Recycle This Site CompetitionSponsor: Land-of-Sky Regional Council, Asheville, NC Type: open to students at southeast US schools. Language: English Registration: None Eligibility:
Architecture students only, under the direction of class professors. Awards: · $2,500 to winning design team school · finalist designs presented at national conferences · finalist designs featured in professionally produced short video · opportunity for student internship Timetable:
Registration deadline- August 31, 2009
Site visit- September 11, 2009
Submission deadline- December 18, 2009
Jury evaluations- January 18-22, 2010
Finalist presentations- spring 2010
Winner announced- spring 2010 Jury:
Robert Camille, Camille-Alberice Architects, property owner, developer,
Jon Calabria, NC State University & French Broad Watershed Training Center at the North Carolina Arboretum
Bruce Nicholson, Program Manager for the North Carolina Division of Waste Management
Erika Schneider, Outreach Coordinator for Sundance Power Systems
Hartwell Carson, French Broad Riverkeeper
Pattiy Torno, Co-Founder of the Asheville River Arts District
Terry Bellamy, Mayor, City of Asheville, NC
Jonas Gerard, artist Design Challenge:
This competition offers a chance to take a lead in today’s environmentally conscious economy and gain national recognition for cutting edge, innovative redevelopment techniques. ReCycle This Site is looking for designers that think outside the lines and are willing to take risks. This project will result in a conceptual development tool which goes beyond compliance and offers “out of the box”, innovative approaches to flood plain issues, stormwater management requirements, the use of green building designs, re-use of existing infrastructure, Brownfield issues; erosion control, and other watershed Submission Requirements:
Submissions can include designs and plans on 8.5×11 or 11×17 paper. Additional materials may include 28×37 rolled posters or CD-ROMs with JPEG images. All submissions should include an accompanying narrative on 8.5×11 paper describing design and programmatic response. Final presentations may include boards, models, and electronic media. For more information, go to: www.recyclethissite.org Email: kate@landofsky.org |
University of Florida’s College of Design Construction and Planning’s New Addition 
Development phase image courtesy ©Brooks + Scarpa
If architects have had one complaint concerning the planning and realization of a project, it has been with planners and especially construction managers, both of whom often display a lack of knowledge about architecture. The survival of a well-conceived design can hang in the balance when there is a knowledge gap at the planning and realization end.
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Young Architects in Competitions When Competitions and a New Generation of Ideas Elevate Architectural Quality 
by Jean-Pierre Chupin and G. Stanley Collyer
published by Potential Architecture Books, Montreal, Canada 2020
271 illustrations in color and black & white
Available in PDF and eBook formats
ISBN 9781988962047
What do the Vietnam Memorial, the St. Louis Arch, and the Sydney Opera House have in common? These world renowned landmarks were all designed by architects under the age of 40, and in each case they were selected through open competitions. At their best, design competitions can provide a singular opportunity for young and unknown architects to make their mark on the built environment and launch productive, fruitful careers. But what happens when design competitions are engineered to favor the established and experienced practitioners from the very outset? This comprehensive new book written by Jean-Pierre Chupin (Canadian Competitions Catalogue) and Stanley Collyer (COMPETITIONS) highlights for the crucial role competitions have played in fostering the careers of young architects, and makes an argument against the trend of invited competitions and RFQs. The authors take an in-depth look at past competitions won by young architects and planners, and survey the state of competitions through the world on a region by region basis. The end result is a compelling argument for an inclusive approach to conducting international design competitions. Download Young Architects in Competitions for free at the following link: https://crc.umontreal.ca/en/publications-libre-acces/ Houston Endowment’s New Headquarters on the Bayou
Southwest view Houston Endowment Headquarters – Photo Ivan Baan, courtesy Kevin Daly Following in the footsteps of other major non-profits—The Ford Foundation and LA’s California Endowment Center in particular—the Houston Endowment’s new headquarters, located on a grassy knoll just above the Buffalo Bayou in the city’s outskirts, has also made a strong architectural statement. Similar to the California Endowment, this project was also the result of a design competition, won by the California firm, Kevin Daly Architects. Read more…
The Makasiiniranta South Harbor Competition
 Helsinki South Harbour and Tori Quarter Suomen Ilmakuva Helsinki. Image credit/ Tietoa Finland, Janne Hirvonen
As a prelude to a competition for the design of a new Architecture and Design Museum to be located in Helsinki’s South Harbor, the City of Finland staged an open competition to establish a roadmap for the future redevelopment of the Makasiiniranta harbor area, the last old harbor area to be transformed for public use in Helsinki. The competition for the museum is scheduled to take place later this year; but the entire surrounding area has come up with a plan to review improvements for the entire harbor environment.
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View to Concert Hall from bridge ©BIG
Classical music is still part of a vibrant musical scene in Prague, with at least four principal venues hosting concerts, ballet and opera. As a modern European city, the only missing venue from these choices is a state of the art concert hall. Other European neighbors have also recently staged competitions for such projects: Munich, won by Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten of Bregenz, Austria; Belgrade, won by AL_A of London; and Vilnius, Lithuania, won by Arquivio Architects of Spain. It should be noted, however, that one of the most important competitions for a concert hall, not only in Europe, but the world, was the 1961 Berlin Philharmonic hall competition, won by Hans Scharoun (below). It was the interior of that building, in particular, that served as a model for many others that followed, one of the first being Los Angeles’ Disney Hall by Frank Gehry. Read more… Budapest’s Nyugati Rail Station Competition 
Image courtesy Budapest Development Agency ©Grimshaw
Completed in 1877, Budapest’s Nyugati Railway Station has witnessed many of the twists and turns of Hungarian history: the Austro-Hungarian Empire, revolutions of post-World War I and 1956, and various shades of expansion and shrinkage in their territory. Its important location in Europe’s history as a contested land in southeastern Europe has not only served as a path for armies of conquest, but as a matter of great interest for major powers. Amid all the changes it has experienced, Hungary, and Budapest in particular, has retained a fascination for outsiders, making it one of Europe’s high profile tourist attractions. Read more… |
