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Architectural Competitions : Design Contests Archive up to 2011

Architecture Contests up to 2011 - Background Information

Architecture Competition : Current Architectural Contests from 2011 Malmi Station Area - International Architecture Competition, Sweden picture from Cembrit Design contest to generate ideas for revitalization of Malmi station area with innovative use of fibre cement - The Bullhorn Design Competition - Cembrit Design Contest PFFF Inflatable Architecture Competition picture from Architecture Competition organisers PFFF Inflatable Architecture Competition - an architecture competition dedicated to architects, designers, students and engeneers focused on the design and realization of an inflatable pavilion that can embody the spirit of the FARM project. This architecture competition is promoted by CityVision and FARM, a contemporary active cultural and turistic center project based in Sicily that has as first mission the promotion of contemporary art and culture. TIKAL 2011 - International Architecture Competition, Guatemala Objectives of the "TIKAL 2011" architecture contest: - Make worldwide Architectural Ideas summons which will help to select the most original, creative and contemporary proposal for a "Hostel-Museum" as described before. - Collect the Ideas which are best involved with archaeological consciousness, and are at the same time able to enhance a beautiful and harmonious geographic reality. - Promote the discussion of ideas related to the development of projects in cultural heritage, historic parks or ecologic sanctuary settings. TIKAL 2011 Architecture Competition -1st Prize: US$ 3,000 WSUD 2012 Design Competition, Victoria, Australia picture from Architecture Competition organisers The WSUD 2012 Committee in conjunction with Monash University's Centre for Water Sensitive Cities invite students to partner with members of the design profession to submit urban design proposals that clearly articulate water sensitive initiatives within the Maribyrnong Defence Site. inNATUR Architecture Competition inNATURE Open Ideas Competition : Nature Interpretation Centre image from design contest organiser Open ideas competition seeking for innovative, cutting-edge, contemporary, proposals, committed to a strategy of implementing architecture in a protected natural environment. Approaches should point to find synergies between nature and the building itself. Participants are invited to find spaces that promote a deep understanding and assimilation of nature. Projects must lead through their architecture to sensitivity, awareness, understanding, enthusiasm and commitment to the natural environment around them. Each participant or team will define the location of their Project; such as: natural parks, protected natural areas, forests, jungles, beaches, mountains, etc. However, the proposal must justify the choice of the location and the interaction reached between the project and the site’s environment. 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 4MB each. Awards: 1st Prize, 2000 Euro ; 2nd Prize, 700 Euro ; 3rd Prize, 400 Euro Hong Kong 2011 Architecture Competition, HK, China ARQUITECTUM, a company devoted to the organizing of architecture competitions, is pleased to welcome the world’s architects to the International Architecture Competition “HONG KONG 2011”, to be held from August 2011 until December 2011. International Architecture Competition - NIGHT CLUB HOTEL IN MONG KOK Hong Kong Architecture Competition Cala Millor Architecture Competition, Mallorca Island, Spain image from contest organiser 1st Prize: 2500 Euros + Publication 2nd Prize: 1000 Euros + Publication 3rd Prize: 500 Euros + Publication 10 Honor mentions Nationwide Sustainable Housing Competition, England Nationwide Sustainable Housing Competition Alternative Car Park Tower Design Competition, Hong Kong image from contest organiser Open international competition hosted by [AC-CA] to generate progressive contemporary design ideas. There are no plans for the design to be built. [AC-CA] Architecture Competition : Alternative Car Park Tower Design Contest Bird College - Dance, Music & Theatre Performance, Sidcup, Kent, England RIBA Competitions is pleased to announce the launch of a new Invited Design Competition on behalf of Bird College, Sidcup. Expressions of Interest are sought from architect-led design teams with exceptional design skills for the redevelopment of the College’s facilities. RIBA Architecture Competition : Bird College 4th Advanced Architecture Contest image from contest organisers The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and HP are pleased to announce the 4th Advanced Architecture Contest, on the theme of CITY-SENSE: Shaping our environment with real-time data SHIFTboston WHY STOP design competition, Massachusetts, USA image from architect Architecture Competition : SHIFTboston design contest - challenging urban planners, architects, urban designers, designers and landscape architects - professionals and students - to explore and visualize destinations along the proposed South Coast Rail extension, which will connect Boston to Taunton, New Bedford, and Fall River, Massachusetts. Catalyst: Capitol Mall Design Competition, Sacramento, California, USA image from contest organisers Catalyst is an open ideas competition provided through the partnership of the City of Sacramento and the American Institute of Architects Central Valley. The competition seeks forward-thinking, innovative and implementable urban and architectural designs for the Capitol Mall corridor of downtown Sacramento - the 6-block boulevard between California’s State Capitol building and the iconic Tower Bridge over the Sacramento River. Professionals and designers from all fields are eligible to submit. Multi-disciplinary teams are especially encouraged to participate so that ideas can be combined into single, comprehensive submissions. Both professionals and students may enter. Capitol Mall Design Competition - external link House's Loft Design Contest, NYC, USA House's Loft Design Contest Maquinarias Service Center Design Competition, Peru Maquinarias Service Center Design Competition Illustrations and Architectural Renderings Competition, International picture from TTGG Open call for creative responses to the question "where would you rebuild the Twin Towers and why?" Design contest with five finalists chosen by a jury, and five chosen by public vote. Available to artists and renderers to illustrate one of the text-based submissions already in the gallery, or else submit a new suggestion of your own (could be a pseudonym if that suits you better). The architects / renderers selected as finalists will be in the running for paid work illustrating the other finalists' text-based submissions. IAPS Student Architecture Competition - Ontological Design in Future Housing and Space image from contest organisers The competition is planned in conjunction with the CSBE (Culture & Space in the Built Environment) and Housing networks of the International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) Joint International Symposium, 2011 entitled “Continuity and Change of Built Environments - Housing, Culture, and Space across Life Spans”. iaps International Network Symposium 2011: IAPS Student Architecture Competition - external link Re-Skinning Awards, International 2011 Zerofootprint Foundation Re-Skinning Competition Taipei City Museum of Art Competition, Taiwan image from contest organisers Taipei City Museum of Art Competition : Taiwanese Design Contest Busan Opera House Ideas Contest, Korea Busan Opera House Architecture Competition Andermatt Swiss Alps Design Contest, Switzerland image of competition site Andermatt Swiss Alps Design Competition Rio 2016 Olympic Park Architecture Competition image from architect International Architecture Competition for the Rio 2016 Olympic Park’s General Urban Plan. Registration at http://concursoparqueolimpicorio2016.iabrj.org.br Rio 2016 Olympic Park Competition SC2011 Architecture Competition, International Participants: Architecture students + architects under 31 years old Sites: 4 cities: Hangzhou, Nanjing, Madrid + Barcelona awards (in each city): 1st prize: 5.000 Euros or 45.000 Yuans 2nd prize: 2.000 Euros or 18.000 Yuans 3 mentions: 1.000 Euros or 9.000 Yuans Questions Until 15 Jun / Answers to questions until 10 Jul Architecture Competition website: www.arqfuture.com/competitions Designated Sketcher Contest image courtesy of phormd Designated Sketcher Contest LOFT London Farm Tower Design of a Vertical Farm in London. The architecture competition is open to all professionals and students of the Faculty of Architecture and Engineering: www.awrcompetitions.com Ecological Borders Competition, Think Space Design Contest image from organisers Ecological Borders Competition ONE Lab Architecture Competition, NYC, USA image from organisers BioDesign Summer Lab: Summer Lab for students, architects, scientists, artists, and individuals of all backgrounds to explore design with various living matter including live tissues, bacteria, tree grafting, fungi growth control and parametric scripting. Architecture Competition : ONE Lab Competition Montenegro Architecture Competition International Architecture Competition for preparation of conceptual architectural-urban design of facilities of hotel-tourism purpose on urban parcel UP 1, area of 24.015 m2, in Ulcinj. Deposit of 500 euros. Architecture Competition website: www.mrt.gov.me Taichung Gateway Park Design Contest, Taiwan Taichung Gateway Park Competition Olympic Games Information Pavilion Contest, England Olympic Games Information Pavilion Competition Soundroom Design Contest, Madrid, Spain image from opengap Architecture Competition - Rehearsal Spaces for Musicians: creating a new concept of unique quality rehearsal spaces for musicians in Madrid Aberdeen City Garden Design Competition, Scotland image of competition site Aberdeen Architecture Competition Venice City Vision Design Competition, Italy Venice City Vision ONE PRIZE 2011, NYC, USA Open International Design Contest 1st Prize: $10,000 ; Honorable mentions: $1,500 each + other benefits ONE PRIZE Architecture Competition Kilcreggan Design Contest, Scotland photo from GIA Kilcreggan Design Competition - Glasgow Institute of Architects Contest Törnrosen Tower Competition, Malmö, Sweden photo from GIA Architecture Competition period : Jun - Oct 2011 Website: http://www.arkitekt.se/s64924 Pushkinsky Cinema Hall, Russia : Architecture Competition picture from Corian Pushkinsky Cinema Hall Architecture Competition Tenting Competition, New York, USA Tenting Design Contest Emilio Ambasz Prize for Green Architecture, Israel Emilio Ambasz Prize for Green Architecture 2011 INSTANTHOUSE Architecture Student Competition The "only architecture students competition building the 1:1 scale winning project" instanthouse Competition - Milan Low Carbon Restaurant Architecture Competition, USA Global Design Competition aims to collect broad variety of design solutions for low-carbon restaurants: $10,000 prize to the winning design www.globaldesigncompetition.com Global Design Competition of Seattle, Architecture Contest Global Design Contest of Seattle Tullamore Community Arts Centre Competition, Ireland Tullamore Architecture Competition : RIAI Design Contest BARGE 2011 Design Competition, Boston, USA BARGE 2011Architecture Competition AZ AWARDS for Design Excellence, International picture from organisers AZ Awards Taichung Gateway Park Design Contest, Taiwan Taichung Gateway Park Competition Arquine International Competition, Architecture Contest, Mexico picture from Arquine Arquine Architecture Competition Killybegs PlaySpace Architectural Design Contest, Ireland Killybegs Architecture Competition Trimo Urban Crash student competition, Ljubljana picture from organiser Design contest for students of architecture and design : the third Trimo Urban Crash competition for students of architecture and design, challenging undergraduate students from around the world. The architecture competition organizer will realise the winning project. The winner will receive a paid summer session at the AA School of Architecture. eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2011 image from organisers eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2011 Borongaj Architecture Contest, Croatia picture from D-A-Z New Campus Borongaj Competition - Croatia Design Contest The SPIRETEC Competition, India Open architectural design competition in Greater Noida SPIRETEC Competition Expo West Belfast Architecture Competition, Northern Ireland Expo West Belfast Competition : expressions of interest invitation House for Santa Clause Design Contest, Germany House for Santa Clause Competition : German Design Contest Centre for the Promotion of Science in Belgrade Competition, Serbia picture from organisers Centre for the Promotion of Science in Belgrade : Serbian Design Contest Living Architecture - A Room for London, UK picture from organisers Queen Elizabeth Hall Design Contest Brussels Courthouse Architecture Contest, Belgium image from organisers Brussels Courthouse Architecture Competition Hastings Pier Architecture Competition, England - Design Contest Relaunch photo : Barry Reid Hastings Pier Competition Taiwan Tower Architecture Contest, Taiwan image from organisers Taiwan Tower Architecture Competition Salford House 4 Life Competition, UK Architect-led consortia invited to enter open, two-stage architecture competition to design and build exemplar family housing scheme on 1.45ha brown-field site in Greengate, Salford. urbaninform Design Contest, International urbaninform Architecture Competition Warsaw Concert Hall Architecture Contest, Poland image from organisers Warsaw Concert Hall Contest for Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra Miami Seaplane Terminal Contest - DawnTown Architecture Competition image from organisers Miami Seaplane Terminal Contest Acabion Architecture Contest picture from TC Acabion Architecture Competition aspern Lakeside Park, Austria Restricted one-tier realisation landscape design contest within the upper value range under procurement law: www.aspernseepark.at 36th Annual Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition, USA The annual Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition ("KRob") is the longest-running architectural illustration competition in the United States. Organized by the Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects, KRob awards prizes to drawings that exhibit exceptional mastery in the visual communication of architectural concepts. Open to architecture students and architectural professionals. Prizes include the Wiley Prize for Excellence in Hand Delineation, the Laguarda.Low Prize for Excellence in Digital/Hybrid Media and the International Prize for Excellence in Delineation (open only to architecture students and professionals outside USA) Those who send the physical original of their drawing by mail to AIA Dallas will be considered for the Richard Ferrier Prize for Best Delineation in a Physical Format. AIA Dallas | Dallas Center for Architecture : http://krobarch.com Wine's Museum on Cerro San Cristobal Design Contest, Chile Wine's Museum Design Competition Haiti Housing Design Contest image courtesy of ARCHIVE Haiti Housing Design Competition Panama Canal Design Contest, by Isthmus School of Architecture, Central America image from organisers Panama Canal Competition Los Angeles Ideas Contest, USA Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor and Green District Competition Haiti Housing Design Contest, Caribbean Haiti Housing Design Competition Whitehaven Harbour Design Competition, England Whitehaven Harbour Design Competition : Cumbrian Architecture Contest Guy's Hospital Architecture Competition, England photo © Nick Weall Guy's Hospital Architecture Competition - Rogers Stirk Harbour win Kaohsiung Pop Music Center Architecture Contest, Taiwan Kaohsiung Architecture Competition Royal London Hospital Design Contest, England Royal London Children's Hospital : RIBA Competition Ballet West : Fluid Adagio Installation design / build contest, USA picture from the organisers AIA Utah announces the 2010 design/build competition - Ballet West : Fluid Adagio Installation, a first-time-ever joint architecture competition initiated by AIA Utah’s Young Architects Forum. Architects and designers are invited to participate in this blind design contest in downtown Salt Lake City: Salt Lake City Design Competition : AIA Utah Design/Build Contest 3Twenty10 Design Contest, Ireland 3Twenty10 Architecture Competition - RIAI Design Contest Loreto Sports Hall Design Contest, Ireland image from organisers Loreto Sports Hall Architecture Competition, Dublin - RIAI Design Contest DAEGU2020 international architecture competition, Korea picture from organisers Daegu Design Competition 2010 Biennial Event of Architecture and Culture in Daegu - International Architecture Competition airBaltic New Terminal Design Competition, Riga image from organiser Design of airport terminal, Prize: €100,000, winner decided by panel of judges airBaltic New Terminal Design Competition Making Space 2010 Contest, international award image from organisers Making Space Competition SSCI Design Ideas Competition, Scotland, UK SSCI Design Ideas Competition Schindler Award 2010 Contest, International Architecture Competition Schindler Award 2010 : Architecture Contest now open for applications JS Bach House Design Contest, Poland JS Bach House Architectural Competition Concurso Paisaje - Spanish Design Contest image from organisers Santa & Cole The Spanish Association of Landscape Architects and European Landscape Biennial announce the first edition of Landscaping Architecture Contest: Landscape Architecture Contest Frederic Chopin Architectural Contest, Poland One of a series of Polish Architecture Competitions with no prize Anton Chekhov House Design Competition A101 Block City Masterplan Competition, Russia Architecture Competition for the design of the masterplan for a new town of 150,000 people and 13 million sqm of housing located south of Moscow. Teams of architects and urbanists invited. The Student Architecture + Design Initiative, USA Student Architecture + Design Initiative Competition Architects For Health : Architectural Student Design Award 2010, UK AfH Architectural Contest - Design Contest open to architectural students The Loft of the Future - International Design Contest FAKRO Company and Stadslab European Urban Laboratory Loft of the Future Architecture Competition Integrated Habitats Design Contest, England image from organisers Integrated Habitats Design Competition - Finalists news Haiti Design Contest, Caribbean Haiti Design Competition JS Bach House Design Contest, Poland JS Bach House Architectural Competition International Architecture Contest in Bali, Indonesia photo : Luxora Bali Landscape Architectural Contest PASS contest, Italy image from organisers PASS Architecture Competition - social housing design in Rome 2010 ResilientCity.org Design Ideas Competition, International Architecture Contest Resilient City Architectural Competition Student Wall Architecture Contest, Taipei, Taiwan NTUT School of Architecture design contest to foster idea dialogues in architectural students Student Wall Design Competition Debris Design Contest, Haiti Debris Design Competition re Problems of waste and appropriate construction in Haiti Nous 4M Architectural Contest, England Nous 4M Design Competition - shared office space in Southwark, south London HAUS& Design Contest, Korea image from architects HAUS& Design Contest Architecture Competition Luanda House Design Contest, Angola image from organisers Luanda House Competition, Angola : Lisbon Architecture Triennale - results Mine the Gap - international ideas competition, Chicago, USA Chicago Architectural Club design contest for empty Chicago Spire Building site Piraeus Tower 2010 Contest, Greece Piraeus Tower Architecture Competition - open architectural ideas contest Museum of the Second World War Gdansk, Poland Museum of the Second World War Architecture Competition RIBA Contest : New Cancer Treatment Centre, UK photo : Guys & St Thomas' Hospital Guy's Hospital Architecture Competition Music Studio Design Competition, Haiti Music Studio Design Competition : Wyclef Jean's charity Yéle Haiti ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition : Winners Frederic Chopin Architectural Contest, Poland Frederic Chopin House Competition Zerofootprint and Re-Skinning Award, Canada Building Re-Skinning Competition House of Oxymorons Architecture Contest, Poland House of Oxymorons Contest Public Design Festival - duepercinque contest, Milan duepercinque contest Blue Award 09, International Architectural Competition Blue Award Contest eVolo - 2010 Skyscraper Architectural Contest, USA eVolo Skyscraper Competition International Ideas Competition for Sustainable Development of Gadeokdo, Korea Gadeokdo International Urban Ideas Competition Design Barangaroo's Public Domain Contest, Australia Barangaroo : Landscape, architecture + urban design teams - Sydney Harbour Ardrossan Pavilion Architecture Contest, UK Ardrossan Beach Pavilion Competition Lappset International Design Competition, International Lappset International Design Competition Green 360 Architecture Competition, Peru Set in Lima, run by Arquitectum - open to graduates + architects Preston Guild 2012 Architectural Contest Preston Housing Competition Personal Rapid Transit in Historic Cities Contest, England Bath Rapid Transit Competition : Launch 3rd Advanced Architecture Contest - The Self-Sufficient City, Spain Advanced Architecture Contest Centre Pier, Galway Harbour Ideas Competition, Ireland The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland single stage ideas contest Galway Harbour Ideas Competition Calgary Bridge Design Competition, Canada Calgary Bridge Design Competition The Souk Competition, Gulf States The Souk Competition : New RIBA Gulf Chapter Student Ideas Architectural Design competition for architecture students in the GCC Vabaduse Square + St Paul’s Church Reconstruction Contest, Estonia Estonian Architecture Competition Building Re-Skinning Architectural Contest, Global Building Re-Skinning Competition LIVE FOREVER - The Michael Jackson Monument Design Competition, USA Michael Jackson Monument Design Competition Newark Visitor Center Project, USA Emerging Professionals for AIA Newark & Suburban Newark Visitor Center Competition Design It : Shelter Competition, USA Guggenheim Museum + Google SketchUp contest Design It : Shelter Contest Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec Competition, Canada Quebec Museum Competition Collaboration with Nature - sa2009 International Design Contest, Korea Collaboration with Nature Competition Paris 2009 Competition, France Paris 2009 Competition : New Dance School for The Moulin Rouge Made in Macef - International Competition, Italy Made in Macef Design Contest REFF/RomaEuropa FakeFactory Contest, Italy REFF architectural competition - series 100 Spaces contest is an international design, architecture, landscape competition for architecture students and young architects / designers / landscape designers (under 40) Towards MidEastPan - Design Ideas Competition, Middle East Middle East Design Ideas Competition Whitworth Art Gallery Architectural Contest, England Whitworth Art Gallery Competition Seoul Design Competition, South Korea Seoul Design Competition 2009 King's Cross Gasholder Competition, UK King's Cross Gasholder Contest Web 2.0 Landscape Competition for Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China Tiananmen Square Landscape Contest Shahneshin Foundation, Global Shahneshin Foundation Awards FAKRO Design Competition, Poland International Design Competition - An Architect -the Drawer of Dreams World Habitat Awards, Global World Habitat Awards Contest : £10,000 prize Custom Home Design Challenge, Bahamas Bahamas House Design Contest University of Melbourne Building, Australia Faculty Architecture Building & Planning : University of Melbourne Competition GSA Architectural Competition News Glasgow School of Art Competition, jury to be chaired by architect David Mackay Benetton Group Competition, Iran Design of two Benetton multi-storey buildings in Teheran Teheran Design Competition London School of Economics Design Contest, England, UK LSE Students Centre Architecture Competition squatcity, The Netherlands / Global 4th IABR [International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam] / ETH switzerland squatcity architecture competition FLOW Brussels Waterway Contest, Belgium FLOW Brussels Waterway Architecture Competition European competition for students in the last two years of architecture, engineering, art, landscape, urban planning, sociology and young architects born 1976 onwards. Luxembourg school design contest, Luxembourg Luxembourg school design competition Botswana Innovation Hub Design Contest, Africa Botswana Innovation Hub : Architecture Contest Renaissance Pavilion Contest, Yorkshire Forward, England, UK Yorkshire Forward Pavilion Architecture Contest Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia NSW Government project: Barangaroo Public Domain Design Taipei Performing Arts Centre, Taiwan Taipei Performing Arts Centre Contest Polish Design Contest, Poland Wroclaw Architecture Contest San Josepe Quarry Contest, Mondragon, Basque Country, Spain Spanish Architecture Competition Architecture Competitions 2009 : Archive Architecture Competitions 2008 : Archive Architecture Competitions 2007 - Selection Oporto Architecture Contest, Portugal Housing Architecture Competition Letchworth Architecture Competition, England Collieston Architecture Competition, Scotland Vejle architecture Contest, Denmark Sheffield Media Centre Contest, England Tutti Frutti competition, England Shanghai Expo Building Competition, China Architecture Competitions - Selection from before 2007 Old Town Fire Architecture Contest Edinburgh Architecture Competition Hadspen Architecture Competition Acadia Architecture Contest Leeds Architecture Competition Dunfermline Architecture Contest Advanced Architecture Contest Russian Architecture Competition

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