Sponsor: Leaders Hotel Group
Location: Martinique, Caribbean Type: International, RfQ, two-stage Process: Shortlisting procedure with three firms designated to participate in the second, competition stage Fee: None Budget: $40M Languages: English, French, Spanish Timetable 25 March 2020 – Submission deadline for RfQs 31 May 2020 – Design submissions Jury: TbD
Challenge: Created in 1986
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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
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Expressway toll booth of the future ©Paul Spreiregen
Recent news about a new U.S. government policy concerning the design of public buildings under President Trump bears a striking resemblance to the controversy surrounding that very issue in the U.K. in the second half of the 20thcentury. It was then that Prince Charles appeared
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Sponsor: Hebei Provincial Development of Housing & Urban-Rural Development, Development of Natural Resources of Hebei Province Type: Open, one-stage, international Fee: none Languages: The official languages of the competition are Chinese and English (English must be included in the language of title and main design description). Chinese and English drawings are required by Chinese competitors;
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Sponsors: Carolina Khouri in partnership with local organizations Type: Open, one-stage, international Fee: none Language: English Eligibility: Architects, artists, innovators and imaginators Timetable: 8 March 2020 – Registration deadline (Competition brief available upon registration) Awards:
Both winning and shortlisted designs will be on display at the London Festival of Architecture 1-30 June 2020. Design Challenge:
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Sponsor/organizer: Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA) Type: open, ideas (two categories) Language: English Fees: None Timetable: 27 March 2020 – Submission deadline Awards: Open category 1st$5,000 2nd4,000 3rd3,000
Tertiary (student) category 1st$3,000 2nd2,000 3rd1,000
Design Challenge: The site was Singapore’s second international airport from 1955 to 1981 and is currently used as a
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Photo: Cameron Blaylock
Sponsor: Van Alen Institute
Type: open, ideas, two-stage
Language: English
Fees: None
Eligibility: The competition has two categories: “Professionals,” for teams 22 years of age and above, and “Young Adults,” for teams 21 years of age and under.
Three finalists from each category will be selected by an interdisciplinary
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Sponsor: Fentress Architects
Type: Open, student, international Fee: none Language: English Eligibility: Open to architects and engineers enrolled in a graduate or undergraduateaccrediteddegree program Timetable: 31 July 2020 – Submission deadline Awards: 1stPlace – USD15,000 2ndPlace – USD3,000 3rdPlace – USD2,000 2 People’s Choice Awards – USD1,000 Jury: TbD Design challenge; Entrants in
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Origanizers: Portland Track + SERA Architects
Type: Open, ideas, one-stage Fee: None Timetable: 24 April 2020 – Registration Deadline 1 May 2020 – Submission Deadline 30 May 2020 – Awards Announced
Awards: Gold – $2000 Silver – $1000 Bronze – $500 Jury: • Tinker Hatfield – Nike • Jeff Kovel – Skylab Architecture
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Sponsor: Province of Nova Scotia Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Type: International, RfQ, two-stage Process: Shortlisting procedure with three firmsdesignated to participate in the second, competition stage Fee: None Budget: CAD 70M Language: English Timetable 18 February 2020 – Submission deadline for RfQs Jury: TbD
Challenge: The new, iconic art gallery and vibrant public
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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.
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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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