July 26, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
PREFAB 20*20: Visions For 400 Square Foot Homes. An International Open Ideas Competition
The challenge is to propose a free-standing, prefab dwelling unit for a footprint no more than 400sf (37.5sm) in an urban setting anywhere in the world. Fit for two adults, its basic program shall include sleeping, bathing, cooking, living, working/studying, and storage areas. Entrants are free to deviate from the basic program but justification must be included.
July 25, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
Architectural Record: Design Vanguard 2009
Deadline: August 15, 2009
2009 will be the 10th year Architectural Record has published its Design Vanguard feature, so we are looking for a great group of 10 emerging firms from around the world to celebrate the anniversary. Although we do not have an age limit, we try to select architects who have had their own practices for less than 10 years.
To enter the competition, submit a hardcopy portfolio (no larger than
14-by-10 inches) with 5-8 projects (both built and unbuilt), along with
CVs of your firm’s partners and a short statement of your firm’s design
approach or philosophy.
July 18, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
Rethinking Brick
Potomac Valley Brick presents Brick-stainable: Re-Thinking Brick ; a design competition seeking integrative solutions for a building using clay masonry units (brick) as a primary material. Current Green and Living building initiatives acknowledge the importance of integrated design solutions to achieve sustainability goals. This competition seeks to explore the potential of brick construction in the creation of an energy efficient building and challenges design teams to maximize the physical characteristics of this construction in the creation of integrated design solutions.
Competition Goals
Potomac Valley Brick has created this competition to advance thinking about integrated design solutions for sustainability. It is the goal of this Competition not only to stimulate ideas about this material, but also to document and share the best of those ideas with the design community and other influential associations through publications and distribution via the internet.
via Brick-stainable
July 14, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
Advertisements for Architecture 2009
Registration Deadline
08/14/2009
Submission Deadline
08/14/2009
Open To All
Entry Fee
Early Bird by June 22: Student AU$25, Pro AU$50. After June 22: Student AU$35, Pro AU$65
Awards
Exhibition and Publication
On 1 November 2008, The Age newspaper (Melbourne, Australia) described architects as the “canary in the coalmine” of the economy. As a response to the global financial crisis, OpenHAUS Architecture invites architectural enthusiasts to create an ‘Advertisement for Architecture’. The most outstanding of these entries will be exhibited at Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia from 28 September until 2 October 2009.
Entrants are invited to submit an A1 advertisement addressing:
• Where we would be without architecture.
• The status of architects as cultural iconographers, determinants of the built environment, image-makers and visionaries.
• The changing role of the architectural profession over the 20th century and into the current millennium.
• The creation of desire for architecture.
• The promotion of a greater awareness of the role of the architectural profession both culturally and socially.
The exhibition provides a chance to promote the architectural profession and engage with the public. The advertisements are not intended to promote individual architectural firms but architecture as a ‘big idea’. They are an opportunity to reflect on how the profession has evolved and to generate creative and innovative ways of communicating the strengths of the profession to a wider audience.
via Death by Architecture and OpenHAUS.org
July 10, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
eVolo - 2010 Skyscraper Competition
Examining the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community and the skyscraper and urban living; this contests aims to redefine the term skyscraper through the use of new materials, technology, aesthetics, programs, and spatial organizations.
Submission deadline: 18/01/2010
Open to: students and professional architects, engineers, and designers
There are no restrictions in regards to site, program or size. The objective is to provide maximum freedom to propose the most innovative projects for this fascinating architectural genre. Ultimately, the designs should help the environment, restructure our cities and improve our way of life. Immediate
Registration
All students, architects, engineers, and designers are invited to participate in the competition. It is encouraged to have multidisciplinary teams.
Participants must register by January 12, 2010 at www.evolo-arch.com continue >>>
June 29, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture
Whoever Rules the Sewers Rules the City
COMPETITION
Jury: Stan Allen,Cecil Balmond, Elizabeth Diller, Walter Hood, Thom Mayne, Marilyn Jordan Taylor
WPA 2.0: an open design competition for working public architecture organized and sponsored by cityLAB
cityLAB, an urban think tank at UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design, announces a call for entries to “WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture.” WPA 2.0 is an open competition that seeks innovative, implementable proposals to place infrastructure at the heart of rebuilding our cities during this next era of metropolitan recovery. WPA 2.0 recalls the Depression-era Works Projects Administration (1935-43), which built public buildings, parks, bridges, and roads across the nation as an investment in the future—one that has, in turn, become a lasting legacy. We encourage projects that explore the value of infrastructure not only as an engineering endeavor, but as a robust design opportunity to strengthen communities and revitalize cities. Unlike the previous era, the next generation of such projects will require surgical integration into the existing urban fabric, and will work by intentionally linking systems of points, lines and landscapes; hybridizing economies with ecologies; and overlapping architecture with planning. This notion of infrastructural systems is intentionally broad, including but not limited to parks, schools, open space, vehicle storage, sewers, roads, transportation, storm water, waste, food systems, recreation, local economies, ‘green’ infrastructure, fire prevention, markets, landfills, energy-generating facilities, cemeteries, and smart utilities.
Download the competition brief here:http://wpa2.aud.ucla.edu/inx/files/wpa20brief.pdf
June 22, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
Architects for Health 2009 Student Health Design Award
Architects for Health invite architectural students to submit projects to be considered for the third annual Student Healthcare Design Award in 2009. Any* project relating to the design of a healthcare building can be submitted. For students without qualifying projects AFH have a number of sample briefs available. For more information please contact AfH at mail@afhawards.org
ENTRANCE CRITERIA:
• Any student architectural project concerning healthcare design* or a response to a sample brief provided by AfH
• By students who are presently studying or having completed their studies within 18 months of submission date.
• Open to students worldwide
• Submission electronically to mail@afhawards.org by 3rd July 2009
• The project has not been submitted in previous years
• Administration fee of £10 (GBP)
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
• Separate 300-600 word document no images (in English, MSWord or txt format) describing the design brief and the proposal
• 4 number A3 landscape PDF or JPG graphics (Text and Images @ 300 dpi)
• Please clearly state your name and project title and institution on every submission page
• Within the brief include the stage of studies (e.g. RIBA part 1, RIBA part 2 or equivalent) at which the project was completed
PRIZES:
• Prize fund for winning and runner up projects to be allocated by the judges, first prize in 2008 was £1000
• Presentation evening at the RIBA in August 2009 (All short-listed to be presented by author or selected representative)
• Publication in a wide range of leading industry and design publications
June 10, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
Design It: Shelter Competition
On the occasion of the exhibitions Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward and Learning By Doing, the Guggenheim and Google SketchUp invite amateur and professional designers from around the world to enter Design It: Shelter Competition. From now until August 23, you can submit a 3-D shelter for locations around the world using Google SketchUp and Google Earth.
Why shelters?
The competition is an extension of Learning By Doing, an exhibition in the Guggenheim Museum Sackler Center for Arts Education that features plans, photographs, and models of student-built shelters from the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. For the past seven decades, students at this school have taken on the challenge of designing, building, and living in small shelters nestled in the landscapes of the school’s Arizona and Wisconsin campuses. In working on these shelters, students consider human needs for safety and comfort, as well as the relationship between architecture and place.
Design It: Shelter Competition opens up the project to you. If you could build a shelter anywhere in the world, where would it be? How would you design it to respond to the surrounding environment?
Key Dates and Deadlines
You can submit your design from now until August 23. After the submission period, current Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture students will select a group of finalists. Public voting on these finalists opens on September 7 and runs until October 10. On October 21, 2009, the People’s Prize will be announced along with a special Juried Prize chosen by a jury of experts.
Accept the Challenge
Find out more about how to enter the competition.
Shelters designed by Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture students: Hanging Tent, designed by Fatma Elmalimpinar and Fabian Mantel, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2001. Desert Perch, designed by Victor Sidy, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1999. Lotus Shelter, designed by Kamal Amin, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1963. Hewson’s Shed, designed by Ryan Hewson, Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 2009. Tree House Shelter, designed by Bill Shoettker, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1990. All models courtesy the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Photos: © Aris Georges, Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture
June 2, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
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May 29, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
Building Re-Skinning Competition
Addressing an Urgent Global Need
We know how to build new buildings with a low carbon footprint, but little attention has been paid to the thousands of existing structures worldwide that are extremely inefficient and have a massive carbon impact. In North America alone they account for 40% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
The goal of the Zerofootprint Building Re-Skinning Competition is to advance the state-of-the-art in retrofitting such built spaces through better design and improved materials and technology, thus creating retrofitting systems that can be scaled to a large number of buildings and deployed globally.
For more information about the Competition details click here
To download Ron Dembo’s Presentation at the Discovery ‘09 Launch click here
May 13, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
WorldArchitectureNews Awards 09: Civic Sector Buildings
REGISTER BY: 30 JUNE 2009
CELEBRATING ARCHITECTURE SUSTAINABLY
Competitions and awards have always been an intrinsic element of winning new work for architects, but now, under the present economic cloud, it has become ever more important. The value of an award is determined not only by the quality of the jury panel but also by the number and calibre of participants.
Using our exclusive WAN database and contacts around the world, we are able to pull together an unprecedented fusion of high quality architecture and internationally acclaimed judges drawn from both top architectural practices and experts from each sector.
WAN has driven architectural news into the 21st century and now with these awards, we are seeking to break the traditional mould of an annual award with a lavish dinner at the end. Whilst this format can work well at a national level, it is unpractical and unsustainable on a global scale. Taking a fresh approach, the WAN Awards are run on bi-monthly rolling programme by sector culminating in an EXPO early in the next year hosted in a capital city, this will move around the world year by year. A summit is held at the EXPO city where a selection of prominent judges discuss the entries in the backdrop of the local architecture. The video is broadcast around the world through the WAN network providing the highest exposure for the participants with the smallest carbon footprint.
May 4, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions | News
EcoFaeBrick Wins Global Social Venture Competition with Cow Dung Bricks
A team from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia has won the Global Social Venture Competition with their entry “EcoFaeBrick”, high-quality, low-cost bricks made from abundant cow dung.
[Image: This picture shows no physical difference between an EcoFaeBrick brick and a traditional clay brick
Using business model which involves the housing developers, NGOs, and local communities, EcoFaeBrick builds a sustainable market demand to ensure an interesting financial return to the investors. The EcoFaeBrick’s expansion plan focuses on areas with rapid development and high concentration of cattle farm. EcoFaeBrick offers a feasible solution for rapidly developing areas not only in Indonesia but also in other emerging countries.
via Bustler.net
April 26, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions | News
M2L Announces Winning Essays For Inaugural “Genuine Design Scholarship”
M2L, a NY-based furniture importer and distributor specializing in modern design, just announced the winners of its first-ever Genuine Design Scholarship. Furthering the company’s mission of promoting authenticity, M2L developed this scholarship in conjunction with Ruth Lynford, founder of NY Eleven, to educate students about knockoffs and their harmful impact on the design industry. The scholarship was open to students at the twelve prestigious NY colleges that offer four-year programs in interior design. After reviewing responses from the participating schools, four students, including the top winner from Cornell University, were selected for their insightful and well-written essays.
Read about the winners and get to read their winning essays at Bustler.net
April 14, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN EXCELLENCE (A•UDE) PROMOTION PROGRAMME (9TH CYCLE)
ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN EXCELLENCE (A•UDE) PROMOTION PROGRAMME (9TH CYCLE)
- NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS !
The Architecture & Urban Design Excellence (A•UDE) Promotion Programme
is now open for applications from 6 Apr 09 to 10 Jul 09.
The Programme provides funding for a wide range of A&UD-related
activities including exhibitions, publications, multi-media
productions, research studies and competitions. Successful applicants
can look forward to receiving up to 50% of the total expenditure.
We welcome private organisations / individuals to propose projects
which would help promote awareness and appreciation of good
architecture & urban design in Singapore. To download the application
form, please visit our website at:
http://www.ura.gov.sg/audepp/index_flash.htm
Please do help to disseminate this email to your friends, colleagues
and members of your organisation / institution who may be interested
in the A•UDE Promotion Programme. For any queries, please email:
aude@ura.gov.sg or call +65 6321 8029 (Ms Elaine Tan). Thank you.
We look forward to receiving your proposals!
Some of the recent projects supported by the A•UDE Promotion Programme include:
Great Asian Streets Symposium 2008: Future Asian Space
- Be at the Forefront of the discussion! Find out the latest ideas and
research in the future of Asian urbanism and Asian cities in the 21st
century.
Archifest 08
- Come re-live the highlights of Architectural Design Festival 2008 -
an event to celebrate Singapore’s built environment.
Design My Place [A Workshop With a Difference]
- Watch it on YOUTUBE! A workshop that introduces the various ways to
look at our surrounding urban spaces to secondary school students.
STAMP
- Have you seen it on the streets? Public art competition to paint 40
postboxes in the City Centre with designs that reflect the character
or culture of their immediate environment and the history of the
areas.
April 12, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
red dot design award
| Early registration |
| 15 Jan - 15 Apr 2009 |
| Standard registration |
| 16 Apr - 1 Jul 2009 |
| Late registration |
| 2 Jul - 13 Jul 2009 |
The red dot award: design concept reflects a positive energy during this weak economy. It is the energy of imagination, the energy of innovation and the energy of competition.
More important than before, designers, companies and institutions have to prove their innovativeness and creativity to remain competitive and relevant. In a market flooded with supply while demand is lacking, only the fittest will survive. In the world of design, only the most creative designers will find jobs, only the most innovative companies will generate enough sales and only the best institutions will continue to enjoy high student registration.
A red dot is that seal of quality that identifies and separates one as outstanding even amongst the best in the field of design. It is an independent and indisputable proof of creativity, capable of propelling you or your organisation forward to greater achievements.
We invite you to harness the positive energy of competition, to submit your design concept for international comparison and to win a red dot. All the best!
Ken Koo
President, Asia
red dot design award
April 12, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
SPARK Awards 2009: Call for Entries
Welcome to the Spark 2009 Competition, Designers! The Spark Awards are the exciting new competition created to promote great design and designers and encourage people to explore their creativity. We invite everyone to participate–designers, art directors, architects, design firms, manufacturers, institutions, ad agencies, students and non-professionals may enter, interact and enjoy Sparking.
Graphics, product design, transportation and architecture are just a few of the many design categories accepted. If you or your company create great designs, don’t miss the opportunity to compete in this important event.
To accommodate the greatest possible range of designs and designers, and to lower the initial cost of entry, the SparkAwards are configured as a “two-phase” competition–just like a sports playoff series. In Phase I, entrants upload 3 images of their work and short mission statement to the Spark website.
The Jury reviews the work and select scandidates to compete in Phase II. (Last year the entries were of a very high caliber and most went on to Challenger status.) There is a double pricing structure for entrants. The Phase I median fee is $125 for professionals, $75 for design students. The “Challenger Candidates” selected by the jury have the option to enter the Phase II competition, which has a fee of $250 (students/novices- free in Phase II. Status must be verifiable). Upon payment, this group automatically places in our online show and qualifies for review by the live Jury. Winners of Phase II are awarded either a prestigious Bronze Spark, Silver Spark, Gold Spark or the ultimate Spark! Award.
April 8, 2009 | Broadcast | Competitions
Call for submission: 20 under 45 by URA,Singapore
In 2004, URA organized the ’20 Under 45’ exhibition/publication, featuring the works of 20 Singapore-registered architects under the age of 45, to promote a greater awareness and appreciation of design excellence.
URA intends to organise a follow-up exhibition/publication later this year to recognise the next generation of our talented young architects. ’20 Under 45 – The Next Generation’ will feature seminal works by architects aged 45 years and under, who are registered with the Board of Architects (BOA) in Singapore. These could range from small-scale projects (e.g. single landed house or interior architecture) to the larger-scale projects (e.g. condominium development or community building) built in Singapore. Though preference will be for built works, unbuilt works can be considered.
The closing date for submission is 13 April 2009.
UPDATE (8th April 2009)
In view of your overwhelming response and valuable feedback, URA have relaxed their eligibility criteria to also include submission of overseas projects. In addition to your local portfolio, you may now submit overseas projects in which you are the lead designer. The submission should include relevant materials and preferably a current walk-through video clip, to enable the jury to better assess the merits of the project.
We have thus also extended the submission deadline to 17 April 2009. The registration details can be found at: http://www.ura.gov.sg/under45.
More Information
Official website
Tracey Hwang (DID 6321 8118) or Ng Li Shan (DID 6321 8019)
