The contemporary architectural period has produced numerous architectural movements, including evolved trends from pre vious movements and entirely new ones,these movements have been classified based on the theories and ideas putforth by pioneering architects and theorists.By studying and analyz ing some of the works from contemporary and pioneering ar chitectural competitions, we can identify the contemporary trends in design thinking in architecture. We can also classify these trends to understand what is new, modern, and contem porary in architectural production. The research will discuss these points by focusing on contemporary international archi tectural competitions. Moreover, the research focuses on the most famous competition to understand the new intellectual trends of pioneering practitioners. aiming to explore the new design ideas of architects who have been influenced by rapid and successive technological changes and the communications revolution more than their predecessors.