditional tenement-style building that symbolises the communal spirit of old Milan.”

2025 Skyscraper Competition
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Submission Deadline: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

“eVolo Magazine is pleased to invite architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the 2025 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations; along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. It is a forum that examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city.”

Would you like to contribute competitions, award programs, or calls for submissions that aren’t listed on Bustler yet? Send them directly to our team to review. We may include them in our next roundup.