The John Stewardson Memorial Fellowship in ArchitectureThe John Stewardson Memorial Fellowship in Architecture Type: Student Language: English Eligibility:
The eligibility criteria for post-graduate candidates has been broadened:
1. Persons Expecting to graduate from professional studies at an accredited collegiate school of architecture in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania leading to a degree in architecture the year of participation; 2. Alumni of one of the accredited colligate schools of architecture in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who has graduated with a B.Arch within the past three (3) years and who is currently enrolled in an M. Arch program at an accredited colligate school of architecture within the United States leading to a second professional degree the year of participation; 3. Alumni of one of the accredited collegiate schools of architecture in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who has graduated with either a B.Arch or M.Arch within the past three (3) years and is actively working at an established and licensed architecture firm and pursuing their IDP requirements; 4. Alumni of an accredited collegiate school of architecture outside of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who has graduated with either a B.Arch or M.Arch within the past three (3) years and is actively working for an architect established and licensed within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and who is actively pursuing their IDP requirements; Registration Fees: $125 USD Awards:
First Place: $10,000 traveling scholarship Timeline:
4 January 2010 – Registration Deadline
12 January 2010 – Competition Brief Issued
21 January 2010 – Submission Deadline Design Challenge: The John Stewardson Memorial Competition in Architecture was founded after the tragic death of John Stewardson, a prolific designer and partner in the well-known Philadelphia firm of Cope & Stewardson. Following his funeral a collection was taken up by his fellow architects which became a fund for a traveling fellowship for a young architect to study architecture abroad. Following tradition, the competition materials are kept sealed until 10 days prior to the submission deadline when they are opened and each entrant works in a solo charette to complete the design and submit it back to the jury. For more information or to register, please contact John Hubert at:
jhubert@studio-jha.com
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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/
Jensen Architects – Winning entry (Honor Award) Beginning in 2011, Architecture at Zero, a collaboration between the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the California chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIACA), was established to investigate the role architecture might play in reducing energy consumption in the built environment. Since then, every year has seen a new site and building type selected as a design challenge in what has become one of the world’s most interesting international competitions.
As a sign of its mounting popularity, the competition received 237 registrations from 49 countries and, according to the professional adviser, about 150 entries— all this during the Covid-19 virus pandemic, when all were compelled to work from home. Read more… An Ideas Competition in Opposition to a Concrete Design
Entry by TheeAe (Image © TheeAe)
In early 2020, a group advocating a new approach to the design of the Los Angeles Museum of Art (LACMA)—The Citizens’ Brigade to Save LACMA—organized a competition to counter an existing design by the Swiss Architect Peter Zumthor. Already commissioned by the LACMA administration, the project is slated to begin almost immediately with the demolition of four LACMA buildings—three existing and one new. Moreover, the existing plan to incorporate all of the existing collections under one roof isn’t covered by the Zumthor plan. This obvious lack of exhibit space was the focus of a query by the Ahmanson Foundation, a major donor of artworks to LACMA in the past. Upon not receiving assurances from LACMA that those donated works would be exhibited, but possibly held in storage and hidden from public view, the Foundation cut all ties with LACMA. Finally, the plan by Zumthor foresees the new structure not only occupying much of the new space created by demolition, but extends part of the new building over Wiltshire Boulevard. As one might anticipate from Zumthor, the construction of the structure is also primarily of concrete, thereby raising the cost per SF. So no matter how highly finished this material turns out to be, it does in essence represent a brutalist structure replacing an eclectic ensemble. Read more… National Railway Museum Central Hall (U.K.)
Winning entry by Feilden Fowles (image © Fielden Fowles)
If one were to search for a railway museum in the U.K., London would seem to be an obvious choice. But, as it happens, its location is in the northeastern city of York, far from the major cultural and economic centers of the country. But despite its distance from the major metropolitan areas to the south and west, York has managed to become the focal point of research into the history of rail in the U.K., supplemented by a major museum. Here we are not just talking about some posters, but sheds replete with a large collection of vintage trains. Read more…
View to winning entry ©KDA
Foundation non-profits are no strangers to good architecture. Ford Foundation’s forward-looking headquarters in New York City by Roche Dinkeloo was an early example of a non-profit using architecture as a vehicle for serving to brand it as a progressive institution. In 2001 the California Endowment went one step further, staging an invited competition for their new headquarters in Los Angeles. Read more… 
Winning entry by Cui Kai (© Cui Kai)
Master plans have been around for ages; but master plans for very large cities with all their support systems are relatively new. Milton Keynes (MK), located in Buckinghamshire in southern England, and begun in the late 1960s, is one of the most successful of the new cities, now having a population of almost 250,000. Its success lies mainly on the lessons learned from the establishment of the planning which generated the new towns in the U.K. during the 1940s and 50s, many of which have not fared well in the test of time. MK’s success was based primarily on the careful separation of high density from residential where the influence of the “garden city” could be seen. Here the idea of a live/work environment was even incorporated. Read more… |
