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…
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 ACSA has announced the following competitions for students this year: 2023 COTE Competition The competition challenges students to integrate health, sustainability and equity. 2023 Steel Design Student Competition The competition challenges students to integrate health, sustainability and equity. Two separate categories are open: CATEGORY I: SPIRITUAL SPACE Design “A Place for the Spirit” Read more…
Mission Statement for Permanent Memorial To provide a space that will remember the 58 who perished in the immediate aftermath as a result of the 1 October 2017 tragedy at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, Las Vegas, Nevada, and those who succumbed to their injuries thereafter, honor the survivors and the many heroes who Read more…
Aerial view of site Designing a Transformational Green Space for a Local Community Sponsor: London Borough of Barnet (LBB), in partnership with the Landscape Institute (LI) Type: open, international, two-stage Language: English Fee: none Timetable: STAGE 1 30th August 2022 – Deadline for Stage 1 30th Aug – 2nd Sept 2022 Read more…
Reimagining a Historic Site as Cultural Destination Background “Africatown shot to the forefront of the world’s consciousness with the sensational May 2019 discovery of the sunken slave ship Clotilda in the Mobile River Delta. It illegally brought 110 kidnapped West Africans to America’s shores in 1860. After a short enslavement, Read more…
Type: Open, international, one-stage Location: Mannheim, Germany Event: The German Federal Garden Show Language: English Fees: none Timetable: 4 September 2022 – Deadline for Submissions Awards: 1st Place – $30,000 USD 2nd Place – $10,000 USD Jurors: Peter Kurz Lord Mayor of Mannheim Michael Schnellbach CEO, BUGA 23 Heinz Ossenbrink Former European Commission Joint Read more…
Sponsor: Take back the City Coalition Competition type: International, open, one-stage Project Scope and type: Masterplan Location: Site of Mackie’s former plant in Belfast Fee: none Language: English Awards: Winner: 10K prize + option to proceed with master plan Timetable: 30 September 2022 – Deadline for submissions Jury: TbD Design challenge: Marissa McMahon of Read more… |
Houston Endowment’s New Headquarters on the Bayou
Southwest view Houston Endowment Headquarters – Photo Ivan Baan, courtesy Kevin Daly Following in the footsteps of other major non-profits—The Ford Foundation and LA’s California Endowment Center in particular—the Houston Endowment’s new headquarters, located on a grassy knoll just above the Buffalo Bayou in the city’s outskirts, has also made a strong architectural statement. Similar to the California Endowment, this project was also the result of a design competition, won by the California firm, Kevin Daly Architects. 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 Makasiiniranta South Harbor Competition
 Helsinki South Harbour and Tori Quarter Suomen Ilmakuva Helsinki. Image credit/ Tietoa Finland, Janne Hirvonen
As a prelude to a competition for the design of a new Architecture and Design Museum to be located in Helsinki’s South Harbor, the City of Finland staged an open competition to establish a roadmap for the future redevelopment of the Makasiiniranta harbor area, the last old harbor area to be transformed for public use in Helsinki. The competition for the museum is scheduled to take place later this year; but the entire surrounding area has come up with a plan to review improvements for the entire harbor environment.
Read more… Vltava Philharmonic Hall Design Competition 
View to Concert Hall from bridge ©BIG
Classical music is still part of a vibrant musical scene in Prague, with at least four principal venues hosting concerts, ballet and opera. As a modern European city, the only missing venue from these choices is a state of the art concert hall. Other European neighbors have also recently staged competitions for such projects: Munich, won by Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten of Bregenz, Austria; Belgrade, won by AL_A of London; and Vilnius, Lithuania, won by Arquivio Architects of Spain. It should be noted, however, that one of the most important competitions for a concert hall, not only in Europe, but the world, was the 1961 Berlin Philharmonic hall competition, won by Hans Scharoun (below). It was the interior of that building, in particular, that served as a model for many others that followed, one of the first being Los Angeles’ Disney Hall by Frank Gehry. Read more… Budapest’s Nyugati Rail Station Competition 
Image courtesy Budapest Development Agency ©Grimshaw
Completed in 1877, Budapest’s Nyugati Railway Station has witnessed many of the twists and turns of Hungarian history: the Austro-Hungarian Empire, revolutions of post-World War I and 1956, and various shades of expansion and shrinkage in their territory. Its important location in Europe’s history as a contested land in southeastern Europe has not only served as a path for armies of conquest, but as a matter of great interest for major powers. Amid all the changes it has experienced, Hungary, and Budapest in particular, has retained a fascination for outsiders, making it one of Europe’s high profile tourist attractions. 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… |
