Archive 2

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Inside:Out — Weaving Arts into the Urban Fabric(Extended Registration Deadline)

EDGE as CENTER: Envisioning the post-industrial landscape

Competition for the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

Leading Edge Student Design Competition

You, Me and the Bus -National Bus Shelter Design Competition

Greenstop Design Competition

urban-open Design Competition

Los Angeles Downtown Park

Community Plaza

Suitland Manor National Urban Design Competition

Historical District Renewal Area – Student Competition

Gleisdreieck Park, Berlin

Four Corners Design Competition

ACSA Student Competitions

Burnham Prize 2006

Leading Edge Student Design Competition

Universal Arts Center International Ideas Competition

Four Corners Design Competition

You, Me and the Bus -National Bus Shelter Design Competition

Inside:Out — Weaving Arts into the Urban Fabric

Greenstop Design Competition

urban-open Design Competition

New Orleans House Prototype

Rebuilding the Big Easy–Two Competitions

Competition for the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

A contemporary observatory for new dialogues among humans and non-humans

2006 Rotch Travelling Scholarship

Ferrous Park Housing Competition

Manhattan Districts Garage/Salt Facility

Burnham Prize 2006

School for Adult Education, including Music School, Library and Parking Garage

ACSA Student Competitions

Four Corners Design Competition

Southpoint: from Ruin to Rejuvenation, The Roosevelt Island Universal Arts Center International Ideas Competition

Four Corners Design Competition

Green Building Design Competition

West End Pedestrian Bridge Competition

2006 Rotch Travelling Scholarship

New Jersey Urban Parks Master Plan Design Competition

West End Pedestrian Bridge Competition

Urban Voids: Grounds for Change

Central Promenade Site in Morecambe

Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition

Public Art Competition

Four Corners Design Competition

Lindehus Nursing Home Renovation

The Africa Institute of Science and Technology (AIST)–New Campus Competition

International Garden Festival

Southpoint: from Ruin to Rejuvenation

COMPETITION FOR THE NEW ESTONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM COMPLEX

ROME PRIZE 2006

2009 World Games Stadium Competition

Eerie Street Plaza RFQ

Bienal Miami + Beach 2005 Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design

Social Housing Development, Elmswell, Suffolk, UK

Finalists – East Darling Harbour Planning Competition

U.VA. ANNOUNCEMENCES AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION FOR A NEW CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Chicago Prize 2005: Water Tanks

Chicago Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center (RJKCCC) A/E Selection Competition

Point Pleasant Park International Design Competition

Public Art Competition: The Riverwalk Project Astoria, Oregon

CentreStage Design Competition

PeepShow 2005 Pavilion Competition

Performing Arts Center, Hendersonville, North Carolina

The Transformation of Sunrise Trailer Court: Replacing Housing Without Displacing Residents

Santa Fe Civic Center Competition Results

San Dieguito Union High School District Performing Arts Center

Europan 8

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Inside:Out — Weaving Arts into the Urban Fabric(Extended Registration Deadline)
Type: National, Open
Location: Boston, MA
Sponsor: Boston Center for the Arts
Timetable:
9 May 2006 – Registration and Submission deadline Finalists announced, May 24, 2006 Winner announced, Sept, 2006
Fee: $75 nonprofessionals, $175 professionals
Award: Up to five finalists receive $2500 and the winner receives $5000 and contract negotiations to build the project.
Design Challenge:
Inside:Out – Weaving Arts into the Urban Fabric, a national open design competition, seeks to transform the Tremont Street plaza and other public spaces surrounding the BCA, which occupies an entire city block from Clarendon Street to Berkeley Street in Boston’s historic South End.
Contact:
Martin Zogran, 617-495-4553
mzogran@gsd.harvard.edu
www.insideout.bcaonline.org

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Competition for the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (new deadline)
Type: Open, One stage RFQ
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Languages: English and Polish
Timetable:
Deadline for submisson extended to 30 April 2006
Awards:
1st Prize–160,000 (PLN)
2nd Prize–120,000 (PLN)
3rd Prize–100,000 (PLN)
10 honorable mentions–80,000 (PLN)
Design Challenge: The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw will perform several key roles by attracting the widest possible group of visitors, as well as by facilitating positive relations between the public and the world of art and culture exemplified by their paramount achievements.
Contact: www.museumcompetition.pl

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Suitland Manor National Urban Design Competition (new deadline)
Sponsor: Prince George’s County Redevelopment Authority
Type: Open to students and professionals
Location: Suitland, MD (3 miles from Washington D.C.)
Timetable: (new deadline)
18 March 2006–registration deadline
1 May 2006–submission deadline
Award: $5000–first prize
$1000–first runner up
$500–Second runner up
Fee: $25–students
$100–professionals
Design Challenge: The Prince George’s County Redevelopment Authority (RA) is seeking a creative design proposal that could be used as a blueprint for future redevelopment at the Suitland Manor site. Open to all design and development professionals, as well as college students, the goal is to create a design that incorporates a vision for the future of Suitland Manor.
Site:
The 33-acre project area consists of marginal commercial businesses and deteriorating multi-family structures. Existing conditions include 167 four-unit buildings, 19 townhouses, and 12 commercial buildings. New housing and an elementary school have been built adjacent to the site.
Located inside the Beltway, the site is in walking distance from a Metro station and several government and cultural institutions.
Contact:
Tel: (301)883-5300
website: http://www.goprincegeorgescounty.com/SuitlandContest

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Los Angeles Downtown Park
Sponsors: California State Parks and the California State Parks Foundation
Type: Two-phase, open RFQ
Location: Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles State Historic Park (formerly known as “The Cornfield”)
Timetable:
March – October 2006
Public Phase I – Submission of proposals and selection of three finalists Public Phase II – Public meetings and selection of final proposal
17 April 2006 – Submission deadline
Fee: None
Awards: three finalists will receive a stipend of $25,000 to enable them to create their conceptual proposals
Design Challenge: The California State Parks Foundation and the California State Department of Parks is searching for an innovative and talented multidisciplined team to combine landscape and urban design, art, architecture and historical/cultural interpretation to design a concept for Los Angeles’ newest, precedent-setting urban park.
The 32 acres of Los Angeles State Historic Park is the cornerstone of the City of Los Angeles’ plan to revitalize the Los Angeles River corridor and transform this area into a hub, where all social, economic and cultural strata can meet and interact while celebrating the ethnic diversity and cultural heritage of Los Angeles. V
Contact: www.cscr.dgs.ca.gov/cscr for detailed RFQ

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urban-open Design Competition
Type: Two-phase, open, international
Location: Chicago
Sponsors: Chicago Chapter USGBC, Archi-Treasures, Bethany Brethren Community Center, Garfield Park Conservancy Alliance, AIA Young Architects Forum
Timetable: Submission deadline, April 15, 2006; phase I winners announced, April 30, 2006
Award: Phase one winner will receive a $3000 stipend and a commission to work with community groups to design an outdoor community space.
Design Challenge:
urban-open, is a two-phase, open, international architectural competition. The objective is to honor Chicago’s commitments to sustainability and community development by designing a space defined sculpturally, architecturally, and naturally that addresses the following criteria: *to respond to the needs of the Bethany Brethren Community Center, including individual plots for gardeners and an intergenerational recreation area. *to reflect the ambience, quality of life, and culture of the neighborhood and develop innovative ideas for recreation and other public uses in harmony with the day-to-day life of residents. *to consider the relationship of the site to the flanking landmarks (Garfield Park Conservatory and CCGT) and the need for enhanced connections between the site, the business district and residential areas. *to provide ideas on how to develop the organizational capacity of the neighborhood to commit and invest in the ongoing “greening” of their community. The second phase will pair the winner and the community in a series of workshops between May and June 2006. Construction of the final project is planned to be complete by October 2006.
Contact: info@urban-open.org
http://www.urban-open.org

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Greenstop Design Competition
Type: open, international, one stage
Location: Tulare County, California
Sponsors: CALTRANS, The Great Valley Center, AIA California Council
Timetable:
5 January 2006 – Brief available
26 Jan 2006 – Briefing
11 April 2006 – Submission deadline
Awards: $10,000 Grand Prize and other awards.
Design Challenge: The California Department of Transportation
(CALTRANS) and The Great Valley Center, with the support of the American Institute of Architects, California Council, and private organizations, are partnering in an open one-stage international competition to select a design, and thereby a design team, for a self- sustainable and “off the grid” roadside GreenStop – the word coined to designate a green roadside rest area.
Contact: Bill Liskamm, FAIA, Competition Advisor, GreenRestStop@aol.com.
website: www.GreatValley.org/greenstop

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You, Me and the Bus -National Bus Shelter Design Competition
Sponsors: Athens Area Arts Council (AAAC), and Athens-Clarke County and Athens Transit; a national design competition for bus shelters in Athens, Georgia. The project aims to enhance the public transportation system and improve quality of life in Athens by integrating utilitarian public services with artistic ingenuity and inspiration.
Type: Open, two-stage, national
Entry fee: $40
Project: Design for 4 bus shelters
Timetable:
14 April 2006 – Deadline for submissions May 2006 – Winners notified and exhibition Design Challenge:
Proposals that serve as both functional shelters for Athens riders, as well as quality works of public art. Designs should convey the themes of movement, transportation, people, and public activity, incorporating site context and serving to define the areas in which they are located. Shelters must be able to hold a minimum of 3 people as well as a wheelchair space, and should also respond to the relationships between pedestrians, sidewalk, curb and street.
Eligibility and Compensation:
designers, artists, architects, and students who reside in the United States. Selected designers will receive an award of $3,000. A budget of $8,000 for each shelter must
accommodate: materials, fabrication, and freight to Athens-Clarke County. Winners must be prepared to collaborate with a Georgia-based, licensed architect to realize the project.
For further details visit: www.athensarts.org .
Email: bus@athensarts.org

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Leading Edge Student Design Competition
Type: Student Competition
Location: Orange County, CA
Timetable:
31 March 2006 – Registration Deadline
16 June 2006 – Submission Deadline
August 2006 – Announcement of winners
Design Challenge:
2006 Leading Edge Student Design Competition seeks to support and enhance the study of sustainable and energy-efficient building practices in Architectural Education.
Contact: Pat Heatherly, pat@newbuildings.org www.leadingedgecompetition.org

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EDGE as CENTER: Envisioning the post-industrial landscape
Sponsors: Boston Society of Architects, the City of Somerville, Herb
Chambers Companies, Somerville Chamber of Commerce New Group
Type: Open
Location: Somerville, MA
Timetable:
31 March 2006 – Registration deadline
26 May 2006 – Entries due,
Jury: Rodolfo Machado, Riki Moss, William Rawn, Adele Naude Santos Awar:;–$35,000 prize to be divided among three winners at the discretion of the jury.
Fee:–$125 for professionals, $50 for interns, $35 for students Design Challenge:
The City of Somerville, Massachusetts and the Boston Society of Architects invite designers to envision the future of a pivotal post- industrial area in Somerville, known as the BrickBottom District.
Contact: Alexandra Lee at alee@architects.org
website: http://www.architects.org/shaping_communities/index.cfm?doc_id=175

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Historical District Renewal Area – Student Competition
Sponsors: UNESCO/UIA 2006/CARLETON UNIVERSITY
Eligibility: worldwide to upper-level interdisciplinary team of students — third year or above, including graduate students. All student entrants are required to work under the direction of a faculty sponsor.
Fee: None
Timetable 15 February 2006: Registration Deadline 30 April 2006: Deadline for receipt of entries in Ottawa, Canada. 20 May 2006: Prize winners chosen by the design jury. June 19-23, 2006: Prize winning entries will be on display (panels and CD-Rom) within UNESCO stand at UN HABITAT WUF III in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Fall 2006: Publication of competition summary catalogue.
Awards Winning students will receive cash prizes totaling $ 6 000 with distribution as follows: First Prize: Student $ 3 000 Second Prize: Student $ 2 000 Third Prize: Student $ 1 000 Ten honorable mentions may also be awarded at the jury’s discretion. Prize and mentions winning submissions will be exhibited at the 2006 WUF III Conference in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, as well as being published in a competition summary book by Carleton University and UNESCO.
Jury Professor Greg Andonian, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Architect Brigitte Colin, Architecture & Cities, UNESCO, Paris, France Professor Marco Frascari, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Professor Alex Michalos, University of British Columbia, B.C., Canada Architect Jim Scheeler, UIA Vice-President, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Purpose The purpose of this competition and brief is to invite faculties and students to:

  • Increase and improve the level of awareness and understanding on issues of  Urbanization (re: migration, host-guest population conflicts, ethnicity and multicultural identities and integration) in historical districts;
  • Stimulate and support high quality, integrated and timely policy research and knowledge on priority issues related to HISTORICAL DISTRICTS infrastructure upgrading that challenges SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY (re: upgrading housing units by controlled rent increases, etc.)
  • Encourage the development and maintenance of a strong theoretical research and pragmatic design community on issues pertaining to GENTRIFICATION OF HISTORICAL DISTRICTS (re: un-employability leading to poverty, displacement, eviction, homelessness, etc.) and
  • Foster stronger exchange of information and knowledge on issues related to SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES IN HISTORICAL DISTRICTS (re: new employment potential creation for local residents, plus low income housing stock development, etc.) among policy makers, experts (architects, planners, designers, engineers, etc.) communities, non-governmental organizations, industry and the general public.

For more information, contact: Greg Andonian, School of Architecture, Carleton University, Ottawa, CANADA  K1S 5B6 Tel: 613/520 2600  x 2868      Fax: 613/520 2849
E-mail: gandonia@ccs.carleton.ca
Website: http://www.arch.carleton.ca/unesco/

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Gleisdreieck Park, Berlin
Type: open, 2-stage, ideas and realization
Eligibility: Licensed Landscape architects in EU
Language: German
Timetable:
5 March 2006 – Deadline for submissions
Jury:
Awards:
1st stage: total 65,000 EUR
2nd Stage: total 80,000 EUR – including 40 000 EUR commission fee and 1st Prize 19 000 EUR for winning design
2nd Prize – 13 000 EUR
3rd Prize – 8 000 EUR
(The decision of the jury is not binding on the client)
Design Challenge:
To create a design for an area which is characterized by high density urban development on the edge.
The criteria by which the designs will be judged include the following(in German without any ranking):
– Leitidee, Grundstruktur, Topographie
– Städtebauliche Einbindung, Beachtung stadträumlicher und historischer Bezüge
– Raumbildung und -verknüpfung
– Erschließung und innere Ordnung
– Entwicklungsfähigkeit des Parks
– Nutzbarkeit
– Entwurfliche und textliche Auseinandersetzung mit den Ergebnissen der Bürgerbeteiligung
– Beachtung von Gendergesichtspunkten (Gender mainstreaming)
– Vegetationseinbindung und -verwendung, Materialwahl
– Einhaltung verbindlicher Vorgaben
– Einhaltung des Kostenrahmens
– Wirtschaftlichkeit in Bezug auf Pflege und Unterhaltung
Contact:
stadtsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung, Referat II D, Wettbewerbe und Auswahlverfahren Behrenstraße 42
z. Hd. von Almut Jirku, II D 21
D-10117 Berlin
Tel. 0049-30 / 9020-5401
E-Mail: almut.jirku@senstadt.verwalt-berlin.de.
Fax 0049-30 / 9020-5671
URL: www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/aktuell/wettbewerbe.

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A contemporary observatory for new dialogues among humans and non-humans
Type: Open, international, one-stage
Timetable
27 January 2006 – Registration Deadline
3 February 2006 – Program Published
13 March 2006 – Submission Deadline
20 March 2006 – Jury meeting & Announcement of Award
The Award – $30,000
Entry fee: US$75
Language: English
The Steedman Traveling Fellowship enables graduates of accredited professional degree programs in architecture around the world to travel for architectural research and study in foreign countries for a period of nine months. The $30,000 Fellowship is awarded to the winner of the Steedman International Design Competition. The award is based on the quality of the selected winner’s competition design entry, but the quality of his/her research proposal is also considered.
Eligibility:
graduates of an accredited school of architecture, and be currently employed in, or have completed at least one year of practical experience in the office of a practicing architect. Candidates are eligible to compete for up to eight years after receipt of their professional degrees, regardless of age. Citizens of all countries are eligible to compete for the Fellowship.
Jury:
Inaki Abalos
Juhani Pallasmaa, Helsinki ,Finland
Renata Sentkiewicz ,Madrid
Others to be announced
Program
The project to be developed is a pavilion-observatory in which the primary objective will be to provide an architectural structure to develop NEW FORMS of dialogue between humans and non-humans pertinent with culture and contemporary values. The pavilion-observatory has to be a recognizable object of reduced dimension – no more than 1,500 m2 (though bigger dimensions will be accepted if duly justified).
The location of the pavilion-observatory can be chosen, documented and justified by the participant, or take place at a site in Central Park, New York either as an extension or substitution of a pre-existing structure or at a location where its characteristics justify the intervention. The relationship between structure and knowledge should be established through an adequate articulation of architecture, technology and nature. The proposals will be judged for its novelty, precision and conciseness as well as for its relevance in the contemporary cultural context.
More information available at the competition website: www.steedmancompetition.com

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Competition for the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Type: Open, One stage RFQ
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Languages: English and Polish
Timetable:
28 Feb 2006–submission deadline
20 March 2006–verification of finalists
7 April 2006–seminar
28 April 2006–questions deadlines
14 June 2006–deadline for finalists
Awards:
1st Prize–160,000 (PLN)
2nd Prize–120,000 (PLN)
3rd Prize–100,000 (PLN)
10 honorable mentions–80,000 (PLN)
Design Challenge: The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw will perform several key roles by attracting the widest possible group of visitors, as well as by facilitating positive relations between the public and the world of art and culture exemplified by their paramount achievements. The Museum will stage major artistic events and creative endeavors to attract multiple visitors from Poland and other countries. The Museum will host exhibitions of Polish, modern, and contemporary (post-1989) art presented in its international context. The Museum is meant to become a popular meeting spot, a place to spend leisure time throughout the year.
Contact: www.museumcompetition.pl

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Rebuilding the Big Easy–Two Competitions
High Density on the High Ground
Type: Open, International, One Stage
Eligibility: Open to professionals and students
Location: New Orleans, LA
Sponsors: Tulane School of Architecture, Architectural Record
Jury:
Sean Cummings, New Orleans,LA
Robert Ivy, New York City, NY
Natalie De Vries, MVRDV, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Charles Correa, India
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, DPZ, Miami, FL
David Adjaye, London, England
Monica Ponce de Leon, Office da, Boston, MA
Timetable:
Questions Deadline January 8, 2006
Answers Posted January 15, 2006
Registration Deadline January 15, 2006
Late Registration Deadline February 15, 2006
Submission Deadline March 1, 2006
Fee:
The fee for each submission in this competition is $100 dollars for registrations received by January 15,2006, $150 for registrations between January 15 and February 15, 2006. Schools of Architecture may pay a per studio fee of $250 and make as many as 15 submissions in each studio. Studios registering between January 15 and February 15, 2006 must pay $350. The Tulane City Center (a non-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding New Orleans) will receive any net proceeds from the competition.
Award:
Winners will be published in Architectural Record and exhibited in New Orleans and at the AIA National Convention.
Design Challenge
This competition is aimed at generating designs for a mixed-use, mixed-density housing proposal that is specific to New Orleans.

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New Orleans House Prototype
Eligibility: Open to students
Timetable:
Questions Deadline – January 8, 2006
Answers Posted – January 15, 2006
Registration Deadline – January 15, 2006
Late Registration Deadline – February 15, 2006
Submission Deadline – March 1, 2006
Jury – March 23, 2006
Exhibition March 15-29, 2006
Fee:
The fee to participate in this competition is $25 dollars for registrations received by January 15, 2006, $50 for registrations between January 15, 2006 and February 15, 2006. Schools of Architecture may pay a per studio fee of $200 and enter as many as 15 students in each studio. Studios registering between January 15, 2006 and February 15, 2006 must pay $350.
Award: Winning entries will be published in Architectural Record and a selection of entries will be published on the Architectural Record website. In addition, there will be an exhibit of select entries at the Tulane School of Architecture and a second exhibit at the AIA National Convention.
Design Challenge:
The first competition will generate proposals for a house prototype, variations of which can be replicated throughout the city. In this competition, the house prototype will be demonstrated as an affordable single-family home on a typical New Orleans lot.
contact:
website: http://archrecord.construction.com/news/katrina/competition.asp

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urban-open Design Competition
Type: Two-phase, open, international
Location: Chicago
Sponsors: Chicago Chapter USGBC, Archi-Treasures, Bethany Brethren Community Center, Garfield Park Conservancy Alliance, AIA Young Architects Forum
Timetable: Submission deadline, April 15, 2006; phase I winners announced, April 30, 2006
Award: Phase one winner will receive a $3000 stipend and a commission to work with community groups to design an outdoor community space.
Design Challenge:
urban-open, is a two-phase, open, international architectural
competition. The objective is to honor Chicago’s commitments to
sustainability and community development by designing a space defined sculpturally, architecturally, and naturally that addresses the following criteria:
*to respond to the needs of the Bethany Brethren Community Center, including individual plots for gardeners and an intergenerational recreation area.
*to reflect the ambience, quality of life, and culture of the neighborhood and develop innovative ideas for recreation and other public uses in harmony with the day-to-day life of residents.
*to consider the relationship of the site to the flanking landmarks (Garfield Park Conservatory and CCGT) and the need for enhanced connections between the site, the business district and residential areas.
*to provide ideas on how to develop the organizational capacity of the neighborhood to commit and invest in the ongoing “greening” of their community.
The second phase will pair the winner and the community in a series of workshops between May and June 2006. Construction of the final project is planned to be complete by October 2006.
Contact: info@urban-open.org
http://www.urban-open.org

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Greenstop Design Competition
Type: open, international, one stage
Location: Tulare County, California
Sponsors: CALTRANS, The Great Valley Center, AIA California Council
Timetable:
5 January 2006 – Brief available
26 Jan 2006 – Briefing
11 April 2006 – Submission deadline
Awards: $10,000 Grand Prize and other awards.
Design Challenge: The California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) and The Great Valley Center, with the support of the American Institute of Architects, California Council, and private organizations, are partnering in an open one-stage international competition to select a design, and thereby a design team, for a self-sustainable and “off the grid” roadside GreenStop © the word coined to designate a green roadside rest area. The Sponsors view this as a opportunity to create a “green” rest area that can serve as a model for current and future rest stops within the state system, with the ability to be customized so as to be regionally relevant for each location. The site for purposes of the competition is the Tipton rest area site along Route 99 in Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, CA. The site currently accommodates nearly 3 million travelers per year. While the design will be required to address the larger sustainability and interpretive issues, it will also be required to provide an image and identity reflecting the Central Valley region. While the competition is site specific, the goal is to serve as a pilot project that will create a model that could be replicated elsewhere. The competition will address the redevelopment of the existing rest area, and will include interpretive elements that showcase the region’s unique qualities and products.
The competition is open to all architects, landscape architects, urban designers, planners, engineers, educators, students and others interested in sustainability issues. Multi-disciplinary teams that include environmental specialists and landscape architects are encouraged. A briefing for competitors will be held at 1 PM, Thursday, January 26, 2006 at the Great Valley Center, 201 Needham Street, Modesto, CA 95354, (209) 522-5103.
Contact: Bill Liskamm, FAIA, Competition Advisor, GreenRestStop@aol.com.
website: www.GreatValley.org/greenstop

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Inside:Out — Weaving Arts into the Urban Fabric
Type: National, Open
Location: Boston, MA
Sponsor: Boston Center for the Arts
Timetable:
27 Feb 2006 – Registration deadline
9 May 2006 – Submission deadline
Finalists announced, May 24, 2006
Winner announced, Sept, 2006
Fee: $75 nonprofessionals, $175 professionals
Award: Up to five finalists receive $2500 and the winner receives $5000 and contract negotiations to build the project.
Design Challenge:
Inside:Out – Weaving Arts into the Urban Fabric, a national open design competition, seeks to transform the Tremont Street plaza and other public spaces surrounding the BCA, which occupies an entire city block from Clarendon Street to Berkeley Street in Boston’s historic South End. The BCA is an urban cultural village, incubating and showcasing the performing and visual arts and artists of our times. The BCA complex includes 50 working artist studios, 6 live/work spaces, The Mills gallery, four theatres. It is also the home for the Boston Ballet, the Community Music Center of Boston, and almost a dozen other non-profit arts organizations.
The design competition will accomplish four principal goals. First, the project seeks to create a space/landscape that identifies the BCA as a citywide arts destination, and reflects on the BCA’s mission to showcase and incubate the work of visual and performing artists of our times. Second, the BCA seeks to offer a welcoming and inclusive environment that unites the arts with the surrounding cityscape. Third, the design must create a space that will not only serve as an everyday gathering place to encourage interaction, but can also be adapted to accommodate larger seasonal activities and or special events. Finally, the goal is to unify the old and new elements of the BCA complex, while also guiding visitors to the institutions, arts groups, and businesses within the block that the BCA occupies.
Contact:
Martin Zogran, 617-495-4553
mzogran@gsd.harvard.edu
www.insideout.bcaonline.org

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You, Me and the Bus -National Bus Shelter Design Competition
Sponsors: Athens Area Arts Council (AAAC), and Athens-Clarke County and Athens Transit; a national design competition for bus shelters in Athens, Georgia. The project aims to enhance the public transportation system and improve quality of life in Athens by integrating utilitarian public services with artistic ingenuity and inspiration.
Type: Open, two-stage, national
Entry fee: $40
Project: Design for 4 bus shelters
Timetable:
14 April 2006 – Deadline for submissions
May 2006 – Winners notified and exhibition
Design Challenge:
Proposals that serve as both functional shelters for Athens riders, as well as quality works of public art. Designs should convey the themes of movement, transportation, people, and public activity, incorporating site context and serving to define the areas in which they are located. Shelters must be able to hold a minimum of 3 people as well as a wheelchair space, and should also respond to the relationships between pedestrians, sidewalk, curb and street.
Eligibility and Compensation:
The competition is open to designers, artists, architects, and students who reside in the United States. Selected designers will receive an award of $3,000. A budget of $8,000 for each shelter must accommodate: materials, fabrication, and freight to Athens-Clarke County. Winners must be prepared to collaborate with a Georgia-based, licensed architect to realize the project.
For further details visit: www.athensarts.org .
Email: bus@athensarts.org

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Leading Edge Student Design Competition
Type: Student Competition
Location: Orange County, CA
Timetable:
31 March 2006 – Registration Deadline
16 June 2006 – Submission Deadline
August 2006 – Announcement of winners
Design Challenge:
2006 Leading Edge Student Design Competition seeks to support and enhance the study of sustainable and energy-efficient building practices in Architectural Education. In its 13th year, students and instructors of Architecture and Design to use the competition as a framework to explore the use of new materials and strategies for building and the integration of aesthetics and technology for high-performing, cutting edge architecture. This year the competition will focus on public buildings in the coastal environment of Southern California. Students entering Challenge 1 will design an Environmental Museum and Interpretive Center, and students entering Challenge 2 will design a Park Office and Snack Bar. Both buildings will be located in the new Orange County Great Park in Irvine.
Contact: Pat Heatherly, pat@newbuildings.org
www.leadingedgecompetition.org

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Burnham Prize 2006
Topic: Learning from North Lawndale: Defining the Urban Neighborhood
in the 21st Century
Timetable:
20 January 2006–registration deadline
3 February 2006–phase 1 entries due
15 May 2006–phase 2 entries due
Eligibility: Open to individuals or teams of architects or designers
under 40, though a lead designer must be identified.
Jury: Walter Hood, Landscape Architect, University of
California-Berkeley Kerl Lejeune, Architect, Chicago Architectural Club Others to be announced
Awards
Five Stage II finalists will receive $2000 to refine their designs. The
winner of the Burnham Prize receives an extended fellowship at the
American Academy in Rome in Fall 2006, sponsored by the Chicago
Architectural Club biennially.
Design Challenge:
The neighborhood of North Lawndale, on the west side of Chicago, has a unique history. It was a home base at one time for Martin Luther King, and before that, for Golda Meir. It was the birthplace of the Sears and Roebuck Company and McCormick Reaper Company which were part of a now vanishing industrial history that once provided many jobs. It was a locus of upheaval during the riots of the 1960s and is now home to one of the poorest communities in Chicago. Today there are approximately 5,000 vacant lots scattered throughout North Lawndale, half of which are owned by the City of Chicago. This competition seeks proposals that address these lots or the urban fabric in-between.
For information, contact:
burnhamprize2006@chicagoarchitecturalclub.org

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ACSA Student Competitions
Airports.Security.Circulation
Registration Deadline – 8 February 2006
Submission Deadline – 15 May 2006

Community Aquatic Center
Registration Deadline – 8 February 2006
Deadline for receipt of entires – 24 May 2006

Hospitality Transformed:
Resort Hotels in 2055
Registration Deadline – 8 February 2006
Submission Deadline – 24 May, 2006

Concrete Thinking for a Sustainable World
Registration Deadline – 8 February 2006
Submission Deadline 3 May 2006
For more information, go to:
www.acsa-arch.org/competitions

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Four Corners Design Competition
Sponsors: The Antaramian Development Group and the Naples Bay Resort in conjunction with AIA Florida Southwest, the United Arts Council of Collier County and the City of Naples, Florida, Community Redevelopment Board.
Type: Open, one-stage
Timetable:
24 February 2006 – Registration deadline
1 March 2006 – Submission Deadline
Fees: $50 Student/Professor $100 Professional
Awards: US $20,000
Design Challenge: The competition study area lies between the city’s vibrant central entertainment and retail spine – known as “Fifth Avenue South” – on the West, and a planned major retail, office and residential development on the East, currently known as Grand Central Station. This development is expected to be equally as vibrant as Fifth Avenue South. This competition has been mounted to discover exciting ways to link these two focal areas, joining them into a new and grander Naples downtown. The competition also seeks to discover attractive ways to link this new enhanced core area to several other adjacent areas. The City of Naples has long been recognized as one of the most attractive locations in Florida. Located on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples has attracted an upscale population of around 22,000 year-round residents and an additional 16,000 seasonal residents. The city also serves as the hub of a vast metropolitan community of around 250,000.
Contact:
Email: matt@archnetinc.com
Website: http://www.aiaflasw.org

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2006 Rotch Travelling Scholarship
Type: open, 2-stage
Award: $35.000
30 Dec 2005 – Deadline for submissions
Eligibility: Candidates must be U.S. citizens under 35 years old on
January 1 of the competition year, and must have:
• A degree from an accredited U.S. school of arcitecture and one year
of full-time professsional experience in a Massachusetts architecture
firm as of January 1 of the competition year; or
• A degree from an accredited Massachusetts school of architecutre and one year of full-time professiional experience in any architecture
firm, the full-time professional experience being completed by the
first day of the competition year.
For information: www.rotchscholarship.org/competition

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Ferrous Park Housing Competition
Sponsors: STRETCH and SquareOne Collaborative
Type: International, RfQ
Fee: None
Timetable:
31 January 2005 – RfQ Submission deadline
31 June 2006 – Submission deadline for entries
Compensation Eight(8) finalists will each receive $1,000 to complete a
proposal
Jury
STRETCH Sculptor, Ferrous Park owner, land developer, restaurateur Tom Stiller Principal Architect, SquareOne Collaborative, land developer Vladimir Krstic Professor, Department of Architecture, Kansas State University John Gaunt, FAIA Dean, School of Architecture and Urban Design, University of Kansas Porter Arneill Director/Public Art Administrator, Municipal Art Commission of Kansas City, MO
Design Challenge
The project seeks to offer an approach for integrating new housing
construction into urban core redevelopment by preserving and
strengthening the early aspects of a neighborhood identity as physical, social and financial development merges into a burgeoning neighborhood. Construction of the dwellings, scheduled for spring 2007, will emphasize new construction technologies, off-site production of
building components and environmentally-friendly products and means of production (i.e. sustainable and green construction).
This project involves both the design and construction of a housing
project with seven individual dwellings in the Crossroads Arts District
in Kansas City, Missouri. Architects selected from this competition
will design four of the seven dwellings.
The design aspect of the project centers on attempting to define and
broaden the role of new housing construction as a component of urban
core redevelopment beyond merely adding living space. New housing
construction can maximize its contribution to urban core redevelopment
through the understanding of socioeconomic, geographic contexts and the maturity of existing development trends and by augmenting those
existing trends or establishing a new redevelopment direction.
The construction aspect of the project centers on the use of new
construction technologies, off-site production of building components
and environmentally-friendly products and means of production (i.e.
sustainable and green construction).
CROSSROADS ARTS DISTRICT, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
The Crossroads Arts District in Kansas City, Missouri began to evolve
from a declining 1920’s – 1950’s light industrial and warehousing area
into an organically growing and flourishing arts scene more than
fifteen years ago. Pioneered by local artists living and working in
the warehouse spaces, Interest in living, working and investing in the
area is rapidly growing to include a much wider spectrum of people and
small businesses. The western portion of the Arts district is
considerably more developed than the eastern portion with small
businesses, restaurants, galleries, night clubs and loft conversions.
The eastern portion of the district has begun to take advantage of its
underutilized properties in the last five years. The eastern portion
of the Arts District is frequently referred to as the Keystone of the
Crossroads Arts District as it connects the Arts District to the 18th &
Vine Jazz District. The Arts District has not seen newly constructed
housing and only three newly constructed commercial/industrial
buildings in a minimum of twenty years. Redevelopment of the area is
currently confined to adaptive reuse. New housing construction in this
context will begin to mature the redevelopment process of the
Crossroads Arts District.
For more information, contact:
Ferrous Park International Architectural Design Competition
c/o STRETCH
PO BOX 414444, Kansas City, Missouri 64141
Email – STRETCH@ferrouspark.org or Tom@ferrouspark.org

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Manhattan Districts Garage/Salt Facility
Type: Open, RfQ
Deadline: 6 December 2005
Design Challenge:
The Department of Sanitation of New York City (DSNY) intends to build
a new structure to maintain and store their fleet of vehicles for
Manhattan Districts 1, 2, and 5, and hereby invites submissions from
interested Architectural and Engineering firms. DSNY is the world’s
largest and most diverse municipal sanitation agency, with waste
management and reduction programs including recycling, street sweeping, and a dedicated uniformed cleaning and collection force. Today, the Department collects over 12,000 tons of residential and institutional refuse and recyclables a day. In addition, New Yorkers rely on DSNY’s precision snow removal team to keep critical arteries and public access routes open. The new building will also store salt for this purpose.
Site
Located on Spring Street between Washington and West Streets, the new building will be adjacent to the upscale boutiques and loft residences of Soho and Tribeca, and directly north of the entrance to the Holland Tunnel. The site, which is currently an open truck and trailer storage facility, is at the southern end of an industrial swathe that reaches up through the meatpacking district to Chelsea. Located on the western edge of the city, it overlooks Hudson River Park and the Hudson river. This is an opportunity to explore unique adjacencies between building types, and to create a strong, positive presence in the neighborhood. It is a chance to build an extraordinary municipal structure that will be an expression of civic pride, that will express New York City’s support of environmentally responsible, resource efficient, and innovatively designed public buildings, and that will contribute to an
inspiring and evolving urban image of the city.
For information, contact:
Faith Rose
Design Liaison
NYC Department of Design and Construction
(718)391-1080
A copy of the two stage Request for Proposals (RFP) for Capital Project No. S219/233, Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage and Salt Facility can be obtained by accessing
http://a856-internet.nyc.gov/nycvendoronline/home.html using PIN 82705RR00068

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Burnham Prize 2006
Topic: Learning from North Lawndale: Defining the Urban Neighborhood
in the 21st Century
Timetable:
20 January 2006–registration deadline
3 February 2006–phase 1 entries due
15 May 2006–phase 2 entries due
Eligibility: Open to individuals or teams of architects or designers
under 40, though a lead designer must be identified.
Jury: Walter Hood, Landscape Architect, University of
California-Berkeley Kerl Lejeune, Architect, Chicago Architectural Club Others to be announced
Awards
Five Stage II finalists will receive $2000 to refine their designs. The
winner of the Burnham Prize receives an extended fellowship at the
American Academy in Rome in Fall 2006, sponsored by the Chicago
Architectural Club biennially.
Design Challenge:
The neighborhood of North Lawndale, on the west side of Chicago, has a unique history. It was a home base at one time for Martin Luther King, and before that, for Golda Meir. It was the birthplace of the Sears and Roebuck Company and McCormick Reaper Company which were part of a now vanishing industrial history that once provided many jobs. It was a locus of upheaval during the riots of the 1960s and is now home to one of the poorest communities in Chicago. Today there are approximately 5,000 vacant lots scattered throughout North Lawndale, half of which are owned by the City of Chicago. This competition seeks proposals that address these lots or the urban fabric in-between.
For information, contact:
burnhamprize2006@chicagoarchitecturalclub.org

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School for Adult Education, including Music School, Library and Parking Garage
Location: Vienna, Austria
Sponsor: City of Vienna, Austria
Type: Open, 2-stage; six(6) finalists designated for second stage
Timetable: 19 December 2005 (17:00) – Deadline for submissions
Language: German
Awards: 11,000 Euros for each finalist (6)
Eligibility: Architects and Engineers residing in EWG and Switzerland
Entry fee: 30 Euros
For more information, go to: www.wettbewerbe-aktuell.de or
www.wien.gv.at/stadtentwicklung/wettbewerbe

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ACSA Student Competitions
Airports.Security.Circulation
Registration Deadline – 8 February 2006
Submission Deadline – 15 May 2006

Community Aquatic Center
Registration Deadline – 8 February 2006
Deadline for receipt of entires – 24 May 2006

Hospitality Transformed:
Resort Hotels in 2055
Registration Deadline – 8 February 2006
Submission Deadline – 24 May, 2006

Concrete Thinking for a Sustainable World
Registration Deadline – 8 February 2006
Submission Deadline 3 May 2006

For more information, go to:
www.acsa-arch.org/competitions

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Four Corners Design Competition
Sponsors: The Antaramian Development Group and the Naples Bay Resort in conjunction with AIA Florida Southwest, the United Arts Council of Collier County and the City of Naples, Florida, Community Redevelopment Board.
Type: Open, one-stage
Timetable:
24 February 2006 – Registration deadline
1 March 2006 – Submission Deadline
Fees: $50 Student/Professor $100 Professional
Awards: US $20,000
Design Challenge: The competition study area lies between the city’s
vibrant central entertainment and retail spine – known as “Fifth Avenue
South” – on the West, and a planned major retail, office and
residential development on the East, currently known as Grand Central
Station.  This development is expected to be equally as vibrant as
Fifth Avenue South.  This competition has been mounted to discover
exciting ways to link these two focal areas, joining them into a new
and grander Naples downtown.  The competition also seeks to discover
attractive ways to link this new enhanced core area to several other
adjacent areas. The City of Naples has long been recognized as one of
the most attractive locations in Florida. Located on the Gulf of
Mexico, Naples has attracted an upscale population of around 22,000
year-round residents and an additional 16,000 seasonal residents. The
city also serves as the hub of a vast metropolitan community of around
250,000.
Contact:
Email: matt@archnetinc.com
Website: http://www.aiaflasw.org

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Southpoint: from Ruin to Rejuvenation, The Roosevelt Island Universal Arts Center International Ideas Competition
Type: Open, international, one-stage
Sponsors:The Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA), AIA NY Chapter
Timetable:
18 December 2005 – Registration deadline
13 January 2006 (postmarked) -Submission
Eligibility: Open to all design students and young professionals who
have completed their education at the undergraduate or graduate level
within the past ten years.
Entry Fees: $65 individual, $100 team (2-4), $100 group (5+), $100
academic fee, $35 student
Awards:
$6000 (ENYA prize), $2500 (2nd Place), $1000 (3rd Place), $1000
(Student), $1000 (Historic Preservation Award)
Challenge:
Design a Universal Arts Center for the community of Roosevelt Island,
New York.  This will be ENYA’s second biennial competition, and will
culminate in an exhibition at the Center for Architecture in the Spring
of 2006.  Cash prizes and publication in an exhibition catalogue will
be awarded to the winning entries. The site, located at the ruin of
James Renwick Jr.’s Smallpox Hospital, will provide a platform to
discuss issues of preservation, an opportunity to take advantage of
glorious city views, and a chance to access a unique and inimitable
physical environment.
For further information, log on to http://www.enyacompetitions.org
Email: jsheridan@richaia.com

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Green Building Design Competition
Sponsors: NYC Department of Environmental Protection and the EPA.
Type: National, open to students and professionals
Timetable:
17 January 2006 – Submission deadline
March 2006 – Winners in each category will be contacted to develop a
poster
Jury:
Carlton Brown, Chief Operating Officer, Full Spectrum, LLC, Chris Garvin, Co-Chair, Committee on the Environment, NYC Chapter AIA, Craig Graber, Co-Chair, Committee on the Environment, NYC Chapter AIA, Julie Hoover, Senior VP, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Brian McGrath, Co-Director, Urban Field Station, U.S. Forest Service/Columbia Univ., Wayne Tusa, Chair, Liaison and Communications Committee, NY Chapter USGBC, Environmental Risk and Loss Control
Project Categories
Built – This category seeks to award green buildings that have
completed construction/renovation and successfully incorporated an
exemplary palette of green building strategies into beautiful designs.
Projects must be completed by date of submission (January 17, 2006)
Unbuilt – Designs could range from projects that are currently under
construction to those that are strictly conceptual. These submissions
should include thoughtful schematic designs and developoment documents.
For more information, go to:
www.nyc.gov/html/oec/html/sustain/sustain_news.shtml

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West End Pedestrian Bridge Competition
Sponsor: Riverlife Task Force
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Type: Open, two-stage hybrid competition–Stage I is open. Stage II
will include an RFQ paid participants and the Stage I finalists.
Eligibility: Architects, Landscape Architects, Urban Designers,
Engineers, Industrial Designers, Artists, and Students
Fee: $100 per team, $50 individual, $25 student
Timetable:
21 Dec 2005 – Registration Period closes
31 Jan 2006 – Stage 1 Submissions Due
Late Feb – Stage 2 Submissions Due
Awards:
Stage 1:  3 to 5 finalists will receive $1000 each, and advance to the
second stage.
Stage 2:  Firms participating in Stage 2 will receive a $15,000 stipend
to develop their submission.  Awards will be given to the top three
submissions. $7,500 first prize, $5000 second prize, $2500 third prize.
Jury: TBA
Competition Advisers: Reed Krolof/Casey Jones
Challenge: Situated at the headwaters of the Ohio River, the West End Pedestrian Bridge will complete a loop of riverfront trails known as
Three Rivers Park.  In addition to connecting Pittsburgh’s shorelines,
the bridge will enhance the city’s skyline and provide new access
points to the riverfront from neighborhoods now separated by highways
and parking lots.
Website: www.riverlifetaskforce.org
Email: bridge@riverlifetaskforce.org

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2006 Rotch Travelling Scholarship
Type: open, 2-stage
Award: $35.000
30 Dec 2005 – Deadline for submissions
Eligibility: Candidates must be U.S. citizens under 35 years old on
January 1 of the competition year, and must have:
• A degree from an accredited U.S. school of arcitecture and one year
of full-time professsional experience in a Massachusetts architecture
firm as of January 1 of the competition year; or
• A degree from an accredited Massachusetts school of architecutre and one year of full-time professiional experience in any architecture
firm, the full-time professional experience being completed by the
first day of the competition year.
For information: www.rotchscholarship.org/competition

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New Jersey Urban Parks Master Plan Design Competition
Sponsors: The State of New Jersey: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture.
Locations: Trenton and Paterson, New Jersey.
Type: Two-Stage, National, Open RFQ
Award: Up to five teams of finalists for each city will each receive a project development contract for $17,000 to develop detailed design concepts for the Master Plan in two stages.
The winning designers selected for each project site will enter into a professional consulting contract with the State of New Jersey’s Department of the Treasury to provide the Master Plan.
Jury: TBA
Eligibility: Open to individuals, firms or teams consisting of architects, landscape architects, planners, engineers, artists, urban designers and students.
Timetable:
October 21, 2005 RFQ deadline
November 1, 2005 Notification of short-listed finalists
Week of November 21st Trenton and Paterson finalists announced
Mid-March, 2006 Stage One submission deadline
March, 2006 Stage One proposals on view for public comment
May, 2006 Final Stage Two Proposal submission deadline
June 2006 Announcement of winning design concepts for Master Plan
Design Challenge: The State of New Jersey invites architects, landscape architects, artists, designers, and planners to express their interest in the submission of concepts and visions for two new urban state park initiatives: the Great Falls State Park in Paterson and a band of Trenton area parks and historic sites, including Stacy Park in the Capitol Complex. The Paterson park will focus on ecological aesthetics of the Great Falls and the city’s Native American and industrial history. The Trenton park will link the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park to existing parks and historic sites, including the Hamilton-Trenton Marsh, Stacy Park, Mill Hill Park, the Trenton Battle Monument and three National Historic Landmarks, the Old Barracks Museum, the John Abbott House and the William Trent House Museum. The winning concept(s) for each park will successfully incorporate issues of: identity appropriate to urban parks, the enrichment of city life, the surrounding man-made and natural environment, cultural tourism, history, and archeology.
contact: www.nj.gov/dep/urbanparks
e-mail: bob.braica@treas.state.nj.us

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West End Pedestrian Bridge Competition
Sponsor: Riverlife Task Force
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Eligibility: Open to Architects, Landscape Architects, Urban Designers, Engineers, Industrial Designers, Artists, and Students
Type: Open, two-stage hybrid competition–Stage I is open. Stage II will include an RFQ paid participants and the Stage I finalists.
Fee: $100 per team, $50 individual, $25 student
Timetable: Competition Announced October 3, 2005 Registration Period October 3 to November 23, 2005
Question and Answer Period October 3 to November 7, 2005
Stage 1 Submissions Due December 21, 2005
Stage 2 Firms Notified Early January 2005
Stage 2 Submissions Due Late February 2005
Awards: Stage 1: 3 to 5 finalists will receive $1000 each, and advance to the second stage. Stage 2: Firms participating in Stage 2 will receive a $15,000 stipend to develop their submission. Awards will be given to the top three submissions. $7,500 first prize, $5000 second prize, $2500 third prize.
Challenge: Situated at the headwaters of the Ohio River, the West End Pedestrian Bridge will complete a loop of riverfront trails known as Three Rivers Park. In addition to connecting Pittsburgh’s shorelines, the bridge will enhance the city’s skyline and provide new access points to the riverfront from neighborhoods now separated by highways and parking lots.
Website: www.riverlifetaskforce.org
Email: bridge@riverlifetaskforce.org

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Urban Voids: Grounds for Change
Timetable: November 14, 2005 — Registration ends; deadline for questions
November 21, 2005 — Answers posted online
January 6, 2006 — Entries due online
February 2006 — Results announced; entries exhibited to the public
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Competition Advisor: Van Alen Institute
Jury: Diana Balmori, Principal, Balmori Associates; James Corner
Founder, Field Operations, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Design; Jerold Kayden, Professor, Harvard Design School; Mary Miss, Artist; Cathy Weiss, Executive Director, Claneil Foundation
Design Challenge
Philadelphia needs a compelling long-term vision for developing its vacant lots, a strategy that envisions how vacancy in Philadelphia can be changed from an obstacle (vacancy as absence) to an asset (vacancy as possibility). The jury will seek out powerful, transforming ideas with the potential for further development and realization, ideas that are specific enough to take advantage of Philadelphia’s unique attributes yet broad enough to be applied to neighborhoods throughout the city. The Urban Voids competition, an idea generating process, is the second phase of Philadelphia LANDvisions. For this phase of the competition, entrants are free to suggest program elements that best express their idea and are in keeping with the competition aim (specific program elements will be developed in the next phase).
The site comprises the city of Philadelphia. Design proposals should address the issue of vacancy at a citywide scale, referencing Philadelphia’s waterways, soils, and geology, as well as the city’s physical adjacencies. Lots could include former industrial (“brownfield”) sites—so entries should acknowledge issues of toxicity and urban waste—as well as sites that have been treated transitionally through cleaning and greening. Finalists working in the next phase of the competition will focus on locations in specific neighborhoods to further develop their proposals.
Contact: www.vanalen.org

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Central Promenade Site in Morecambe
Type: Open, two stage
Location: Morecambe, England
Sponsors: Urban Splash, Lancaster City Council
Eligibility: Open to multidisciplinary teams that include a registered architect.
Jury: Ken Shuttleworth, Sarah Wigglesworth, Joyce Bridges, Geraldine Smith, Ian Barker, Hugh Pearman, Paul Spooner, Brian Gray, Paul Welling, Tom Bloxham, Bill Maynard, Jonathan Falkingham
Timetable: 31 October 2005, registration deadline
8 November 2005, submission deadline
late November 2005, Stage I judging and announcement of Stage II finalists
mid February 2006, winner announced
Fee: 50 pounds
Award: Five finalists will be given 3000 pounds to refine their ideas. The winner will work with Urban Splash to take the project forward.
Design Challenge
This open two stage competition seeks concepts for a 12 acre mixed use development in Morecambe, England, a historic seaside resort in North Lancashire. The site has dramatic views of Morecambe Bay and the Lake District Hills and is adjacent to the historic Midland Hotel. Today the site is occupied by a temporary fairground, consisting of an events arena, a war memorial, and surface parking lots.
Contact: RIBA Competitions Office, 44 (0)20 7580 5533, Fax +44 (0)20 7255 1541 Email: info@inst.riba.org

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Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition
Type: Delineation Competition
Eligibility: open to professionals and students
Deadline: 11 November 2005
Jurors: Paul Lewis, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis; Javier Arbona-Homar, editor, Archinect; Kit Hall, artist, Associate Professor of Art, Texas Wesleyan University
Fee: Professional Level, AIA members-$45, Non-AIA members-$55, Student Category, AIAS members-$25, Non-AIA members-$35
Awards: $500 best in show; $400 excellence in hand delineation; $400 digital/hybrid media; $100 juror citations
Design Challenge: All entries must be of an architectural nature, and must be authored by one individual. Drawings can be in the form of plans, elevations, sections, or perspectives, and can be conceptual or final renderings; exploration and innovation in unique techniques are encouraged. There are no limit to the number of entries one can submit, however, submissions awarding in past Ken Roberts competitions are not eligible. Sketchbooks as a whole will not be accepted; a single, clearly marked page within the sketch book my be entered.
Contact: info@dallasaia.org

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Public Art Competition
Type: Open public art competition
Eligibility: Open to all artists, architects, and designers
Deadline: 2 December 2005
Jurors: Bret Waller, Director Emeritus, Indianapolis Art Museum; architect, TBA; airport representative, TBA
Design Challenge: The Indianapolis Airport Authority seeks proposals for a major artwork to be situated at the public entrance to the New Indianapolis International Airport. The successful applicant will work with the landscape architecture team and public art coordination team to create a signature artwork/landscape combination that will communicate the character of Indianapolis as well as provide a pleasing public approach by passenger vehicles to the airport grounds.
Contact: www.newindairport.com
jmoore@blackburnarchitects.com

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Four Corners Design Competition
Type: architectural/urban design ideas competition
Timetable: Registration, February 24, 2006; Submission Deadline, March 1, 2006
Fee: $50 Student/Professor $100 Professional
Awards: US $20,000
Sponsors: The Antaramian Development Group and the Naples Bay Resort in conjunction with AIA Florida Southwest, the United Arts Council of Collier County and the City of Naples, Florida, Community Redevelopment Board.
Design Challenge: The competition study area lies between the city’s vibrant central entertainment and retail spine – known as “Fifth Avenue South” – on the West, and a planned major retail, office and residential development on the East, currently known as Grand Central Station. This development is expected to be equally as vibrant as Fifth Avenue South. This competition has been mounted to discover exciting ways to link these two focal areas, joining them into a new and grander Naples downtown. The competition also seeks to discover attractive ways to link this new enhanced core area to several other adjacent areas. The City of Naples has long been recognized as one of the most attractive locations in Florida. Located on the Gulf of Mexico, Naples has attracted an upscale population of around 22,000 year-round residents and an additional 16,000 seasonal residents. The city also serves as the hub of a vast metropolitan community of around 250,000.
Contact: Email: matt@archnetinc.com
Website: http://www.aiaflasw.org

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Lindehus Nursing Home Renovation
Location: Turbenthal, Switzerland
Type: One-stage
Eligibility: Open to architects in the European Economic Community (EWG) and Switzerland
Language: German
Timetable:
5 December 2005 – Deadline for submissions
Jury: Müller-Hotz, Dahinden, Isler, Weber
Total Awards: SFr 120,000
Design Challenge:
The present 30-year-old facility for the elderly is outdated and requires extensive renovation. In addition to addressing the renovation requirements for the facility, attention should be paid to the optimal operational matters as well as internal and external access to the facility.
To receive the competition brief, go to:
www.mayeticvillage.com/WBLindehus
The password can be acquired without cost by contacting:
Helbling AG, Hohlstrasse 614, 8048 Zürich, Switzerland
Email: bruno.loos@beibling.ch

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The Africa Institute of Science and Technology (AIST)–New Campus Competition
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Timetable: Expressions of Interest Due 7 Novemeber 2005
Awards: Six teams will receive $20,000 to refine their designs.
Design Challenge: AIST represents a global effort to foster sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth and development through the promotion of excellence in science and engineering and their applications. Each AIST campus, the first of which will be in Abuja, will be a world-class institution dedicated to academic freedom and the pursuit of excellence, and will offer instruction in science and engineering. The budget for the campus will be around $350 million, although the design and construction will be phased over a number of years.
Contact: www.ribacompetitions.com or RIBA Competitions Office at 44 113 2341335

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International Garden Festival
Type: Open, international
Sponsor: The International Garden Festival
Eligibility: Open to landscape architects, architects, artists, and designers
Timetable: 31 October 2005–submission deadline
Awards: Selected designes will receive $5000 (Canadian) along with a $10,000 (Canadian) construction budget
Design Challenge: The Seventh Annual International Garden Festival is issuing a call for entries to select some of the designers who will be invited to create temporary gardens for the 2006 Festival. The Jardins de Métis/Reford Gardens, located on the shores of the St. Lawrence and Mitis rivers in eastern Québec, attract approximately 100,000 visitors every summer. Designed as a private garden by a collector and avid gardener, the Reford Gardens were declared a national historic site in 1996 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
The International Garden Festival, which takes place on a site adjacent to the historical gardens, is a unique forum for innovation and experimentation which consists in the presentation of temporary gardens created by Québec, Canadian and international designers. Launched in 2000 the International Garden Festival has presented over 50 gardens by designers from 9 countries.
Contact: email: festival@jardinsmetis.com website: www.jardinsmetis.com

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Southpoint: from Ruin to Rejuvenation
Sponsors: AIA NY Chapter Emerging New York Architects Committee [ENYA], in cooperation with the Roosevelt Visual Arts Association (RIVAA) and Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital
Type: open, one-stage,International Ideas Competition
Timetable:
15 November 2005 – Registration deadline
13 January 2006 (postmarked) – Submission deadline
Eligibility: Open to design students and young professionals,
including architects, engineers, landscape architects, urban designers
and planners who have completed their education at the undergraduate or
graduate level within the past ten years.
Entry Fee: $65 individual, $100 team (2-5), $100 group (5+), $100
academic fee, $35 student
Awards: $6000 (ENYA prize), $2500 (2nd Place), $1000 (3rd Place), $1000
(Student), $1000 (Historic Preservation Award)
Confirmed Jury (subject to change): Mimi Hoang – Principal of
narchitects, Beth Tauke – Associate Professor University of Buffalo,
Dr. Tadeusz Sudol – President of the Roosevelt Island Visual Arts
Association (RIVAA), Pedro Calzavara – winner of the 2003-2004 ENYA
Prize, representing Calzavara-Flora-Recoba Studio-Uruguay
Design Challenge
The Southpoint: from Ruin to Rejuvenation competition is an effort to
provide young and emerging architects and designers with the
opportunity to engage in the development of the southern tip of
Roosevelt Island. The site, located at the ruin of James Renwick Jr.’s
Smallpox Hospital, will provide a platform to discuss issues of
preservation, an opportunity to take advantage of glorious city views,
and a chance to access a unique and inimitable physical environment.
Inspired by its tradition of being a public gathering space for the
Fourth of July festivities and a transient art installation space, the
universal arts center program will call for a multi-use facility that
can accommodate both performing and visual arts. Designed with the
entire Roosevelt Island constituency in mind, the competition will be
tailored to fit an arts organization with a number of community
outreach programs. Ideally, these programs would include, or perhaps
even cater to, the high percentage of disabled residents on the island.
Execution of this program brief will address a number of fundamental
design issues including: use of universal design in adaptive reuse
projects.
For further information, log on to http://www.enyacompetitions.org .

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COMPETITION FOR THE NEW ESTONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM COMPLEX
Sponsors: Estonian Ministry of Culture, Estonian National Museum, and the Union of Estonian Architects
Type: Open, International, One-Stage
Language: English, Estonian
Eligibility: Open to architects and designers in EU member States
Timetable:
10 October 2005–deadline for questions
10 November 2005–submission deadline
Jury: Chairman Raivo Palmaru, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia, Dominique Perrault, Winy Maas, Andres Alver, Rein Murula, Jaanus Plaat, Director of the Estonian National Museum, Tiit Sild, Tartu city architect, and Peeter Mauer, Ministry of Culture, advisor on museums
Awards:
I prize 44728.34 EUR
II prize 31948.88 EUR
III prize 19169.33 EUR
2 purchase awards, each 6389.78 EUR
Fee: 150 EUR
Design Challenge: The Estonian National Museum in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and the Union of Estonian Architects announces an international architecture competition for the new Estonian National Museum complex and grounds. The future building site is in Tartu: the Raadi manor and the surrounding area.
Founded in 1909, the museum¹s mission is the collection, preservation, research and presentation of the culture and history of the Estonian people, other Finno-Ugric nations, and minorities in Estonia. The new museum building is to be a visitor-friendly and attractive modern cultural complex whose sphere of influence will not be confined to Tartu, but rather will extend to all of Estonia.
The area encompasses the Raadi lake and the Raadi manor complex. The main building, in ruins, is under conservation. To the west, the area is bounded by a residential neighborhood, to the east and northeast by the Raadi airfield, to the north by agricultural and vacant land. Raadi Park is under environmental protection and so this area must become an accessible green belt. Proposals must plan for the outdoor areas, which will be used for various open-air events. The Estonian National Museum hopes the building will be completed by 2009, the 100th anniversary of the museum¹s founding. The competition is being financed by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Contact:
Agnes Aljas, museum project manager, agnes.aljas@erm.ee
www.museumcompetition.org

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ROME PRIZE 2006
Type: Fellowship Competition
Location: Rome
Award: Six or eleven month residency, plus a stipend.
Application Deadline: November 1, 2005
The American Academy in Rome announces its 2006 Rome Prize competition.  The American Academy in Rome is situated on the Janiculum, Rome¹s highest hill. Each year, through a national competition, the Rome Prize is awarded to 15 emerging artists (working in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Design, Historic Preservation and Conservation, Literature, Musical Composition, or Visual Arts) and 15 scholars (working in Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and early Modern, or Modern Italian Studies). Rome Prize winners receive room and board and a study or studio.
website: www.aarome.org
email: info@aarome.org

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Chicago Prize 2005: Water Tanks
Sponsors: Chicago Architectural Club, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Environment, Department of Planning and Development
Type: Open, Ideas
Eligibility: open to artists, architects, designers, engineers and students
Schedule: 25 July 2005–question and answer period closes
10 October 2005–entries due
26 October 2005–exhibition opening
Jury: Thom Mayne, Lois Weisberg, Sadhu Johnston, Denise Casalino, Rick Valicenti, Joseph Burns, Martha Thorne, Cynthia Weese, Lynne Warren, Brian Vitale, Robert Benson
The competition challenges entrants to salvage a part of Chicago¹s urban fabric, the industrial water thank, through creative reuse and preservation. The majority of the water tanks in Chicago were erected as gravity tanks for fire-suppressant systems, some of which are still in use. However, with changing technologies many tanks have become redundant and are now disused. The ongoing survival of these tanks has a direct cost/benefit relationship to their utility to the property owner versus their financial and liability risks. This competition is an open inquiry into the question of how to balance public good and private property rights to preserve, reuse and promote Historic Water Tanks within the City of Chicago.
contact
email: competition@chicagoarchitecturalclub.org
website: www.chicagoarchitecturalclub.org

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U.VA. ANNOUNCEMENCES AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION FOR A NEW CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Type:
International RFQ
Eligibility: Open to teams of architects, designers, and landscape architects
Timetable:
Information Session–18 July 2005
RFQ Due–29 July 2005
Short-List Set–August 2005
Contracts for Concepts and RFP issued–August 2005
RFP Due–October 2005
Contract Negotiations–November 2005
Award: Four teams will recieve $75,000 to develop designs; the winner will be given the commission
Design Challenge: The new Center for the Arts at the University of Virginia will be a signature feature of the grounds and will elevate its programs in the fine and performing arts. The complex will encompass two major programs‹a new art museum and a new performance center‹and will serve as a gateway to the University and the City of Charlottesville.
Contact:
For more information competition, contact David J. Neuman, (434) 924-6015
www.virginia.edu/architectoffice/artCenter.html

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Social Housing Development, Elmswell, Suffolk, UK
Sponsor:
Elmswell Parish Council, Inspire East (East of England Development Agency) and Mid Suffolk District Council
Competition consultant: RIBA Competitions Office
Type: Open, limited (A shortlist of up to six practices will be invited to proceed to the design phase of the competition. Each of these will receive an honorarium of £2,000 (+VAT) to develop a design – up to two A1 foam-mounted board(s), a short accompanying report and elemental cost breakdown.)
Timetable:
7 September 2005 – Deadline for expressions of interest (4 pm)
2 November 2005 – Submission of proposals
Site and Challenge
The social housing project involves a site of approximately 1 hectare, of which half must be retained as open play space and will provide approximately 25 dwellings (subject to mix). The land is owned jointly by Elmswell Parish Council and Mid Suffolk District Council, in the village of Elmswell, Suffolk. The development will
include properties for rent and shared ownership.
Challenge:
Competition Sponsors are looking for cutting edge designs that will integrate sustainable, contemporary architecture with landscape designs across the entire site.
The design teams will need to:
Demonstrate a clear understanding of the distinctiveness of Suffolk and interpret this distinctiveness in a contemporary way.
Maximise the potential of the site, its context/relationship with existing developments and address local needs.
Demonstrate a sound grasp of the way buildings can be grouped to reflect the local character and landscape. They should create positive private and public spaces, to foster a sense of community and mutual respect amongst the residents.
Produce a scheme that whilst innovative, will be capable of being delivered.
Embrace the potential to harness natural energies, both in the design and the servicing of the buildings.
Integrate sustainable materials to deliver a greatly reduced carbon footprint, minimising the temptation to ?greenwash?.
Minimise embodied energy and running costs using carbon neutral energy sources.
Design interiors which reflect the needs of people living in a rural environment, with an emphasis on 21 st Century living, quality of family space, natural light and
flexibility of layout.
Create a healthy living environment.
Entries should be sent addressed to:
Elmswell Housing Competition,
RIBA Competitions Office,
6, Melbourne Street,
Leeds,
LS2 7PS
All enquiries regarding the competition should be made to the RIBA Competitions
Office:
T. +44(0)113-234-1335
F. +44(0)113-246-0744
E. riba.competitions@inst.riba.org

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Finalists – East Darling Harbour Planning Competition
Sydney, Australia

Entry No 70112
Project Architecture (Australia)
Hargreaves Associates (United States)
Thom Mayne (Morphosis) (United States)

Entry No 70178
Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects (Australia)
Paul Berkemeier Architects (Australia)
Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture (Australia)

Entry No 70184
Lippmann Associates (Australia)
Richard Rogers Partnership (United Kingdom)
Martha Schwartz Partners (United States)
Lend Lease Developments Pty Ltd (Australia)

Entry No 70292
Lend Lease Design Group (Australia)

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2009 World Games Stadium Competition
Type: Expressions of Interest
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Jury: Stanford O. Anderson, Aaron Betsky, Hiroshi Hara, Mike Richardson, Patrick Too, Meinhard von Gerkan, Kunio Watanabe, Lin Sheng-Feng, Cheng Wen-Lon, Chang Jing-Sen, Huang Chi-Huang, Chern Jeun-Chuan, Lin Ren-Yih
Timetable: Announcement of Competition, Sept 9, 2005, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm.RSVP to yulingwm@mail2000.com.tw
Design Challenge: For the 2009 World Games in Taiwan, the goal is to build a stadium 40,000 permanent seats and 15,000 temporary seats to be used for opening and closing ceremonies as well as for the games themselves. The Stadium should also be integrated with the adjacent National Training Center for use during and after the games, to increase sport, leisure, trourism, retail, and economic development in the region.
In addition to the stadium, projects may include the masterplan and design of twenty two docks in Kaohsiung Harbor, the masterplan and design of a new City Hall and Administrative Center, and a new light rail system.
website: http://www.worldgames2009stadium.com.tw/

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Eerie Street Plaza RFQ
Type: RFQ
Location: Milwaukee
Timetable: RFQ Due 16 Sept 2005.
Sept 23 Selection and notification of up to 8 semifinalists.
Oct 8 On-site interviews of semifinalists.
Oct 10 Selection and notification of 3- 4 finalists.
Dec 16 Submission of final designs and technical information.
Jan 5-6 Presentations to jury and deliberations.
Jan 9 Winner announced.
Award: Three or four finalists will be given a $15,000 stipend to develop their proposal. The selected firm will design the small plaza.
Design Challenge: The goal of the competition is to create a significant public place that will be substantially completed by July 2006. The total project cost, including design and construction, is estimated at $850,000. The Erie Street Plaza will become a critical component of Milwaukee’s waterfront and new development in the Third Ward. Maps and photographs are available on the competition’s website.
Contact: Maria Pandazi, Senior Urban Planner, at 414.286.5836 or email mpanda@mkedcd.org.
website: www.mkedcd.org/planning/EriePlaza/index.html

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Bienal Miami + Beach 2005 Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design
International Student Competition for the Design of the West Entrance of Lincoln Road Mall in Miami Beach, USA
Sponsors: AIA Miami, ASLA,
Type: open, one-stage
Eligibility: Open to all students registered in an accredited university or college in their country
Registration Fee: US$20
Timetable:
26 September 2005 – Registration deadline
28 October 2005 – Submission deadline
Prize Money: US$1,000 for First Place
Jurors: A panel of international architects with G. Stanley Collyer, Editor of Competitions Magazine as chair.
Site
Lincoln road can be seen as a unique piece in the Miami Beach street network, partially crossing the island as an elongated narrow plaza full of pedestrian activities, restaurants, shops and cultural venues. The road is intersected by some slow traffic streets that do not take away from its fully pedestrian character, while adding a spatial rhythm to the long stretch of sidewalks, urban furniture and landscaping.  
In 1959 Morris Lapidus was asked to design a landscaped mall with all traffic removed. In Lapidus¹ own words it was to be ³…A park like mall, full of pools and fountains with exotic concrete shelters and a band shell structure and an open air theater.² The mall prospered throughout the sixties and part of the seventies while six blocks were built until it fell in disrepair for several years.
In 1993, after the renaissance of the adjacent Art Deco district due to the implementation of historical preservation guidelines, Lincoln Road was renovated by a team of designers headed by Carlos Zapata.
Design Challenge
Lincoln Road runs in an east westerly direction between the intracoastal and the ocean; however, the pedestrian mall is located between Lenox Avenue (west end) and Washington Avenue (east end). As a result of a clear definition between pedestrian and automobile, an urban gateway was designed by Carlos Zapata at the corner of Lincoln and Washington, a marker that could have housed a small tourist information booth.
In the western side, an atypical short block between Alton Road (the west side equivalent of Collins Ave) and Lenox Ave remains rather undefined with a landscaped median. There is automobile traffic on both sides of the median, and the mall ends in an elegant concrete canopy (built 1995) supported by light steel columns. Today, this canopy can be said to be the western entrance to the mall.
For the above mentioned reasons and because of the new urban massing and functional changes introduced by the large scale of a new cinema complex, this competition calls for ideas to explore the design possibilities of a new western entrance to Lincoln Road mall at the corner of Lincoln Road and Alton road and eventually extending the design until the western edge of Lenox Avenue .
For more information and to register, go to: www.Bienalmiami.com
For other Miami Bienal award programs in built and unbuilt architecture(including the E-Competition in Unbuilt Architecture), landscape architecture and interior design, go to the Bienal website: www.bienalmiami.com.
or contact:
Bienal 2005
275 University Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33134, USA
Att. Jaime Canaves FAIA, IIDA
Telephone: (305) 348 3031
Fax (305) 348 2650
bienal@bienalmiami.com
Deadlines for submission to these awards competitions is 16 September 2005. Entry fee is US$50 (unless a previous entrant)

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Chicago Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center (RJKCCC) A/E Selection Competition
Sponsor: The Metropolitan Division (MD) of the Salvation Army
Type: International Three Stage RFQ
Timetable:
19 July 2005–registration deadline
21 July 2005–portfolios due
4 August 2005–announcement of up to 8 stage Stage II participants
25 August 2005–Stage II qualifications due
7-8 Sept 2005–interviews
15 September 2005–3 or 4 teams selected for Stage III
20 September 2005–briefing in chicago
20 October 2005–design concepts
24-25 October 2005–presentation to jury
27 October 2005–announcement of winner
Competition Advisor: Don Stastny
Design Challenge
The RJKCCC site is approximately 25 acres of land in the Grand Crossing neighborhood in the Mid-South Side community of Chicago. The Mayor of Chicago, recognizing the tremendous potential for transformation in the Mid-South Side, has committed to transferring the identified parcel of land to the MD under the assumption that The Salvation Army will indeed undertake a large scale project there. The necessary land assembly and transfer procedures have been set in motion. The City is also prepared to assist the MD with all zoning and permitting processes. The site is bordered by 47 th Street on the north, approximately 50 th Street on the south, Federal Street on the west, and State Street on the east. It is located at a crossroads for multiple modes of transportation, including the Dan Ryan expressway, Metra and CTA trains and buses. Interposed on the site is the Beethoven public elementary school. The students will remain a welcome and viable neighbor to The Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army and the surrounding community will be best served by a multifaceted outreach and community center campus.The final decision regarding facilities and programs to be offered must be made with input from the community; however, the MD’s mission-driven objectives and understanding of community needs inform the likely RJKCCC program. The RJKCCC will be composed of three major programmatic centers: Worship and Performing Arts Education, Family Life and Personal Development, and Sports Training and Recreation.
Contact:
email: info@chicagorjkccc.com
website: www.chicagorjkccc.com

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Point Pleasant Park International Design Competition
Type:
Open, Two Stage
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Fee: $100
Award: First stage finalists, CDN $5000; Second Stage Winner, CDN $50,000
Timetable:
15 July 2005 Registration Deadline
25 July 2005 Submission Deadline
Jury:
John Abel, Bernard Bormann, Ph.D., Peter Jacobs, Mark Laird, John E. Zvonar
Point Pleasant Park lies on a rocky 75-hectare (185 acre) promontory
jutting into the Atlantic Ocean at the eastern end of the Halifax
peninsula, and has been a place of recreation since the city’s founding in
1749. Before that, it was a hunting, fishing, and ceremonial area for
the indigenous Mi’kmaq people. Until 1866, it was primarily a military bastion, then it was leased as public park. It soon became an urban forest.
In late September 2003, Hurricane Juan made landfall not far from Point Pleasant Park. The maximum force winds swept over the city, caused millions of dollars of damage, and destroyed more than 75,000 trees in the park.
Citizens made it clear they want to see the forest regenerated, and the Park’s character restored. The public also recognized the Park¹s as a significant cultural history and wishes to have its cultural resources integrated into the master plan.
Questions and contact information:
Point Pleasant Park International Design Competition
HRM Real Property Planning
6th floor, Alderney Gate
P.O. Box 1749
Halifax  NS   B3J 3A5 Canada
Email: pointpleasant@halifax.ca
Website: http://www.pointpleasantpark.ca

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Public Art Competition: The Riverwalk Project Astoria, Oregon
Sponsor: Astoria Visual Arts
Location: Astoria, Oregon
Type: RFQ
Eligibility: Artists in OR, WA, CA, ID, and British Columbia
Timetable:
September 1, 2005 – Deadline for Submission of RFQ
September 14, 2005 – Announcement of Selected Artists
October 1- 2, 2005 – Orientation and site visit for selected artists
January 14, 2006 – Public Presentation of Proposals
Project Implementation schedule is based on scope and budget of proposal
Design Challenge:
The peninsula of Astoria is the gateway between the Columbia River and the Pacific, surrounded by one of the most dramatic collisions of natural phenomena on the continent. It possesses a rich history: from Spanish explorers, to Lewis & Clark, to John Jacob Astor, to an explosion of canneries and sawmills, to the collapse of fishing and logging. The Astoria Riverwalk is a five-mile-long recreational link that follows the Columbia River along the Burlington Railroad’s waterfront right-of-way. For the Riverwalk Project, up to nine artists will be selected to develop a proposal for site-responsive artwork located within one or more of the nine individual districts through which the Riverwalk passes.
The goals for the works are that:
* They are relevant to the cultural/social situation in which they are seen.
* The site of the work enhances its meaning.
* They broach historical, social, environmental, political and/or cultural issues.
* They encourage people towards critical thinking.
Award:
Up to 9 artists will receive an award of $4,000 each to develop a proposal for site responsive artwork. Implementation budgets up to $75,000 per artwork.
Additional Information:
www.astoriavisualarts.org/rp
email: rpinfo@astoriavisualarts.org

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CentreStage Design Competition
Sponsor: Department of Culture and the Arts
Location: Perth, Australia
Type: Open, two-stage
Timetable:
August 5, 2005–Stage one registration and submission deadline
Eligibility: Licensed Architects
Fee: None
Award: Design Commission
Jury: Geoffrey London, Adele Naude Santos, Leon Van Schaik, R.J. Ferguson, Michael Lynch and Alastair Bryant
Design Challenge:
CentreStage will be the first new professional performing arts venue constructed by the State Government. The challenge will be to balance budget and time constraints against industry demands for a functionally superior facility and public expectations of an architecturally dramatic addition to central Perth. The project is located on a prominent corner site of the Perth Cultural Centre, across from the central train station and adjacent to the central business district and Northbridge, a mixed use entertainment area. In this pivotal location, the new performing arts facility should support surrounding day and night vitality and contribute to revitalisation of the Cultural Centre, which is home to several cultural and arts organisations. This Centre, developed in the 1970s and ’80s as a super block of major cultural institutions, has suffered from a segmented focus and poor connections to the life of surrounding streets and the night time activity of Northbridge. The site also includes a number of historically significant structures whose preservation in situ, although desirable, may be impractical. At a minimum, the street facades and one structural bay of historic commercial buildings lining part of the site must be retained, imposing a specific challenge to the relationship between old and new. Finally, the new facility is expected to set a high standard of environmentally responsible design.
Additional Information:
Email: centrestage@udcwa.org
Website: http://www.centrestagedesigncomp.dca.wa.gov.au

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PeepShow 2005 Pavilion Competition
Type: Open
Timetable: 1 September 2005 -Registration and Submission deadline
Eligibility: No restrictions
Entry Fee: CDN$50 (late entry CDN$75)
Awards: CDN$3,000
Jury: To be announced
Theme: Transarchitecture
The prefix TRANS- indicates a continuum where the now is defined by its relationship or connectivity to the past and future in terms of a motion or journey. Webster¹s defines TRANS- as ³across, beyond, through, so as to change² ( http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary ). Departing from the idea of a permanent architecture or destination, the architecture of TRANS indicates a space of TRANSition within a certain direction or path. The journey may be as simple as the walk from public TRANSit to the offi ce or a subjective journey of spirituality and
TRANScendence. In whatever its form, TRANSarchitecture responds to this journey. The challenge of Peepshow 2005 is to address the idea of TRANSarchitecture through the design of the 5th pavilion to be constructed along Stephen Avenue Mall in Calgary. The city of Calgary, celebrating its centennial, off ers an appropriate site for an exploration of TRANSarchitecture as few cities worldwide have demonstrated such urban growth and change in the past hundred years. The TRANSition of a city can be traced through time by its urban morphology, as buildings rise and fall; spaces are used, become unused and used again, while the TRANSition of its citizens is marked by their interaction within. TRANSarchitecture, therefore, may be defi ned as a vacant building, a bus stop, a canopy, or a church. But how is TRANSarchitecture defined as an art pavilion? How does this temporary urban canvas respond to the individual journey and how does it embark on its own voyage?
Site
For the first time, Peepshow 2005 will be a site specific competition. The site will be a +15 walkway crossing above the busy pedestrian street of Stephen Avenue Mall in downtown Calgary. A brief history of the +15 system is provided at: http://content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Transportation/Walking/Plus+15/Plus+15.htm . The +15 system is TRANSarchitecture within the existing infrastructure of Calgary: it provides enclosed spaces that pedestrians move through, around and under. They are TRANS-space. Pavilions will be located at the +15 link between Bankers Hall and the TD Building along Stephen Avenue Mall in downtown Calgary. A photo of the Peepshow 2005 site can be viewed at: http://www.downtowncalgary.com/img/photo_gallery/hotspots_gallery1/hires/hotSpots_hir es_11.jpg . Entrants should consider whether the pavilion is located in, on, or under the +15 link and how this addresses the pedestrian both in the +15 and/or at street level and/or in the buildings above. The winning entry will consider public safety and constructability in the design. Because the pavilion will be reconstructed every year, proper siting and ease of construction will be considered essential in the selection process. City officials will also be involved in approving the winning entry. Pavilions must in no way interfere with the flow of pedestrian traffic and, if located under or supported from the bridge, may require engineer-approved and stamped drawings. Entrants are encouraged to consider simple rather than technically complicated solutions. Autocad drawings of the space will be made available on the Artcity website soon.
Function:
Pavilions must be designed to present visual art in a way that is beneficial both for the viewer and the art. Entrants must also consider that the pavilion¹s purpose is to display art in an innovative manner, but not necessarily be the art piece itself. Art may be viewed either from inside or outside the pavilion. Pavilions may be designed for a particular art form (i.e. video, sculpture, performance, painting, etc.) or to exhibit a variety of art forms. The method of displaying art should be clearly defi ned and illustrated in your proposal.
For more information or to register, contact:
Dave Fortin
Artcity Festival
#200, 137 ­ 8th Avenue SW
Calgary AB T2P 1B4
Canada
Email: peepshow@art-city.ca
Website: http://www.art-city.ca/

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Performing Arts Center, Hendersonville, North Carolina
RfQ Deadline Extended to 27 May 2005
Sponsor: Mill Center for the Arts, NEA (The competition is sponsored with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts)
Type: Open, 2-stage, RfQ
After the submission of RfQs, 40 firms will be invited to submit 2 boards for the First Stage which will be judged anonymously. A minimum of three firms will be chosen from the first stage to participate in the Second Stage.
Eligibility: Architects licensed to practice in North America
Fee: $100
Timetable:
27 May 2005 – RfQs due
4 June 2005 – Site visit for qualified architects
15 July 2005 – Deadline for 1st-stage submissions
25 July 2005 – Jury review and selection of finalists
29 August 2005 – Deadline for 2nd-stage submissions
Budget: $20M (1st phase); $10M (2nd phase)
Awards: Each finalist will receive a minimum of $18,000 for a second stage submission
Design Challenge: The New Mill Center for the Arts intends to house diverse cultural groups in a new facility designed for exhibition, instruction, and performance of the fine and applied arts. The goal is to provide a place to bring together professional artists and performers, students and seniors, locals and visitors, all to enjoy and learn in a synergistic atmosphere of creativity.
Site: The site designated for the project is an entire city block located near the historic main street of Hendersonville, North Carolina. The proximity to civic and commercial centers as well as galleries, restaurants, inns, and coffee houses makes it an ideal position for pedestrian and vehicular access. Located on the site is a historic textile mill dating back to 1915, which will form one of the challenges of the site in its preservation, renovation or redirection.
The program will address these primary functions:
• 1,200 seat performance theater with stagehouse
• 250 flexible seat rehearsal and ‘black box” studio
• Multipurpose and divisional spaces for conferences seating to 500
• Exhibition galleries and studios for instruction
• Administration and support offices and workshops
Professional Jury:
Merrill Elam (Architect)
Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
Atlanta, Georgia
Coleman Coker (Architect)
BuildingStudio
Memphis, Tennessee
Ned Cramer, Director
Chicago Architectural Foundation
Professional Advisers:
Dean Emeritus William G. McMinn, FAIA
Asheville, North Carolina
Prof. Emeritus Bob Burns, FAIA
Raleigh, North Carolina
For Information, contact:
THE MILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PO Box 2148
Hendersonville, N.C. 28793
Ph: 828-697-5700
Website: www.millcenter.org
Email:

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The Transformation of Sunrise Trailer Court: Replacing Housing Without Displacing Residents
Sponsors: Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville, Charlottesville
Community Design Center, University of Virginia School of Architecture with funding from the Blue Moon Fund
Fee: $100 (professionals) $50 (students)
Eligibility: No restrictions
Jury: J. Max Bond, Jr., FAIA, Davis Brody Bond; Julie Eizenberg, Koning Eizenberg
Architecture;
Teddy Cruz, Estudio Teddy Cruz;
Jim Grigg, Daggett & Grigg Architects;
Millard Fuller, Founder, Habitat for Humanity International;
Lynne Conboy, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville;
Kendra Hamilton, Charlottesville City Council
Karin McGrath Dunn, Belmont Neighborhood Association
A Resident of Sunrise Trailer Court.
Design Challenge: To seek a new housing development model. Through the URBAN HABITATS competition, Habitat for Humanity is seeking realistic, innovative, universal models for multi-family housing while preventing gentrification and displacement of the current residents. Habitat aims to transform Sunrise Trailer Court into a renewed community that incorporates sustainable building methods, community green space, and commercial space for service providers of children, youth, elderly, and health needs. Habitat relies on a dedicated volunteer labor force, both skilled and unskilled, to build their houses; the design/build concept is an integral component of this ideas competition.
Timetable:
March, 2005 – Registration deadline
1 July 2005 – submission deadline
Competition Awards:
$15, 000 distributed among 3 winners
Additional information:
Charlottesville Community Design Center-
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Email: competition@cvilledesign.org
Website: http://www.cvilledesign.org

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Santa Fe Civic Center Competition Results
Winning Team
Fentress Bradburn (Denver) with Spears Architects
Finalists
Leo A. Daly with Conron & Woods, Architects
DCSW / DSAI Architects
Gensler with Lorn Tryk Architects
Lloyd and Associates with LMN Architects
Professional Adviser: Bill Liskamm, FAIA

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San Dieguito Union High School District Performing Arts Center
Type: Open RFQ, limited
Location: San Dieguito, California
Sponsor: The San Dieguito Union High School District
Schedule:
May 2005 – Answer Questions from Interested Teams April – May
25 May 2005 – Deadline for SOQs
31 May 2005 – Select Finalists
15 June 2005 – Briefing & Site Visit for Finalists
15 July 2005 – Midpoint Reviews
29 August 2005 – Design Submissions Due
Compensation: Up to five architectural teams will be invited to enter this competition. Each team will receive an honorarium of $10,000 towards their competition costs. The architect selected as the winner and approved by the District Board will receive the opportunity to negotiate a contract to provide the requisite architectural services for the new facilities.
Jury:
Michael Stepner, FAIA, FAICP- Principal, Stepner Design Group & Professor of Architecture & Urban Design, New School of Architecture & Design, San Diego
Adam Shalleck, AIA Principal, The Shalleck Collaborative, Theater Planners and Designers, San Francisco
Douglas Campbell, ASLA
Regula Campbell, AIA Principals, Campbell & Campbell, Urban Designers & Landscape Architects, Santa Monica, CA
Board Representative Barbara Groth
District Representative Penny Cooper-Francisco
SD Academy Staff Barbara Gauthier
Student Representative to be confirmed
Community Representative Jim Masterogany
City Representative Patrick Murphy
The District will engage a cost estimator to confirm the preliminary cost estimates of the finalists.
Challenge: The competition will address the long-term needs of the School in terms of suitable space for its performing arts programs, with particular emphasis on the character of the campus and its open spaces. In addition, designs will focus on the potentials to reshape the entry experience for the campus, and on opportunities to guide the outdoor spaces in this district of the campus. These elements are estimated to have a total project cost of approximately $8 million and will include approximately 16,000 SF of new construction for the Performing Arts Center.
The School views this as a rare opportunity to create a Performing Arts Center that will guide campus development and create a symbol for the academic community.The School is seeking Statements of Qualifications from architectural teams who are interested in participating in this competition. SOQs are due at 2 PM, May 25, 2005.
For information, go to: www.sduhsd.k12.ca.us
or contact: Bill Liskamm, FAIA at SDAPerfArtsComp@aol.com

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Europan 8
Timetable: 26 September 2005 – Deadline for entries
EUROPAN’s objective is to assist the young architects of Europe in developing their ideas and disseminating them on strategic sites proposed by municipalities or developers. The general topic of EUROPAN, European urbanity , answers to a demand of European citizens. Urbanity » is a common way of living the city but also a will to reflect upon the heterogeneity of its forms related to the diversity of uses, and to create public spaces to favour encounters among people in places they share. This Web site gives information and the means of answering in the 19 simultaneous national competitions of the session on 75 different sites. (see map, below)
Adjudication of the entries takes place by juries in the various countries where the sites are located.
For a list of sites by geography and theme, go to the Europan website for information and registration: www.europan-europe.com/e8_gb/home/home.php

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