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Architecture Competitions:
July 2008
- Competitions are ordered by
date of registration -they are referenced by country of origin,
but most are open to international entry.
- USA: Socio
Design
- Registration Deadline: 21 November
2008
- Socio Design is a foundation
that encourages social change through design-based dialog, a
dialog fostered through an international student architecture
competition. The competition asks students to question how
prisons are used throughout today's world: what are the
affects of prison design on employees, occupants and adjacent
societies. Students are required to design a philosophy
on what imprisonment should be, and express that philosophy architecturally.
USA/Italy: Rome Prize 2009
Competition deadline: 1st November
2008
- The American Academy in Rome
invites applications for the Rome Prize competition. One
of the leading overseas centers for independent study and advanced
research in the arts and the humanities, the Academy offers up
to thirty fellowships for periods ranging from six months to
two years.
Rome Prize winners reside at the Academy's eleven-acre center
in Rome and receive room and board, a study or studio, and a
stipend. Stipends for six-month fellowships are $12,500
and stipends for eleven-month fellowships are $25,000.
Fellowships are awarded in the following related fields:
- Architecture
- Design (including graphic, fashion, industrial, interior,
lighting, set, and sound design, engineering, urban planning,
and other related design fields)
- Historic Preservation and Conservation (including architectural
design, public policy, and the conservation of works of art)
- Landscape Architecture
- Italy: Virtual
Expo and International Awards, 5th Edition
Diploma/thesis to be sent by September 30, 2008.
Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation of Florence is calling for "Degree
& Profession" Virtual Expo and International Awards,
5th Edition (www.florence-expo.com). It is a contest
opened to graduates from all over the world (3,4,5 years and
doctorate) since the year 2000 of the Faculties of Architecture,
Civil Engineering, Environment, Town and Community Planning,
Conservation and Restoration, Design, Visual and Figurative Arts.
Italy: International Art Award PREMIO ARTEINGENUA
2008
- deadline for present ation of
works is 26th September 2008.
- Arteingenua S.p.A. provides
a challenge to young artists around the world with an invitation
to participate in the second Arteingenua Prize 2008. The Second
Arteingenua Prize will give the three winning artists the opportunity
for a year long working partnership with Arteingenua without
making any exclusive commitment. This partnership will allow
three artists (or groups of artists) to work on artistic projects
and cultural events which will be decided on and organised together
with Arteingenua's Artistic Management. The proposed Second International
Arteingenua Prize 2008 Competition theme is: "PLAY THE GAME
- get into the game with art"
China: World
Urban Forum Nanjing 2008
- Deadline for receipt of entries:
September 15, 2008
- International Architectural
Students Competition on the theme of Water-front Ecological Housing
Design organized by Organizing Committee of World Urban Forum
4 and School of Architecture at Southeast University (SEUARCH)
and Sponsored and co-organized by Yincheng Industrial Co.,Ltd,
in the framework of the FOURTH SESSION of WORLD URBAN FORUM (WUF4).
The aim is to generate positive action and discussion on ideal
habitat environment base on sustainable development conception.
- Ecuador: Worldwide
Competition of Social Habitat and Development
- Last date for submissions: 5th
Septiembre 2008
- The Colegio de Arquitectos of
Ecuador invites to every architectural design professionals of
the world to participate in the Worldwide Competition of Social
Habitat and Development in the present edition of XVI Quito Pan-American
Architecture Biennale to be held from 17 to 21 of November 2008.
In attention to the increase of poverty in all the world, caused
by urban sprawl as a spontaneous answer to the deficit housing,
the BAQ/2008, in partnership with the Department of Housing Development
and Management (HDM) of the University of Lund, Sweden and under
the Program PROMESHA (Programa de Capacitación para el
Mejoramiento Socio Habitacional para Latinoamérica), financed
by Swedish Agency for International Development (ASDI) and the,
within the context of the BAQ 2008, have decided to include an
international award oriented to visualize and acknowledge efforts
made in the region to improve the lives of most vulnerable urban
populations, within a sustainable framework, which grants them
better living standards and an improved quality of life.
Taiwan: Spatial Native Language
ArchiDesign Award 2008
Submission deadline: September 1, 2008
- Taiwan's 1st culture-oriented
architecture award. The 1ST Spatial Native Language ArchiDesign
Award 2008 is the leading culture-oriented architecture award
for architects and designers in Taiwan and gives TWD1,500,000
(appr. US$50,000) in prize money. Inaugurated in 2008, it is
sponsored by Spatial Native Language Foundation of Arts and Culture.
Intended to bring wider introspection of Taiwan's real architecture
asethetics to a talented new generation of architects and designers
by looking into the connection between traditional culture and
modern art, the Award welcomes the acute design works from all
over the world. Awards are for either built/manufactured works
or paper designs.
Dubai: ThyssenKrupp
Elevator Architecture Award Dubai '2008
- Registration deadline: 31 August
2008
Dubai Municipality and ThyssenKrupp Elevator announce the launch
of a International, open, single stage, public, anonymous, preliminary
design competition for the conception of a tall emblem structure,
to promote the new face of Dubai. The competition has been approved
by the UIA. Located within the Za'abeel Park, the structure should
promote tourism, have a unique state of the art design, include
cultural and leisure activities, conference and theatre facilities.
Local climatic conditions should be taken into account, as well
as urban and landscape aspects, passive construction principles
should be applied and the structure should respond to the seismic
constraints of the region.
new Peru: Golf's
Tower
- Last day for registration: August
30th, 2008
- International competition sponsored
by the International Real Estate Investmet Company "ESPARQ".
The architecture of this new tower should distinguish itself
from its context, standing out by virtue of its singular architectural
design and at the same time integrating itself to the magnificent
Lima Golf Club, in front of it. It should be a prototype model
for the most important residential areas in Lima. Open to all
architects.
Spain: International
Competition for the Development Proposals for the Olympic Village
as Part of the Planning for Candidate City Madrid 2016
- The closing date for presenting
the proposals for this tender is August 29, 2008.
- The object of this tender is
the selection of the best architectural proposal for the development
of the future Olympic Village. This tender of ideas, announced
by the Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y Suelo de Madrid, will
be developed as an open single-phase competition on a draft level.
The winning ideas will be ceded to the EMVS and may be used for
the presentation of Madrid's candidature for the Olympic Games
2016. If Madrid succeeds in becoming the venue for the Olympic
Games 2016, the EMVS undertakes to entrust the winner with the
complete construction of one of the buildings contained in the
proposal.
Taiwan: Taiwan Centers for Disease Control
Complex International Competition
Stage One Material Submission Deadline:
August 18th, 2008
The government of the R.O.C. (Taiwan) cordially invites innovative
architects from all over the world to participate in an international
competition to design the Taiwan Center for Disease Control Complex
located in the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park in Hsinchu County.
The complex will include: an Administration Center, a National
Health Command Center, and a Laboratory & Research Center.
In order to keep up with global health trends better and to provide
optimal facilities for disease control research, we aim to create
a world-class architectural landmark.
USA: Round Building Reuse: 360 -Open
Ideas Competition
- Submission and registration
8th August 2008
- Downtown Orlando is changing.
The citizens of Orlando and Orange County have approved the much
needed and highly anticipated 3 Venues projects, Including the
Orlando Events Center, The Citrus Bowl expansion and modernization
and the Dr. P. Phillips Performing Arts Center (DPPAC). The American
Federal Building (The Round Building) occupies the southwest
corner of the site of the DPPAC and is scheduled for complete
demolition. The aim of Round Building Reuse : 360 is to promote
awareness and seek the preservation of Florida's mid-century
modern architecture. It is the competition objective to have
the competitors develop an innovative reuse of the Round Buildings
precast concrete brise soleil on another site or sites. Competition
entries will provide valuable creative material to support the
preservation effort of Central Florida Modern. Designs and Ideas
will be used to create excitement, support, funding and a new
purpose to a vestige of Central Florida's Modern heritage.
Argentina: A
New Landmark for Argentina
- Sign up by August 1st 2008.
The Architects Society, Sociedad Central de Arquitectos (SCA),
has entered into an agreement with IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones
S.A. for staging an international competition for ideas and images
named 'Argentina 2010 -Argentine Bicentenary.' Its purpose: to
look for a new modern architectural symbol for Argentina in commemoration
of the Bicentenary of the May 1810 Revolution. The competition
will challenge competitors to conceive an architectural plan
for the Rio de la Plata riverfront area that stretches from the
Costanera Norte section to the La Boca neighborhood, passing
through Puerto Madero, Retiro (railway and bus terminal and fiscal
lands), the Plaza San Martin park, the Immigrants Hotel, and
the Navy, Catalinas and Puerto Madero buildings. The competition
will not set a specific program for contestants; rather, it will
give free room for architects and creators to bring up far-reaching
urban proposals that result in a new image for the city.
UK: Kings
Cross, London, International Urban Design Competition
- Expression of interest submissions
by:12.00hrs GMT on August 1st 2008.
- Camden Council and Network Rail
are seeking expressions of interest from architects, landscape
architects and urban designers for the design of a brand new,
urban square at Kings Cross, London. King's Cross Square is destined
to become one of the great public places in London. Set against
the magnificent backdrop of the Grade 1 listed façade
of King's Cross railway station, it will be used daily by thousands
of commuters, visitors and residents - a unique addition to the
Capital's palette of memorable street scenes. To create this
new public plaza, an international two-stage design competition
has been launched. This search for a world-class exemplar design
is jointly sponsored by Network Rail and the London Borough of
Camden - recognising not only the Square's role as a major travel
hub but also as a catalyst for wider urban regeneration.
UK: Architects
for Health: Second Student Health Design Awards.
- Submission by 1st August 2008.
- Following the success of last
years awards, Architects for Health is pleased to announce its
second Annual Student Health Design Awards which are to be held
at the RIBA London in August 2008. As with last year, entries
will be taken of all student healthcare related designs. This
year we will also be offering the option of using a brief as
provided by AfH. Additionally we are able to offer advice and
input to universities wishing to use a healthcare building type
on their curriculum. Interested Tutors and students should contact
AfH.
Japan: Muji Award 03
Entries must arrive by 31st July 2008
The third Muji Award International Design Competition is happening
in July, with the chance for both budding and established designers
to try their hand at applying the Muji way of life to their design
thinking. For the coming MUJI Award 3, they want you to find
"Found MUJI" from your viewpoint. Learn from the wisdom
accumulated by predecessors, find good points in such long-established
merchandise, and convert them into a design that fits our modern
life.
USA: Lifecycle
Building Challenge 2.
- Registration amended to July
31st, 2008
- LBC2 is a national competition
that challenges creative minds to develop lifecycle building
strategies to facilitate deconstruction and building material
reuse. Student and professional contestants can submit entries
in 2 categories: building and innovation. Lifecycle building
reduces construction waste and conserves the embodied energy
of buildings. Construction waste totals more than 100 million
tons per year, and the embodied energy of building materials
accounts for 12% or more of the total energy used in a building.
Outstanding achievement awards will be given to Best Greenhouse
Gas Reduction, Best Residential, and Best School entries.
Israel: Project of the Year Competition
- Last date of registration: 30th
July 2008.
- Registration for the Architecture
of Israel 2008/9 Project of the Year Competition will open at
the end of May. Architects, interior designers, landscape architects,
city planners, students and researchers are invited to submit
projects that have been planned or written since 2005. International
jury will include well-known architects and academics. All the
works reaching the second stage will be reviewed extensively
in Architecture of Israel Magazine.
Germany: Contractworld.award 2009 : 9. International architecture competition
for innovative interior design concepts :
- Closing date for submission
of entry documents is the 20th of July 2008.
- The prestigious European architecture
prize for interior design is now being offered for the ninth
successive year. Each year office buildings, creative concepts
for hotels and restaurants, shops and exhibition stands are evaluated
and awarded. This year's competition also invites entries in
the new category "Change of use/Conversion". Here the
focus is on conversions of buildings originally constructed for
religious, cultural or public use. In addition, two special awards
will be presented. These will be awarded exclusively to "New
Generation" entrants (architects/interior designers under
the age of 40) responsible for avant-garde projects.
UK: Scotswood
Expo Architectural Competition
- The deadline for receiving the
PQQ and expression of interest is Wednesday 16 July by 12 noon.
- A new design contest open to
architects with exceptional design skills and fresh thinking
in the design of new housing for the UK's first Neighbourhood
Expo. The competition is being organised by the RIBA Competitions
Office in association with Newcastle City Council. The competition
site, the 'Expo Link', is a central street of 60 new homes in
four terraces that will be the centrepiece of an Expo Festival
in the summer of 2011. From the first expression of interest
stage, the intention is select a shortlist of 12 to produce concept
designs. The best six will then be awarded contracts to develop
their designs throughout the terraces in a number of different
combinations.
Belgium: Interieur 08 -International interior
design competition
Registration: deadline: 15 July 08
Interieur 08 is a biennial competition for creativity
in interior design, organised by the Interieur Foundation, located
in Kortrijk, Belgium. Centred on three thematic subjects,
it focuses on new, functional, creative and contemporary prototypes.
All entries will be on display during the 21st Interieur Biennale,
where they will be seen by potential manufacturers, professional
visitors and the general public.
 Umbracle City
of Arts and Sciences, Spain -Santiago
Calatrava
USA/UK/Spain/Switzerland:
Diesel Wall
- Deadlines: New York 12th May,
Manchester 18th May, Barcelona 11th July.
- Diesel Wall is an international
art contest that aims to bring intriguing/inspiring/insightful/inciting
contemporary ideas to giant urban canvases in city centres around
the world.
USA: The Janet Becker Competition
for the Design of a Single Family Residence Incorporating the
Principles of Universal Design
Registration Deadline: July 10, 2008
Beyond Housing, St. Louis's nationally recognized provider
of housing and support services for low-income families and homeowners
announces an open competition for the design of a Single Family
Residence incorporating the principals of Universal Design. The
First Place design will be built in the City of Pagedale,
Mo, a close-in suburb of the City of St. Louis, MO. Selected
proposals will be exhibited at the Universal Design Summit III
to be held in St. Louis September 2008. The program will call
for a small, three bedroom house on a flat lot.
UK: Line
of Site competition 2008/9 -Brief 1: A Northern Lights Observatory
The first brief is now open and to be submitted by 4th July
Line of Site is back for 2008/9. The competition offers three
unique design briefs over the period June 2008 to February 2009.
This year's competition includes two exciting new Geo based briefs
where competitors are able to select their own geographical locations
to design their buildings. The organisers are looking for the
initial ideas that capture the essense of creativity and mark
the point when those ideas take shape. Your submissions
can be either electronically generated or drawn by hand - sketch
designs, not fully developed designs. The site for the first
brief is located well north of Norway on islands
between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland
Sea, and Norwegian Sea a remote and inhospitable
place.
- Brief 2 1st August
9th September
The City Cycle Interchange
Brief 3 26th September 24th October
The Meeting Point
 new Italy: Everyville
Online Student Competition -La Biennale de Venezia
Deadline: Registration July 1, 2008 - Submission July 15, 2008
Community beyond Place, Civic Sense beyond Architecture The competition
calls for the preparation of an idea-project based on the theoretical-critical
text written by the curator of the 11th International Architecture
Exhibition, Aaron Betsky. However, this time the element of challenge
and stimulation lies in the fact that the works selected by a
prestigious Jury will become an integral part of the 11th Exhibition,
to be presented in a dedicated section. The competition thus
represents a unique opportunity and an unrepeatable occasion
to present your work, coupled with the satisfaction of presenting
it during what is now considered to be the most important architectural
exhibition in the world. Jury -Paolo Baratta, Aaron Betsky, Francesco
Delogu, Zaha Hadid, Thom Mayne, Luisa Hutton, Flavio Albanese,
Luigi Centola
Austria: International
Competition best private
plots 08 Die besten Gärten 2008
- Deadline for entries: extended
to July 1st, 2008
- The competition is being held
for the third consecutive year. The competition highlights the
garden as a place of innovation, as a space for creative expression
and action, as contemporary dialogue between architecture and
landscape. The award criteria include: idea, artistic and conceptual
quality, use of plants and materials, relationship between inside
and outside, delimitation of space and organisation of open space,
technical and ecological planning. Special attention will also
be given to the individual diversity of use and functionality.
The open space must be clearly identifiable as intended for private
residence and use. The prize honours exceptional achievements
in the design of private outdoor space and gardens, which were
completed after January 1, 1998. This is an open competition
for Landscape architects, architects, garden owners, designers,
florists, gardeners, artists, nurseries and landscaping firms.
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