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- Design Competition to create The Renaissance
Pavilion for Yorkshire
A new national open design competition has been launched to find
outstandingly talented designers for the design of 'The Renaissance
Pavilion', a mobile, demountable structure designed to host a
range of events throughout the Yorkshire and Humber region.
This competition is being run as a partnership between Yorkshire
Forward, RIBA Yorkshire and the RIBA Competitions Office.
The Renaissance Pavilion will showcase and host events to celebrate
the ongoing investment by Yorkshire Forward's Renaissance Programme
in the region's cities, towns and rural communities and demonstrates
the continuing commitment to achieve Great Places. Great Places
aims to create high quality communities where people want to
live, work and invest and it is at the heart of the Yorkshire
regional economic strategy.
The promoters will be looking for inspiring, deliverable designs
capable of providing a flexible and unique event space
allowing communities to explore futures for their area, in their
area.
The competition is open and the deadline for submission of designs
is Thursday 16th October 2008. The brief can be downloaded
from www.architecture.com/competitions.
- Imperial War Museum North
Competition to Develop External Spaces
The RIBA is pleased to announce the launch of a new competition
which will seek design proposals for the external spaces to the
multi award-winning Imperial War Museum North in Manchester.
The competition is open to architects and landscape architects
with exceptional design skills.
Imperial War Museum North is about people and their stories,
about how lives have been and still are, shaped by war and conflict.
The museum is located in Trafford in the rapidly developing Quays
regeneration area, and with the development of MediaCity:uk on
the Quays there is an opportunity to capitalise on the international
focus that will soon be on the area and to create a distinctive
destination and context for the museum.
The external spaces at Imperial War Museum North must enhance
the museum by reflecting its key message that war shapes lives,
against its dramatic exterior, enhancing and expanding the visitor
experience to beyond the walls of the internal spaces.
There is an opportunity to do something dramatic and spectacular
that will at the same time integrate with the extraordinary content
and design of Libeskind's iconic building.
RIBA Adviser for the competition Maggie Mullan said "This
is a unique opportunity to create a singular landscape for this
singular building, responding to the changing physical, social
and cultural context and enhancing the visitor experience of
the Imperial War Museum North."
IWM North Director, Jim Forrester, added: "Our stunning
Libeskind building continues to generate much interest and argument,
and now, with the next phase of the Quays regeneration underway,
we are ready to make more of its setting. The challenge
is to make the outside areas of the museum as striking, memorable
and rewarding as the building and its displays already are.
To achieve this we are looking for remarkable designers with
ideas which will give even more substance to our mission".
The competition will follow a two stage process, which at stage
one invites expressions of interest. A shortlist will be
chosen and invited to produce concept designs.
Anyone interested in being considered should contact the RIBA
Competitions Office for a preliminary briefing paper. This
can be downloaded from www.architecture.com/competitions.
The deadline for expressions of interest is Thursday 23rd October
2008.
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