Moore Square Design CompetitionSponsor: Departments of City Planning and Parks and Recreation Type: open, 1-stage Language: English Eligibility: all planning, preservation, design, and engineering professionals and students in associated fields of study. Joint ventures and collaborations with students, artists, or organizations with design professionals are welcome. Registration fee:
$50 – student
$100 – professional Awards:
1st Prize – $6,000
2nd Prize – $4,000
3rd Prize – $2,000 Timetable:
10 September, 2009 – registration deadline
29 September, 2009 – submission deadline
5-6 October, 2009 – jury review
24 October, 2009 – competition winners awarded Jury:
Rodney Swink
Robin Abrams
Kofi Boone
Sally Edwards
Perry Howard
Edna Rich-Ballentine
Dr. Philip MacNelly
Kermit Bailey Design Challenge:
Moore Square is a historic, signature destination in Raleigh. It hosts a range of high-profile events with a citywide and regional draw including Downtown Live concerts, Farmers Market, Artsplosure, SparkCon, World Beer Festival, area school activities, and summer movies, to mention a few. Moore Square was not designed as a large event venue, and increasingly heavy use has created significant maintenance issues and compromised the attractiveness of the Park for citizens, workers, and visitors. The objectives of the competition are to:
-Create a unique public space and urban experience for the 21st century;
-Engage broad public participation throughout the process and in the future; and
-Establish the conditions to develop a sustainable economic development strategy for the Moore Square area. Submission Requirements:
Entrants will be required to submit a PDF file for each submission
with the following specs: Hard Copies (7) 11” X 17” hard-copy entries in booklet form for distribution to the adviser, jurors, and administrator. Please number the pages. Include
your registration number. Images The booklet will contain up to (5) images that best represent the submission. The images may be used in publicity and a follow-up publication from the design competition. Text The booklet will contain up to (3) paragraphs, each of no more than 100 words of text, that identify the goals pursued and how they were addressed. CD containing the booklet in PDF format and the (5) images in JPEG format. All PDF and JPEG files will be high resolution 300dpi.
If black & white images are submitted, they should be turned into grayscale images; no duotones For more information, go to: http://www.raleighnc.gov |
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.
Read more… 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/ Vltava Philharmonic Hall Design Competition 
View to Concert Hall from bridge ©BIG
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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… A Quest for that Elusive Connective Formula 
First Place: Pedestrian perspective from Parliament – Zeidler Architecture in association with David Chipperfield Architects
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In European cities, recent history has seen their central railway stations become the subject of upgrades, or totally new projects, many of them springing up in Eastern Europe. In most cases, the focus on this phenomena occurred several decades after earth-shaking political events. In Germany it was the construction of a new main central station (Hauptbahnhof) shortly after the reunification of Germany and Berlin. in Estonia, and now Lithuania, it has occurred after the independence of those countries in conjunction with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. And in Hungary, it was the subject of a recent competition encompassing a large area surrounding the station. Read More… |
