Sea2City Design Challenge

Sponsor: City of Vancouver, BC, Canada Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Type: RfQ, invited, prequalifications Eligibility: Architects, Landscape Architects, Planners Fees: none Language: English Process: Two (2) firms will be selected to: • Provide a comprehensive design package for a preferred conceptual coastal flood management approach for two sites in False Creek (each Design team

BIS Site Development – Basel

Aerial view of BIS site

Client: Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Location: Basel, Switzerland Type: International, Invited with RfQ Eligibility: Foreign and domestic architecture firms Language: English Fees: None Timetable: 21 June 2021 – Competition launch 26 July 2021 – Deadline for Questions 6 August 2021 – Prequalification registration deadline 14 September 2021

International Competition for the Seoul National University Cultural Center

Competition title: The Remodeling and expansion of the Seoul National University Cultural Center (Bldg.#73) International Design Competition Type: International, one-stage Eligibility: Domestic and foreign architects (including corporations) Languages: Korean and English Fees: None Timetable: 2 July 2021 – Registration deadline 2 July 2021 – Site tour 25 August 2021 – Design submission

2021-2022 Architecture at Zero Competition

Affordable Housing for Farmworkers in California’s Central Valley

Sponsor: Self Help Enterprises, Visalia, CA Organizer: Architecture at Zero Type: International, ideas, one-stage Eligibility: Architects,, designers, urban planners, landscape architects, engineers and intrns and students of these disciplines. Fees: Professionals – $275 Students – Free Awards: Up to $25,000 in total prize

Garage Screen Summer Cinema 2022 Competition

Sponsor: Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow Organizer: Strelka KB, Moscow Type: open, international, RfQ Languages: Russian and English Eligibility: Competition open to applicants from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Fee: none Timetable: 4 July 2021 – Deadline for Applications Design Challenge The Development of the Architectural Concept for Garage Screen Summer Cinema.

Retrofit of Jonulas Radvilla Palace for Museum Purposes

Photo ©Gintarė Grigėnaitė

Sponsor: Lithuanian National Museum of Art

Organizer: Lithuanian Architects Association

Type: open, international

Languages: English and Lithuanian

Fee: none

Location: Vilnius, Lithuania

Site: The Radvilas residency, built in 17th century, is located in Vilnius Old Town. During the centuries, the complex has experienced some alterations, but today

Europan 16

Sponsor: Europan

Locations: Multiple Type: Open, ideas EU Fee: none (Europan differs from other ideas competitions in that an implementation process can follow)

Eligibility: Young EU architects under 40 years Europan 16 is open to any team consisting of at least one graduated architect, who may be in association with one or more

Sakhalin Region Development Competition

Sponsor: Sakhalin Region Development Commission

Location: Korsakov, Sakhalin Region, Russia Type: Open, International, RfQ, 2-stage Eligibility: Licensed architects, landscape architects, planners (It can be any legal entity, self-employed entrepreneur or Consortium of legal entities, self-employed entrepreneurs who wish to participate in the Competition.) Fees: none Languages: English/Russian Timetable:

7 June 2021 – RfQ

CTBUH Student Tall Building Design Competition 2021

Organizer: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)

Type: Open, International Official language: English Eligibility: Students enrolled in certified programs of Architecture

Fees: None Submissions: Digital format Timetable: 19 July 2021 – Registration deadline 26 July 2021 – Submission deadline Awards: ■ First Place: US$1,500 Cash Prize + complimentary virtual attendance to the

Transformation of Helsinki’s South Harbor –Makasiiniranta Quality and Concept Competition

Sponsor: City of Helsinki Competition organizer: Mia Kajan (Mia.kajan@hel.fi) Type: Open, International, two-stage Official languages: English and Finnish Eligibility: Professional architects (City of Helsinki is organising a competition to find a partner for the development and implementation of Makasiiniranta at South Harbour. The competition is a two-phase quality and concept competition and it’s intended

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.

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/

One Design to Fit All

Image Courtesy Network Rail

From Grand Central Station to King’s Cross in London, railway stations have often represented some of the major architectural accomplishments of our times. But those edifices have been primarily located in great cities. In the U.K. there are over 2,000 stations located in medium-sized, small, and rural communities. Most of those are ‘quick stop’ locations, and not the destination terminals where space requirements often result in state of the art design.

In July of last year, U.K.’s Network Rail, in collaboration with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) launched a competition to identify a concept for a design that would be suitable for the medium to small-sized rail stations, at the same time updating the program to fit the modern needs of such a facility. The competition was open internationally and received 213 entries from 34 countries last September.

An Urban Icon Emerges

The Urban Confluence Silicon Valley Competition

After several stops and starts over an extended period of time, the winner of the Urban Confluence Design Competition was named in early March, 2021. SMAR Architecture Studio’s The Breeze of Innovation, which prevailed over two other shortlisted finalists from the original 963 entries, won with a novel tower-like structure consisting primarily of hundreds of rods, generating energy while swaying in the wind.

A Barn by Herzog de Meuron in Berlin

A Flawed Plan Leads to Budget Issues

Once considered on the forefront of modern architecture in post-WWII Europe, Berlin has had its share of questionable decisions concerning important urban projects in recent history. Beginning with the rebirth of the Berlin Palace (Humboldt Forum) on the Spree by Italian architect, Franco Stella, and now followed by Herzog de Meuron’s controversial addition to Mies’s 20^th Century Art Museum, the times when one could look to Berlin as a signpost of architectural innovation can only be viewed in the rear view mirror.

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Sea2City Design Challenge

BIS Site Development – Basel

International Competition for the Seoul National University Cultural Center

2021-2022 Architecture at Zero Competition

Garage Screen Summer Cinema 2022 Competition

Retrofit of Jonulas Radvilla Palace for Museum Purposes

Europan 16

Sakhalin Region Development Competition

CTBUH Student Tall Building Design Competition 2021

Transformation of Helsinki’s South Harbor –Makasiiniranta Quality and Concept Competition

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Recent Competitions

A New Meeting Place for Moscovites

Young Architects in Competitions

When Competitions and a New Generation of Ideas Elevate Architectural Quality

One Design to Fit All

An Urban Icon Emerges

The Urban Confluence Silicon Valley Competition

The Budludzha Monument Project

A Barn by Herzog de Meuron in Berlin

A Flawed Plan Leads to Budget Issues