Metals in CONSTRUCTION MAGAZINE

DESIGN CHALLENGE 2022

Sponsor: Metals in Construction Magazine Type: International, ideas, one-stage Eligibility: architects and students Location: Concepts are to be based on the building site at coordinates 40 43’ 21.93” N / 74 00’ 20.85” W in New York City’s lower Manhattan bordered by Canal, Varick, Grand and Sullivan streets. Language: English

Lavazza Smart Coffee Corner

Sponsors: Lavazza and Desall Type: International, open, one-stage Language: English, Italian • Since Lavazza is an international Community, all texts provided with your uploads (abstract, description, tags, etc.) should be written in English. Timetable: 9 November 2021- Application deadline Upload phase: 14 October 2021 – 6 December 2021 (1.59 PM UTC) 6 December 2021

Arquine Competition No. 24 | MEXTRÓPOLI 2022 Pavilion

Sponsor: Arquine Type: International, one-stage, anonymous + construction Eligibility: Architects, students of architecture Language: English Timetable/Fees: 30 November 2021 – 1st registration deadline (USD60) 1 Dec 2021 – 1 Jan 2022 = 2nd registration deadline (USD75) (fees also valid for teams) 10 January 2022 – Submission deadline Jury: to be announced on 30 October 2021

2021/2022 Rome Prize

ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Included in design are: graphic, industrial, interior, exhibition, set and costume, and fashion design, urban design, city planning, engineering, and other design-related fields.

Included in landscape architecture are: environmental design and planning, landscape and ecological urbanism, landscape history, sustainability and ecological studies, and geography.

Full-term and half-term Rome Prize fellowships

Design of a Park along the Boulevard of Serbian Army in Banja Luka

Aerial view of site

Sponsors: City of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Type: Internation, open, anonymous Fees: none Languages: English/Serbian Eligibiility: Architects, Landscape Architects, Designers Timetable: 5 December 2021 – Design submissions deadline Awards: – FIRST PRIZE 15.000,00 EUR (equivalent in BAM) – SECOND PRIZE 7.500,00 EUR (equivalent in BAM) – THIRD

Modernization of the Prague Funicular

Sponsors: Prague Public Transit Co./City of Prague Type: International, RfQ, two-stage Fees: none Languages: Czech and English Location: Prague, Czech Republic Eligibiility: Architects, Engineers, Designers

Introduction Prague Public Transit Co., Inc. (DPP) and the Capital City of Prague have been preparing the general modernization of the funicular to the Petřín hill, transporting annually up to

Restoration and Revitalization of the Roman Amphitheater, Byzantine Forum and Roman Baths in Durrës, Albania

Project client: Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF) Type: open, international, tenders Location: port of Durrës on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, Albania Eligibility: companies, consortiums, joint ventures with international experience Timetable: 15 November 2021 – Deadline for submission of documents Scope of project includes: Conservation, Presentation/Interpretation, Valorization, and Planning for Archaeological Excavations In

Minimal Shelter Space International Design Competition

Proposals for improving evacuation environment inside Japanese evacuation centers

Sponsor: Alliance for Humantarian Architecture Type: International, open, ideas Fees: none Languages: Japanese and English Locaton: Sendai, Japan Introduction Record-breaking rainfall and subsequent flooding, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, heatwaves, and forest fires, humanity is experiencing devastating natural disasters with no signs of easing. Our

Reimagining the Thompson Center

Public Pool Image: ©Perkins&Will

The Chicago Architecture Club Shines the Spotlight on

Another Endangered Landmark

What do Bertrad Goldberg and Helmut Jahn have in common? Besides having high-profile buildings threatened by demolition, both served as subject matter for two competitions sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Club (CAC)—raising public

Winner Announced for New Preston Mosque Competition

LUCA POIAN FORMS Image courtesy RIBA

Facilitator: RIBA Location: Preston, U.K. Type: International, open The competition attracted over 200 entries from 40 different countries. Five finalists were chosen to participate in a second phase: Winner • LUCA POIAN FORMS, London, UK Finalists

BLANKPAGE Architects, Lebanon Borough Architects + buchhandler-nelli + elca, Cambridge, UK

High Density Housing in the Suburbs?

An Ideas Competition in Berlin Seeks Answers

Winning entry perspective Image: ©AllesWirdGut Architekten

Berlin developer HOWOGE recently staged what was regarded as a “planning Laboratory” competition for a model satellite in northwest Berlin. The brief for this invited competition noted that the urban sprawl, which had accompanied the reunification of Germany(and Berlin) in 1989, was low density in character, occupying wide swaths of suburban areas around the city. With previous high density, and now controversial Berlin projects in mind—the problems with Berlin’s high-density Gropius-Stadt as a warning signal—the sponsor here suggested that lessons learned from past mistakes could be avoided with a high-quality design strategy…

Winner Announced for New Preston Mosque Competition

LUCA POIAN FORMS Image courtesy RIBA

Facilitator: RIBA
Location: Preston, U.K.
Type: International, open
The competition attracted over 200 entries from 40 different countries.
Five finalists were chosen to participate in a second phase:
Winner
• LUCA POIAN FORMS, London, UK
Finalists

BLANKPAGE Architects, Lebanon
Borough Architects + buchhandler-nelli + elca, Cambridge, UK
Mcheileh Studio, New York (Highly Commended by the Evaluation Panel)
TABE SHOURI, New York

RIBA competition website:
www.architecture.com/competitions

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/

A Russian City Sets Its Priorities in the Public Realm

Astrakhan Looks to Raise Its Quality of Life Index

Aerial view of downtown Astrakhan

Planning competitions with a strong landscape component take many forms, including some for plazas and gateways to major town centers, city neighborhood sites with multi-story housing units, university campus plans and finally, comprehensive city plans—the latter either being for new towns, as in China, or strategies for the improvement of existing cities—as was here the case with Astrakhan, a major city on the Volga delta, and the Caspian Sea.

Edinburgh’s Ross Pavilion in Danger

Earlier this year, an article in the Architects’ Journal described what almost sounded like a death knell for wHY Architecture’s winning competition design for Edinburgh’s Ross Pavilion site. When the competition took place, some observers may have regarded wHY as a wild card, in the company of such high-profile firms as BIG and David Adjaye,* There can be no question that they understood the site and program better than their rivals, and it would have appeared that innovation had won the day. Their design could have served to rethink the way in which this site, with its replacement of an outdated bandstand by a contemporary structure, would serve as a destination for Scotland’s public—much as has been the case for Frank Gehry’s pavilion in Chicago’s Millennium Park.

A New Meeting Place for Moscovites

SWA/Balsley Wins Paveletskaya Plaza Landscape Competition

Aerial view at night – courtesy SWA/Balsley 5+ Design

Of the nine railway stations in Moscow, Paveletskaya is the largest and one of the last of those that opened around the turn of the century. Compared to other Moscow stations, Paveletskaya, designed by Alexander Krasovsky and opened in 1900, represented a lower-key presence in its sprawling configuration, similar to palaces such as a Sans Souci without the ornamentation.

The original site for the recent competition included a small park facing the station, bordered on one side by the Ring Road. Post WWII, the site was bifurcated by a road, thus separating the front entrance of the station from the grassy area facing it.

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Metals in CONSTRUCTION MAGAZINE

Lavazza Smart Coffee Corner

Arquine Competition No. 24 | MEXTRÓPOLI 2022 Pavilion

2021/2022 Rome Prize

Design of a Park along the Boulevard of Serbian Army in Banja Luka

Modernization of the Prague Funicular

Restoration and Revitalization of the Roman Amphitheater, Byzantine Forum and Roman Baths in Durrës, Albania

Minimal Shelter Space International Design Competition

Reimagining the Thompson Center

Winner Announced for New Preston Mosque Competition

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When Competitions and a New Generation of Ideas Elevate Architectural Quality

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Edinburgh’s Ross Pavilion in Danger

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