Climate Positive Concrete Housing Sponsor: ACSA Type: open, one-stage, Student Fees: none Languages: English Eligibility: Students from all ACSA member schools internationally Timetable: 13 April 2022 – Registration deadline 1 June 2022 – Submission deadline Awards: Jurors will select one winner from each of the 7 regions, in addition to a selected number Read more…
Sponsor: Architectural League, New York Type: Open, Portfolio Language: English Fee: $35 13 February 2022 – Portfolios submission deadline CALL FOR ENTRIES Young architects and designers are invited to submit work to the annual Architectural League Prize Competition. Projects of all types, either theoretical or real, and executed in any medium, are welcome. The Read more…
Client: Bundesamt für Bauten und Logistik BBL Type: RfQ, 2-stage Eligibility: Switzerland and WTO Location: Bern, Switzerland Languages: German, French, Italian Fees: none Number of shortlisted teams to participate: 6 Timetable: 10 March 2022 – Documents submission deadline Competition Process The two-stage study commission procedure for general planners aims to obtain proposals for the new Read more…
Facilitator: Project Seoul Type: International, open, one-stage Location: Seoul, Korea Fees: none Languages: Korean and English Timetable: 18 March 2022 – Registration deadline 18 February 2022 – Q&A deadline 7 April 2022 – Submission deadline 19 April 2022 – Winners announcement Jury • Hyun Seo, Seoul National University • Hokeun Oh, Design Camp Moonpark Read more…
Competition Site Plan, Courtesy Amt für Stadtplanung Stuttgart Sponsors: City of Stuttgart, Germany and the State of Baden Württemberg Event: International Building Exhibition ‘27 Timetable: 14 January 2022 – Competition launch 11 February 2022 – Registration deadline 20-21 June – Jury convenes Design Challenge: After a century of architectural and urban history, Read more…
Rendering courtesy of OBO, by the Miller Hull Partnership The U.S. Department of State, Overseas Buildings Operation (OBO), is requesting submissions to prequalify firms for Design-Build Construction Services for the construction of a new U.S. Embassy and staff Housing in Juba, South Sudan. OBO seeks to commission our nation’s top constructors to produce Read more…
Organizer : Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency, World Expo Team Theme: “Designing Future Society for Our Lives” Venue : Osaka Yumeshima Expo Site(155.6 ha) Type: International, open, 2-Stage Competition Fee: none Stage 1 : Team Building & Idea Proposal / Select 3 Teams for Stage 2 Screening Stage 2 : Master Plan Proposal / Read more…
Competition facilitator: RIBA Location: Berwick, U.K. Type: Invited, EOI Process: The shortlisting process will select up to five teams to compete in the competition phase Timetable: 24 January 2022 – Deadline for submissions of EOI Budget: Est £14m to include design, build and internal/technical fit out to agreed specification. Compensation Each team invited to Read more…
Sponsor: London School of Economics (LSE) Facilitator: RIBA Type: Invited with 2nd stage competition with up to six participants Location: 35 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, U.K. Timetable: 21 January 2022 – Deadline for EOI document submissions 7 February 2022 – Jury panel selection of shortlist Project Aims A new building that will play Read more…
Sponsor: U.S. Department of State, Overseas Building Operations (OBO) Type: Design Build + Architecture Process: Pre-qualification Timetable: 20 January 2022 – Documents submission deadline Additional submission requirements: Bidders must possess or be able to obtain a Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Secret facility security clearance (FCL) with Secret safeguarding capability. Competition website: https://sam.gov/opp/13a208da2a164e84a859ab446ca86a27/view 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… |
