Institutional SubscriptionsThe 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: 52.167.144.98
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: 52.167.144.98 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.
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Thanks and our apologies for your difficulties. |
University of Florida’s College of Design Construction and Planning’s New Addition 
Development phase image courtesy ©Brooks + Scarpa
If architects have had one complaint concerning the planning and realization of a project, it has been with planners and especially construction managers, both of whom often display a lack of knowledge about architecture. The survival of a well-conceived design can hang in the balance when there is a knowledge gap at the planning and realization end.
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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/ Houston Endowment’s New Headquarters on the Bayou
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The Makasiiniranta South Harbor Competition
 Helsinki South Harbour and Tori Quarter Suomen Ilmakuva Helsinki. Image credit/ Tietoa Finland, Janne Hirvonen
As a prelude to a competition for the design of a new Architecture and Design Museum to be located in Helsinki’s South Harbor, the City of Finland staged an open competition to establish a roadmap for the future redevelopment of the Makasiiniranta harbor area, the last old harbor area to be transformed for public use in Helsinki. The competition for the museum is scheduled to take place later this year; but the entire surrounding area has come up with a plan to review improvements for the entire harbor environment.
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View to Concert Hall from bridge ©BIG
Classical music is still part of a vibrant musical scene in Prague, with at least four principal venues hosting concerts, ballet and opera. As a modern European city, the only missing venue from these choices is a state of the art concert hall. Other European neighbors have also recently staged competitions for such projects: Munich, won by Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten of Bregenz, Austria; Belgrade, won by AL_A of London; and Vilnius, Lithuania, won by Arquivio Architects of Spain. It should be noted, however, that one of the most important competitions for a concert hall, not only in Europe, but the world, was the 1961 Berlin Philharmonic hall competition, won by Hans Scharoun (below). It was the interior of that building, in particular, that served as a model for many others that followed, one of the first being Los Angeles’ Disney Hall by Frank Gehry. Read more… Budapest’s Nyugati Rail Station Competition 
Image courtesy Budapest Development Agency ©Grimshaw
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