Institutional Subscriptions 2The Competitions Project offers institutional subscriptions. With an institutional subscription, users have full access to the competitions.org website when accessing the site via the institution’s network without needing a login. This service is designed to meet the needs of libraries but is open to other institutions as well. An institutional subscription provides:
- an unsharable administrative login (with user name, email address, and password) and
- a sharable institutional login (with separate user name, email address, and password)
- no-login-needed access to the competitions.org website when accessing the site via the institution’s network using IP address authentication
- login required access to the competitions.org website when accessing the site via the internet
- a small number of additional unsharable logins if requested
- a small additional ezine and newsletter subscriptions if requested
The weekly Competitions newsletters and monthly ezines are delivered to the email address of the institutional account. The sharable institutional user name and password can be used to access the full competitions.org website from computers not on the institution’s network or when IP address authentication is not possible. Subscription renewal and other administrative email are delivered to the email address of the administrative account. The ezine and newsletter can be delivered to the administrative email address if desired by sending a request to scollyer@competitions.org. The administrative user name and password can be used to access the administrative “profile page” [ Profile Page ] which is used to update billing information, IP address block information, and contact information. By default, login user names are the email address of the login but can be changed by request.
FAQ
Q: It’s not working. What do I do?
A: Ask your librarian or other administrator to contact us. If you are the librarian or administrator, please contact us at scollyer@competitions.org with the IP address block with user name and email address for both the administrative and institutional accounts. (See below)
Q: What is a “profile page”?
A: It is the an administrative web page. Once logged in with the administrative user name and password, a librarian or other administrator can update contact, billing, IP address block, and other information. Passwords can also be changed. The profile page is at [ Profile Page ]. Be sure to login with the administrative user name and password. The institutional user name and password can only be used to access the competitions articles, interviews, etc.
Q: What is the IP address block?
A: The no-login-needed feature of an institutional subscription requires that the institution’s network access the competitions.org server from a known set of IP addresses. Your institution’s network administrators choose these addresses and thus have this information. Please keep the number of requested address blocks small. A few large blocks are faster to check and easier to administer on our end.
Q: How can I check what IP address my proxy, etc server is using?
A: That is a matter for network administrators. But the COMPETITIONS server shows that you are currently using IP address: 207.46.13.198
Q: I updated the IP address block and it is correct but no-login-needed is still not working. What is wrong?
A: Updating the IP address block requires a manual OK by the COMPETITIONS website administrator so there is a time delay. But also check your IP address and other information listed at the bottom of this page. If the IP address listed is not in your address block then no-login-needed will not work. It is possible that the IP address information is being lost due to proxy servers or … . Your current IP address as seen by this (the COMPETITIONS) server is
Your current IP address: 207.46.13.198
Your alternative IP address: [new_show_ip]
If your IP address block does not include this address, no-login access will not work.
Q: Help!! I set the IP block addresses in my profile page and …!
A: Please paste the above IP address and your login email address plus contact information and send it to us using the below contact form.
Thanks and our apologies for your difficulties.
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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/
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.
Read more…
SMAR’s Winning Entry Gets the Green Light
Image: ©SMAR Architecture
The winning competition entry in the 2016 Science Island competition in Kaunas, Lithuania by SMAR Architects may only take five years to realize—from the date of the competition to completion. This is encouraging news, as the duration of such projects resulting from a competition can often take much longer—sometimes up to 8-10 years. Read more…
Night view of the memorial tapestry from Independence Avenue, with Gehry’s sketch of the Normandy cliffs.
Explaining the contributions of a World War II hero and later President of the United States on a very modest site on Independence Avenue just off the Washington Mall is tantamount to asking an author to describe the life of this person in no more than one paragraph. But on September 17th, after a long and bumpy journey, lasting almost 20 years and navigating a warren of the DC approval processes and public scrutiny, the Eisenhower Memorial finally was dedicated and opened to the public. Designed by Frank Gehry, it has received mixed reviews, the majority being more positive. But most have pointed out that the memorial is more impressive at night than in full daylight. This is due primarily to the illumination of an almost block-long metallic tapestry—featuring a sketch by Gehry, which depicts his interpretation of the cliffs of the Normandy coastline where the Americans landed on D-Day. Read more…
Professional winner: Brooklyn Bridge Forest (image © Pilot Projects Design Collective)
While looking for new adventures on a visit to New York City, friends suggested that I take time to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge—certainly a New York icon. For those intending to undertake this trek across the bridge for the first time, the bridge consists of layers, with a large platform for pedestrians on top of a lower level for cars and the metro system. Traversing this connection for the first time between Manhattan and Brooklyn is not just about getting from one place to another, but experiencing a great scenic view of both boroughs and occasionally interacting with other bridge crossers. As for the latter, they provide a flavor of the city’s demographics, as opposed to similar experiences one might have of the city’s inhabitants when riding the city’s subway system. Read more… |
