HLWSF Low Impact Development Design Competition

Sponsors: Houston Land/Water Sustainability Forum with co-sponsors including AIA-Houston, ASCE-Houston, Mischer Investments, Bayou Preservation Association, Harris County/Precinct 2, City of Houston/TIRZ 15

Type: 2-Stage, open

Language: English

Eligibility: Integrated design teams which include an architect, a landscape architect and a civil engineer

Registration Fee: $250

Awards: $15,000 in

Mark of Dreams: UNESCO’s DREAM Center Logo Competition

Sponsors: UNESCO, DESIGN21

Type: open

Language: English

Eligibility: all registered members of DESIGN 21 at least 18 years of age

Registration Fee: None

Awards:Overall Winner – $3,000

Timeline:17 November 2008 – Submission Deadline

Jury:Judging will be done by the directors and organizers of the DREAM Center program

4th Annual Ed Bacon Student Design Competition

Sponsors: Ed Bacon Foundation and the Philadelphia Center for Architecture

Type: open, international (North America), 1-stage

Language: English

Eligibility: College and university level students

Registration fee: None

Awards: First Prize: $2,000 Second Prize: $1,500 Third Prize: $1,000 Three Honorable Mentions: $500 each

Timetable:16 October, 2009 – pre-registration deadline 30 October, 2009 –

Steel Student Trophy 09/10 – Self-Service Train Station

Sponsor: Austrian Steel Association

Type: International, Student, 1-stage

Languages: German, English

Eligibility: Students living outside of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland should inquire if they are eligible to participate.

Team Composition: The participation of at least one student of architecture and one student of engineering is required.Time Table:1 October, 2009 – Competition brief available Awards:1st Prize:

HB:BX Building Cultural Infrastructure The High Bridge International Ideas Competition

Sponsors:Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA)AIA New York ChapterBRONXMUSEUMArtists UniteTRESPAService Point

Type: Open, International, Ideas Competition

Language: English

Eligibility: Any student or professional (architect, landscape designer, planner, engineer, designer, artist) who has received an undergraduate or undergraduate degree after Sept. 10, 1999.Registration Fee: add $5 for all categories after November 20, 2009Student Entry $35Single

Green 360 International Architectural Competition

Sponsor: ARQUITECTUM and SPAZZIO + PISSANO Real Estate Alliance

Type: Professional International, 1-stage

Language: English

Eligibility: Architects from all over the world who have satisfactorily concluded their studies, as well as any team or office of professionals with at least one architect of said characteristics (in the instance that the person wishing to participate had

Grand-Métis – The International Garden Festival

Sponsors: Jardins de Metis / Redford Gardens

Type: Open, International

Language:French/English

Location: Grand-Métis, in the Gaspésie region of Québec, CanadaTimetable:14 September, 2009 – call for entries6 November, 2009 – deadline to send proposals1 December, 2009 – public announcement of the chosen projects1 February, 2010 – deadline for reception of documents showing the preliminary design for

Peace Pentagon Competition

Sponsor: Friends of 339. Project to Save the Peace Pentagon, The Architects Newspaper

Type: open, international,

Language: English

Eligibility: architects, designers, artists, engineers and multi-disciplinary teams worldwide

Registration fee: $50

Late registration fee: $100

Awards:1st Prize – $5,0002nd Prize – $2,0003rd Prize – to be determined

Timeline:15 October, 2009 – questions deadline1 November, 2009

Student Competition for the Design of a University Residence Building

Sponsor: Ryerson University, the Design Exchange

Type: student, 1-stage

Language: English

Timetable:

21 September 2009 – competition begins

30 October 2009 – Registration Deadline Extension

28 December 2009 – submissions due

Jury:James Timberlake of KieranTimberlake (Philadelphia)Anne Cormier of Atelier Big City (Montreal)Ken Greenberg of Greenberg Consultants (Toronto)Samantha Sannella of the Design Exchange (Toronto)Kendra Schank Smith

Moulin Rouge Competition Winners Announced

The winners of the Paris 2009: Dance School for Moulin Rouge competition have recently been revealed. Competition organizer Arquitectum invited architects to design a reinterpretation of the ‘new Moulin Rouge’, the most famous cabaret in the world and a symbol of what is an important piece of Parisian life. The new facilities should enhance the

The San Francisco Transbay Terminal Competition

City and Developer as Infrastructure
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Not since the Golden Gate Bridge and BART has San Francisco experienced an infrastructure project of the magnitude and importance as the recently completed Transbay Transit Terminal. The subject of a 2007 competition won by Pelli Clarke Pelli (PCP) with Peter Walker Landscape Architects, the project is only missing some rail connections, which will enable passengers to connect to many parts of the state in the foreseeable future.

OFFICE 52 at Carnegie Mellon

Form and Dichroic Light
Scott Hall at Carnegie Mellon University
Michelle LaFoe and Isaac Campbell
OFFICE 52 Architecture
Forward by Cesar Pelli, FAIA
Introduction by Michael J. Crosbie, FAIA
Leete”s Island Books, Maine USA
Hard cover; 96 pages in color
ISBN 9780918172709

In his introduction to Form and Dichroic LIght, Michael Crosbie never mentions the term, “wild card,” to describe Office 52’s participation in the invited competition for the Carnegie Mellon Engineering Building. The four finalists, picked from a list of 17 firms, also included three household names: ZGF, Wilson, and BCJ (Bohlin Cywinski, Jackson). So what possible chance could a firm, which had just recently opened a small office in Portland, Oregon, have against a competition lineup of this magnitude? But as OFFICE 52 Principal, Isaac Campbell explained, as a small firm, “we were quite nimble,” and the $50,000 stipend the firms all received to produce a design could allow OFFICE 52 more time to undertake the research involved than might be the case with a larger office, where a cost controller is constantly focusing on the operation.

Sandy Hook Memorial

Commemorating the deaths of 26 victims of a well-publicized school shooting is no small chore. But because of the tragic events at its elementary school in 2012, the village of Sandy Hook has achieved national prominence as a symbol of the gun violence afflicting the nation. Although it is almost impossible to bring closure to such an event, the community did determine that the establishment of a memorial would at least be a positive step in that direction. To arrive at such an important issue as a design for the memorial, it was determined that an international design competition was a logical path to follow.

Architecture as Political Statement in the Ukraine

After an extended and rigorous competition process, the winner(s) of the National Memorial for the Heavenly Hundred Heroes and Revolution of Dignity Museum in Kiev have been selected. They are:

1^st Prize – Kleihues + Kleihues Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, Berlin/Germany
2^nd Prize – Burø architects, Kiev/Ukraine
3^rd Prize – Lina Ghotmeh – Architecture, Paris/France

This was the second competition in the process to determine the designs for both the site and the museum complex itself. The purpose of the project was to honor the victims of the attempted suppression of the protests, which ultimately ended with the deposition of the pro-Russian premier, Viktor Yanukovych.

Where Ecology Rules: Hsinta Ecological Power Plant Competition

Whether it was the establishment of a shrimp industry, general water and flood abatement, or a site for bird migration, the Hsinta Ecological Power Plant competition produced a plethora of interesting approaches to mitigate the negative effects normally associated with the introduction of a power plant. Each of the five finalists in this international, two-stage competition showed an extensive amount of research to support their design strategies and the underlying sustainability features.

Mussolini on the Spree…and More

A construction site since the end of World War II, the apex of Berlin’s construction boom has seemingly reached a final stage with two major projects, one which is almost completed (Berlin City Palace), the other still on the drawing board, but scheduled to be realized by 2020—the addition to Mies van der Rohe’s New National Gallery by Herzog de Meuron. Above is a view across the Spree River to the almost completed Palace by Italian architect, Franco Stella, the winner of the 2008 competition. At first glance we think we might be finding ourselves in the EUR district of Rome, built during during the 1930s under Mussolini: the “modern” facade is almost a replica of one of the two buildings flanking the approach to Adalberto Libera’s Palazzo Della Civitá. Of course this is only the one, “modern” side of the Palace, looking east across the Spree to a future ensemble of modern structures. The other three sides are Baroque replicas of the original, including the dome.

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HLWSF Low Impact Development Design Competition

Mark of Dreams: UNESCO’s DREAM Center Logo Competition

4th Annual Ed Bacon Student Design Competition

Steel Student Trophy 09/10 – Self-Service Train Station

HB:BX Building Cultural Infrastructure The High Bridge International Ideas Competition

Green 360 International Architectural Competition

Grand-Métis – The International Garden Festival

Peace Pentagon Competition

Student Competition for the Design of a University Residence Building

Moulin Rouge Competition Winners Announced

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Recent Competitions

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OFFICE 52 at Carnegie Mellon

Sandy Hook Memorial

Architecture as Political Statement in the Ukraine

Where Ecology Rules: Hsinta Ecological Power Plant Competition

Mussolini on the Spree…and More

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