Architecture Competition
Archive 2008
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competitions
Finland: Espoo
City Hall Ideas Competition
- Competition runs to end March
2008
- To commemorate the 550th anniversary
of Espoo, an international architecture competition is being
held for the renovation of City Hall and an adjoining office
complex. The languages of the competition are Finnish and English.
The competition area is City Hall and its environs, but the entire
adjoining office complex and its border areas will be studied.
The results of the competition will be published in the summer
of 2008.
USA: Deborah
J. Norden Fund
Application Deadline: March 31,
2008
- Applications are now being accepted
for grants from the Deborah J. Norden Fund, which awards a total
of up to $5,000 annually in travel/study grants to students and
recent graduates in the fields of architecture, architectural
history, and urban studies. The Deborah J. Norden Fund is administered
by the Architectural League of New York.
USA: "Flip a Strip"
- Competition submission deadline:
March 31, 2008
- Launches Jan 5th. An architectural
design competition and exhibition at The Scottsdale Museum of
Contemporary Art which will challenge architects to dream up
ways in which to adapt, re-vamp and/or renovate small-scale strip
shopping plazas that seem to be dotting all of our metro &
suburban landscapes these days. Open to all architects in the
U.S. who have been practicing professionally for at least 5 years.
Canada: Sustainable
Housing Design Competition
- Deadline for registration Friday,
March 28th
- The City of Providence is hosting
a Sustainable Housing Design Competition. The goals of
the competition are to broaden public interest and awareness
in green building strategies; demonstrate that "green"
can be affordable; produce innovative and architecturally diverse
home designs that complement the traditional character of Providence
neighborhoods; provide developers of both affordable and market
rate housing with clear guidance on how to integrate energy efficiency
and green building practices into the design and construction
of housing units.
Iceland: High-Voltage
Transmission Line Towers Competition, Landsnet HF &
Association of Icelandic Architects
Competition proposals shall be submitted 28 March 2008.
Landsnet hf is organizing a competition on ideas for the design
of high-voltage transmission line towers, in collaboration with
the Association of Icelandic Architects. The goal of the
competition is to get ideas on the type and appearance of a tower
or towers for a 220 kV high-voltage line. Landsnet emphasizes
that the visual impact of the towers (for the line) shall be
specifically examined in this competition, and that the competitors
present proposals on the detailing of towers, taking this into
account as much as possible, and this means towers (for the line)
both near urban areas and in unsettled areas.
UK:
beam
goes Mobile -International
Design Competition
- Expressions of interest should
be submitted no later than Friday 28 March 2008.
- beam and RIBA are delighted
to announce the launch of a two-stage competition to design an
innovative, dynamic and highly interactive mobile facility that
stimulates creative engagement, learning and participation. Artists,
architects, designers, and creatives - regional, national and
international - are invited to submit design concepts for a mobile
facility / resource / installation that will enable beam to increase
the impact of its work, taking it into public spaces, schools,
and communities. The competition has been funded by Arts Council
England and CABE (the Commission for Architecture and the Built
Environment), with the support of Wakefield MDC and other partners.
USA: 2007-08 Leading
Edge Open Student Design Competition.
Registration Deadline: March 28, 2008
The Leading Edge Student Design Competition seeks to support
and enhance the study of sustainable and energy-efficient building
practices in Architectural Education. We invite students
and instructors of Architecture and Design to use the competition
as a framework to explore the use of new materials and strategies
for building and the integration of aesthetics and technology
for high-performing, cutting edge architecture. This year's competition
is sited in the coastal environment of Southern California on
the campus of the University of Santa Barbara. Students
entering Challenge 1 will design an Environment and History Center
serving dual roles of research and education about the environment
and history of the local area. Students entering Challenge
2 will design a three-unit townhouse-style residence for student
equestrians with horses on site.
Iraq: Iraqi Memorial
- First "Juror's Deadline
for Review" has been established as March 19th, 2008,
- Iraqimemorial.org is an online
call to action to artists, designers, architects or other interested
creative individuals or collaborators to propose concepts for
the creation of memorials to the many thousands of Iraqi civilians
killed in the War in Iraq. The memorial concepts will be featured
in a growing online exhibition/database of proposals accessible
on the site. Proposals are available to be viewed and rated by
the public as well as by an internationally diverse group of
individual scholars and curators who are serving as jurors.
Kosovo: International
Spatial Design Competition for the Mobility Centre Project in
Ferizaj/Urosevac
Competition period ends 17 March 2008
- The Municipality of Ferizaj/Urosevac
has proposed an "International Spatial Design Competition"
as a means to achieving the Mobility Centre Project. UN-HABITAT
Kosovo is co-funding the project and will support the competition
throughout the process.
- Italy: INFO
POINT ::: Competition for architects under 35 -XXIII UIA World
Congress of Architecture Torino 2008
- Close of Registration: 11 March
2008 16:00 UTC
- This ideas competition, in a
single stage, is organised in the framework of the UIA Congress
Turin 2008, illustrating the theme: transmitting architecture.
The aim is to create a UIA information point in the city of Turin.
Of a maximum surface of 100 M2, it will be built of recyclable
eco-friendly materials and be equipped with communication technologies.
The competition is open to architects worldwide, who are less
than 35 years of age at the time of registration.
USA: 2008 AIA Committee
on Design Ideas Competition
Submission Deadline: March 10, 2008
The AIA Committee on Design (COD) invites architects, students,
and allied design professionals to submit sketches to the international
2008 COD Ideas Competition: Branding the American House. Through
a sketch design problem, submitters are asked to examine parallels
between design professions and the automobile industry. Winners
will be funded to attend the COD Spring Design Conference in
Detroit and have their work exhibited at the 2008 AIA National
Convention in Boston.
USA: AIA Los Angeles Design Awards
Registration Due: March 7, 2008.
LOS ANGELES-The AIA Los Angeles Chapter encourages any architect
who has projects in the Los Angeles area to enter the 2008 AIA/LA
Design Awards, NEXT LA Awards, and the Cultural Affairs Commission
(CAC) Awards. All entries will be exhibited to the public,
and winners will be announced June 26, 2008, at a gala awards
ceremony. In addition to projects by Los Angeles-based
architects, projects that are located in the Los Angeles area
but are designed by architects outside of LA are also eligible
for the awards.
USA: Van
Alen Institute New York Prize Fellowship for Advanced Research
and Experimental Practice in Public Architecture
- DEADLINE: March 7, 2008
- Van Alen Institute invites applications
for the 2008-2009 New York Prize Fellowship. Fellowships support
advanced independent research and experimental practices that
explore, challenge and expand conventional definitions of public
architecture. Fellows are based at the Institute, where they
generate projects in a range of media and formats on the most
significant issues shaping public life and the built environment
today.
UK: 2008 Clay Roof Awards
- Entries close on March 5, 2008.
- The biennial awards are organised
by the Clay Roof Tile Council (CRTC), with prizes in the following
categories:
- Housing Best New-Build
Clay Roof and Best Refurbishment Clay Roof
Commercial Best New-Build Clay Roof and Best Refurbishment
Clay Roof
Ecclesiastical - Best New-Build Clay Roof and Best Refurbishment
Clay Roof
Self-Build Best Self-Build Clay Roof
USA: Temporary
Outdoor Gallery Space (TOGS) Ideas Competition for Art City Austin
2008
Deadline for Registration is extended
to February 29th, 2008.
Art Alliance Austin in collaboration with the Austin Chapter
of the American Institute of Architects, AIA-Austin, is launching
an ideas competition to design Temporary Outdoor Gallery Spaces
(TOGS). Any architecture or interior design professional/student
who has completed their education within 10 years of the competition
announcement is eligible. Student applicants must be in their
final year of architecture/interior design school or enrolled
in an architecture/interior design graduate program.
UK: Giles
Worsley Travel Fellowship
Applications are invited for the 2008 Fellowship by February
29th 2008.
- Each year, the Fellowship is
awarded to an architect or architectural historian, who will
spend three months (October to December) at the British School
at Rome, studying an architectural topic of their choice. Travel,
accommodation and board and a monthly stipend of £700 will
be provided. Each Fellow will be required to deliver a public
presentation on their return.
Albania: International Urban
Design Competition for the Rehabilitation of Scanderbeg Square
- Deadline for submission is February
29th, 2008.
- The City of Tirana is pleased
to announce an international two stage design competition for
the rehabilitation of Scanderbeg Square, the city's most important
central square. The Square is the premier public space and civic
gathering place for Tirana citizens, a leading tourist attraction
for the City, and a national and local landmark. The proposal
should offer the best urban, architectural, infrastructural and
functional solution, for the rehabilitation of the Scanderbeg
Square.
Switzerland:
Holcim Awards for
Sustainable Construction -Zurich
Registration and Submission Deadline: February 29, 2008
The second Holcim Awards competition to promote sustainable construction
worldwide is now open -it comprises five regional Holcim Awards
(in 2007/8) and the global Holcim Awards (in 2009). The regional
Holcim Awards are based on five geographic regions: Europe, North
America, Latin America, Africa Middle East and Asia Pacific.
The main Competition is open to participants of every age for
projects at an advanced stage of design with a high probability
of execution. To be eligible for entry, the project must not
have commenced execution prior to June 1, 2007. A Next Generation
category is open for project visions at a conceptual level, early
stage of design or with a low probability of execution. To be
eligible for entry, the authors must be less than 35 years of
age at February 29, 2008.
Norway: New Library and Theatre/Concert
Hall in the City of Bodo
- Registration Deadline 22nd Feb
2008
- Open idea competition for a
new library, concert hall and theatre etc. in the centre of Bodø.
The total floor area is approx. 11,700 m2. The building volume
is approx. 70,000 m3. There are three alternative locations for
the arts buildings. The idea competition aims to clarify the
location, the main idea for the building form and volumes, and
the design of the outside areas.
Spain: Concurso
para el Diseño del Logitipo de la Revista del COAM "Arquitectos
de Madrid"
- Presentación de propuestas:
hasta el 20 de febrero de 2008.
- Diseño del logotipo de
cabecera de la nueva revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos
de Madrid "Arquitectos de Madrid"
USA: Re:Store
- Registration extended to February
15th
- The third in a series of six
architecture and design competitions designed to inspire ideas
for a sustainable city block. How can local businesses thrive,
along with families, neighborhoods and communities? How can we
share our gifts and talents to meet our everyday needs? Re:Store
is looking for ideas to make transactions as good for the soul
as they are for the wallet. How can all trade be fair? How can
we find healthier ways to make exchanges in urban settings? More
than just rethinking how we buy, Re:Store is about rethinking
what we've bought into about commerce. It's time that ideas were
the true currency. Re:Store is your chance to make a change.
Australia: Call for Registrations:
Interior Design Awards
- Entry submissions accepted to
15 February 2008.
- The Interior Design Awards is
an annual program developed by the design industry to celebrate
and promote outstanding commercial and residential design. Extensive
coverage of projects and their designers is achieved in print
and electronic media, including metropolitan and national newspapers,
lifestyle and design based magazines. Any Australian-based design
professional can enter.
Germany: New Ideas for the missing Gropius
Masterhouses in Dessau
- Closing Date: 14.02.2008
- The Bauhaus Building and the
Masters' Houses in Dessau, Architect Walter Gropius, have been
listed as UNESCO World Heritage since 1996. The object of the
competition is an urban design scheme to repair the Masters'
Houses complex. The competition encompasses:
- - consideration of the Moholy-Nagy
House (the destroyed Master's House) and the Gropius House (the
destroyed original Director's House).
- -Urban design and landscape
architecture of the Masters' Houses complex, including the site
of the perimeter wall and the former refreshment kiosk by Mies
van der Rohe,
- -Development of traffic infrastructure
in the immediate vicinity including the "Seven Pillars"
junction, Solutions for these areas, with due regard to their
specified uses, are to be developed for the competition.
- The official language of the
competition is German. A non official translation in English
is available.
USA: Call
for Entries Young Architects Forum 2008: Resonance
Competition Deadline February 11, 2008
Young architects and designers are invited to submit work to
the Architectural League's annual Young Architects Competition. This
year's theme, Resonance, posits that architecture is a profession
of ideas. Choice, agenda, and a means both to respond to problems
and project solutions are key to professional vitality and progress. But
how do architectural ideas resonate beyond professional boundaries?
What are the means by which an architect's ideas/acts take effect?
The committee calls not for demonstrations of instrumental capacity,
but for ideas, implemented or not, that leverage that capacity
creatively and proactively in the world.
USA: PCA Concrete Thinking for A Sustainable
World" international student design competition.
- Registration Deadline Feb 08
2008
- PCA is asking students to choose
from the following two options:
Recycling Center: Design an environmentally responsible
Recycling Center focused on reusing today's materials to preserve
tomorrow's resources. Students are encouraged to include numerous
public and non-public zones within their design.
Building Element: Design a single element of a building
that provides a sustainable solution to real-world environmental
challenges.
- USA:
- 20072008 ACSA/AISC
Student Design Competition -Assembling Housing
Registration Deadline Feb 08 2008
- The Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is pleased to announce the eighth
annual steel design student competition for the 2007-2008 academic
year. Administered by Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
(ACSA) and sponsored by American Institute of Steel Construction
(AISC), the program is intended to challenge students, working
individually or in teams, to explore a variety of design issues
related to the use of steel in design and construction.
Mexico: 10th Arquine International Architecture
Competition -The bicentennial towers
- Registration Period to February
4th, 2008.
- Thirty years on from the publication
of Delirious New York, Rem Koolhaas's manifesto celebrating
congestion culture, at the peak of the high building craze in
most of the world, and moving on from post 9-11 panic, Arquine
announces its 10th International Competition, proposing the design
of two skyscrapers, with 100 floors each, to celebrate the bicentenary
of Mexico's independence in 2010. The project consists in setting
each tower in two strategic areas of Mexico City: the Azcapotzalco
Technology Park and the Xochimilco Ecology Park, establishing
a dialectic between content and void; between built object and
urban landscape. The competition invites you to embark on the
projects with two relevant discourses in mind: ecology and technology,
true paradigms of early 21st-century culture.
- Switzerland: Kunsthaus-Erweiterung
Zürich | Kunsthaus
Extension Zurich
- Deadline for application: 1st
February 2008
- The Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft,
the foundation Stiftung Zürcher Kunsthaus and the city of
Zurich commission as equal partners to the Amt für Hochbauten
Stadt Zürich [Office for Building and Construction, City
of Zurich] to carry out a restricted anonymous architectural
design competition with 20 teams in order to obtain projects
for the Kunsthaus extension and for a public art garden. Today,
due to longer-term and strategic considerations, the Kunsthaus
Zürich manifests a strong interest in significant extension.
As a result, there is an opportunity of better positioning itself
on the international art market and secondly, there is the opportunity
of rectifying the existing practical spatial restraints which
have considerably limited a presentation of the constantly growing
collection until now. In addition, there are unique possibilities
for cooperation nowadays with important private collections.
For the city of Zürich, the intention to expand is consistent
with the overriding political and cultural interests of the urban
development department. The Kunsthaus provides an important cultural
contribution to the positioning of Zürich among the metropolises
of this world. The project is receiving positive signals from
politics, the economy and the population. The Kunsthaus extension
is one of the key projects of the municipal council of Zürich
and, therefore, listed in a prominent position in the 2006 -
2010 focal points for the legislature. The extension of the Kunsthaus
should be planned and built taking into account the objectives
of the 2000-watt society. An attractive art garden will complete
the new "ensemble" - Kunsthaus and extension.
UK: Gloucester's
Kings Quarter -International Public Realm Competition
- Deadline for expressions of
interest is Thursday 31st January 2008.
This two stage competition seeks an outstandingly talented design
team to help deliver a landscaping and public realm scheme in
the historic city of Gloucester. The competition is being organised
by the RIBA on behalf of Gloucester Heritage Urban Regeneration
Company Ltd. Gloucester is renewing itself with a substantial
programme of regeneration. An integral part of the wider scheme
is the transformation of King's Square, the city's largest and
most important public space. This will become the city's main
gathering and meeting place as well as the premier venue for
outdoor entertainment. The promoters have high aspiration for
a design that is creative and practical, respects the city's
historic context and at the same time creates a thrilling and
distinctive contemporary sense of place. The competition seeks
a multi-disciplinary design team to work closely with the promoters
to design and deliver the project.
Italy: Dedalo Minosse
International Prize for Commissioning a Building
- Subscription to 31 January 2008
- Registration is open to private
and public clients from all over the world. The commissioned
works must have been designed by an architect or a building engineer
and have been completed over the last five years. There are four
main awards and other special awards conferred by the review
líARCA, the main sponsor Caoduro Lucernari and by other
patron bodies and supporters. Among the special awards, one is
dedicated to Italian architects and another one to young architects
or rather to clients who commissioned works to under 40 architects.
The winning works will be exhibited internationally and published
on a limited edition catalogue edited by líARCA Edizioni,
and a booklet with a selection of works will be distributed internationally
with copies of the review líARCA.
Korea: International Competition
for the Magok Waterfront Seoul
- Registration until 31st Jan
2008.
- As part of the Han River Renaissance
Project, Seoul Metropolitan Government and SH Corporation plan
to transform Seoul into a city of waterfront and Magok is the
core area for such waterfront projects. Aims of the competition
include the creation of a leisure area and consideration of the
region's ecology and environment.
Italy: Ceramic Tiles of Italy
Design Competition
- Submissions are due January 31,
2008).
When American designers work with Italian materials great things
happen. This competition, now in its 15th year, celebrates exceptional
examples of contemporary American design featuring fabulous Italian
ceramic tiles. In order to select from a large pool of outstanding
installations, an international jury looks at the overall design
of the space as well as how the tiles meet their functional and
technical requirements.
Ethiopia: Gullele
Botanic Garden
- Registration Deadline 31st Jan
2008
- The Gullele Botanic Garden is
planned to be realized on a large tract of land, North West of
the city of Addis Ababa, straddling the escarpment west of the
pass on the Gojam road. The project is to be realized in three
phases, with Phase I and II being the subject of this competition.
The project program consists of several building ensembles, outdoor
facilities and gardens. The project aims to turn the tide of
environmental degradation, rehabilitate damaged eco-systems and
ensure sustainable use of natural resources, by serving as an
example of proper environmental management for the Horn of Africa
region. It envisages enabling the study of nature, promotion
of sustainable use of biodiversity resources and demonstration
of appropriate environmental technologies.
UK: BHMA
Nutri Centre Good Practice Awards 2008 - Healing spaces in holistic
healthcare
- The closing date for entries
is 31 January 2008
- New approaches to healthcare
require different kinds of space. We are seeking examples of
surroundings that enable holistic healthcare to support personal
or communal healing and wellbeing whether a meditation
space, group-work rooms, a community garden, an art room, exercise
areas, a health library, even an entire multidisciplinary health
centre.
India: 6TH IAHH International Student
Design Competition 2008 -Planning and designing a micro-cosmic
sustainable humane habitat.
- Late Registration: Up to January
31, 2008
- The International Association
for Humane Habitat is pleased to announce its sixth International
Student Design Competition on the theme of planning and designing
a micro-cosmic sustainable urban / rural humane habitat. The
competition is open to students of architecture, planning, urban
design, landscape architecture and related disciplines of anthropology,
sociology, economics, geography, social work.
UK: City
North Site, Finsbury Park -Public Realm Competition
- Deadline for expressions of
interest is Tuesday 29th January 2008.
This two stage competition seeks architects with exceptional
design skills to help design and re-develop a significant north
London site. The competition is being organised by the RIBA on
behalf of Business Design Centre Group. The 'City North Site'
is located on the north eastern edge of Islington, and adjacent
to Finsbury Park Station, one of the busiest transport interchanges
in London outside of Zone 1. The Council (London Borough of Islington)
has identified this site as having the potential to act as a
catalyst for the regeneration of the wider Finsbury Park area.
Proposals will need to improve the quality of public spaces,
as well as provide a range of land uses including residential,
retail, offices, conference space, restaurants and cafes in order
to diversity the existing mix of uses.
USA: 2008 Steedman Traveling
Fellowship Competition
- The registration deadline is
Jan. 29, 2008.
- Granted since 1925, the biennial
Steedman Fellowship is open to citizens of all countries with
not more than eight years of experience following receipt of
a professional degree in architecture. The competition carries
a $30,000 first place award to support study and research abroad
- the largest such award in the United States.
- UK: Selection
of Visionary Concept Designer: New Street Gateway Project - redevelopment
of Birmingham New Street Station and its environs
- Expression of Interest deadline
is 12.00hrs GMT on Monday 28 January 2008.
The RIBA is pleased to announce the launch of a selection process
for a Concept Designer to develop the overarching building vision
for the project to redevelop Birmingham's New Street Station
and surrounding area. The RIBA Competitions Office is managing
the selection process on behalf of the New Street Gateway partnership,
which involves Network Rail; Birmingham City Council; Advantage
West Midlands; Centro (West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive)
and the Department for Transport (DfT). The Concept Designer
will be responsible for defining the external form of the proposed
flagship £550m redevelopment and maintaining a strong architectural
language for the site's external façades and atrium roof
aspects of the project throughout the stages of the design development.
Spain: El
Ayuntamiento saca a concurso el diseño del Mercado de
Sanchinarro
El Ayuntamiento de Madrid convoca un concurso de ideas, en el
que la OCAM actúa de Secretaría Técnica,
para el diseño del mercado del barrio de Sanchinarro.
El plazo para la entrega de propuestas finalizará el 7
de marzo de 2008, siendo necesaria la inscripción en el
concurso antes del 18 de enero de 2008.
Italy: Arteingenua Prize 2008
- submission of material by 18th
January 2008
- International painting, sculpture
and photography competition for young artists: "IMPACT
ART place + relationships" promoted by Arteingenua Spa (ITALY).
Works to be exhibited during May 2008.
USA: USITT
Student Design Competition 2008
- Submission Deadline January
16, 2008
Milwaukee -The Architectural Commission of the United States
Institute for Theatre & Technology (USITT) has announced
calls for entries for its 2nd annual student Architectural Design
Competition to design an "Ideal Theatre" on an academic
campus. The competition is open to any architecture or theater
student at an accredited U.S. college or university. Architecture
students are asked to find an enrolled theater student, or group
of theater students, as a "Client." The client will
outline a program and requirements for an ideal theater for teaching
professional theater. The enrolled architecture student, or group
of students, will serve as the "Design Team" on the
project. Through a series of design meetings with the client,
the student architectural team will design a $20 million Center
for Performing Arts with 400 to 600 seats for campus productions.
China: Streetscape in a New World -International
Competition of Urban Streetscape Design
- Time for Submitting Plans by
January 15, 2008
- As a responsible corporate citizen,
New World China Land Limited focuses on paying back to society,
attaches great importance to the city public space and life quality.
It is now cooperating with di Magazine to jointly hold the 'Streetscape
in a New World' International Competition of Urban Streetscape
Design, aiming to bring enjoyment back to streets, streets back
to life, and developing streets as City Life Enabler.
USA: AMD Open Architecture
Challenge
- Competition Submission Deadline:
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
- Architecture for Humanity and
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have announced the AMD Open Architecture
Challenge. Funding of up to $250,000 will support the design
and development of innovative structures in communities in need.
AMD will provide technology training, equipment and support.
Architecture for Humanity is facilitating the architectural design
competition for a technology center to be built in up to three
communities around the world.
Switzerland:
Studentisches
Wohnen
- inschrijven:14-01-2008
- Im Rahmen des Projekts Science
City sollen auf dem Areal der ETH Hönggerberg 1000 Wohneinheiten
für Studierende entstehen. Geplant ist, in einer ersten
Etappe bis 2010 mindestens 390 Wohneinheiten auf dem Baufeld
IV.3. gemäss Masterplan Science City zu erstellen. Zudem
sollen auf dem Baufeld Räumlichkeiten für eine Kinderkrippe
und öffentliche Erdgeschossnutzungen angesiedelt werden.
Mit dem Bau von studentischem Wohnraum auf dem Hönggerberg
wird eine wichtige Voraussetzung für die langfristige Entwicklung
des Areals und der ETH geschaffen. Die zu erstellenden Gebäude
sollen die hohen Ansprüche der ETH Zürich hinsichtlich
architektonischer Qualität, Nachhaltigkeit und Wirtschaftlichkeit
erfüllen. Detaillierte Angaben zum Verfahren sind dem Wettbewerbsprogramm
zu entnehmen.
USA: The 99k House Competition
for an Affordable, Sustainable House Prototype
- Deadline for submissions is
January 14, 2008.
- The Rice Design Alliance (RDA)
and AIA Houston announce a two-stage national competition to
design a sustainable, affordable house that addresses the needs
of the low-income family in the Gulf Coast region. The competition
objectives are to
* Broaden awareness of green building strategies applicable to
affordable housing,
* Generate and publicize buildable examples of sustainable, affordable
houses, and
* Construct an exemplary sustainable, affordable house prototype.
- The competition challenges designers
and architects to design a sustainable, affordable house. Special
consideration should be given to affordability, longevity, energy
savings benefits, and appropriateness for the hot, humid climate
of Houston. The City of Houston has donated a site for the house
through the Land Assemblage Redevelopment Authority (LARA) initiative.
The lot is located in Houston's historic Fifth Ward, a residential
area east of downtown. The competition is a two-stage project
to be completed in 2008.
Philipines:
Millennium School
Design Competition
- Deadline for registration: extended
to January 11, 2008.
- Design competition for school
buildings in developing countries located in the tropics. The
Millennium School Design Competition is part of the Be Better
Build Better Campaign and aims to solicit the best architecture-for-humanity
designs from all over the world. Architects shall be brought
together in a collective effort to try to find solutions to the
problems of school buildings in the developing world, and in
particular those that are constantly faced by natural disasters
like typhoons, flash floods and earthquakes. The competition
will facilitate the emergence of new sustainable design solutions
and appropriate technologies that will improve the quality of
school buildings in the developing world. The competition will
offer a venue for the practice of architecture for a client group
that would otherwise have no access to design professionals that
can solve their problems.
UK/Italy: The British School at Rome Architecture
Residencies 20089
Application deadline: 11 January 2008
Architects at different stages of their careers are invited to
apply for a residency at the BSR. Such residencies offer a valuable
opportunity to develop and research work within the context of
Rome. They offer accommodation, full board and a research grant.
Architects who have been at the School include Robert Adam, Bob
Allies, Will Alsop, David Bass, David Dernie, Geoffrey Jellicoe,
Robert Tavernor and Quinlan Terry
UK/Italy: The British School at Rome Landscape
Architecture Residency 20089
Application deadline: 11 January 2008
Landscape Architects at different stages of their careers are
invited to apply for the Rome Scholarship in Landscape Architecture
at the BSR. This residency aims to encourage a recent graduate
or an individual in mid-career to propose a contemporary response
to the Roman landscape and to pursue a topic with direct bearing
on modern design in the landscape. The 3-month residency offers
accommodation, full board and a research grant.
- UK: Youcanplan
Pattern Books
Submission Deadline: January 11, 2008
- Youcanplan Pattern Books is
an international ideas competition to design housing for the
UK context, which can suit a range of different sites, be self-built
or self-procured, and form housing within newly built sustainable
communities based on consumer choice. Enabled self procurement
is explained in more detail at www.esp-sim.org;
Pattern book housing is suggested to be a key feature of the
ESP process.
- It is the project team's intention
to build winning pattern book designs into the Youcanplan software,
and use these prototype designs as a demonstration of the viability
and value of ESP in helping build sustainable communities.
UK: masterplanning
& design competition -Redevelopment of JCB's Heavy Products
site in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
- Architectural practices are
invited to submit expressions of interest by the submission deadline
of Wednesday 9th January 2008.
- JCB, the world's third largest
manufacturer of construction equipment, is seeking to select
a team to develop a masterplan for the redevelopment of its Heavy
Products site in Uttoxeter. The existing industrial operations
require larger more accessible premises and the historical industrial
use of the site is no longer appropriate in this location. The
relocation of the Heavy Products facility to a new site will
provide a unique opportunity to redevelop this town centre site
and to contribute to the wider renaissance of Uttoxeter, to significantly
improve its southern approach, and bring forward a mix of development
capable of meeting the aspirations of the town and its residents.
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