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RADICAL SOFTNESS
What if we redirected our attention away from performance toward practices of resonance, intimacy, and the unseen labor of repair?
Radical Softness shifts its gaze away from the culture of architectural spectacle to explore a future unfolded in minor keys.
This season, aligned with the opening of the 61st Venice Art Biennale and its theme, serves as an invitation to tune away from 'problem-solving theater' into the quieter architectures, humble technologies, and social spaces that sustain our collective imagination through ecological care and a cultivated practice of attention.
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2026 NY Product Design Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026
2026 TITAN Property Awards Season 2 deadline: november 5th, 2026
Bellano Cotton Mill Museum deadline: may 25th, 2027
grippin’ $ 3,000.00 USD deadline: april 30th, 2027
The Oak Moon Pavilion $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: march 1st, 2027
Valli Wine Tasting Room $ 11,632.00 USD deadline: february 15th, 2027
Kinderspace: Architecture for Children's Development competition / Edition #4 $ 11,773.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026
2026 London Design Awards Season 2 deadline: december 17th, 2026
The Architect’s Chair Stockholm Furniture Fair Edition $ 9,120.00 USD deadline: january 5th, 2027
Vancouver Tall Challenge $ 15,000.00 USD deadline: november 30th, 2026 all competitions