Sponsor: Kaizhou New City Management Committee of Deyang City Organizer: Deyang Kaizhou Investment Development Co., Ltd.; CBC(China Building Centre) Academic Support:International Urban and Rural Innovation & Development Research Center Media Support: Urban Environment Design (UED) Magazine Winners: 1st Prize “Spring Tops” Sports Park Wave Architects – Wei Ruoyu and Yu Haochen New York, NY Read more…
Organizers: RIBA and British Network Rail Type: International, open, two-stage Number of entries: 200+ Entrants to the competition were asked to reimagine small to medium-sized stations, which make up 80% of all those on Britain’s railway. More than 200 submissions were received, from designers based in 34 different countries. Five will go through to Read more…
Client: University of Illinois Location: Chicago Number of applications: 36 Participating shortlisted teams (3): • Foster + Partners with Epstein • Jacobs Consultants, Inc., with OMA*AMO Architecture, P.C. • Studio Gang Architects
An announcement of the three finalists from the 953 submissions to the competition will be free to an online audience. Date: 18 September 2020 (7pm PDT) To register: https://www.urbanconfluencesiliconvalley.org
Client: University of Illinois Location: Chicago Number of applications: 36 Participating shortlisted teams (3): • Foster + Partners with Epstein • Jacobs Consultants, Inc., with OMA*AMO Architecture, P.C. • Studio Gang Architects Read more…
The Urban Confluence competition attracted 963 entries from 72 countries and 6 continents. The Community Competition Panel (CCP), comprised of 34 local community leaders including artists, architects, environmentalists, and business leaders, convened for two days of deliberation sessions on July 18 and 19. They diligently reviewed and evaluated all 963 qualified submissions as a Read more…
Sponsor’s Statement (Van Alen Institute) Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge, our design competition presented in collaboration with the New York City Council, challenges participants to rethink the iconic Brooklyn Bridge walkway. As made even more clear by the pandemic, the design of our streets and shared spaces must be responsive to the present moment and work Read more…
Sponsor: University of California, Berkeley Type: International, Essay – Travel and Fellowship competitions Number of entries: 79 Topic: How do Civic Buildings Create Community? Awards: • For the eight Finalists, there is the “best of the best” First, Second and Third Prizes, and five Honorable Mentions totaling 35,000USD. • In addition, and in lieu Read more…
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Type: Open, RfQ, two-stage Location: Sydney, Australia Number of RfQ submissions: 74 teams entered Winner: Moreau Kusunoki (Paris) and Genton(Sydney) Finalists: • AL_A (UK) and Architectus (Australia) • Bernardes Architecture(Brazil) and Scale Architecture (Australia) • BVN Architecture(Australia) and Carlo Ratti Associati (Italy) • CHROFI (Australia) withReko Rennie (Australia) • Steven Read more… |
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Competition  Image: ©KPMB Architects Not to be outdone by other Canadian provincial capitals, Halifax has chosen to make its own ambitious museum statement on the city’s waterfront. New museums in Vancouver, BC, Calgary and Fredericton, New Brunswick, the latter two by KPMB Architects, are either in development or already under construction. Saskatoon’s Remai Modern by KPMB and OMA’s Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in Montréal were more recently completed, and Vancouver’s new Art Museum by Herzog & de Meuron is still under development. 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/ Urban Adaptation Competition  Image ©Francesco Allaixand Julio Orduña Recently we are beginning to see a resurgence of wood as a primary building material, not only for detached residential housing, but also for multi-family and commercial urban structures. Masonry, steel, and composite materials are still the bread and butter of the construction industry; but wood may be making serious inroads into the future of commercial buildings. Yes, we have seen the use of wood in interiors of large buildings: one of the more impressive projects being that of the Christ the Light Cathedral by SOM in Oakland, California. Read more…  Aerial view of site – Courtesy National Finnish Museum When major cultural institutions in Finland plan a new building project, one can almost always assume that an open competition will be the vehicle by which the client settles on the building’s design. The only question is, will this be organized in a format open to local, Scandinavian, or international architects. In the case of the National Museum of Finland annex competition, it was open to architects throughout the world — resulting in 185 entries. Read more…
The Opening of Taichung’s Central Park by Catherine Mosbach/Philippe Rahm
 View from the south with downtown Taichung in the distance image: ©Mosbach/Rahm
The abandonment and closing of airports, including decommissioning those that were used for military purposes, has presented design communities with several opportunities to convert them entirely to civilian purposes. Notable among those which have been the result of competitions are Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Ken Smith Landscape Architects), The Estonian National Museum (Dan Dorell, Lina Ghotmeh and Tsuyoshi Tane), and Toronto’s less successful Downsview Park competition, whereby the winning design by OMA, with trees as the primary feature, has been basically ignored. Instead, the area has become the site of numerous commercial and residential projects.
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