Competition Entries should be published to Flickr as soon as they are ready. It is an ideas competetion so if two people submit similar ideas, priority will be given to the design idea which was published and added to the Tiananman Square Landscape Flickr Group first.

http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/chinese_landscape_architecture_competition

Specifically, challenge one is to spur greater urban renewal of this locale through the proposal of a design for a Chicago Union Stockyards Museum & Education Center incorporating the landmark gate and expanding the park. The second design challenge is provide sustainable residential spaces which encourage assimilation and foster dignity, community and opportunities for immediate vocational participation to immigrant communities currently dwelling in less than desirable conditions in many Western European countries and in the U.S.

Finalists will be chosen from among the entrants which will then be made available to the public for voting to determine the most practical and pleasing interpretation of the given design project.

http://www.chicagoarchitecturetoday.com/convention.htm

Prizes-
Winners in each category will receive a cash prize of $5,000 and a five-day trip to Bologna, Italy to attend CERSAIE 2010 – the world’s largest exhibition for ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings – joining a delegation of top consumer and design journalists. Ceramic Tiles of Italy will award an additional $1,000 to be shared by the winning contractor/distributor team.

Rules-
The competition is open to all North American architects and interior designers. Domestic and international new construction and renovation projects completed between January 2005 and January 2010 are eligible for entry

Categories-
• Institutional
• Residential
• Commercial/Hospitality

Criteria-
A panel of design experts will judge the projects based on their creativity, functionality and aesthetic appeal. The official criterion for the jury includes: overall design of the project, innovative use of tile, tile design, quality of installation, degree that tile enhances the setting and the project’s sustainable attributes.

Deadline-
Submissions must be completed no later than February 19, 2010.
Winners will be announced at the Ceramic Tiles of Italy Press Conference during Coverings, which will be held in Orlando, FL from April 27-30, 2010. In addition, an exhibit of the winning projects will be on display in the Italian pavilion during this internationally acclaimed tile and stone trade show.

Contact-
For more information visit http://www.tilecompetition.com

THE DESIGN COMPETITION PROGRAM: The competition is an open, two-stage design competition. At the first stage, digital submission of the design concept will be online only. These will be judged anonymously by members of our distinguished Jurors, who may choose six to ten finalists. Each finalist will be awarded an honorarium of $2,500 to develop a three-dimensional model and a fully realized scheme for the site. All final presentations will be publicly exhibited and judged at a convocation of the Jurors, and the winner will be declared at a public ceremony. The Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial organization will enter into good faith negotiations with the winning competitor for a contract to provide the services necessary to realize the Memorial. Concurrently the design will be reviewed by the planning board and fine arts board of the city of Atlantic City. In the event the winning design is eventually built, the winner will be awarded a commission to realize the winning design.

THE DESIGN CHALLENGE: This competition seeks to stimulate fresh thinking about public memorials, and invites ideas from diverse fields. The requirements for the Memorial and how it occupies the site are as unconstrained as possible. Participants are encouraged to contemplate the meaning of the Holocaust and genocide in our lives today, and to invent a fitting design for this time and this place. We look to our competitors to propose the appropriate metaphors and forms for such a Memorial.

A FINAL THOUGHT:The Holocaust is surely among the darkest moments in modern history and all recorded civilization. Its infamous accounts mandate that mankind never again tolerate the unjust brutalizatiion and destruction of any group or individual. Yet, in spite of the Holocaust, history continues to repeat itself. This Memorial will be dedicated to all future generations to stand in unity against such wholesale victimization and genocide. Our goal is to create a Memorial that shall raise awareness in the minds of visitors to man’s unconsciousable inhumanity to man. The Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial shall stand as witness and barrier against the future repetition of any such reprehensible acts.

http://www.acbhm.org

http://www.mockfirms.org

With the debut of the international Blue Award, the Department of Spatial and Sustainable Design, from the Institute of Architecture and Design, is announcing an award for the best student works in the topic of sustainable architecture and building culture.  The opening presentation of the Blue Award will take place on November 10, 2009 at the TU Vienna.  From that point on, works from Bachelor, Master or Diploma studies can be submitted.  The competition is open worldwide to students of architecture, regional planning and urbanism.  Prizes totaling 15,000 euros will be awarded.

The competition was initiated by the architect Univ. Prof. Mag.arch. Françoise-Hélène Jourda, director of the Department of Spatial and Sustainable Design, and functions under the patronage of the International Union of Architects (UIA).

The award’s main purpose is to encourage the topic of sustainability in architecture, regional planning and urbanism.  Concurrently, it shall recognize and award students and teachers dedicated in pursuing the topic in their studies.  The Blue Award aims at helping standardize the exchange between various architecture schools and faculties.

The Blue Award will be handed out in 3 categories

The Blue Award will be distributed among the three categories „Urban Transformation and Development“, „ Building with Ecological Systems“ and „ Building in Existing Structures“.

The emphasis of the category “Urban Transformation and Development“ includes topics from urban redevelopment, renewal, and restructuring of existing city fabric to development of new housing structures and typologies.  Concepts dealing with self-sufficient housing developments, environment friendly forms of mobility, and new interpretations of open/public spaces in urban areas are equally important to this category.

In the category “Building with Ecological Systems”, submitted projects are to reveal the basic principles of sustainable planning and construction, including its social, economical and ecological factors, in the form of an architectonic design.

The topics of the category “Building in Existing Structures” are methods of renovation, adaptation and conversion.  Beyond these usual themes, projects will be awarded which succeed in increasing significantly the average longevity and usage capacity of existing structures, as well as projects which reduce the volumetric demand of new construction.

JURY and EXHIBITION

An international jury, presided by Prof. Thomas Herzog, university professor and architect in Munich, and also expert on sustainable building, will choose the prize winners in each of the three categories previously mentioned.  The awards ceremony will take place in April 2010 at the TU Vienna.
The winning entries will be presented to the public in an exhibition and published catalog.
The prize shall be awarded in the future on a regular basis.

FACTS & FIGURES on the BLUE AWARD

Competition Presentation:    Tu, Nov. 10. 2009, 10 am
Admission:      design projects in architecture, urbanism and regional
      planning, and of the semester SS08, WS08/09, SS09, or
      WS09/10
Submission Deadline:  until Mo, Feb 1, 2010, noon

Jury:  3 architects/professors, 1 urban planner, 1 expert in the field
  of sustainability, 1 architecture journalist.
Presiding Juror:    Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Dipl.-Ing. Architekt BDA Thomas Herzog

Awards Ceremony:  Thu, Apr. 22, 2010, 6 pm
Exhibition:    Fr, Apr. 23 - Fr, Apr. 30, 2010
  Prize-winning projects will be published

Sponsors:  Institute of Architecture and Design,
  Dept. of Spatial and Sustainable Design,
  Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna
  In cooperation with:
  International Union of Architects – UIA
  Society of Architecture and Spatial Design

Documentation & Info:    http://www.blueaward.at (available soon!)
Contact & Inquiries:    Ass.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Anton Kottbauer
  Institute of Architecture and Design,
  Dept. of Spatial and Sustainable Design, TU Vienna
  akottbau@raumgestaltung.tuwien.ac.at
  Tel.: +43/1/588 01 – 25601

Project Author:    Univ.Prof. Mag.arch. Françoise-Hélène Jourda,
  Institute of Architecture and Design
  Dept. of Spatial and Sustainable Design, TU Vienna

News/Press Releases   http://www.blueaward.at

The iF material award provides an excellent platform for important new developments from the world of materials through the public jury at the CeBIT exhibition “design driving innovation”, the exhibition of all awarded entries at the exhibition “material TRENDS” presented at the Hannover Industrial Fair, the well visited online exhibition on the iF Website, the printed documentation of the award as well as the accompanying communication work by iF and the advertising materials provided to the winners.

The iF material award 2010 will furthermore lay a special focus on ecology and sustainability through a newly created evaluation criteria, to emphasize the importance of this topic.

Registration deadline - Early bird: November 13, 2009
Registration deadline - Regular: January 15, 2010
Registration deadline - Last Chance: January 30, 2010
Submission deadline: yet to be announced

International Forum Design

Metropolis celebrates the next generation by rewarding imaginative young designers at large companies and recognizing the hard work of those striving with their own young firms or on their own as well as students—while some designers have a proposal ready and waiting, others are at the beginning of the process with an undefined desire to create and can use a kick start.

The Next Generation® winners and runners-up are a testament to the success of this mission. Each project recognized has embodied the core values of good design—incorporating systems thinking, sustainability, accessibility, materials exploration, historic relevance, and technology—while forwarding our thinking on what designers can accomplish. The breadth of proposals has been stunning: building projects, urban planning and community building schemes, responsive interior environments, population pressure issues, new materials, ergonomics, product design, social and housing solutions, environmental management, water purity, and waste disposal in crisis situations and so on. The prize of $10,000 in seed money for developing the projects, plus the publicity they receive, have helped winners’ and runners-ups’ projects leap from the drawing board to implementation and production.

http://www.metropolismag.com/nextgen/

Nissan cube® is unlike any other car on the American road. Its funky exterior is punctuated by an asymmetrical rear window and a low, wide stance. Its comfy interior is a place to have fun with friends. It offers multiple options for self expression with features like a removable shag dashboard carpet, multi-color interior mood lighting, and configurable storage. Cube is part car, part social destination.

ADC is inviting students to address these questions:
- How would you introduce cube?
- What creative would you run?
- Where would you run the creative for maximum reach and efficiency?

Develop a campaign, or concepts, that makes Nissan cube a part of our target’s life. The campaign shouldn’t feel like marketing, it should feel like a natural extension of where our target goes and what they do. To this end, use channels and communication vehicles you feel are most appropriate to our target’s lifestyle and what the model represents.

Local dealership location info available upon request. US-based only. International students must respond to US market conditions.

Download PDF of full brief.

Complete info here

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The student participants are required to identify a site in a city of their own choice anywhere in the world for planning and designing affordable housing in sustainable humane habitat project.

The site for the project shall be about 5-10 ha which will be a brown field site located in an urban area which is at present neglected. The site may have dilapidated housing stock. The project shall aim at providing affordable housing to about 1000 families belonging to various income and social groups. A high priority shall be given to provide housing for the urban poor and low income families. The project shall aim at sustainable urban renewal of the area with a mixed land use strategy.

Site Surveys and Analysis

The participants are required to carry out detailed surveys and analysis of the area to identify the issues and problems faced by residents with respect to their housing conditions and quality of their living environment.

Dwelling Units

The individual dwelling units may vary from 30 sq.m. to 120 sq.m. It may have different types of housing for various sections of the society and different age groups of the population. It may incorporate different income and social groups.

Sustainable Community

The project should aim at designing affordable housing and evolving a sustainable community with diverse neighbourhoods. The community shall have its own local shopping facilities and also provide for some workspaces such as offices and workshops. It shall have its own network of educational institutions such as primary and high schools, health care facility, community and recreational facilities. All efforts shall be made to evolve its humane character.

Sustainable Humane Habitat

The project should aim at achieving a high standard of sustainability and affordability. It should incorporate sustainable technologies such as water harvesting, energy efficient design, recycling of wastes and other principles of sustainable humane architecture.The sustainable community should be accessible through public transportation networks and preferably be a car-free community. The landscape design of the project would aim at achieving harmony with nature thus contributing to evolution of a sustainable humane habitat.

Eligibility

The competition is open to all registered undergraduate / post graduate / doctoral students of any nationally recognized school, college or institution of architecture, engineering, planning, urban design, landscape design, environmental design and related disciplines of anthropology, sociology, economics, geography, social work, etc.

The Student group shall be headed by a student of architecture. The participants may be individuals or a group of not more than 5 students. The students shall fill in the registration form and air mail it along with the supporting certificates from the head / director / principal of the school / college / institution for each of the student participant.

Awards

First Prize INRs 75,000/-

Second Prize INRs.50,000/-

Third Prize INRs.25,000/-

Maximum of 5 Honourable Mentions without any case prizes shall be given.

Deadlines

Early registration: US $ 50 to be received by December 31, 2009

Late registration: US$ 75 up to January 25, 2010

Queries; December 31, 2010.

Final submission date: January 25, 2010.

Jury dates; January 27-28, 2010.

Awards declaration, January 31, 2010.

Publication of document: August 15, 2010

www.humanehabitat.org

Champ-de-Mars station, with its magnificent glassworks by renowned artist Marcelle Ferron, is one of the few landmarks remaining from the time before the construction of the Ville-Marie expressway. The immediate perimeter of the station forms a link between downtown Montréal and Old Montréal, and is one of the main pedestrian access routes to the historic district.

Refelecting on the Quality of Public Spaces in Montréal

The competition invites entrants to submit development proposals that integrate smoothly with the existing public spaces and take into account the current and future built environment, including the impending Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. Proposals must promote citizen appropriation of the urban environment and provide a development framework that facilitates movement through the city.

This design competition is the third to be implemented in the wake of the commitments announced by the Mayor of Montréal at the Pecha Kucha Night for Elected Officials on September 30, 2008. It aims to provide tangible impetus for creativity in made-in-Montréal design and architecture and widen access to public design commissions to the largest possible number of practitioners.

About the Competition

The concept competition is being held on an anonymous-entry basis and is open to all design professionals, students or consortiums whose main place of business is located in Canada. It is a single-stage competition, with two submission categories, one for professionals and the other for students. The language of the competition is French. However, the conceptual approach may include a text in English.

Proposals received will be studied and evaluated by a jury on the basis of the following criteria:

• enhancement of the architecture and glassworks of Champ-de-Mars métro station
• reinforcement of the pedestrian links and access routes leading from the station to all of the surrounding areas
• innovative and esthetic qualities of the project
• atmosphere created by the planned action

The jury members are:

• Melvin Charney, architect
• Odile Decq, architect and Director of the École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris
• Jacques Des Rochers, Curator of Canadian Art, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts
• Michel Dionne, architect, Cooper, Robertson & Partners, New York
• Raphaël Fischler, urban planner and professor at the School of Urban Planning, McGill University
• Mario Masson, landscape architect and Division Manager, Service du développement culturel, de la qualité du milieu de vie et de la diversité ethnoculturelle, Ville de Montréal
• Alessandra Ponte, associate professor, School of Architecture, Université de Montréal
• Philippe Poullaouec-Gonidec, landscape architect and holder of the UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design at Université de Montréal

Instructions for Prospective Entrants

Registration is free and mandatory. Each entrant must complete the form available here, by January 15, 2010. Download the competition regulations here.

Proposals must be sent no later than February 10, 2010, at 5 p.m. (local time) to:

Ideas Competition
Redesigning of the area around Champ-de-Mars metro station
A/S bureau Design Montréal
303, rue Notre-Dame Est, 6e étage
Montréal (Québec) H2Y 3Y8

Entrants who have questions about the competition must submit them by e-mail to the Design Montréal office at info@realisonsmontreal.com, no later than January 15, 2010.

The design competition is being jointly run by the Design Montréal office and the Urban Planning division of the Ville de Montréal’s Service de la mise en valeur du territoire et du patrimoine.

http://www.realisonsmontreal.com

Architects, designers and planners are invited to prepare concept plans for the redevelopment of two significant downtown/village center sites in the Pioneer Valley, a region of Western Massachusetts defined by the Connecticut River Valley. These redevelopment sites are located in Southampton and Palmer.

The goal for this international design competition is to create a local example of smart re-use, and to provide a model of how communities in the region can grow smarter. With the partnerships formed through this competition process, there will be significant momentum for turning the winning concept plan idea into reality.

Early registration is open until October 15, 2009. Late registration is due by January 15, 2010.

http://www.valleyideas.org

Fostered includes two competitions: a standard open to all applicants and a student competition open to those enrolled at a university at the time of the submittal deadline. Entries from each competition will be evaluated and awarded separately.

Challenge:

Develop an architectural design to foster healthy emotional development for homeless child/ren.
What challenges must they face in order to become well-adjusted adults?

Considerations:

Who are the world’s homeless children?...refugees, orphans, foster care, children in poverty, those in poor family structure, the disowned, runaways…

What challenges must they face in order to become well-adjusted adults?

http://www.sociodesignfoundation.org/2010comp.html

The Land Art Generator Initiative is the artworld’s responsible answer to the question:

“what comes after oil?”

The long-term goal of the Land Art Generator Initiative is to design and construct a series of land art installations that uniquely combine aesthetic intrigue and artistic concept with clean energy generation. The LAGI viewing platforms will be tourist destinations, drawing people from around the world to experience the beauty of the collaborative artworks. At the same time, the art itself will continuously distribute clean energy into the electrical grid, with the sculptures having the potential to provide power to thousands of homes.

We are living in a world in which the climate is deeply affected by the burning of fossil fuels for energy generation and in which it is estimated by the oil industry that petroleum reserves will be mostly used up by the time children born today reach middle age.

So what can the artworld do in order to stimulate change at an even faster pace? Why not create works of art that themselves provide clean, infinitely renewable energy to the world? These artworks can be large-scale installations related to the genre of land-art. They can be profound and lasting statements of purpose. Their message can reach across generations and continents.

The time is now to do whatever we can to make the shift to cleaner forms of energy.  Art has the power to reach the hearts and the minds of the world, and it is this power that we must tap into if we are to see substantive change.

This open call to interdisciplinary teams is the first step in the process of inititating this change. The winning proposal will be the first in line to be constructed. Once completed, it will be the first of its kind in the world.

An exhibit of all qualified proposals will be held at the conclusion of the competition. This exhibit will provide a forum for a public presentation and discussion of all of the works. It is the intention of LAGI to have this exhibit travel to as many venues as possible in the time after the competition period in order to broaden the audience that is a part of the dialogue.

The designs should be considered first and foremost as Land Art Installations. The considerations for energy generation should come in a close second. What this means is that the installations are art first, power plants second. There will most-likely be sacrifices to be made in terms of efficiency of energy generation in order that the design function primarily on a conceptual and aesthetic level. The objective is not to design and engineer a device that provides the cheapest KWh or the most energy per square meter of land.

eVolo – to study, to develop, to evolve, to fly away…

The launch of eVolo Magazine is a step closer to our objective to provide a forum for showcasing the most innovative, the most avant-garde designs that will define architecture in this century.

After several years of organizing the annual Skyscraper Competition it has become a renowned architectural prize around the world. The best projects of each competition are widely published from architecture, design, and fashion publications to technology, business, and entertainment magazines. The winning projects are also featured in websites, television documentaries, and galleries.

We would like to invite students and professional architects, engineers, and designers to take part in the 2010 Skyscraper Competition.  The main idea of this contest is to examine the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community and the skyscraper and urban living.

In the last few years we have seen hundreds of new skyscrapers been developed around the world without careful consideration to the context or environment. There is a constant lack of urban planning and poor architectural design without intellectual or perceptual enjoyment. The aim of the competition is to push our imagination to redefine the term skyscraper through the use of new materials, technology, aesthetics, programs, and spatial organizations. Globalization, environmental warming, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution are just some of the multi-layered elements that should be taken in consideration.

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 http://www.evolo-arch.com

Registration fee:

US $60 until November 17, 2009 (early registration)
US $85 from November 17, 2009 to January 12, 2010 (late registration)

One registration = one project. Participants may submit various projects but they must register each entry.
Individual entries are accepted.
There is no limit on the number of participants per team.
After your registration has been approved eVolo will send the registration number which is necessary in the submission boards.

Schedule:

June 15, 2009
Competition announcement, registration begins, acceptance of questions

November 9, 2009
Acceptance of questions deadline

November 17, 2009
Early registration deadline

November 23, 2009
Answers to questions posted on website

January 12, 2010
Late registration deadline

January 18, 2010
Submission deadline

February 22, 2010
Winners’ announcement

Submission requirements:

This is a digital competition and no hardcopies are necessary. Entrants will submit their proposal via email no later than January 18, 2010 (23:00 hours US Eastern Time) to the following email address:  skyscraper2010@evolo-arch.com  The project submission must contain the following files:  1. Two boards with the project information including plans, sections, and perspectives. Participants are encouraged to submit all the information they consider necessary to explain their proposal. These boards should be 24” X 48” in HORIZONTAL format. The resolution of the boards must be 150 dpi, RGB mode and saved as JPG files. The upper right corner of each board must contain the participation number. There should not be any marks or any other form of identification. The files must be named after the registration number followed by the board number. For example: 0101-1.jpg and 0101-2.jpg. 
2. A DOC file containing the entrants personal information, including name, profession, address, and email. This file must be named after the registration number followed by the word “info”. For example: 0101-info.doc.
3. All the files must be placed in a ZIP folder named after your registration number. For example:  0101.zip

Jury:

To be announced on July 13, 2009

Awards:

1st place. US $2000
2nd place. US $1000
3rd place.  US $500

Winners and special mentions will be published in several magazines including eVolo_04. 

Previous winners have been included in Aeroflot (Russia), Architecture and Culture (Korea), Bauwelt (Germany), C3 (Korea), Casamica (Italy), Enlace (Mexico), Focus (Canada), Future Arquitecturas (Spain), Grazia Casa (Italy), L’Arca (Italy), Le Fourquet (Mexico), L’Uomo Vogue (Italy), Pasajes de Arquitectura (Spain), Quo (China), Space (Korea), Spade (Canada), Spazio Casa (Italy), Tatlin (Russia), Time Style and Design (USA), Wettbewerbe Aktuell (Germany), Vogue (Australia, USA), Vox Design (Poland)

Regulations:

This is an anonymous competition and the registration number is the only means of identification. The personal information files will be kept by the General Advisor and will not be opened until the Jury has selected the award winners.
1. The official language of the competition is English. 
2. The registration fee is non-refundable. 
3. Any participant contacting the members of the Jury will be disqualified. 
4. Entrants will be disqualified if any of the competition rules are not considered. 
5. Participation assumes acceptance of all the competition rules.

http://www.evolo-arch.com

Judging the competition are some of the world’s most respected architects and environmentalists, including William McDonough, Edward Mazria, Stefan Benisch, Andrew Bowerbank, Thomas Auer, Judith DiMaio, and George Baird.

The competition will be judged on the aesthetics, energy efficiency, smart technology, return on investment and potential as a solution for a large number of buildings. The deadline for the submission of designs is January 10, 2010.

The Z-Prize:
The winning 5 entries will be monitored for a period of 3 years after completion of the retrofit to examine and compare how they actually perform in practice. The Z-Prize will be given to the building that has most reduced the energy per square foot, averaged over the 3 years of monitoring. We hope to make the Z-Prize, the largest prize in the world for architecture so as to encourage high quality worldwide participation.

Zerofootprint is an organization dedicated to a mass reduction in global environmental impact.  We provide software and services to individuals, governments, universities and corporations that measure and manage carbon footprints and engages employees and citizens worldwide in combating climate change.

Zerofootprint is offering the ZEROprize to the design team who can take an older concrete high-rise structure and, using re-skinning along with other retrofitting technologies, reduce its carbon, water, and energy footprint to net zero while also maintaining the highest architectural design standards.

To secure the ZEROprize, a candidate building will be required to have a net zero footprint for one year.

The Re-Skinning Award
In addition to the ZEROprize, the supporting Zerofootprint Re-Skinning Award will be offered every year. The Zerofootprint Re-Skinning Award is meant to attract state-of-the-art retrofitted and re-skinned buildings that are exceptional, but do not meet the performance standards of the ZEROprize.

The objective of the Re-Skinning award is to stimulate global interest in new building technologies, an area that the media tends to underreport, and accelerate innovation in a critical industrial sector. Through its website, the Re-Skinning Award will also provide building owners everywhere with quantitative information explaining how green, retrofitting technologies can reduce energy demand, clean our cities, and save them money.

The Re-Skinning Award entry date is January 10, 2010.

http://communities.zerofootprint.net/building-re-skinning-competition/

Travelers want to be surprised or wowed each time they walk in. The reason for a more casual ambience in hotels can also be attributed to the need of frequent travelers to feel at home. Only a decade back, renovations and would be carried out at a gap of five to seven years. The periodicity has now increased to three to five years. Additionally, as business travel has increased all across the globe, new hotels are constantly being built in major destination cities.

This has increased the workload on designers, but eased their work because of the hotel’s enthusiasm to experiment. Modular building is one way to help maintain all the aspects of a modern hotel within the newly shortened lifespan and demand for “the next best thing.”

The competition asks students to learn about modular building techniques and systems in the design of a modern and sustainable Miami Beach hotel. Objectives for the competition include:
1.To research, respond to and highlight the unique aspects of designing a modern hotel that serves the selected site and community of Miami Beach, FL
2.To learn about and utilize the modular building process to develop a mutli-story design that meets both the program requirements and promotes advancements for future modular buildings
3.To design a facility that utilizes sustainable features in the areas of thermal comfort, indoor air quality, day lighting, acoustics, energy efficiency, resource strategy, aesthetics, and economic practicality (ability to attain LEED certification is preferred but not required)
4.To develop a design that compliments the existing buildings and natural surroundings of the community both now and into the future
5.To develop a design that reflects the unique culture, history and climate of Miami Beach site

Winning designs will be awarded $2500 for first place, $1500 for second place, $750 for third place, or $500 for each honorable mention (3).

For more information on the competition, to download the program or to register you or your team (teams may be up to four students) please visit the competition Web site at http://www.aias.org/modularbuilding.

The competition calls for transformative solutions that advance sustainable thought, building performance, and social interaction through study of intrinsic environmental geometries, social behaviors, urban implications, and programmatic flows.  Special emphasis may be placed on housing concepts that investigate dialogues including engagement of internal/external socio-economic diversity, change/adaptability over time, public/private realm connectivity, and permanence/impermanence of materiality.  d3 challenges participants to rethink strategies for investigating residential design from macro-to-micro scales ranging from urban—promoting broader physical interconnectivity; communal—exploiting an interaction of units with shared facilities; and internal—examining the interior particularity of the unit, individual, or family in housing design toward promoting identity, ownership, and intimacy.

An architecture of emergence suggests that design expression requires purpose beyond formal assumption and aesthetic experimentation itself.  Concurrent with sustainable thought, the d3 Housing Tomorrow Competition assumes that architecture does not simply form, but rather perform various functions beyond those conventionally associated with residential buildings.  Accordingly, design submissions must be environmentally responsible while fostering inventive conceptual living solutions for today and tomorrow.  Although proposals should be technologically feasible, they may suggest fantastical architectural visions of a sustainable residential future.

The d3 Housing Tomorrow Competition allows designers freedom to approach their creative process in a scale-appropriate manner, from large-scale master planning endeavors, to individual building concepts, to notions of the interior realm.  Although there are no restrictions on site, scale, program, or residential building typology, proposals should carefully address their selected context.

Visit the competition website for further details:

http://www.d3space.org/competitions

d3 is an organization committed to advancing innovative positions in art, architecture, and design by providing a collaborative environment for artists, architects, designers, and students from throughout New York City and around the world.

Socio Design Foundation: Encouraging social change through design-based dialog.

December Challenge: Sacred Space for Atheism

Through a single vignette, respond with a spatial interpretation and/or answer to December’s challenge. See Submission for further details.

http://www.sociodesignfoundation.org/2009minidec.html

• Addresses a pressing social need within a community
• Can be implemented within that community
• Delivers positive results that can be measured

• Paid directly to the vendors contracted to execute the project
• Paid to the school or organization who will oversee the execution of the project

Worldstudio will determine the best way to distribute the award money on a case-by-case basis.

Deadline

The application deadline is December 31, 2009. A complete case study must also be posted on the Design Ignites Change website by December 31, 2009.

Eligiblity

The following groups enrolled in Design Ignites Change are eligible to submit projects developed in 2009 for an award:

• Colleges/universities engaged in projects that use design thinking to address social issues
• Colleges/universities engaged in a youth mentoring program around social issues
• Creative professionals engaged in a youth mentoring program around social issues

Participants in the basic Create! Don’t Hate. billboard mentoring program are not eligible, but any unique extensions – in addition to the billboards – of the Create! Don’t Hate. program, developed by the mentoring organization and the mentees can be submitted.

Deadline for abstracts is week 47. Deadline for final submissions is week 50.
Join us making issue #3: Glamorous Compromise and send your ideas and abstracts to: submission@conditionsmagazine.com

website: http://www.conditionsmagazine.com

What if when you take a lunch break, parks literally broke from the earth, airlifted above the clouds escaping into the sunlight, landing within the hour leaving you at peace with the world?

http://www.plasticityfantasticity.com (see for full details)

The aim is to present an organised, pleasant and sustainable experience, to the circa 150,000 yearly visitors, whilst highlighting the landscape setting of the site and the removal of past interventions which have a negative impact on the setting.

The project shall include the construction of an Interpretation Centre, which shall act an orientation point for the various cultural sites in the village of Xaghra whilst including a permanent display focusing on Gozo’s prehistory, pathways to link the Interpretation Centre to the Temples, and the Temples to the ‘Exit Point’, including the rehabilitation and landscaping of the Heritage Park and the restoration and rebuilding of approximately 200m of rubble wall, as well as an ‘Exit Point’ including a souvenir shop and other basic amenities for the visitors to the Heritage Park.

Towards this end, Heritage Malta, has launched a design contest for ‘Enhancing the visitor experience in the Ġgantija Heritage Park World Heritage Site’. More information can be obtained from http://www.heritagemalta.org/erdf032. Submission date is the 16th December 2009.

HB:BX Building Cultural Infrastructure
The High Bridge International Ideas Competition

Launch Party
September 10 | 6:00-8:00 pm
Trespa Design Centre
62 Greene Street NY, NY 10012
FREE Admission
RSVP: Please e-mail enyacompetitions@gmail.com

September 10, 2009, NEW YORK, NY. The Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA), AIA New York Chapter, is pleased to announce its fourth biennial international ideas competition, High Bridge: Bronx, Building Cultural Infrastructure (HB:BX). Please join us at the Trespa Design Centre in SoHo, September 10 at 6:00 pm to help us celebrate its launch.

This competition is open to all emerging professionals, including, but not limited to, architects, artists, engineers, landscape architects, urban designers, and planners who have completed their education at the undergraduate or graduate level within 10 years of the competition announcement (September 10, 2009). The registration deadline is November 18, 2009, and the submission deadline is January 18, 2010. An online gallery will feature all submitted design entries. In addition, cash prizes and inclusion in an exhibition and publication will be awarded to the winning designs.

HB:BX is an open ideas competition to design an arts center that culturally reinforces the physical connection between the Manhattan and Bronx High Bridge communities of New York City. Working in cooperation with the arts organizations Artists Unite and the Bronx Museum of the Arts, ENYA means to draw awareness to the current efforts to restore and reopen the historic High Bridge. This competition is a forum to explore the urban and community improvement opportunities that may come with the achievement of such a momentous milestone. Thus, ENYA challenges designers to explore how disused structures can be reprogrammed into elements of a vibrant urban cultural center. Entrants are also challenged to rethink the relationship between existing infrastructure (aqueduct, railway, highway) and the contemporary urban context. These issues, universally relevant to any growing city, take on a more site-specific nature when considering the importance of the High Bridge and the topographic challenges posed by the steep riverbanks of the Harlem River. Also defining this competition are the unique clients who ask entrants to reconsider architecture’s role in the creation, display, and experience of viewing art in one of the world’s most culturally vibrant cities.

General information about HB:BX follows:
Type: International Ideas Competition.
[Note: The competition results are intended to generate ideas for the site and will not result in actual development by ENYA or other parties involved.]

Registration Begins: Sept 10, 2009
Early Registration Ends: Nov 15, 2009
Late Registration Ends: Dec 15, 2009
Submission Deadline: January 15, 2010 (postmarked)
Open to: Emerging Designers
Entry Fee: $35 Student, $65 Individual, $110 Team (2-4), $300 Group(5+)
Awards: $5,000 (ENYA prize), $2,000 (2nd Place), $1,000 (3rd Place), $1,000 (Student)

About ENYA, AIA New York Chapter
ENYA (Emerging New York Architects) is a forum for the interests and activities of students, interns, associates, and new architects. The committee, which is part of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, establishes networking, mentoring, technical, and public advocacy initiatives to foster the professional development of architecture students and young professionals and to strengthen the quality of the built environment.

About the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter
Founded in 1857 by seven visionary architects, the AIA New York Chapter is the first and largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Today, the AIA New York Chapter is a membership-based organization comprised of licensed architects and professional affiliates in real estate, construction, engineering, and facilities management, and currently has 4,300 members. Operating out of the Center for Architecture, a storefront space in Greenwich Village, the Chapter is dedicated to three primary goals: public outreach, professional development, and design excellence.

The AIA New York Chapter is guided by the work of its dedicated committees. Over two-dozen committees, open to all interested, are continually exploring such vital issues as housing, planning, urban design, community development, historical preservation, and environmental sustainability. The AIA New York Chapter also serves as an advocate in public policy discussions with governmental decision-makers and other civic and professional associations.

The AIA is asking designers to submit new, unbuilt building projects that address America’s most pressing design needs for the 21st century. This can include, but is not limited to: sustainability, public infrastructure, affordable housing, retrofitting suburbs and other resource-intensive built environments, urban farming, and rehabilitating dilapidated urban cores. This requirement is intentionally flexible. The most important factor is that each design offers an innovative solution to a concrete and unsolved problem. The winning designer will be announced in AIArchitect with a feature article on their design in January.

Let’s see what tomorrow’s generation of architects has to offer America today!

Details on Facebook

Submissions

All information must be submitted online by December 11, 2009. Please see “Principles Underlying Election to Honorary Membership” for more information.  Component or Knowledge Community sponsors must notify the appropriate regional director of the nomination.

Nominations

Any member of the national AIA Board of Directors, or a representative of an AIA Component or Knowledge Community may nominate:

• Persons of esteemed character who are not eligible for membership in the Institute but who have given distinguished service to the profession of architecture or the allied arts and sciences
• National and component staff members who have served on staff for a period of at least 10 years.

Required Submission Materials

Jury

William E. Holloway, AIA (Chair), Wilmington, Del.
Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects, PC

Anne J. Swager, Hon. AIA , Pittsburgh
AIA Pittsburgh

Benjamin Vargas, FAIA, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bartizan Group Project Managers, PSC

(2010 Jury Coming Soon)

Year Awarded: 2010
Submission Deadline: December 11, 2009
Award Category: Achievement, Membership

Contact:
Elizabeth Henry
202.626.7563
ehenry@aia.org

Sponsoring Organization:
American Institute of Architects

The AIA Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community established this awards program to emphasize the importance of good housing as a necessity of life, a sanctuary for the human spirit and a valuable national resource. The categories are (1) One and Two Family Custom Residences, (2) One and Two Family Production Homes, (3) Multifamily Housing, and (4) Special Housing.

AIA Housing Awards Call for Entries

Submissions

Entries must be submitted before midnight Eastern Time on December 11, 2009. 

The submission deadline date will be strictly observed; no exceptions will be made. No entry fee will be refunded for entries that are disqualified, late, or not completed. Payments and submissions will only be accepted online.

Please review the 2009 AIA Housing and HUD Walk Through before beginning your submission. 

Eligibility

All architects licensed in the U.S. are invited to submit their completed, built projects located in the U.S. In addition, owners of structures or projects fitting the eligibility guidelines may submit those projects for review. Projects completed since January 1, 2004, are eligible.

2009 Jury

Kenneth H. Workman, AIA, Cincinnati (Chair)
RWA Architects, Inc.

Rainy Hamilton Jr, AIA, Detroit
Hamilton Anderson Associates, Inc.

Jane Kolleeny, New York City
Architectural Record Magazine

Jeff Oberdorfer, FAIA
First Community Housing

(2010 Jury Coming Soon)

Year Awarded: 2010
Submission Deadline: December 11, 2009
Entry Fee Deadline: December 11, 2009
Award Category: Achievement, Design

Contact:
honorsawards@aia.org
1735 New York Ave., NW
Washington DC
United States of America

Co Sponsors:
The AIA Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community

The Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community of the AIA, in conjunction with HUD, recognizes excellence in affordable housing architecture, neighborhood design, participatory design, and accessibility. Good design is a cornerstone of thriving homes and communities of all incomes and backgrounds. These awards demonstrate that design matters, and provide examples of important benchmarks in the housing industry. The categories of the program include (1) Excellence in Affordable Housing Design (2) Creating Community Connection Award (3) Community-Informed Design Award (4) Housing Accessibility - Alan J. Rothman Award.

AIA/HUD Secretary’s Awards Call for Entries

Submissions

Entries must be submitted before midnight Eastern Time on December 11, 2009.

The submission deadline date will be strictly observed; no exceptions will be made. No entry fee will be refunded for entries that are disqualified, late, or not completed. Payments and submissions will only be accepted online.

Please review the 2009 AIA Housing and HUD Walk Through before beginning your submission.

Eligibility

AIA-member architects with completed projects, located in the U.S., are welcome to submit. In addition, owners of structures or projects fitting the eligibility guidelines may submit projects for review. Projects completed since January 1, 2004, are eligible. HUD funding is not a requirement for any applicant in this award program.

Past Recipients

For information on past recipients, please visit the awards page on HUD USER, HUD’s research-focused Web site.

2009 Jury

Kenneth H. Workman, AIA, Cincinnati (Chair)
RWA Architects, Inc.

Rainy Hamilton Jr, AIA, Detroit
Hamilton Anderson Associates, Inc.

Jane Kolleeny, New York City
Architectural Record Magazine

Jeff Oberdorfer, FAIA, San Jose, Calif.
First Community Housing

Luis F. Borray, Assoc. AIA
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

Regina C. Gray, PhD
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

(2010 Jury Coming Soon)

Year Awarded: 2010
Submission Deadline: December 11, 2009
Entry Fee Deadline: December 11, 2009
Award Category: Achievement, Co Sponsored

honorsawards@aia.org
1735 New York Avenue, NW
Washington DC

Co Sponsors:
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Submission Deadline: Friday, December 11, 2009

SHIFTboston is calling on all visionaries to submit his and her most provocative ideas for the City of Boston.  Think: WHAT IF this could happen in Boston? SHIFTboston seeks to collect visions that aim to enhance and electrify the urban experience in Boston. We want innovative, radical ideas for new city elements such as: public art, landscape, architecture, urban intervention and transportation. Competitors could explore topics such as: the future city, energy efficiency and ecological urbanism. YOU TELL US.

The honorary recipient will receive a cash prize and present at the SHIFTboston Forum at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston on January 14, 2010. The winning entry will be displayed on billboards, bus shelters, subway cars and post cards in the Boston Metropolitan area. All eligible entries will be promoted on the SHIFTboston blog and website and will become part of the SHIFTboston Exhibit.

For information please visit http://www.shiftboston.org

A juried competition to select 2 talented young architects or architectural designers (or firms/collaborations) to receive a “Young Architectural Talent” award, give a lecture, and be featured in an online publication. Jury will evaluate
each entrant’s Submission Package based on the following criteria:

• Clarity of the entrant’s thoughts and the translation of that into his/her/their design work.
• Relevance of the entrant’s thoughts and work to today’s times and issues.

Download call for entries

Call for entries – please submit work for consideration in any format.  By email: submit links, text description, or attached files no larger than 2 MB to unplanned@superfront.org . By hard-copy, submit to SUPERFRONT BK, 1432 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216.  Please do not send original work.  If you want your materials returned, include a self-addressed stamped envelope.  For consideration, all materials need to be received by November 30th.

Architects, urban designers, and planners selected for exhibition will be notified December 8th.

Unplanned will open at SUPERFRONT LA at the Pacific Design Center in January 2010 (exact date TBA) and will be on view for 3 months

A member of the Design Loves Art program at the Pacific Design Center, SUPERFRONT LA is the temporary off-shoot of Brooklyn’s SUPERFRONT, a gallery and project space promoting experiments in architecture.

http://losangeles.superfront.org/2009/10/call-for-entries-unplanned/

Bridges are built to connect, traverse, and inspire.  The pedestrian and cyclist bridges planned to reach across the run will be the defining elements in bringing people to the shores of the stream and to each other.  As pieces of transit infrastructure, the bridges will also link neighborhoods, streets, and pathways, thus providing a more accessible and desirable means to walk or bike across the region.  The first of these bridges is to establish the design language for the others to follow, and is the subject of this professional competition.  Taking inspiration from its surrounding natural and industrial elements, the bridge is to be a modern, sustainable, and sculptural piece, spanning clear across the run with minimal impact to the streambed. 

The competition to design and build this bridge begins with a request for qualifications and culminates in a public presentation given by three finalists.  A winning team will be chosen based on the strength of their professional skills and the potential for their conceptual design to become an icon for the Four Mile Run and its surrounding community.

Please visit http://www.4milerun.org/ for more competition details.  The deadline to submit qualifications is 4:00 pm (EST) December 7, 2009.

The ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition is part of the Institute’s ongoing effort to raise interest among young people in creating better communities, improving development patterns, and increasing awareness of the need for multidisciplinary solutions to development and design challenges. This competition is an ideas competition; there is no expectation that any of the submitted schemes will be applied to the site. The winning team will receive $50,000 and the finalist teams $10,000 each.

http://www.udcompetition.uli.org

Eligible projects include industrial sites returned to industrial or transformed into commercial, open space, and/or residential uses. Projects must be submitted by an authorized principal or partner of an architecture, landscape design or planning firm, located within the Mid-Atlantic region.

Complete details and submission guidelines can be found at http://infillphiladelphia.org/

Eligibility
The competition is open to all students, designers, architects, light designers,
artists, engineers, etc. Participants may work individually or as part of a team.
Multidisciplinary teams are encouraged and only one entry is permitted per
team.

Requirements
Entrants to this year’s Associate AIA Window Display Competition are encouraged. Installation designs must explore multiple uses for Artemide’s light fixtures and will be judged on the design’s ability to integrate Artemide’s fixtures with the entrant’s concept for light as stimulus. The installation should be appropriately sized to accommodate a 12’-0” X 5’-0” X 10’-0” volume of space on the interior face of
the north showroom window and fit through a 6’-0” X 8’-0” door. No alteration to the existing structure will be permitted. No attachments to the interior flooring will be permitted. Anchors, attachments, or supports on interior walls or ceiling must be of a temporary nature. The construction budget is limited to $1250 and shall not be exceeded.

Submission
No registration fee to enter. Please register with name and e-mail address at windowcomp@gmail.com to receive a registration number. Entries are to be a single 24” x 36” board, mounted on foamcore, oriented in either portrait or landscape. Write the registration number in the upper right corner on the back of the board. Deliver the submission to the Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street. Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Jury
Jurors will be announced in October. Jury will take place in December of 2009.
Winning entry & Other prizes The winning entry shall be constructed as the showcase piece of Artemide’s seasonal reception at the Philadelphia Office. The winning designer will assist during the fabrication process by providing sketches, details, and clarification to Artemide’s construction team. Prizes are to be determined.

Schedule:
December 4, 2009 – Entries due by 5PM
December 18, 2009 – Winners notified
December 2009 – January 2010 – Installation of winning entry at Artemide
February TBD – Opening reception at Artemide Showroom in Philadelphia

{visit} aiaphiladelphia.org / artemide.us

Taking the competition as a platform let’s open out technology of solar building, promulgate the concept of sustainable operation, express our love and responsibility to the children in disaster area and make their life and studying filled with gladness, hope and genial sunshine.

THEMES OF COMPETITION:
1. Rural Sunshine Primary School in Ma Er Kang area;
2. Rural Sunshine Primary School in Mian Yang area.

ORGANIZER:
International Solar Energy Society
Chinese Renewable Energy Society

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Institutes of architectural design, colleges and universities, research institutions and research and manufacture enterprises of solar energy are welcome to make competition groups with professionals of architecture, structure and equipment to attend the competition.
• Please visit http://www.isbdc.cn  You may fill the registration list according to the instruction and gain an exclusive number of your work after submitting the list. One work only has one registration number. The number should be indicated in the top left corner of each submission work with height in 6mm. Registration time: 25th June, 2008 - 1st December, 2008.
• Participants must agree that the Organizing Committee may publish, print, exhibit and apply their works in public.
• The authors whose works are edited into the publication should cooperate with the Organizing Committee to adjust their works according to the requirements of printing.

2009 Competition Brief .PDf | Website http://www.isbdc.cn

By participating, manufacturers and designers have the opportunity to gain international exposure and a local marketing edge. Winners and finalists receive measurable outcomes including vast media exposure, print and online promotion, point-of-sale advantage, product exhibition opportunities, market credibility, peer recognition, and much more.

Eligibility
Entry is open to all professionally designed products available for sale in Australia and products professionally designed by Australians for overseas markets. For a full list of terms and conditions of entry, visit http://www.designawards.com.au

As the preeminent symbol of authority in local communities, a municipal courthouse must express solemnity, stability, integrity, rigor, and fairness. Furthermore, the building must be the embodiment of the surrounding community’s history, religious and secular beliefs and cultural differences. Many courthouses strive to contribute positively to the architectural fabric of the local community.

As publicly funded buildings, municipal courthouses need to be as energy efficient as possible. Utilizing green building principles in design makes sense both environmentally and financially. Having a publicly used, LEED® certified building can help introduce community members to green building principles.

Sponsored by Kawneer and administered by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), this competition challenges students to learn about building materials, specifically architectural aluminum building products and systems in the design of a secure and sustainable municipal courthouse. While open to any student, the competition is designed for advanced students. Total prize money is $7,225, including $2,500 for the first place winning design.

www.aias.org/kawneer

The exterior design and materials of these centers is very important due to the need to attract patrons and serve as a vibrant and visually interesting destination. Modern finishes, bright colors, cleanable surfaces and durable materials are the mainstays for these designs. Trespa panels are an ideal material both to meet the needs of the project and to allow for the design of a creative and engaging space.

Sponsored by Trespa International and administered by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), the program challenges students to learn about building materials, specifically architectural wall panels and systems in the design of an engaging and sustainable City Entertainment Center. The competition is open to any design student in North America. Total prize money is $7,675, including $2,500 for the first place winning design.

http://www.aias.org/trespa

Thousands of people commute by the small swath of land everyday by foot, bike, car and boat. However there is no formal structure or landmark at the Bohemian Flats Park to call out to everyone passing by. This competition is seeking a solution to that problem.

By locating a small park pavilion and boathouse at the Bohemian Flats Park, the site will once again become the destination for the city’s residents and visitors. In addition to the boathouse, landscape planning and additional signage may be implemented within the design.

By utilizing vinyl building products in the design of the new Bohemian Flats Boathouse, designers will be able to ensure the building is not only cost effective, but energy efficient and resistant to the drastic climate changes, among the other benefits offered by vinyl building products. In developing an efficient and creatively designed facility, the boathouse may endure as a landmark on the river front for years to come.

Sponsored by The Vinyl Institute and administered by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), the program challenges students to learn about building materials, specifically vinyl building products and systems in the design of an efficient and creative boathouse for the Bohemian Flats Park in Minneapolis, MN. The competition is designed for architecture and design students of all levels. Total prize money is $7,675, including $2,500 for the first place winning design.

http://www.aias.org/vinyl

In law, real estate is defined as a term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is fixed in location. Real estate is often considered synonymous with real property, in contrast with personal property, meaning movable property or any property that can be moved from one location to another.

MONU #12 seeks to explore how people in the real estates business perceive and conceive cities. What do cities look like in the eyes of real estate investors, property managers, and urban developers? What is a good and what is bad city according to real estate agents? This issue tries to illuminate the hidden forces that ultimately establish the physical reality of cities.

But this issue is not meant to be merely polemical and critical of financial forces and economic power that are related to real estate in cities - no Don-Quixotean anti-capitalistic battles shall be fought - but rather attempts will be made to reveal the particular interests of people involved in the real estate sector and their consequences on the built environment. What concerns us most is to put those topics on the agenda and to understand their impacts and dependencies. Nevertheless, radical critical texts are also very welcome.

This call for submissions invites sharp texts, significant and relevant projects, artistic reflections, but also applicable photography or illustrations on the topic of “Real Urbanism” for our next issue of MONU. Abstracts and ideas should be sent with a word count of 200 to 500 and images and illustrations in low resolution to info@monu-magazine.com by the end of November 2009. MONU #12 will be published in the winter of 2010.

Download the new Call for Submission - Poster for Real Urbanism!

You can pick whatever building you want to write about, but it must be a bioscience building and you must provide printable pictures (hi-res and with permission granted).

We are interested specifically in learning:

* how architects engaged scientists in the design process and what they learned from them;
* how architects managed the constraints of the site;
* what choices were made about layout, materials and aesthetics;
* how lab space is laid out and why
* what other projects influenced the design choices made; and
* what works well (and/or not so well) in the building

Socio Design Foundation: Encouraging social change through design-based dialog.

November Challenge: Sociology of Green

Through a single vignette, respond with a spatial interpretation and/or answer to November’s challenge. See Submission for further details.

http://www.sociodesignfoundation.org/2009mininov.html

JUDGING CRITERIA
Designs will be judged on principles such as urban landscape, sustainable development and mobility, adaptation strategies for natural environment and social inclusion. There are no restrictions on population density or city area. The proposed site corresponds to the actual location of the city of Guadalajara in Mexico. Participants are asked to act as if the land was never occupied. (See site plan)

CONTESTANTS
Bachelor of Architecture and urbanism students (80% of credits). Master and PhD students, as well as independent professionals up to 35 years old of any nationality.

SUBMISSION GUIDE
PROJECT SHEET
A single sheet per project (dimensions 45 x 120 cm), vertical orientation, plotted on vinyl, photo glossy or similar. Mounted on foam board panel with brown paper envelope (or similar). The project sheet must contain a frame (10cm wide X 5 cm height) in the lower right corner of the sheet along with a 3 letter and 3 number code. The code is chosen by the participants.
IDENTITY DOCUMENTS
One A4 envelope with the chosen code written on the lower right corner. The envelope must contain copies of the identity documents of the participants along with a short curriculum and personal data (e-mail, telephone, and fax)
CD-R / DVD-R
As well as the project sheet, the entrant is requested to submit original digital data of the project in full resolution (Full size images, editable AutoCad plans or compatible formats). The submitted data must not contain information that points in any form to the authors. The chosen code must be written on the disc case and disc label to guarantee the anonymity of the entry.

PRIZES
First place (one) $50,000.00 (Mexican pesos)
Honorable Mentions can be assigned at discretion of the jury.

JURY
Entries will be juried by a panel of renowned leaders in the fields of architecture and urbanism. The identities of the jury as well as the result of their decision will be public on Thursday, December 3, within the activities of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, and on the website by December 7.
http://www.arpafil.com

INQUIRIES & RECEPTION OF WORK
No registrations are necessary for this competition. The entries are registered when received at the address: Analco 285, Col. Barrio de Analco, Guadalajara, Mexico. Postal Code 44450. Submission deadline: Friday, November 27 at 18:00 hrs. (All entries must reach the competition office before the deadline) E-mail: concurso@arpafil.com    all necessary costs for submission (mail / airmail / air courier / EMS charge, tax, insurance, etc.) must be fully paid by entrants.

DESTINATION OF THE ENTRIES
The participants grant all copyrights to the organizing committee for handling and publication of the entries. No entries will be returned.

(Helsinki, 23 October 2009) Lappset Group, the well-known and unconventional producer and developer of playgrounds, is organising an Open-For-All Design Competition. The aim of The Lappset International Design Competition is to challenge traditional playground concepts. Lappset is looking for new, inspiring, brave and out-of-the-box ideas for future playgrounds. The core idea is to create a meeting point that unites three different generations; children, teens and the elderly.

The competition is divided into two categories: the Category for Playground Area and the Category for Playground Equipment. Participants can leave their proposals for both categories or, alternatively, for one of them. As the Competition entails two rather different tasks, participants are invited from a wide range of the design profession: Landscape Architects, Architects, Urban Planners, Designers, Graphic Designers, etc. - and naturally students and amateurs in this field. The participants are also encouraged to form Design Groups, where all aspects of the Playground Design are covered.

The competition Prizes totals approx. €7 000. In addition, it is very likely for the winning work to be made or built into a real playground. Any participating work may well end up as part of the Lappset Group’s product range, naturally for a separate compensation.

The Lappset International Design Competition opens on the 2nd of November 2009 and ends on the 20th of November 2009. The competition has no entry fee. Please find more Competition information on http://www.rethinkingplayground.com.

For further information, please contact:
Mr. Hannu Ylinenpää
Marketing Director
Lappset Group Ltd
hannu.ylinenpaa@lappset.com
Tel. +358(0)207 750 101

Lappset Group Ltd is one of the leading manufacturers of playground equipment worldwide. Our products bring joy to millions of children and adults in more than 40 countries. The Lappset International Design Competition is part of our 40th birthday celebration and highlights our commitment to safer, better and greener environment for future generations.

Subject: “Change the way we think about playgrounds”
Competition webpage: http://www.rethinkingplayground.com
Category: International
Type: Open to All
Submission Deadline: 11/20/2009
Registration Deadline 11/20/2009
Entry Fee: None
Awards: Prizes totals approx. €7,000, In addition, it is very likely for the winning work to be built
Jury: Not yet announced
Address: Lappset Group Ltd. Hallitie 17, P.O. Box 8146, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
Contact Email: Hannu.ylinenpaa@lappset.com
Tel. +358(0)207 750 101

Travelers want to be surprised or wowed each time they walk in. The reason for a more casual ambience in hotels can also be attributed to the need of frequent travelers to feel at home. Only a decade back, renovations and would be carried out at a gap of five to seven years. The periodicity has now increased to three to five years. Additionally, as business travel has increased all across the globe, new hotels are constantly being built in major destination cities.

Sponsored by the Modular Building Institute and administered by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), the program challenges students to learn about modular building techniques and systems in the design of a modern and sustainable Miami Beach hotel. The competition is designed for North American design students of all ages. Total prize money is $7,225, including $2,500 for the first place winning design.

http://www.aias.org/modularbuilding

Judges include some of the most well-known designers in the world, including Gaby Brink, founder and creative director, Tomorrow Partners, Berkeley, CA; Michael Patrick Cronan, partner, Cronan, Berkeley, CA; Thom Faulders, founder, Faulders Studio, Berkeley, CA; David Meckel, FAIA, director of research and planning, California College of the Arts, San Francisco; Clement Mok, designer, instigator, and consultant, CMCD Inc., San Francisco; Debra Nichols, founder, Debra Nichols Design, San Francisco; and Peter Stathis, founder, Virtual Studio, San Francisco.

Winners are featured in the May issue of EXHIBITOR magazine. The early bird, discounted deadline is Nov. 20, 2009. The final deadline is Dec. 11, 2009. Visit http://www.exhibitoronline.com/awards/designawards.asp, or contact Linda Armstrong, larmstrong@exhibitormagazine.com, 1-972-317-1005.

Each team member has a defined responsibility.  The theatre students will act as the “Client” and the architectural students as the “Designer”. The “Client” is responsible to teach the “Designer” about the workings and artistry of Theatre!  The “Client” will define the detail needs of the theater complex and provide at least one critique of the design produced by the “Designer.”  It is desired that that the “Client” will remain an active member of the design process.  The design solution MUST be the result of a “Conversation” between the “Client” and “Designer”.  History proves the most successful theatre design solutions take into account all aspects and needs of theatre production, artist presentation and audience interaction.

Prize
$1,000 and coverage on Dwell.com
Winner Announced: November 23rd, 2009

Judging Criteria
  * Must be an original, unbuilt rendering of a residential garage that holds no more than three vehicles
  * Must include at least one integrated technological system geared toward automobile maintenance and/or storage
  * Proposed structure must be constructed of predominately recyclable materials

Submission Details
  * Include at least two Google SketchUp renderings of the garage, including an interior rendering that illustrates the proposed technological system and an exterior rendering
  * Include the name of the entry
  * Include a 500-word description of the overall concept, including choice of materials and an explanation of the proposed technology and overall sustainable features

http://www.dwell.com/contests/Parkitecture-Design-Competition.html

The project consists about developing two tower models, one typical and another one at the corner, on a sloping ground, considering an existent spatial, urban and real estate proposal. The “Green 360” Project consists in developing 4 “loft” apartments in each building, designed to enjoy the exclusive view of the “Los Inkas Golf Club”, the city of Lima and the Pacific Ocean on a clear day. The towers should project a contemporary image, actual and front line, destined not only for the district in which it is to be built, but also for the global village.

http://www.arquitectum.com

Designers are encouraged to develop and present ideas that reflect SALT’s mission: assisting low-income individuals and families to secure good housing, become homeowners and improve their economic position by working with donors of land to maximize and leverage tax advantages and benefits generated in the course of developing a full array for land use options for each parcel, including affordable homes, jobs, recreation, agriculture and open space. Site planning and housing designs must demonstrate: innovative sustainable solutions that can also be applied to meet future housing needs, a zero net energy goal, multiple benefits including job creation, carbon and cost reduction, and opportunities for local food production/agriculture.

This competition will be conducted in two stages. The first stage will be open to all design professionals: architects, urban designers, landscape architects, engineers, and others who are interested in housing issues. All first stage submissions will be anonymous. A Competition Jury comprised of design professionals and community representatives will select the five most promising submissions to become Competition Finalists. Subject to financing, the Second Stage will proceed with each Finalist team receiving an honorarium toward their Second Stage competition costs, which will include design responses to Jury and community comments regarding their First Stage designs, and preparing a study model of their design. Second Stage teams must include at least one Architect licensed in the State of California. Association of out-of-state professionals with California-licensed colleagues (preferably those within an hours drive to the San Francisco Bay area) is permitted.

More info at http://www.nfh.org/competition.html

There have been big changes at McDonald’s recently - from new menu ranges to re-designed restaurants. Calling all design students and recent graduates, here’s your chance to get in on the action and showcase your talent!

The Design Institute of Australia invites Australia’s and New Zealand’s best young designers to submit entries into the inaugural Big Picture Design Challenge.

THE CHALLENGE: Design outstanding images destined for any surface or area at McDonald’s restaurants, which define and promote Australia’s and New Zealand’s diversity.

OPPORTUNITY: See your designs in McDonald’s restaurants.

$4,000 in cash prizes to be won!

Committed to supporting and actively promoting design and designers since 1947, the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) is the voice for design in Australia. The DIA is a membership body representing professional designers and design businesses from across   Australia.

For over 35 years, McDonald’s has been a part of the fabric of Australian society with over two thirds of stores owned and operated by small business people.  In recent years, McDonald’s Australia and New Zealand has taken a contemporary approach to refurbishing its restaurants with the help of the region’s best designers.  Architecture and interior design featuring photography and illustrative graphics have become an integral part of communicating McDonald’s brand and providing unique and interesting environments for their customers.

Through a partnership between the DIA and McDonald’s, the Big Picture Design Challenge will provide a unique opportunity and platform for young designers.

Entries close 12 October 2009

More information: http://www.design.org.au/bigpicture

DESIGNING THE MYRTLE AVENUE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA aims to further involve the community in the creation of a great public space on Myrtle Avenue, generating design and programming concepts that are progressive and sustainable, and that support a variety of user groups and activities while capturing the energy, diversity and dynamic character of our community.

The Call for Ideas is open to any person who wants to participate in the visioning and creation of a new public space for the community, including future users, and amateur and professional designers alike. Participants can enter as individuals or work collaboratively. We encourage submissions that take either of the following two formats:

Best Practices - Compelling examples from existing public places that can serve as best practices in guiding the design and management of the Plaza.

Original Designs - Plans and/or renderings that express your vision of the Myrtle Avenue Pedestrian Plaza, its features and amenities.

Applicants should prepare entries for submission by November 16, 2009. All entries will be reviewed by professional planners on staff and the Myrtle Avenue Pedestrian Plaza Advisory Committee. Selected entries will be displayed online, to gather community feedback and generate discussion about the design of the Pedestrian Plaza. All submissions collected through the Call for Ideas will be used to inform and advise the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership staff and Pedestrian Plaza Advisory Committee for initial and ongoing meetings with the professional design team, to be selected by NYC DOT in the fall of 2009. There will be additional opportunities for public involvement via community design charrettes, which will take place once the professional design team is assigned to the project.

Submission Guidelines

DESIGN CRITERIA
Submissions should consider:

Size / Dimension / Location – The plaza will be roughly 25,000 sq. ft., located on the narrow service road parallel to Myrtle Avenue between Grand Avenue and Emerson Place (two blocks long). See attached street geometry.

Amenities – The design should strive to include, at a minimum, the following features: (1) a small, semi-permanent structure to house a potential concession, (2) concepts for incorporating permanent public art into the plaza, (3) space(s) designated for temporary public art installations, (4) the planting of many more trees and greenery, (5) abundant seating (both fixed and movable), (6) space for bicycle parking, and (7) a bus stop shelter for the eastbound B54.

Sustainability – Designs should incorporate principles of sustainability in design (via storm water retention, paving, greening, lighting, etc.) and materials selection (the BID will be responsible for plaza maintenance; materials should be relatively low cost and easy to maintain).

Programming and Sociability – The plaza should allow programming opportunities for all ages and abilities, encourage social interaction, feature flexible areas that can accommodate a number of uses (performances, temporary markets, special events), incorporate passive recreation, and encourage use by a diverse cross section of the community.

SUBMISSION CRITERIA AND HOW TO SUBMIT
Entries can take all shapes and sizes; from professional renderings to amateur illustrations, sketches, and photos.
Each submission should include:
1. The name of the design and contact information for all individuals contributing to the submission
2. An explanation of how the idea addresses the design criteria outlined above and any further details necessary for understanding the design, concept and special features of the plaza
3. A brief discussion of public programming options, the social use of the space, and long-term management
4. No more than ten images.

E-mail JPG or PDF files to sarah@myrtleavenue.org. Include the name of the design and lead author of the project in the document names. Any large scale drawings or images can be mailed or dropped off at our office at 472 Myrtle Avenue, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11205.

If you have any questions, please contact Sarah by phone, 718-230-1689 or email, sarah@myrtleavenue.org.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

NYC DOT Street Design Manual:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/streetdesignmanual.shtml
Description of existing conditions:
http://www.myrtleavenue.org/projects_PublicSpace.cfm#HallToEmerson
Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership
http://www.myrtleavenue.org/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/20/Submit-Your-Ideas-for-the-Myrtle-Public-Pedestrian-Plaza

Additional photos and CAD files of NYC DOT Street Geometry available by request.

http://www.mercedes-benz.am/competition.html