2021 Annual is here!

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Recent Competitions

Don’t miss these on-going open competitions, now posted to the website:

• West Herndon Playing Fields Competition

• AFRICATOWN Design Competition

• Heinrich-Pesch Housing Development

• LAGI 2022 Mannheim design competition: Beautiful Forms of Energy

• Seoul Metropolitan Library Competition (Seodaemun)

Ottawa Parliamentary Precinct’s Block 2

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.

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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/

Infrastructure Hub as Urban Revitalization Catalyst

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.

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Belgrade Philharmonic Concert Hall Competition

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.

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Atlantic Beach Winner Announced

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/

Prague Philharmonic Concert Hall Competition Results

BIG’s proposal, led by partners-in-charge Bjarke Ingels and Brian Yang, was selected from a pool of 19 entries as the winner of the competition. The rankings were as follows:

1^st Place
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) with Brian Yang
Copenhagen, Denmark
2nd Place
Barozzi Veiga with Atelier M1
Barcelona, Spain
3^rd Place
Bevk Perović Arhitekti
Ljubljana, Slovenia
4^th Place
Petr Hájek Architekti
Prague, Czech Republic
5^th Place
Snøhetta

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