Aerial view of site; courtesy City of Columbus, Indiana Client: City of Columbus (IN) and the Columbus Redevelopment Commission Facilitator: Columbus Design Institute Type: RFQ, one-stage, interview process Eligibility: teams of design professionals Language: English Budget: $450,000 of which no more than $50,000 allotted for design Timetable February 22, Read more…
Overview The North Boulder Creative Campus brings together two distinct projects to create an artistic hub for the community: (1) an iconic facility for BMoCA, which will be the cultural anchor of the campus; (2) the broader cultural campus including housing options for diverse needs; live work spaces supporting a range of creative practices; and Read more…
Sponsor: “SHAK” (Architectural Service to the Capital) Type: International, open, one-stage Location: Kolovicë, Pristina, Kosovo Eligibility: no limitations on accreditation (All applications are anonymous and are referred to only by a unique serial number assigned during submission.) Languages: English, Albanian Fee: none Timetable: 17 January 2024 – Registration deadline 6 March Read more…
Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation aims to create a new concept of mixed-use facility at the District 2 site within the Changdong Urban Development Zone, integrating public transportation transit facilities, apartment buildings, office facilities, and commercial facilities. In order to select the optimal design plan in terms of functionality, architectural innovation, Read more…
Competition organizer: Arquine, Mexico City Type: Open, International, one-stage with realization (Arquine will also be responsible for carrying out the production and construction of the winning project in coordination with this year’s winning team.) Languages: Spanish, English Fee: MXN1,500 (approximately US$87) per team Eligibility: Architects, planners, professionals/students Read more…
Sponsor: Cracow University of Technology and CUT Faculty of Architecture Type: open, Student, Ideas Eligibility: Available to BArch and MArch students in the EU, U.K. and Switzerland Fee: none Languages: Polish, English Timetable: 15 December 2023 – Registration deadline 22 January 2024 – Submission deadline 30 January 2024 – Announcement of results Awards: A Read more…
In this invited competition, the following shortlisted firms will participate in a public presentation of their designs on December 1, 2023; Venue: DDP Art Hall 2 Participating Architects (Listed alphabetically): • Hyunjoon Yoo (Yoo Hyunjoon Architects) • Im Jaeyong (OCA Architects) • Minseok Cho (Mass Study Architects) • Jacques Herzog(Herzog Read more…
Sponsor: Saint-Gobain Isover Type: International, open 2024 site location: Helsinki Eligibility: Architecture/engineering students in years 1-6 (Participants represent the university and the country where they are studying at the time of the competition) Fee: none Language: English Timetable: 29 March 2024 – Registration deadline 26 April 2024 – submission Read more…
Aerial view of Tallinn with designated competition site Sponsor: Real estate developer Elon OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia Type: International, invited, two-stage (second stage is competition) Location: Tallinn, Estonia Language: English Timetable Submission: November 13, 2023 Registration: November 13, 2023 Participants (4-6) selected: November 27, 2023 Process: The portfolio will Read more…
Sponsor/Contracting Authority: Municipality of Trnava, Slovakia Type: Open, one-stage Services: Architecture, landscape architecture, planning Eligibility: EU./EWR Fees: none Languages: Czech, Slovak, English (all documentation) Timetable: 28 November 2023 – Deadline for submission of proposals or requests to participate Awards: 1st place – €24 000 2nd place – €18 000 3rd place – €12 000 Read more… |
![](https://competitions1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08112019/01_ZHA_Ropax-Ferry-Terminal_River-Facade_Render-by-Negativ-1024x512.jpg) 1st Place: Zaha Hadid Architects – night view from river – Render by Negativ Arriving to board a ferry boat or cruise ship used to be a rather mundane experience. If you had luggage, you might be able to drop it off upon boarding, assuming that the boarding operation was sophisticated enough. In any case, the arrival experience was nothing to look forward to. I recall boarding the SS United States for a trip to Europe in the late 1950s. Arriving at the pier in New York, the only thought any traveler had was to board that ocean liner as soon as possible, find one’s cabin, and start exploring. If you were in New York City and arriving early, a nearby restaurant or cafe would be your best bet while passing time before boarding. Read more… Young Architects in Competitions When Competitions and a New Generation of Ideas Elevate Architectural Quality ![](https://competitions.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Young-Architects-cover-scaled2.jpg) 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 Wwhat 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/ ![](https://competitions1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/15131723/Oodi-4-1024x460.jpg) 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. Read More… ![](https://competitions1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/14085026/USC-1-1024x577.jpg) 2023 Teaching and Innovation Farm Lab Graduate Student Honor Award by USC (aerial view) Architecture at Zero competitions, which focus on the theme, Design Competition for Decarbonization, Equity and Resilience in California, have been supported by numerous California utilities such as Southern California Edison, PG&E, SoCAl Gas, etc., who have recognized the need for better climate solutions in that state as well as globally. Until recently, most of these competitions were based on an ideas only format, with few expectations that any of the winning designs would actually be realized. The anticipated realization of the 2022 and 2023 competitions suggests that some clients are taking these ideas seriously enough to go ahead with realization. Read more… ![](https://competitions1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/06155406/RUR-8-model-1024x680.jpg) RUR model perspective – ©RUR New Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Terminal, Taiwan (2011-2020) Reiser+Umemoto RUR Architecture PC/ Jesse Reiser – U.S.A. with 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 Read more… ![](https://competitions1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/16131404/H-M-1-1024x672.jpg) 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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