Sponsor: Young Architects Competition Type: Open, international Eligibility: architects, designers, students, graduates, postgraduates, professionals Timeline: 21 June 2020 – Registration Deadline 24 June 2020 – Submission Deadline Awards: 15.000 € + Realization
Jury: • Patrick Lüth (Snøhetta), • Giulio Rigoni (BIG), • Espen Surnevik, • Peter Pichler, • Matthew Johnson (DS+R), • Tue Hesselberg
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In light of current circumstances the registration and submission deadlines for this year’s competition are being extended.
The new Deadline is Wednesday, May 20th at 6:00pm pacific.
The 2020 Architecture at Zero competition challenge is to create a zero net energy library for the San Benito County Free Library in Hollister, CA. Full details
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Back in 2014 I discovered that Michael Sorkin had been a recent juror on the Surfer’s Paradise Precinct design competition panel in Australia. Having been familiar with Michael’s articles and other writings, I was hoping he would be available for an interview—the exuberant design by ARM Architecture that won certainly had pushed
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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
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Client: THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS), Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO)
Type: open, national, RfQ
Timetable: 9 April 2020 – Submission of pre-qualification documents
Continuing a legacy of outstanding diplomatic architecture, OBO seeks to commission our nation’s top constructors to create facilities of outstanding quality and value.
1. Project
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Sponsor: UED Magazine Type: International student competition Timetable: 30 August 2020 – Registration deadline 20 September 2020 – Submission deadline Jury: • Wolf D. Prix, COOP Himmelb(l)au (Jury Chair) • Cui Kai, UIA Representative, Chinese Academy of Engineering • Kong Yuhang, School of Architecture, Tainjin University Awards: 1st Prize (1) – 100,000 RMB (approx.
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The Van Alen Institute has announced a two week extension to Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge. The new deadline for submissions is Sunday, April 19 by 11:59 pm ET and finalists will receive $3,000 (Young Adults category) and $13,000 (Professionals category). There is no requirement to work together in person at this stage, and we strongly
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Since site inspections have been cancelled, some of the following are in place:
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
We have added some additional files to the site-resources page.
STUDENT REVIEWS
If you have already signed up, please email the following to: info@architectureatzero.com
A draft building or site plan, your energy analysis and
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Professional Adviser: RIBA
Location: U.K. Type: International, Open, two-stage Process: First stage open with shortlisting for second stage finalists
Eligibility: The Home of 2030 Design Competition aims to attract the best and brightest talents of the housing industry to design the homes of the future. Competitors are invited to come forward with ideas for
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Sponsor: Innsbruck Airport
Location: Innsbruck, Austria Type: International, Open, two-stage Process: First stage open with shortlisting for second stage finalists
Eligibility: Restricted to Architects, Engineers, etc. residing in the EU (Non-EU members must collaborate with a registered EU architect) Fee: None Budget: ND Language: German
Timetable
14 May 2020 – Stage I Design submissions
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Helsinki Central Library, by ALA Architects (2012-2018)
The world has experienced a limited number of open competitions over the past three decades, but even with diminishing numbers, some stand out among projects in their categories that can’t be ignored for the high quality and degree of creativity they revealed. Included among those are several invited competitions that were extraordinary in their efforts to explore new avenues of institutional and museum design. Some might ask why the Vietnam Memorial is not mentioned here. Only included in our list are competitions that were covered by us, beginning in 1990 with COMPETITIONS magazine to the present day. As for what category a project under construction (Science Island), might belong to or fundraising still in progress (San Jose’s Urban Confluence or the Cold War Memorial competition, Wisconsin), we would classify the former as “built” and wait and see what happens with the latter—keeping our fingers crossed for a positive outcome.
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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/
RUR model perspective – ©RUR
New Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Terminal, Taiwan (2011-2020)
Reiser+Umemoto RUR Architecture PC/ Jesse Reiser – U.S.A.
with
Fei & Cheng Associates/Philip T.C. Fei –R.O.C. (Tendener)
This was probably the last international open competition result that was built in Taiwan. A later competition for the Keelung Harbor Service Building Competition, won by Neil Denari of the U.S., the result of a shortlisting procedure, was not built. The fact that the project by RUR was eventually completed—the result of the RUR/Fei & Cheng’s winning entry there—certainly goes back to the collaborative role of those to firms in winning the 2008 Taipei Pop Music Center competition, a collaboration that should not be underestimated in setting the stage for this competition.
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Winning entry ©Herzog de Meuron
In visiting any museum, one might wonder what important works of art are out of view in storage, possibly not considered high profile enough to see the light of day? In Korea, an answer to this question is in the making.
It can come as no surprise that museums are running out of storage space. This is not just the case with long established “western” museums, but elsewhere throughout the world as well. In Seoul, South Korea, such an issue has been addressed by planning for a new kind of storage facility, the Seouipul Open Storage Museum. The new institution will house artworks and artifacts of three major museums in Seoul: the Seoul Museum of Modern Art, the Seoul Museum of History, and the Seoul Museum of Craft Art.
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Belfast Looks Toward an Equitable and Sustainable Housing Model
Birdseye view of Mackie site ©Matthew Lloyd Architects
If one were to look for a theme that is common to most affordable housing models, public access has been based primarily on income, or to be more precise, the very lack of it. Here it is no different, with Belfast’s homeless problem posing a major concern. But the competition also hopes to address another of Belfast’s decades-long issues—its religious divide. There is an underlying assumption here that religion will play no part in a selection process. The competition’s local sponsor was “Take Back the City,” its membership consisting mainly of social advocates. In setting priorities for the housing model, the group interviewed potential future dwellers as well as stakeholders to determine the nature of this model. Among those actions taken was the “photo- mapping of available land in Belfast, which could be used to tackle the housing crisis. Since 2020, (the group) hosted seminars that brought together international experts and homeless people with the goal of finding solutions. Surveys and workshops involving local people, housing associations and council duty-bearers have explored the potential of the Mackie’s site.” This research was the basis for the competition launched in 2022.
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Alster Swimming Pool after restoration (2023)
Linking Two Competitions with Three Modernist Projects
Hardly a week goes by without the news of another architectural icon being threatened with demolition. A modernist swimming pool in Hamburg, Germany belonged in this category, even though the concrete shell roof had been placed under landmark status. When the possibility of being replaced by a high-rise building, it came to the notice of architects at von Gerkan Marg Partners (gmp), who in collaboration with schlaich bergermann partner (sbp), developed a feasibility study that became the basis for the decision to retain and refurbish the building.
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