Updated: CA'ASI is organising an architectural competition to highlight the vitality and originality of young European architecture. 

The best projects in this international competition, which is open to young architects from across Europe, will be exhibited at CA'ASI as part of the 17th International Architecture Biennale in Venice (May 23 to November 29, 2020). 

Deadline for submitting projects has been extended to February 28, 2020.

This competition represents a unique opportunity to showcase the important role contemporary European architecture plays in finding innovative solutions to improve living conditions on our fragile planet.

CA'ASI has steered clear of prescribing a set theme in order to encourage new ideas to emerge, as it has been the case for previous editions of the competition, when the same invitation was issued to young Chinese, Arab, African and Latin American architects.

Architecture-Studio founded CA'ASI in 2009 as a venue tasked with promoting the dialogue between architecture, contemporary art and visitors to the Venice Biennale. As part of the 17th Biennale Architettura, CA’ASI is throwing open the doors of the Palazzo Santa Maria Nova to emerging architects. The aim is to spotlight the creativity and originality of new architecture in Europe and help raise its profile on the international stage.

CA'ASI has had the pleasure over the last ten years of celebrating Biennales where the visual examination of the expression of contemporary architectural research has enriched the presentation of a superb overview that goes beyond the mere production of our discipline in a globalised world.

Architecture-Studio has attended exhibitions where works are presented as beautiful stories and approaches that transcend paradigms of contemporary architecture production. Thanks to enormous efforts, exemplary ethical productions and generous instant actions, the design processes on display transform (sometimes severe) contexts and constraints into enlightened work, a place of life, poetry and truth...

As part of the Venice Architecture Biennale, the exhibition on new architecture in Europe will present a rich, fresh image. The selected projects will become objects of contemplation and a well of emotion for architectural professionals and the general public alike. We are particularly sensitive to emerging topics that are dedicated to transforming architecture, including the following lengthy list: the energy transition, resource scarcity, new living modes, participatory processes, the circular economy, diversity as a response to "how we will live together", the imagination as a medium of constructive rigour, the duality between periphery and centrality in territorial expression, and the exercise of the profession based on a new method of commisioning management, the digital revolution has altered our conception and production modes...

The competition has been launched in October 2019, and the deadline for submitting entries is February 14, 2020. An international jury will meet in Paris at the end of March to select the winners and the projects to be exhibited. 

The award ceremony will take place in Venice, with the winners invited to present their projects in a selective exhibition at CA'ASI in Venice as part of the 17th Architecture Biennale.

Exhibition in Venice

17° International Architecture Biennale

CA’ASI
Palazzo Santa Maria Nova 30121 Venice, Italy.

Exhibition in the world

Following the exhibition in Venice, a travelling exhibition is planned in 2020 - 2021.

2019-2020 Calendar

Competition launch: October 2019

Deadline for submitting projects: February 28, 2020

Projects assessed and candidates selected by the international jury: Late 2020

Results announced: April 2020

Exhibition opens and award ceremony held at CA'ASI, Venice: May 21-23, 2020

Project owner

Architecture-Studio defines architecture as a socially-committed art form engaged in building humankind’s living environment on the basis of group work and shared knowledge. The desire to eclipse individuality in favour of dialogue and exploring ideas transforms the sum of individual knowledge into heightened creative potential.

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