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Open
Design Competitions for Low & High Rise Dwellings in Plaistow
Architects with good design skills
and an interest in working and designing for the local community
are invited to take part in two new open design competitions.
The competitions, organised on
behalf of the London Borough of Newham, will form part of the
regeneration of the Brooks Estate in Plaistow, London. Competition
one will involve the refurbishment of low-rise housing on the
estate where entrants will be required to examine the outside
appearance of dwellings, their orientation, and the overall use
of the land which they occupy. The second competition seeks designs
for the refurbishment of two high-rise housing tower blocks on
the estate.
Both competitions will be open
and judged anonymously, and the three winners to the competitions
- the winner of the low rise dwellings and one winner each for
the two tower blocks will be commissioned to deliver the schemes
through to completion. A total £42,000 in prize money will
be awarded. The judging panels for the two competitions include
architects Christophe Egret, Nicholas Boyarsky, Sarah Wigglesworth,
and Wilfred Achile.
Said Kamal Faizi, Director of
Newham Housing Regeneration "This exciting design process
shows how serious we are about changing the way we design and
create homes for people that will engender pride and ownership
from those that live there. It is about creating communities
and making a contribution to civic pride. The challenge for this
competition is to find the right balance between innovation and
sustainability. The Council and New Deal for Communities want
to see how architects will deal with our ambitions for our estates
and how they can make a real difference".
Deadline for submission of designs
is 19th August 2003.
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- RIBA Competitions Office, 6
Melbourne Street, Leeds LS2 7PS
T: 0113 2341335 F: 0113 2460744
- riba.competitions@mail.riba.org.
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Contact details
- RIBA competitions: gives advice for clients on setting
up and running competitions. Full details of current competitions,
and announcements of prizewinners available on the website.
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- For further information contact
RIBA Competitions Office at:
- RIBA Competitions Office,
- 6 Melbourne Street, LEEDS LS2
7PS
- tel: 0113 2341335 or visit www.ribacompetitions.com
- Architecture of Affordable
Housing
- Sam Davis
- University of California Press
Paperback - 18 June,
1997
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