- 17. April 2025
“Unbounded Spaces” part of the Atlantis Magazine at TU Delft
Delft, NetherlandsLooking through windows, real or imagined, to ask what belonging might mean when identity is fluid, unfinished, and alive.
- 3. April 2025
Dreshaj's “Estrangement” at the International Architectural Conference 25 at University of Brighton
Brighton, United KingdomArita Dreshaj’s latest research on the concept of estrangement, exploring the theme of home, then and now.
- 20. January 2025
1st Place in Paris Social Housing Competition
Paris, France173 apartments and 4 commercial spaces, with an amazing courtyard at Avenue de France. Contributed to the project as part of the team at LIN, in collaboration with Catherine Trabaljar and CSA Architects.
- 15. January 2025
Awarded 3rd place for the new U5 Arenen design competition in Hamburg
Hamburg, GermanyThe competition called for the architectural and landscape design of the U5 “Arenen” event station in Hamburg, aiming to create a distinctive, crowd-optimized station and public space near major venues. Contributed to the project as part of the team at LIN, in collaboration with Bollinger + Grohman for the structure.
- 11. December 2024
Awarded 3rd place for the Bahnhofsquartier Leverkusen Mitte Competition
Leverkusen, GermanyOffices, bicycle parking, and public space design for the reimagined district of Leverkusen Mitte. Contributed to the project as part of the team at LIN, in collaboration with Werner Sobek AG for structural engineering, and Atelier Miething for landscape.
- 7. September 2024
On War and Avant-Garde at the 9th Biennial Conference of the European Architectural History Network
Krakow, Poland(Re)searching the (Un)conscious. Artistic and architectural responses to conflict and political shifts. A research collaboration with Edmond Drenogllava.
- 10. June 2024
International Workshop on Cultural Resilience at Institute X
Aarhus, DenmarkSelected and fully funded by Trans Europe Halles to participate in Rebuilding to Last: Becoming a Forest, a workshop held at Institute X in Aarhus. The program brought together practitioners across Europe to explore long-term strategies for sustainable cultural infrastructure and spatial resilience.
- 27. May 2023
Exhibition - The Addis Ababa House at Architekturgalerie München
Munich, GermanyArita Dreshaj contributed to the international group exhibition 'The Addis Ababa House,' presented at Architekturgalerie München in May-June 2023. The exhibition explored the intersection of domestic space, migration, and urban transformation in Addis Ababa through architectural installations, research, and collaborative storytelling. Dreshaj's involvement reflects her ongoing interest in spatial memory, diaspora, and the architectural narrative of place-making.
- 25. October 2022
1st Recognition for “New Archipelago” in Schöneweide
Berlin, GermanyInspired by O. M. Ungers’ concept of the city within the city, the proposal reimagines the post-industrial site as a fragmented archipelago of autonomous landscape islands. The typology responds to contaminated ground conditions with a thin, elevated layer of social housing, dormitories, and family houses, while integrating a plant-based remediation strategy to restore the soil over time.
- 6. November 2020
Deutschlandstipendium Award - Granted for Academic and Creative Excellence
Berlin, GermanyArita Dreshaj was awarded the Deutschlandstipendium on November 6, 2020, in Berlin. The scholarship, granted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in collaboration with the Ferdinand and Charlotte Schimmelpfennig Foundation, recognizes academic and creative excellence among students across Germany.