Vote in Sukkah City Competition to Choose Best of 12 Incredible International Designs

Even from across the country, Angelenos can have a say in who wins the Sukkah City Competition in New York CIty. With 600 participants from 43 countries, the competition challenged designers across the globe to try their hand at making a temporary structure fusing a traditional religious festival with contemporary architectural strategies. You can vote at NYMag.com will determine which structure will be the winner.

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Cleantech Corridor and Green District Competition - Register by August 30

On August 9, The Southern California Institute of Architecture, or SCI-Arc, launched a design competition for L.A.'s Cleantech Corridor, a large development space at the eastern edge of downtown. The competition is open to architects, students, urban planners, environmentalists, designers, engineers and other related professions. Applicants are expected to turn in an innovative urban plan for the corridor. 

The Office of the Mayor of Los Angeles and the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) developed the Cleantech Corridor as a model for modern urban planning. It is a strip of industrially-zoned land, and intended for cleantech businesses. It is meant to synthesize affordable housing, mass transportation, and better jobs, as well as practicing sustainability and clean energy. The registration deadline to register on August 30 is fast approaching, and final submissions will be due September 30. The winner will be awarded a portion of the $11,000 in prize money. 

July 17th: Heal the Bay - Beach Cleanup & Sand Castle Competition

IIDA presents Heal the Bay, a Beach Cleanup & Sand Castle Competition, on Saturday, July 17th at Venice Beach at Rose Ave.

AECOM's Urban SOS: Transformations Competition

AECOM has opened the Urban SOS: Transformations competition, offering US $20,000 in prize money for integrated design responses to sites in select global cities. The competition is open to students in the fields of architecture, urban and regional planning, urban design, landscape architecture, economics, environmental science, engineering, and related disciplines.

The submission period is open until July 31, 2010. Semi-finalists will be announced September 15, and the winner(s) will be announced November 5. Visit www.aecom.com/urbansos for complete submission requirements.

This Friday May 21 - F3 Awards

The first annual F3 Awards - Student Furniture Design Competition announced its selection of five finalists who will compete live for cash scholarships of $1,000, $2,000 and $3,500 on May 21, 2010.

The five finalists in the F3 Awards competition, selected by a preliminary jury from among 126 registrants representing 17 schools, 17 cities, and five states, are: Jamison Hammers, California State University, Long Beach; James Hanley, California State University, Long Beach; Lauren Montgomery, California State University, Long Beach; Alexander Nevarez, Art Center College of Design; and Minh Nguyen, Art Center College of Design.

The five finalists will compete for first, second and third place prizes, as well as the Audience Challenge Award, at the F3 Awards Live Competition on May 21 at 7:00pm at dTank Headquarters in Burbank, Calif. The F3 Awards Live Competition is an invitation only event. For more information or to request an invitation, visit www.F3Awards.com.