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: 47.128.110.199 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: 47.128.110.199 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. [contact-form-7 id=”22890″ title=”Institutional (IP Address) Contact”] Thanks and our apologies for your difficulties. |
![](https://competitions1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08112019/01_ZHA_Ropax-Ferry-Terminal_River-Facade_Render-by-Negativ-1024x512.jpg) 1st Place: Zaha Hadid Architects – night view from river – Render by Negativ Arriving to board a ferry boat or cruise ship used to be a rather mundane experience. If you had luggage, you might be able to drop it off upon boarding, assuming that the boarding operation was sophisticated enough. In any case, the arrival experience was nothing to look forward to. I recall boarding the SS United States for a trip to Europe in the late 1950s. Arriving at the pier in New York, the only thought any traveler had was to board that ocean liner as soon as possible, find one’s cabin, and start exploring. If you were in New York City and arriving early, a nearby restaurant or cafe would be your best bet while passing time before boarding. Read more… Young Architects in Competitions When Competitions and a New Generation of Ideas Elevate Architectural Quality ![](https://competitions.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Young-Architects-cover-scaled2.jpg) 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 Wwhat 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/ ![](https://competitions1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/15131723/Oodi-4-1024x460.jpg) Helsinki Central Library, by ALA Architects (2012-2018) The world has experienced a limited number of open competitions over the past three decades, but even with diminishing numbers, some stand out among projects in their categories that can’t be ignored for the high quality and degree of creativity they revealed. Included among those are several invited competitions that were extraordinary in their efforts to explore new avenues of institutional and museum design. Some might ask why the Vietnam Memorial is not mentioned here. Only included in our list are competitions that were covered by us, beginning in 1990 with COMPETITIONS magazine to the present day. As for what category a project under construction (Science Island), might belong to or fundraising still in progress (San Jose’s Urban Confluence or the Cold War Memorial competition, Wisconsin), we would classify the former as “built” and wait and see what happens with the latter—keeping our fingers crossed for a positive outcome. Read More… ![](https://competitions1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/14085026/USC-1-1024x577.jpg) 2023 Teaching and Innovation Farm Lab Graduate Student Honor Award by USC (aerial view) Architecture at Zero competitions, which focus on the theme, Design Competition for Decarbonization, Equity and Resilience in California, have been supported by numerous California utilities such as Southern California Edison, PG&E, SoCAl Gas, etc., who have recognized the need for better climate solutions in that state as well as globally. Until recently, most of these competitions were based on an ideas only format, with few expectations that any of the winning designs would actually be realized. The anticipated realization of the 2022 and 2023 competitions suggests that some clients are taking these ideas seriously enough to go ahead with realization. Read more… ![](https://competitions1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/06155406/RUR-8-model-1024x680.jpg) RUR model perspective – ©RUR New Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Terminal, Taiwan (2011-2020) Reiser+Umemoto RUR Architecture PC/ Jesse Reiser – U.S.A. with Fei & Cheng Associates/Philip T.C. Fei – R.O.C. (Tendener) This was probably the last international open competition result that was built in Taiwan. A later competition for the Keelung Harbor Service Building Competition, won by Neil Denari of the U.S., the result of a shortlisting procedure, was not built. The fact that the project by RUR was eventually completed—the result of the RUR/Fei & Cheng’s winning entry there—certainly goes back to the collaborative role of those to firms in winning the 2008 Taipei Pop Music Center competition, a collaboration that should not be underestimated in setting the stage for this competition Read more… ![](https://competitions1.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/16131404/H-M-1-1024x672.jpg) Winning entry ©Herzog de Meuron In visiting any museum, one might wonder what important works of art are out of view in storage, possibly not considered high profile enough to see the light of day? In Korea, an answer to this question is in the making. It can come as no surprise that museums are running out of storage space. This is not just the case with long established “western” museums, but elsewhere throughout the world as well. In Seoul, South Korea, such an issue has been addressed by planning for a new kind of storage facility, the Seouipul Open Storage Museum. The new institution will house artworks and artifacts of three major museums in Seoul: the Seoul Museum of Modern Art, the Seoul Museum of History, and the Seoul Museum of Craft Art.
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