A sustainable Development Center in Zambia Sponsor(s): The UN Refugee Agency; NGO PROVS A.C. Competition consultant: Archstorming.com Type: International, open, one-stage Eligibility: Any architecture student or professional architect can participate in MAYUKWAYUKWA: a Sustainable Development Center in Zambia, regardless of their nationality. Likewise, people from other disciplines can also participate, such Read more…
RfQ Application deadline: 30 November 2022 (12:00 KST) Diagram courtesy Incheon Housing and City Development Corporation Organizer: Incheon Housing and City Development Corporation Type: International, General, open Eligibility: -Qualifications for participation are for domestic and foreign architects and can participate alone or jointly. -Joint applications are allowed up to 3 people/firms Read more…
Plaza de Cesar Chavez Photo: ©xAtsukex The City of San Jose has finally reach a consensus on a site for Breeze of Innovation, the winning entry in the city’s recent Urban Confluence competition. Urban Confluence Silicon Valley announced they have made the important decision to consider building Breeze of Innovation at Plaza Read more…
Philharmonic after 2020 fire Sponsor: Government of Moldova Ministry of Culture Type: Open, International, RfQ Eligibility: Registered Architects/Landscape architects (Applicants should be able to show expertise in preservation) Language: English Fees: none Timetable: February 2023 – Submission deadline (Registration now underway) Jury: The international jury will be made up of architects, Read more…
Client: U.S. Department of State Type: Open, RfQ Eligibility: Construction/Architecture teams with similar projects in size of at least $97.5M Fee: none Language: English Process: Shortlist of five teams with site visit and submission of designs in second stage Project budget: $130-165 million Timetable: 10 October 2022 – Request for clarifications deadline 20 October Read more…
Sponsor: Private client based in the Bahamas Competition administrator: RIBA Type: International, open, ideas Eligibility: Open to design professionals and students Note: See How to Register! Fees: £28 for each category entered Language: English Categories – Beach Club Concept, including restaurant, bar and cabana design – Marina Concept, including reception – meet Read more…
Sponsor: The Ministry of Culture of Albania, the Butrint Management Foundation (BMF) Facilitator: Malcolm Reading Consultants (London) Type: International, open (RfQ), 2-stage Fees: None Language: English Timetable: 11 October 2022 – Deadline for questions 24 October 2022 – Deadline for stage-one responses Process (stage 1) The client seeks a dedicated and gifted Read more…
Courtesy office of Governor Kathy Hochul New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the city’s MTA announced the team that will redesign the station serving New Jersey Transit, Amtrac, the Long Island Railroad, and soon the Metro-North Railroad. Following an open RfQ sent to 106 prequalified firms, which attracted five proposals, the selected Read more…
Sponsor: University of California Berkeley School of Architecture Type: International, open, student, two-stage Eligibility: Open to undergraduate students internationally Category I: Essay Competition Category II: Travel Fellowship Competition Language: English Fees: none Timetable: 15 September 2022 – Competition launch 1 November 2022 – Stage I entries due Jury: • Aleksis Bertoni, USA • Dorit Fromm, Read more…
The Portland Museum of Art’s current structure, designed by Harry Cobb of SOM, now more than 40 years old, has seen no increases in galleries, visitor amenities, or capacity at the museum. To solve this long-standing problem, on June 1st, the Portland Museum of Art launched an invited competition with a call for qualifications Read more… |
Plaza de Cesar Chavez Photo: ©xAtsukex
The City of San Jose has finally reach a consensus on a site for Breeze of Innovation, the winning entry in the city’s recent Urban Confluence competition. Urban Confluence Silicon Valley announced they have made the important decision to consider building Breeze of Innovation at Plaza de Cesar Chavez instead of Arena Green. This decision was made because of challenges associated with Arena Green including environmental concerns with the riparian corridor, regulatory challenges, and air traffic noise. After re-visiting all publicly owned and privately owned sites in and around downtown San Jose, the board of directors came to the unanimous conclusion that Plaza de Cesar Chavez, the cultural and historic center of downtown San José, is the best location for Breeze of Innovation. 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/ The Cold War Veterans Memorial Competition 
Rendering: Oyler Wu Collaborative/Courtesy Pritzker Military Museum & Library
The Pritzker family is no stranger to good architecture; so it should come as no surprise that a project launched by the Pritzker Military Archives, including a competition for a Cold War Veterans Memorial in Wisconsin, would embrace this approach. Other major projects focusing on war veterans have also identified architecture as a significant element in the choice of a design—most notably the choice of SHoP architects for the design of Syracuse University’s National Veterans Resource Center (https://competitions.org/2017/03/syracuse-national-veterans-resource-center/). Read more… A Quest for that Elusive Connective Formula 
First Place: Pedestrian perspective from Parliament – Zeidler Architecture in association with David Chipperfield Architects
How do you find a common thread that can connect an eclectic collection of buildings, visually as well as physically, all located within a one-block site, located just across from Canada’s Parliament building in Ottawa. To identify this common thread that could tie everything together, the client turned to a design competition for answers. With the aid of consultants, [phase eins] from Berlin and experts from Canada’s’ own Université de Montréal’s School of Architecture, the client turned to an invited international format to finally settle on six teams that could rethink the site. Read more… Vilnius Railway Station and Public Square Competition 
Vilnius Station competition Image: ©Zaha Hadid Architects
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… AL_A Prevails over a Star-studded Cast 
After over a year of planning, the choice of a site, and the establishment of criteria for the staging an international competition for a new concert hall, the process recently culminated in the choice of an architect for the design of the new Philharmonic in Belgrade, Serbia. Once a rather drab, nondescript city under the Tito regime, Belgrade has been reimagining itself to take its place as a major European city, including cultural attractions one might attach to such a claim. Read more… |
