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Competitions: May 2012

Competitions are ordered by date of final registration -they are referenced by country of origin, but most are open to international entry.

new Australia: Flinders St Station design competition   
The Victorian Coalition Government's international Flinders Street Station precinct design competition is a vital first step in the area's restoration and revival, Premier Ted Baillieu said today. "We are looking for the world's best ideas to restore and reinvigorate the Flinders Street Station precinct, including the station concourse, platforms and historic administration building and through to the Banana Alley Vaults and Queensbridge,"  This precinct calls for creative brilliance from across the globe so a Melbourne landmark site can be restored to its full potential -the competition will run in two stages: design concepts will be called for in mid-2012 followed by a review and short listing period. Short-listed entrants will then submit detailed proposals in 2013.

new Korea: The 30th Space Prize for International Students of Architectural Design
Application deadline: May 1st - Sep. 7th, 2012
SPACE announced opening of 2012 the 30th SPACE PRIZE for International Students of Architectural Design (SPACE PRIZE 2012). For its 30th anniversary, Ben van Berkel of UNStudio is invited as a judge for the competition, with the topic 'Designing for the Inventive Economy'. Architecture, whilst enjoying a beautiful and rich history, must of course also look towards and design for the future. What can the profession learn from the burgeoning companies and how they are organised? So how can we instrumentalise the systematic aspect of these organisations and adapt them to create an apparatus for architecture? And what will this apparatus mean for the production of architecture in the future?
 

new Korea: The 12th Space Prize for International Students of Interior Design
Application deadline: May 1st - Sep. 7th, 2012
SPACE announced opening of 2012 the 12th SPACE PRIZE for International Students of Interior Design (SPACE PRIZE 2012). With the topic 'Convergence', we are going to discover the extent to which design can converge and develop with different areas.
The fierce transitions that come with rapid informatization are today fundamentally changing humans, social forms, and even life itself. In order to cope with such changes, it is important to create innovative new knowledge, new culture, and new business methods which utilize convergence and expand new horizons beyond the boundary of existing learning such as natural science, social science, humanities, and business studies. An in-depth understanding of the society and culture of humans and the application of this in an integrated approach to design methods incorporating science and technology are, therefore, crucial.

new UK: Museum Of Architecture (MOA), London Competition
Submissions Deadline: 4th September 2012
The aim of this two-stage  "winner of winners" International ideas competition is to design a NEW Museum Of Architecture in London, on the site of the Iconic Old London Battersea Power Station on the bank of the River Thames. This Icon structure and prime site has laid derelict for number of years with plan after plan for re-developments. It is a protected building, which implies that any design will have to incorporate the four iconic. This as a result has posed a challenge for a number of developers. ArchTriumph is calling on architects, planners, designers and engineers to rise to the challenge provided by such an opportunity to be innovative and responsive to such a unique site and location with bold ideas for this Museum. Eligibility: Architects, architecture graduates, architecture students or inter-disciplinary team (Maximum of 4 professionals and comprising of at least one architect).

new International: 2012 Inspired Visions Global Rendering Competition 
Submissions will be accepted until August 16, 2012 
This annual competition, which is sponsored by Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. and MAXON Computer GmbH, recognizes today's top architects and designers from around the world, and their abilities to visually render Vectorworks® models with Renderworks® or CINEMA 4D.:
·       Rendering with Renderworks 2012
·       Rendering with CINEMA 4D
·       Monochromatic model (rendered in Renderworks or CINEMA 4D) 
Designers may enter multiple categories. However, all entries must be built on a Vectorworks model. Competitors who lack the current versions of the software can request a free, 30-day version of Vectorworks with Renderworks software.

new greece: Open Architectural Competition for the conversion of the SILO in Piraeus port into a Museum for Underwater Antiquities 
Registration deadline on 06 August 2012. The closing date for the competition is 20th September 2012.
The Competition task is the selection of the contractor who will carry out the final study of the project:  "Redesign of the existing cereals' stock house building facilities (silo) and its surrounding open space into a museum for underwater antiquities and regeneration of part of the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) Coastal Zone ­ transformation into an open public space for out door activities.  

new Spain: inspiration HOTEL Open Ideas Competition 
spaces for artistic creation
Registration Deadline 24th July 2012
Submission Deadline 3rd Aug 2012
OPENGAP organizes this open ideas competition seeking for innovative, cutting-edge, contemporary, proposals regarding a new concept for artistic inspiration spaces. Participants are invited to design a place focused on the rental of spaces that motivate creativity and concentration, allowing users to focus, inspire and develop their artistic ideas. Each participant or team will define the location of their project, however, the proposal must justify the choice of the location. The competition is open to all architects, designers, architecture students and to people around the world interested in the topic. Competitors can subscribe individually or as a team of maximum of 5 people. The proposal submission will consist of two digital images in .jpg format, not bigger than 5MB each.

new UK: Branding Lab
registration and registration deadline: 1st July 2012
Mary Porta's Review of British High Streets spells out the crisis point that Britain's town centres have reached and the urgency by which we have to act if this social and cultural asset is to be protected from irreparable decline. Whilst Portas report was being written, a new culture started to emerge in the shadows of Europe's largest indoor shopping centre. Waltham Forest commissioned a group of forward-thinking designers to revive the local high streets. 2 years on, the spiral of decline has been reversed. Here, amongst shopkeepers, pavement cafes and family-run businesses, Waltham Forest Council are investing to breath new life into the heart of the local community. So far we have seen the installation of jolly new shopfronts, colourful facades, magic animated lighting and elegantly paved trottoirs as a backdrop to the lively bustle of the high street. Businesses have started to invest in their retail outlets again and locals have a renewed sense of civic pride. In a final push to prepare the neighbourhood for the London Olympics, we are now looking for some aspirational young designers to help us complete the task.

new USA: d3 Natural Systems 2012 
Registration deadline: July 1, 2012. submission deadline: July 15, 2012
Exploration of natural systems from the microscopic to the universal unearths vast design potential for overlaying cultural, ecological, and life cycle flows toward determining new architectonic strategies.  The annual d3 Natural Systems competition for 2012 invites architects, designers, engineers, and students to collectively explore the potential of analyzing, documenting, and deploying nature-based influences in architecture, interiors, and designed objects.  The competition calls for innovative proposals that advance sustainable thought and performance through the study of intrinsic environmental geometries, behaviors, and flows.  By identifying, examining, and applying their structural order on form and function- -bottom-up, performance-based solutions for limitless building typologies, functional programs, and material conditions may be realized.




new Argentina; New Contemporary Art Museum Architectural Competition
Competition Registration: to 30th June 2012
The aim of this International Competition is to design a New Contemporary Art Museum in the Heart of Buenos Aires. The architecture of this new building should reflect contemporary design tendencies. This is a single stage open International Competition to generate progressive contemporary design ideas with the aim of identifing the most appropriate proposal, which best satisfies the general and specific objectives of the contest. 

new UK: Home! 
http://www.buildingtrustinternational.org/HOMEbrief.pdf
Final date for registration - 30th June 2012
Building Trust international have announced a new open design competition, which seeks to find well designed homes for the elderly or homeless within some of the World's richest countries. The growing rate in single occupancy households has led to increased numbers of young and elderly people affected by poverty being forced to live in substandard living conditions and in the worst cases sleeping rough. We are asking designers, engineers, architects and house builders to provide a solution to the housing crisis by offering sustainable, affordable small homes that give those that are alienated or marginalised within society a safe place to live. Building Trust international ask contestants to site their proposals in an urban area of a developed country, develop single occupant designs that are sensitive to the local context and keep to a budget of £20,000 ($30,000). Building Trust International will work alongside local government and community groups to seek funding and planning for the winning design. The design competition has the support of Habitat for Humanity and the YMCA.

new : Next Landmark
Submit work online, until June 30, 2012 
Floornature portal for architecture, design and design culture, launches Next Landmark an architecture contest for the university graduates of the new millennium. The winning projects will be exhibited in an event held on the same dates as the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale. Next Landmark  sheds light on new projects of  young designers (architects, engineers, landscape architects, urban planners), and is divided into two categories:
Debut work, open to built architectural projects completed by young architects.
Research, open to unbuilt urban redevelopment projects, ideal buildings, graduating theses and theoretical reflection on contemporary living.

new Argentina; New Contemporary Art Museum Architectural Competition 
Registration to 30th June 2012
The aim of this International Competition is to design a New Contemporary Art Museum in the Heart of Buenos Aires. The architecture of this new building should reflect contemporary design tendencies. The proposal must not only attend to the specific function but the design should also take into consideration the urban insertion and its impact. This is a single stage open International Competition to generate progressive contemporary design ideas  with the aim of identifing the most appropriate proposal, which best satisfies the general and specific objectives of the contest. There are no plans for the Contemporary Art Museum to be built.

new Croatia: Think Space 2012  
Deadline for early registration: June 26, 2012
Deadline for entry submission: July 17, 2012
Zagreb Society of Architects is pleased to announce the launch of the new Think Space 2012 cycle with its annual theme PAST FORWARD. The cycle devised by this year's guest curator Adrian Lahoud, a former winner in the 2011 Borders Cycle, aims to repeat three competitions that radically transformed architectural culture: The Peak (1982), Yokohama Port Terminal (1995), and Blur Building (1999), with participating architects in the original competition acting as jurors in the current one: Zaha Hadid & Patrik Schumacher (jurors for The Peak), Alejandro Zaera-Polo (juror for Yokohama Port Terminal) and Ricardo Scofidio & Charles Renfro (juror for the Blur Building). At the conclusion of the competition, a conference in Zagreb, Croatia will bring together participating architects from both cycles. At the end of the competition phase, a further series of events will be organized including a series of international exhibitions that will display the original submissions alongside the winning competition entries from this Think Space cycle. Storefront for Art and Architecture will host the New York exhibition.

new USA: The 2nd Annual International Student Tall Building Design Competition 
The registration deadline is June 22nd with the submission deadline on July 6, 2012.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual International Student Tall Building Design Competition to be held in conjunction with the CTBUH 9th World Congress Shanghai 2012. Sponsored by KONE, the competition has a theme of "Reimagining Tall: Considering Context, Sustainability & Efficiency." The goal of the competition is to shed new light on the meaning and value of tall buildings in modern society. In light of global climate change, public awareness of urban sustainability has forced designers to rethink and reinvent the role of the high-rise building type. They must contribute to the protection of endangered environments and o?er sustainable alternatives to how cities operate, as they meet the growing demands of urban dwelling and reshaping the landscape of modern cities. It is increasingly important that tall buildings connect with the urban fabric, integrating with the existing city/street life, and reþ ect the nature of the city in which they are built. Registration is open to all university students.

new Italy: InstantHouse ­ Temporary Housing 
Application form submission deadline: 4th June 2012
InstantHouse Temporary Housing launches the 4th edition of an ideas competition created by FederLegno Arredo, the Politecnico di Milano and MADEexpo. Designers are invited to envision environmental, social and economic opportunities in temporary housing, which specifically address the scientific community within Politecnico di Milano's Sustainable Campus project. The competition explores potential innovative solutions derived from using new technologies in sustainable design, and which respond to the evolving typologies of city users and inhabitants. InstantHouse aims to combine temporality and mobility with both social interaction and ecological values, resulting in powerful new possibilities for temporary housing. The competition welcomes applications from all students and young professionals in the field of architecture, engineering, industrial design, and urban planning worldwide.

new Austria: best private plots  ­ Die besten Gärten 2012 International Competition ­ Call for Entries
Deadline for entries: June 4th, 2012
The award recognizes exemplary design of sustainable private outdoor spaces, highlighting the garden as a place of innovation, as a space for creative expression and action, and as contemporary dialogue between architecture, ecology and landscape. The competition is being held for the 5th time since 2006. The award criteria include: idea, conceptual and artistic quality, ecological quality, use of plants and materials, relationship between inside and outside, delimitation of space and organization of open space, technical planning and sustainability. Special attention will also be given to individual functionality and diversity of use. The outdoor space must be clearly identifiable as intended for private residence and use. The award honors exceptional achievements in the design of sustainable private outdoor spaces and gardens that were completed after January 1st , 2002. This is an open competition. Landscape architects, architects, garden owners, designers, florists, gardeners, artists, plant nurseries and landscaping firms, as well as teams including a combination of the above, are eligible for participation.

new Israel: EXHIBITION01. A competition for the design of an architecture exhibition 
Registration until: 3 June 2012
Submission: 21 June 2012 
This competition seeks to encourage suggestions and solutions to the elusive combination between the creation of an architectural-spatial experience in the space of the architecture gallery, a predefined space with clear characteristics, combined with the contents of an exhibition containing architectural and/or design work by the planners. This exhibition must combine two seemingly disparate themes ­ the presentation of a pre-selected body of work in the gallery space; the creation of an architectural and spatial experience examining the purpose and abilities of the gallery of architecture, a dedicated physical space, and its continuing purposeful role in contemporary times. Submissions to the competition must provide a planned design for an exhibition at the ZEZEZE Architecture Gallery, located at hangar 21 at the Tel Aviv Port. The proposed design should refer both to the contents of the exhibition ­ its subject and presented architectural or other works ­ as well as the creation of an exhibition and experience in the gallery space.

new USA: APPLIED: Research through Fabrication
Register and Submit on/or before June 2, 2012  
APPLIED is a two-stage international design competition. All submissions will be judged in the first round in San Antonio, from this field of submission 4 projects will be selected for further design development and will be exhibited and judged at ACADIA 2012 in San Francisco . We seek research proposals that actively connect academia, the profession and the fabrication industry in the Continuing Research category and in the Speculative Proposal category new start-up projects. As this is a "design to fabricate" competition, TEX-FAB will match our network of fabricators and consultants with the projects that best manifest research through computational fabrication and apply it toward more intelligent integers of materiality and construction. Through a panel of experts we propose to identify projects that warrant a higher degree of realization and exhibit them to foster a discussion that engages an audience in our region and beyond. From this selection a final project will be selected and optimized with a team of experts for the purpose of full-scale production.

new Canada: Sukkahville 2012 Design Competition: Reimagining the Sukkah
Registration Deadline : June 1, 2012
Deadline for Submissions : August 1, 2012
Kehilla Residential Programme invites architects, students, artists, builders and allied design professionals to submit design proposals for the second annual Sukkahville Design Competition. The aim of this open competition is to design a temporary, free-standing Sukkah to be built in Mel Lastman Square in Toronto on the eve of the holiday of Sukkot. We encourage you to re-imagine the traditional notion of Sukkah, with a contemporary design language and approach. A Sukkah is a temporary structure constructed for use annually during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot. It is described in Leviticus as a symbolic wilderness shelter, symbolizing the frailty and transience of life. While building a Sukkah is a particular Jewish ritual observance, it represents many conceptual themes surrounding the essential nature of dwelling, which are universal in nature. Proposing an innovative Sukkah design which delicately balances the inherent dichotomies of new / old, open / closed, temporary /permanent is the challenge inherent in this competition.

new UK: Invited Design Competition: The Strand Quadrangle ­ King's College London 
Deadline for receipt of Expressions of Interest is Friday 1 June 2012
RIBA Competitions announces the launch of a new Invited Design Competition on behalf of King's College London.  Expressions of Interest are sought from architects or architectural practices for the redevelopment of the Quadrangle and its associated buildings at the College's historic Strand Campus in London WC2. This £20 million project to design and redevelop the Quad site will provide an additional 3,700 square metres of teaching space and student facilities. Following the pre-qualification phase it is intended that up to five architects/practices will be invited to develop concept designs for the project.  The Jury Panel will include Niall McLaughlin acting as the RIBA Architect Advisor.

new USA: 2012 ONE Prize Competition: BLIGHT TO MIGHT
The early registration deadline is May 31, 2012.
The late registration AND submission deadline is June 30, 2012.
ONE Prize 2012 is a call to put design in the service of disenfranchised communities, to reinvigorate deindustrialized and depressed urban areas, and to repurpose spaces for economic growth and job creation.  Situated in the context of a struggling U.S. economy and the tension of stagnant unemployment, ONE Prize 2012 aims to explore the socially, economically, and ecologically regenerative possibilities of urban transformation and design. The ONE Prize seeks architects, landscape architects, urban designers, planners, engineers, scientists, artists, students and individuals of all backgrounds. The ONE Prize Award is an international competition and it is open to everyone. Teams can have one or more members. Proposals can be for a real or speculative project, for one or more real sites, and located either in the U.S. or abroad, but applicable to the U.S.

Spain: Landscape, Architecture & Wine academic competition
Registration by May 31st, 2012 
The aim of the present architecture students competition Landscape, Architecture & Wine is to contribute innovative ideas to the, increasingly common, strategy of opening wineries to tourism and to their immediate surroundings, thus providing new experiences for the visitor. 

Slovenia: El concurso internacional Premios de Arquitectura 
Entry online by 31st May 2012. 
El concurso que se celebrará por quinta vez este año, alienta a arquitectos de todo el mundo a presentar sus obras que incorporan las tendencias más recientes en la arquitectura. Este año vamos a presentar una nueva categoría "Premios de Sueños del Futuro" que alienta proyectos visionarios que sigan los principios del desarrollo sostenible y representan soluciones arquitectónicas progresivas. En los últimos cuatro concursos Trimo entregó 35 premios en el valor total de 125.000 Euros.

Italy: DOUBLE TRACK - Tenth International Design Contest Trieste Contemporanea
Competition deadline: midnight (Italian time) of the 31st May 2012.
Contestants from 23 Central Eastern European countries are called to submit a new project related to the reuse or redefinition of an anonymous or everyday object from recent past. The contest is promoted by the Trieste Contemporanea Committee under the patronage of the C.E.I. (Central European Initiative). 

new Ireland/Spain: Interactivos?'12 Dublin: Hack the City. Current and Future Needs 
Deadline: May 20, 2012.
Call for collaborators: June 1 - July 5, 2012
Call for ProjectsScience Gallery (Dublin) and Medialab-Prado (Madrid) are issuing an Open Call for projects to be collaboratively developed and presented during Interactivos?'12 Dublin: Hack the City. Current and Future Needs (Dublin, Ireland, July 11 ­ 26, 2012), with the participation of advisors and technical assistants. Through this call 6 to 7 ideas will be selected, aiming to: 
- Involve the design of objects, installations or other platforms that put the hacker ethos into practice.
- Utilise open and free software and hardware technology developed through "Do It Yourself" (DIY) and "Do It With Others"(DIWO) methodologies and working strategies.
- Address current and future city needs - Specifically we are calling for projects that address: Crowd Sourcing Public Data, Wellbeing and Open Data Services.
This call is aimed at artists, designers, makers, doers, data nerds, hobbyists, citizen scientists, tech geeks, activists, edgy engineers, urban planners and to anyone interested in the theme. Advisors of the workshop: Tim Redfern, Carolina García Cataño, John Lynch with Teresa Dillon (HACK THE CITY curator).

new Eu/Switzerland: W Award: Venice
Closure of competition registration: May15th 2012
Project entry closure: June 15th 2012 
The Wilmotte Foundation aims to encourage the exploration of architectural heritage and its relation to the architectural creation. As part of the competition this year, it is planned to revalorize an industrial site in loss of function, to convert existing buildings for new use and to add contemporary buildings, reintegrating the whole back into the urban fabric in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. For its biannual competition for students, the Wilmotte Foundation chose the site of the former Piazza d'Armi on the island of St. Elena in Venice, an industrial site of the twentieth century, used as a shipyard for the ACTV, the operator of the famous Vaporetto", the naval public transportation company of Venice. The competition provides an opportunity to reinvent the typical building on water of Venice as modern housing, social and accessible. The competition is open to students and young architects of architecture schools from the European Union and Switzerland, who graduated after December 31st, 2008.

USA: ONE Lab: Future Cities Summer 2012 
Deadline: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
ONE Lab: Future Cities Summer 2012 will address the emerging discipline of global urbaneering by assembling a wide range of innovators from fields as diverse as architecture, material science, urban design, biology, civil engineering and media art. Discover your ideas for the future metropolis with nine TED Fellows and nearly 40 internationally recognized scientists, researchers, renowned designers and artists! The top ten candidates will receive scholarships up to 50% of the tuition.

Czech Republic: International Design Competition: reSITE Festival 
Final submission deadline: May 14th, 2012
reSITE Festival, ARCHIP (Architectural Institute in Prague) and Skanska International invite designers, architects, planners, artists and students to participate in an international design competition to propose a Conceptual Vision Plan and an innovative site intervention for the River Vltava, in Prague, Czech Republic. reSITE is an international event (May 21-26) in Prague, Czech Republic that is committed to exploring collaborative ideas that make cities more livable. It is about partnerships for a better urban future in Prague. The Festival will be centered on a two-day conference and supported by dozens of independently organized events. The spotlight will be on the under-utilized riverfront, urban mobility and public spaces.

USA: The Designated Sketcher

Submittal Deadline*: May 11th, 2012 
To keep it simple, we are asking for something you're already working on: A Shot of your Model
For initial registration, this is limited to a single shot of a model you're currently working on and should be what you consider your "Money Shot".  We say initial here, because there are multiple ways to increase your chances of winning.  For Stage I, all you have to do is Tweet your "Model Shot" over Twitter, follow & mention @design8dsketchr, and then tell your friends about it. If we like your Model Shot, we will Retweet it.  If we really like it, we will invite you to post it to The DS and include up to 5 additional follow up images.  The top 10 entries will be seen under the "CONTEST" tab on the DS.  From there, the editors of the DS will select a winner.  The Overall Winner will be based partially on the number of views/likes/comments that a particular entry gets, in addition to our own critical eye for design intent. Eligibility any student currently enrolled in a design curriculum.

USA: MA Prize 2012: Green Dwelling  
Registration and Submission Deadline: extended to 7th May 2012
Modern Atlanta (MA) is pleased to announce the second annual MA Prize competition. The 2012 MA Prize entries will be carefully selected by a prestigious international jury of practicing designers and scholars and will be displayed at this year's MA12 "Design in Human Week" in Atlanta. This year the prize calls for designers to submit projects that critically consider today's notions of sustainability as applied to the modern dwelling. This award aims to highlight projects of all scales, that showcase a critical investigation into sustainable design practices in the home as well as projects that thoughtfully deal with the unique geographical, social, political or cultural conditions.

Italy: FYM-Italcementi Final Project Competition 

Deadline for applications: before May 4, 2012.
This competition rewards the final project (PFC)-quality, innovation, originality or creativity- which highlight the use of concrete in an architectural project. Participants any person who has submitted the final project in any  school of architecture officiallyrecognized in his/her country between June 2009 and September 2011 and who have obtained a score of 7/10 or higher. The prize is a scholarship that covers the expenses of tuition and Master in Architectural Design, which is taught in the School of Architecture of theUniversity of Navarra (Spain).

USA: Innovative Minds Architectural Design Competition
Registration Deadline: May 1, 2012
In today's world creative ideas are becoming crucial to success of all populations especially when social, economic and technological issues are becoming more complex.  How can "innovative minds" be invigorated by an architectural design to promote solutions for our complex problems? An architectural design needs to become a catalyst for the innovative mind within physical and or virtual environments.  This design needs to promote the human condition by inspiring the minds of the intended users to an unprecedented level.  This may be accomplished on any scale; micro or macro.  The designer will decide how to inspire users to develop or use their innovative minds directly or indirectly as a result of the architectural design. Any site may be chosen for the design competition.  Open site selection. Open to all individuals and teams of up to 4 members.  Students and Design Professionals are encouraged to register.

Germany: The AIT-Scholarship of the Sto-Foundation
Applications are accepted until 1st May 2012
The Cologne AIT-ArchitekturSalon is the home of the international 'Interior Scholarship'. This is the AIT Scholarship of the Sto Foundation, which aims to support talented interior design students in such a way that they are able to exclusively dedicate themselves to their studies and to their professional as well as personal development. Three scholarships will therefore be awarded in 2012. Interior design students from Germany and abroad are entitled to apply. For one year, the scholars will receive 1,000 Euros per month. Applications may be submitted by all students specialising in interior design (or comparable courses of study such as interior decoration etc.) who are enrolled at a European university and are at least in their 4th semester. The scholarship period starts in June 2012 and ends in May 2013.



USA: 2012 AuthentiCITY competition
Registration and Submission Deadline: 30th April 2012
The Congress for the New Urbanism and the City of West Palm Beach are pleased to announce an open design competition, AuthentiCITY, in conjunction with the Congress for the New Urbanism's 20th annual Congress in West Palm Beach, Florida. Bringing the world's foremost minds in urban design, planning, architecture, engineering, and policy making together gives us a unique opportunity to give back to the community of West Palm Beach.


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The Stirling Prize -RIBA Building of the Year. Presented to the architects of the building which has made the greatest contribution to British Architecture in the past year.

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The Pritzker Architecture Prize -the world's most prestigious architecture award. Recent past winners include Norman Foster, Renzo Piano and Sverre Fehn of Norway.

The British Construction Industry Awards -open to building and civil engineering projects which demonstrate all-round excellence.

MIPIM Awards -are the most prestigious distinctions in the property world. It is the "Oscar" for the Property Industry".

National Homebuilder Awards Categories include best house, apartment, restoration and conversion, best use of a brownfield site for housing, house of the future, retirement, partnership housing, overseas house, housing development and housing project.

Europan Europan is active in 21 countries, organising architectural calls for ideas, followed by experimental implementation of these ideas. Addressed at young architects under the age of forty.

Housing Design Awards Sponsored by the DoE, the NHBC, the RIBA and the RTPI. Awards are made for projects where the scheme has detailed planning permission, but not yet finished, and for completed schemes of outstanding merit.

Competions by UIA
Union of International Architects -organisers of competitions conforming with UIA -Unesco regulations.

ar+d award. Inaugurated in 1999, the ar+d emerging architecture award was conceived by The Architectural Review and d line international.

The Prix de Rome - prize for young artists and architects (up to age 35) in the Netherlands. It is awarded in ten disciplines: Architecture and Urban & Landscape Architecture, Sculpture and Visual Arts & Public Space, Photography and Film & Video, Painting and Theatre & Visual Arts, Drawing and Graphics.
 

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