LUCA POIAN FORMS Image courtesy RIBA Facilitator: RIBA Location: Preston, U.K. Type: International, open The competition attracted over 200 entries from 40 different countries. Five finalists were chosen to participate in a second phase: Winner • LUCA POIAN FORMS, London, UK Finalists BLANKPAGE Architects, Lebanon Borough Architects + buchhandler-nelli + elca, Cambridge, UK Read more…
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…
Login to see more (login problems? E: scollyer@competitions.org or http://competitions.org/contact/) |
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… 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/ 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
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… 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… 
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/ |
