International design competition for the development of a Private Island in The Bahamas

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

Butrint National Park Visitor Center (Albania)

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

Berkeley Prize 2023: Architecture Designed for Aging

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,

ACSA Student Design Competitions

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”

Las Vegas October 1 Memorial

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

West Herndon Playing Fields Competition

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

AFRICATOWN Design Competition

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,

LAGI 2022 Mannheim design competition: Beautiful Forms of Energy

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

Belfast City of the Future Competition

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

Seoul Metropolitan Library Competition (Seodaemun)

Pre-Announcement

Competition managers: Urban Space Planning Division Competition type: General Design Contest (Education and research facilities) Fee: none Languages: English and Korean Jury: TbD Project Scope and type: Location: 479 Buggajwa-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul Size: 3,486.8 sq.m Estimated / Construction cost – 41,778 million KRW ($31M) Expected Construction Start and End Date 2024.01-2027.02 Design Fee

A Tribute to Veterans on the Wisconsin Prairie

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/).

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/

Ottawa Parliamentary Precinct’s Block 2

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.

Infrastructure Hub as Urban Revitalization Catalyst

Vilnius Railway Station and Public Square Competition

Belgrade Philharmonic Concert Hall Competition

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.

Atlantic Beach Winner Announced

After narrowing the field to three finalists and reviewing their presentations via ZOOM, the competition jury gave the nod to KUTONOTUK of Charlottesville, VA as the winner. The winning team is led by principals, Leena Cho and Matthew Jull, faculty members at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture.

Second place went to FORMA from New York City, and third place was awarded to Lewis Williams with Hudson Architects from Norwich, England.

Presentations of all three finalists can be seen here:
https://competitions.org/2022/03/atlantic-beach-nc-boardwalk-design-competition/

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International design competition for the development of a Private Island in The Bahamas

Butrint National Park Visitor Center (Albania)

Berkeley Prize 2023: Architecture Designed for Aging

ACSA Student Design Competitions

Las Vegas October 1 Memorial

West Herndon Playing Fields Competition

AFRICATOWN Design Competition

LAGI 2022 Mannheim design competition: Beautiful Forms of Energy

Belfast City of the Future Competition

Seoul Metropolitan Library Competition (Seodaemun)

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A Tribute to Veterans on the Wisconsin Prairie

The Cold War Veterans Memorial Competition

Young Architects in Competitions

When Competitions and a New Generation of Ideas Elevate Architectural Quality

Ottawa Parliamentary Precinct’s Block 2

A Quest for that Elusive Connective Formula

Infrastructure Hub as Urban Revitalization Catalyst

Vilnius Railway Station and Public Square Competition

Belgrade Philharmonic Concert Hall Competition

Atlantic Beach Winner Announced