The completed Entry must be submitted to the Mystery Build Contest by or before 09/16/12.

Entrants must complete a Submission Form at www.mysterybuild.com and upload photographs and/or video of the finished Entry as well as photographs or video of the Entry in progress.

Over $10,000 in cash prizes.

Please follow the following guidelines in order to participate:
Submit in English Language: Please submit your final project in English in order for us to fully understand what you wish to portray. In the last edition, several projects were submitted in a different language and although we did our best to translate them ourselves, it was still very difficult for us to grasp the essence of those projects. We encourage you to provide text in your own language as well, to reach a larger audience. If you do submit a project written in your native language, please include a clear and concise summary in English.

Max. 10 Presentation Boards: Please do not exceed 10 presentation boards (scaled size approximately A4 in size, for an average computer monitor), either in portrait or landscape view to be submitted to Register@GraduateArchitecture.com. The total size may not exceed 10mb and should be sent as a single .PDF file.

Project Description included in presentation boards: A clear and and to the point description of your final project is necessary for us as well as other readers to understand your thoughts. All text should be included in your 10 presentation panels.

5-digit code: In addition you can make up your own 5 digit reference code (composed of either letters and/or numbers for organizational reasons). It can be any combination of letters and/or numbers (please keep in mind it is only for a reference so make up a code you can remember). This code does not need to be on your presentation panels but do name the .PDF with your code (example: John_Doe_ABC01.pdf).

Contact Information: Submit your personal or group contact information in the following format: 01. Project title 02. Names of all participants & e-mail addresses. 03. The university at which you attained your architectural degree 04. The names and contact information of the tutors at your University. Send us this information both in the text body of the email and in a separate .PDF file. Please disclose that you wish opt-out of having your information published, should this be the case. If you would like to have your contact info published, please include this information on the last page of your presentation boards.

Two (2) Project Thumbnails: Please also include an image that you would like to represent your project, this will most probably be your best rendering or most illustrative picture. (Dimensions height: 270 x width: 350 pixels for the first thumbnail and height: 390 x width: 780 pixels for the second). Click here to download the thumbnail template/ description (served as a guideline, its design is fully up to you as long as you include all necessary information and limit the dimensions of 270 x 350 & 390 x 780 pixels).

Send your digital presentation boards and project thumbnail to Register@GraduateArchitecture.com. As the email's subject, only only include your name and university at which you have done your final project. Please don't hesitate to contact us for any questions you might have, but please read our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) first.

The jury will consist of Architects, Urbanists, Designers, Students and some of the previous winners of the Graduate Architecture Award. Winners will be based on all-round creativity, design concept, problem solving, sustainability and more (there is not one, but many aspect projects will be reviewed on).

For more information visit our website: www.GraduateArchitecture.com.

http://landartgenerator.org

Press release

Start-ups from all over the world can participate. Final selection will take place at the Saint-Gobain booth at Greenbuild in San Francisco on November 15, 2012, where the most promising 8-12 start-ups will take part in a "speed-dating" session. Three winners will be chosen.

The competition's winners will benefit as follows:

• The top three cash prizes are: $50,000 (first place), $25,000 (second place) and $10,000 (third place).
• The NOVA External Venturing team will work with the most promising start-ups to assess the possibility of partnerships with Saint-Gobain (joint development, license, financing, etc.).

Time line :

• Submission deadline (in English only): June 30, 2012
• Selection of finalists: early September 2012
• Speed-dating session for the finalists with Saint-Gobain representatives at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in San Francisco: November 15 2012

Download the competition rules

Download the registration form

Submit your proposal: externalventuring@saint-gobain.com

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Exhibit Dates: October 1st - 31st, 2012

Location: Gallery / Art Space - Paris + Online @EWNS Gallery

Title: "International ContemporaryArtists Exhibition"

Theme: Artist's choice/No Theme

Deadline for Submission: June 15th, 2012. (No exceptions).

Eligibility:

• Open to all artists from around the world, 18 yrs of age and older.
• Eligible media : Paintings, photography, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, glass, etc. Media not accepted : Giclee prints, video/film and live performance pieces.
• All work must be original.
• Coherent set of artworks, executed in a contemporary way.
• Artists must submit a minimum of 3 images per medium that best represents their work and pay a non-refundable entry fee of 30 euros minimum (via PayPal)
• Each artist can participate in multiple categories, with a maximum of 10 pieces/category (to be submitted separately).
• The work must be recent, preferably made in last two years prior to the starting date of this exhibition.
• All artworks must be for sale.
• Maximum size limitations 40" in or 100cm in any direction, Maximum weight limitations 150lbs / 68 kg.
• EWNS will not accept items for hanging using saw-tooth hooks or inadequate wiring. All framed works must be properly wired for display.
• Publishers, galleries, agents, and collectors may not submit artwork on behalf of artists.
• Entries must be submitted via email.

Submit online at website : www.ewnsartproject.eu

This collection of essays will focus on terrain vague�marginal, semi-abandoned space in or along the edge of the city�as abstract concept, specific locale, and subject of literary, architectural, or otherwise artistic intervention.

Ignasi de Solà-Morales defines terrain vague as land in a �potentially exploitable state but already possessing some definition to which we are external,� or �strange places� that �exist outside the city�s effective circuits and productive structures� (119, 120). Gil Doron similarly defines �landscapes of transgression� as derelict sites where �nature has started to reconstruct the built or (now) �ruined� environment. . . . space[s] that opened in the dichotomy of what we perceive as city and nature� (255).

We are particularly interested in responses to the idea, as expressed by Luc Lévesque, that ��terrain vague� offers a counterpoint to the way order and consumption hold sway over the city. Offering room for spontaneous, creative appropriation and informal uses that would otherwise have trouble finding a place in public spaces subjected increasingly to the demands of commerce, the �terrain vague� is the ideal place for a certain resistance to emerge, a place potentially open to alternative ways of experiencing the city.�

We invite submissions from a range of fields, in particular literature, architecture, ecocriticism, urban studies, cultural geography, the visual arts, and film studies. Suggested topics may include:

Site and situation
Forms of documentation
Contextual definitions/theorizations
Urban wilds
Transgression and recreation
Urban natural history
Environmental justice
Interventions

Please send abstracts of 300 to 500 words, accompanied by a brief bio, to site.situation@gmail.com. Inquiries are welcome.

The deadline for abstracts is 1 June 2010.
Completed essays will be due on 1 February 2011.

Manuela Mariani, The Boston Architectural College
Patrick Barron, University of Massachusetts, Boston
�That zero panorama seemed to contain ruins in reverse, that is�all the new construction that would be built. This is the opposite of the �unromantic ruin� because buildings don�t fall into ruin after they are built but rather rise into ruin before they are built.� Robert Smithson, �A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey�

References
Doron, Gil. �The Dead Zone and the Architecture of Transgression.� City: Analysis of Urban Trends, Culture, Theory, Policy, Action 4.2 (2000): 247-63.
Lévesque, Luc. �The �Terrain Vague� as Material�Some Observations.� http://www.amarrages.com/textes_terrain.html
Solà-Morales, Ignasi. �Terrain Vague.� Anyplace. Ed. Cynthia Davidson. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995. 118-23.
Smithson, Robert. �A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey.� Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings. Berkeley: U of California P, 1996.

The competition proposes the design of a multifunctional structure for different types of emergencies involving a large part of Indian society.  A Horizontal Farm, which contains a range of services and functions that improve the quality of life of residents. At the same time should not be changed customs, traditions and cultural roots of people who live in this way by hundreds of years.

Now through May 18, 2012, applications are being accepted. Entrants must submit an original building design with four (4) elevations rendered in color, and may submit one (1) additional drawing of their choice. The project must include the exterior trim system specified for Andersen A-Series or 400 Series products.  See the official rules for details.

Up to five (5) designs will be selected. Contest winners will receive a trip to Minnesota for an architectural tour of the Twin Cities and a facilities tour of Andersen Corporation. Each winning design that is built on or before May 30, 2013 will also receive Andersen exterior trim (up to 700 linear feet); an approximate retail value of $7,000.

Find official contest rules here: http://www.andersenwindows.com/exteriortrimcontest

To showcase the new Andersen® Exterior Trim System, the company is launching a contest for architects and designers to render and submit an original building design using Andersen exterior trim as a building component.

Now through May 18, 2012, applications are being accepted. Entrants must submit an original building design with four (4) elevations[MD1]  rendered in color, and may submit one (1) additional drawing of their choice. The project must include the exterior trim system specified for Andersen A-Series or 400 Series products.  See the official rules for details.[MD2]

Up to five (5) designs will be selected. Contest winners will receive a trip to Minnesota for an architectural tour of the Twin Cities and a facilities tour of Andersen Corporation. Each winning design that is built on or before May 30, 2013 will also receive Andersen exterior trim (up to 700 linear feet); an approximate retail value of $7,000. Find official contest rules here [MD3] and view the wide variety of trim styles and colors[a4]  at www.andersenexteriortrim.com.

Andersen’s new Exterior Trim System makes installation a snap. Can you imagine installing finished trim on an average house in just half a day and never touching it again? Sound too good to be true? Not anymore.

The Andersen trim system saves time on the jobsite because it can be ordered along with the windows and arrives ready for installation. Available completely assembled and finished for most windows and in pre-cut kits for patio doors, the Andersen Exterior Trim System makes measuring, cutting, filling nail holes and painting a thing of the past. Installation takes as little as five minutes for an exceptional fit and lasting finish. It’s made of Fibrex composite material, which is highly sustainable, low maintenance and virtually impervious to water. In addition, it installs independently of the window or door’s water management system. Trim is available in 11 colors and a range of architectural styles.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED AND IN PUERTO RICO.  The Andersen® Exterior Trim Design Contest (this “Contest”) starts on 1/19/2012 at 12:01 AM Central Time (“CT”) and ends on 05/18/2012 at 11:59:59 PM CT (the “Contest Period”). Open only to eligible architects or designers, who are legal residents of the United States and 18 or older at the time of entry. During the Contest Period, enter by submitting an eligible building design, online at http://www.andersenwindows.com/exteriortrimcontestentry or by mail to Andersen Exterior Trim Contest, Andersen Corporation 100 4th Ave. N., Bayport, MN, 55003.  Sponsor will award 5 Prizes. Prize is a 3-day, 2-night trip to Minneapolis, MN (ARV: $3,000) and up to 700 ft of Andersen® Exterior Trim for constructing winner’s design (ARV: up to $7,000). Trim must be redeemed on or before 05/30/2013. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. See Official Rules for all details, including eligibility, design submission, determination of winners, prize details, etc. at http://www.andersenwindows.com/exteriortrimcontestrules. Sponsor: Andersen Corporation 100 4th Ave. N. Bayport, MN 55003[MD5] .

At ArchMedium we would like to propose a project that will help us rediscover our primitive instincts. We want to create a bond again with Mother Nature. We want to reestablish the ancient connection between Man and the glories of His planet. This is an experience that too frequently eludes us in our contemporary, urban lifestyles.

What we want to create is a Northern Lights observatory located in one of the most extreme latitudes inhabited by Man, surrounded by lush, endless forests and nature in its purest form. A place where one can retreat for a few days to completely disconnect from the daily routine and plunge headfirst into a world of observation, relaxation, and learning.

The Site

Rovaniemi is the ideal location for such a project. Located in the icy curls of the Arctic Circle, this capital of the Finnish Lapland is not only the final stop north on the Finnish railway system, but is also the supposed hometown of Santa Claus! And best of all…the Northern Lights are visible in Rovaniemi up to 200 nights per year.

Jury

• President – Josep Llinás
• Design Studio – Pere Joan Ravetllat (Ravetllat Ribas)
• Young architect – Mara Partida (MX-SI)
• History and composition – Celia Marín (ETSAB/UPC)
• Local Architect(Finland) – Philip Tidwell (Aalto univ.)

Prizes

5000euros+publication in architecture magazines+exposition in ETSAB Barcelona and Aalto university

Calendar

15 May  2012.…..……..........…............…..End inscriptions

31 May 2012………...................……Submission Deadline

www.archmedium.com

In today’s world creative ideas are becoming crucial to success of all populations especially when social, economic and technological issues are becoming more complex.  How can “innovative minds” be invigorated by an architectural design to promote solutions for our complex problems?
An architectural design needs to become a catalyst for the innovative mind within physical and or virtual environments.  This design needs to promote the human condition by inspiring the minds of the intended users to an unprecedented level.  This may be accomplished on any scale; micro or macro.  The designer will decide how to inspire users to develop or use their innovative minds directly or indirectly as a result of the architectural design.

Awards

Innovative Minds Competition – Winner Gurroo Award

$1000 + (10% of registration fees) to winning project.  Personal Profiles will be created on the Gurroo website promoting the authors of the winning project.  The winning project will also be showcased on Gurroo website for an extended period of time.

Honorable Mentions – 10 Projects will receive this award.  These awards will be determined by the preliminary judging conducted by Gurroo LLC and the Official Judging Panel with no association with Gurroo LLC.  Honorable Mention projects will be showcased on the Gurroo website.  Candidates will also be involved in the judging of the winning project.

Open Source Design Tools Donation
10% of Registration fees will be donated to an open source design programming organization to ensure the development of open source design programs.  These tools are encouraged to be used in the development of competition submissions.  A list of several programs may be found on the Gurroo website.

Registration

Registration must be completed by May 1, 2012.  Individuals or teams must pay a $30 fee.  The registration fee will be collected through Google Checkout.

Definitions

Innovative: The introduction of something new. A new idea, method or device.
Mind: The part of an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and especially reasons.

Site Selection

Any site may be chosen for the design competition.  Open site selection.

Eligibility

Open to all individuals and teams of up to 4 members.  Students and Design Professionals are encouraged to register.

Dates

January 2012 – Competition Requirements Announced
February 1, 2012 – Registration Begins
May 1, 2012 – Registration Deadline
June 15, 2012 – Submission Deadline
June 16- June 22, 2012- Preliminary Judging Evaluation by Gurroo LLC.
May 23-May 29, 2012- Official Judging Panel Evaluation
June 30-July 6, 2012- Honorable Mention Judging
July 9, 2012 Winner of the Innovative Minds Competition Announced.

Submission Requirements

Boards must be submitted electronically by June 15, 2012 to Gurroo LLC to qualify for the competition.  Registration must be completed prior to project submission.

1. Project Statement (300 words) .doc file format.
2. Two (2) boards, 24″ x 36″ 300 dpi submitted electronically in PDF format. Horizontal orientation.

Board Requirements

1. Renderings evoking an emotive quality using unique techniques.
2. Section, Elevation and Plan drawings, which best describe the project.
3. Diagrams describing how the project addresses the competition challenge statement.
4. Registration number located clearly in the upper right corner of both boards.
5. Correct spelling and punctuation in all text.
6. Text must be at least 12 point font.
7. English is the official language of the competition.  No other languages may be used.

Judging Process

Preliminary judging will be conducted by Gurroo LLC to verify projects meet required competition rules and requirements.
Secondary Judging will be conducted by an appointed panel of 3-5 judges.  These judges will not be associated with Gurroo LLC.  This judging panel will nominate a select number of honorable mention projects.
A final winner will be decided by the group of honorable mentions selected by the Judging panel.
Honorable Mention Candidates will be required to vote for the top projects based on a point value system.  The candidates cannot vote for their own projects but will be required to evaluate the other projects to decide a winner.

Judging Criteria

Minimum Criteria

1. How well does the project answer the Design Challenge with a successful architectural solution?
2. Overall quality of the presentation boards.
3. Graphic quality of drawings clearly display the essence of project.

www.gurroo.com

WORKSHOP THEME: Social Housing

PLACE: Yaroslavl, Russia

DATE: May, 1-9, 2012

CONSTRUCTION BUDGET: 9000 $

The organizers of workshop aim to teach participants a creative method of doing free-for-all architecture with the minimum construction budget.

A series of lectures will be read during the workshop. Such hot questions will be raised up and discussed as — the combination of uniqueness and massness of architecture, the low budget and quality of a product, the professional dialogue with the customer of middle class and with the low income, the compromise between an architect and a customer as a key issue of architecture and form finding/morphogenesis.

Within the holding of workshop, the action which does not have any analogs in Russia will be spent — the construction of the sample of the house in real time; with step-by-step analysis of each constructive and architectural decision with the participants of workshop.

All participants of the workshop will make impressive common theoretical and practical work with the house of new typology as a result. The final lecture will be read in this new house of social availability.

Ten best works will be exhibited and discussed in the workshop; the authors of the most striking works will be awarded with prizes from the sponsors, an opportunity to present your creative methods in front of the audience and be published on the websites of the organizers and media partners.

How does a five week competition work?

The FIVE brief & website contains contextual information giving general hints relevant to the overall challenge. At noon on March 22, the specific challenge will posted to the website & emailed to all registrants giving them five weeks to create a unique solution.

Entries are due by noon, April 26. http://www.fivedesignchallenge.com/

Award: $5,000 to be used toward studying architecture abroad Eligible applicants: students in architectural programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Illinois - Chicago, or the School of the Art Institute Chicago.

www.aiachicago.org

OPENGAP organizes this open ideas competition seeking for innovative, cutting-edge, contemporary, proposals for indoor, non-comercial leisure spaces.

Participants are invited to submit their proposals for a new type of indoor public space that respond to the present social needs, integrated in an urban site.

Each participant or team will define the location of their Project. However, the proposal must justify the choice of the location and the interaction reached between the proposal and the context.

The competition is open to all architects, designers, architecture students and to people around the world interested in the topic. Competitors can subscribe individually or as a team of maximum of 5 people.

The proposal submission will consist of two digital images in .jpg format, not bigger than 4MB each.

Awards

• First Prize, 2000 Euro
• Second Prize, 700 Euro
• Third Prize, 400 Euro
• Mentions, Mentions will not have an economic prize.

Schedule

BEGINNING OF THE COMPETITION: December 12, 2011
QUERIES SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 10, 2012
REGISTRATION 1ST PERIOD: From December 12, until January 10, 2012
REGISTRATION 2ND PERIOD: From January 11, until February 07, 2012
REGISTRATION 3RD PERIOD: From February 08, until March 06, 2012
REGISTRATION 4RD PERIOD: From March 07, until April 10, 2012
COMPETITION REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 10, 2012
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Until April 17, 2012
JURY EVALUATION PERIOD: During April-May 2012
WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: May, 2012
AWARDING OF PRIZES: June, 2012

Registration fees:

1ST PERIOD (from 12/DEC/2011 to 10/JAN/2012): 29,00 euro
2ND PERIOD (from 11/JAN/2012 to 07/FEB/2012): 50,00 euro
3RD PERIOD (from 08/FEB/2012 to 06/MAR/2012): 65,00 euro
3RD PERIOD (from 07/MAR/2012 to 10/APR/2012): 80,00 euro

Competition Language

English and Spanish

More info:

www.opengap.net

competitions@opengap.net

Due to the urban structure of New York city, most buildings don't have more than 2 visible and livable facades; the front and the back, which makes the façade one of the most important element of the building. The choice of having the facade treated in one way or another determines the qualities of the interior and exterior experience (Opaque, transparent, hollowed..) but we wonder: and WHAT ABOUT THE IN BETWEEN?

The challenge of this competition is to design a temporary structure/installation that will challenge the common purpose and use of a façade. A traditional facade is usually experienced as a flat 2 dimensional element where the quality it generates is mostly about visibility/transparency and aesthetics. We would like to transform the facade into a 3dimensional element. We want the proposed projects to enhance the experience of entering a space beyond just opening a door. We are interested in the "in between" experience created between the exterior and interior part of the structure.

The site

The proposed site is located outside of the milavec Hakimi Gallery at 51 cooper square in NYC. (the new cooper union building) We wish the proposed project to be inspired by this amazing building showcasing how a facade can be way more than just a bi dimensional element. The MIlavec Hakimi Gallery is an art gallery showing fun contemporary art and therefore we ask you to relate your work with a progressive contemporary thinking. The starting point of your work should be the conception of a 3dimensional front to the gallery`s existing glass wall. This 3dimensional front must have a certain depth in which different experiences can take place. The experiences we are seeking are related to the activities of the gallery. Your proposed structure/s can either integrate art pieces into it (Outdoor exhibition space) or simply offer an experience where it`s the art piece itself.

The Program

The program set for this challenge is comprised of a 550 Sq. feet (50 M2) of exhibition structure/installation. The structure's purpose is either the serve as an experimental installation positioned outside of a gallery and play a role in the ongoing exhibition or to provide the gallery with an outdoor exhibition space that will show up to 6 works of different nature. The structure may have an interior space but should be conceived as an on open public space. Your work can also be conceived as several independent objects/structures that will form a front to the gallery. You are not obliged to use the whole foot print allocated in the plan nor use the maximal height. The conception of lighting and sound are welcome and will be considered a + for the project.

• 550 feet of structure / Installation space. (50 M2)
• Maximal height of the structure is set to 17 feet. (500 cm) See elevation
• No restrictions on width or length for the structure (Within the site boundaries).
• The structure has to be structurally independent and must not touch the adjacent walls or any of the building's elements. It can be anchored to the ground.

What we look for

anonymous.d is looking for original responses... We are looking for something simple but powerful enough to intrigue the passer by. We want people who see the work to question the visual but to be even more surprised the unique architectural/human experience this work will offer. We are also looking for the technical intelligence of mounting a relatively small structure by the use of simple materials assembled together in a sophisticated way leading to a unique aesthetic expression. Parametric design methods are encouraged.

More information on www.anonymousd.com

The participants should take into consideration the advances in technology, the exploration of sustainable systems, and the establishment of new urban and architectural methods to solve economic, social, and cultural problems of the contemporary city including the scarcity of natural resources and infrastructure and the exponential increase of inhabitants, pollution, economic division, and unplanned urban collapse.

The competition is an investigation on the public and private space and the role of the individual and the collective in the creation of a dynamic and adaptive vertical/horizontal community. It is also a response to the investigation and adaptation of new habitats and territories based on a dynamic equilibrium between man and nature – a new kind of responsive and adaptive design capable of intelligent growth through the self-regulation of its own systems.

There are no restrictions in regards to site, program or size. The objective is to provide maximum freedom to the participants to engage the project without constraints in the most creative way. What is an ecological multi-functional building in the 21st century? What are the historical, contextual, social, urban, and environmental responsibilities of these mega-structures?

Dizining is committed to continue stimulating the imagination of designers around the world – thinkers that initiate a new architectural discourse of economic, environmental, intellectual, and perceptual responsibility that could ultimately modify what we understand as a contemporary skyscraper, its impact on urban planning and on the improvement of our way of life.

http://dizining.com/contest

Sponsor of the competition: Kingspan company

Competition organizer: Magazine Arhitekton

Opening date: December 30, 2011; Closing date: April 6, 2012

Awards:

1st Prize: 2000 Euro
2nd Prize: A three day trip to Austria, professional tour and visit to the Zumtobel factory
3rd Prize: Free one-year magazine subscription, publishing of the awarded work, public promotion of the work and possibility of publishing one more project in the following year

Competition is in the international category. It is open to architects and students of architecture. The subject of this competition is the preliminary design of the Architecture Pavilion. Approximate dimensions of the Pavilion should be 3.6 x 12m and the height of the pavilion should not exceed 4.2m. The pavilion design should include materials such as sandwich panels of Kingspan product range. Location and other parameters of the project are optional. It is required to design interior and exterior lighting solutions. Creative usage of different panels should result in a project that realistically reflects the idea of contemporary architecture and affirms architecture itself. Similar to Mies van der Rohe's pavilion for the Exhibition in Barcelona, the Architecture Pavilion should represent a "universal, timeless and spaceless building". Special attention should be paid to facade and light. By diverse usage of interior and exterior light project should generate high-quality ambience in compliance with its purpose.

All entries must be submitted in digital format - two posters (w/h: 68cm/84cm) at 240dpi. Discs with .pdf, .psd, .eps or .jpg files should be sent to: Magazine Arhitekton, 18 Svetogorska, 11000 Belgrade (Serbia), or you can contact: office@casopisarhitekton.com for internet submission instructions.

Deadline for submission is April 6, 2012.

Magazine Arhitekton will organize printing and prepare prints for the exhibition "The 2nd Annual Magazine Award" which will be held in Belgrade. In addition to the winning projects, other selected projects will be presented at the exhibition. The segment of the pavilion will be built and assembled in the exhibition area.

The winners of the competition will be announced in one of the issues of Arhitekton Magazine and at www.arhitekton.net, after the competition closure.

For more information about the Kingspan products visit www.kingspan.rs or contact: info@kingspan.rs

For more information about the competition contact: office@casopisarhitekton.com or visit www.arhitekton.net

Competition purpose and goal: to obtain a quality urban design concept that meets all the functional and economic criteria required to create a new and modern segment of the city centre, while both adding value to the wider urban area and providing a reminder of the historical development of the site. The site area should become a new factor in the definition of identity of this part of the city as well as the central point for the most relevant activities in the fields of business, tourism, hospitality, culture and art, while remaining a location providing quality everyday life environment for its inhabitants both today and tomorrow.

The competition is open to all professionals, who hold a master's degree in architecture or have completed a five-year course of study and are graduate engineers in the field of architecture and urban planning.

Deadlines

Competition start date: Tuesday, 10 Jan 2012
Inquiries deadline: Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012
Entry submission deadline: Thursday, 5 April 2012, 12:00 CET

Competition brief is available at the DAZ web page: www.d-a-z.hr/en/competition/badel

Contact:

Phone. +385 1 4816151, Fax +385 1 4816197, E-mail: badel@d-a-z.hr

Awards

Provided that at least ten (10) competition entries, that meet all the competition and profession criteria, are received by the closing date specified above, the Competition Jury will award the following prizes, accompanied by the gross amounts specified below:

First prize: 226,800.00 HRK (approx 30,240.00 €)
Second prize: 170,100.00 HRK (approx 22,680.00 €)
Third prize: 113,400.00 HRK (approx 15,120.00 €)
Fourth prize: 56,700.00 HRK (approx 7,560.00 €)

Competition Jury

These are the seven (7) members of the Competition Jury, who have been appointed to evaluate the competition entries:

1. Zoran Boševski architect, Croatia, President of the Competition jury
2. Jadranka Veselić Bruvo, architect, Croatia, Vice president of the Competition jury
3. Prof. Tadej Glažar, architect, Slovenia
4. Prof. Ir. Francine Houben, architect, the Netherlands
5. Irena Matković, Msc, architect, Croatia
6. Silvije Novak, professor, Croatia
7. Toma Plejić, architect, Croatia

Deputy of a Competition Jury member: Robert Jonathan Loher, architect, Croatia

Expert advisors:

1. Prof Anka Mišetić, PhD, sociologist, Croatia
2. Tamara Rogić, PhD, architect, Croatia

Technical Committee:

1. Ana Dana Beroš, architect, Croatia
2. Azra Suljić, architect, Croatia
3. Marko Trzun, architect, Croatia

Competition secretary: Sanja Cvjetko Jerković, architect, Croatia

For additional information, see the DAZ web page: www.d-a-z.hr/en/competition/badel

ARQUIA, an international development firm interested in conducting architectural contests at a worldwide level, requires a new kind of “Condominium Tower” for one of the most beautiful residential zones in Lima. The architecture of this new building should reflect contemporary design tendencies, standing out for the uniqueness of its architectural design, while meshing in with the surrounding San Isidro urban tissue.

THE PROJECT SKY CONDOS

The desired residential condos strive to become a new prototype for one of the key residential areas in Lima, Peru. In other words, this project should be think for a single person (single, divorced, widow or a newly wedding couple) who wish to live in the coolest zone of San Isidro. This is why ARQUIA, wishes not just to adapt national parameters and regulations, but also to subscribe to sterling international quality, renewable energy and green design criteria in an effort to set a precedent in local standards, whilst helping to revitalize the inner market and setting a precedent in residential buildings.

ARCHITECTURAL CONTRIBUTION

ARQUITECTUM considers contests to be an excellent means for architectural experimentation, discussion and speculation. To this avail, our client ARQUIA has expressed its openness to experiment, given its interest in motivating architects to surprise them with a better idea than that initially expected. They are aware that this “surprise factor” may involve the undermining of some of the contest´s rules. ARQUIA invites each architect to explore as far as he/she can, even if that entails the overlooking or the breaking of the rules, making it clear, as well, that the risk also involves the possibility of being disqualified.

DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE: THE LIMA GOLF CLUB

The plot is located on Avenida Pezet, in the heart of the most exclusive, leisurely and residential zone of Lima, with visuals to the Lima Golf Club. It is found within the District of San Isidro. The plot is not just strategically located with regard to its N-S orientation, but also has an excellent view to the best side of the golf course.

PRIZES

Prizes will be as follows:

1st PRIZE: US$ 250,000 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS) for development of the project + US$ 5,000 for winning the first prize.

2nd PRIZE: US$ 1,000 (ONE THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS)

3rd PRIZE: Free membership for participate in all ARQUITECTUM competitions for a year.

Plus 9 honorable mentions.

FEES

Release: From December 1st 2011 to January 5th 2012: US$ 75.00

Special Registration: From January 6th to February 6th 2012: US$ 150.00

Early registration: From February 7th to March 5th 2012: US$ 200.00

Late registration: From March 6th to April 2nd US$ 250.00

JURY

Juvenal Baracco, Architect

Miguel Rodrigo Mazuré, Architect

Enrique Espinosa, Architect

Marcos Tinman, Engineer

www.skycondos.net

The site locations chosen for this convening of proposals are:

• Petropolis. State of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil
• Puerto Saavedra. Araucanía Region. Chile
• San Cristobel. Bolivar Department. Colombia
• Chimalhuacán. State of Mexico. Mexico
• Lima District. Lima. Peru

Under the common theme Emergency Interventions, each site will propose a strategy to be debated. The winning teams will be invited to participate in the conference Active Debates where they will publicly present their proposal. They will attend the Project Conference Table where there will be agents related to the possible development, management and financing of the selected proposals.

Who can participate

Multidisciplinary teams of professionals linked to architecture, landscape, urban design, urban planning, engineering, art, economy, geography, ecology and all the fields of knowledge related to the development of strategies and proposals regarding Emergency Interventions.

Dates

Registration period from 19 December 2011 to 2 April 2012 at 20:00 hours (Central European Time (CET) = UTC/GMT + 1:00)

Proposal submission deadline: 16 April 2012 at 20:00 hours (Central European Time (CET) = UTC/GMT + 1:00)

Jury assessment: May 2012

Jury Confirmed

Giancarlo Mazzanti (Colombia)
Derek Dellekamp (Mexico)
Kazuo Iwamura (Japan)
Raquel Barrionuevo (Peru)
Juan Freire (Spain)
Roberto Segre (Brazil)

Prizes

A maximum of 3 proposals will be selected per site and for each one of the 5 sites. The jury reserves the right to limit the number of prizes if it is deemed that the number of quality proposals is not enough, depending on their evaluation criteria. The three winning teams will receive an equal prize of 2.500€ each.

Registration Fees

There are three different registry fees:

Non-affiliated with the Pan-American Observatory

-Registry in 1 site location: 100 Euros.
-Registry in 2 or more site locations: 50 Euros (per new site).

Affiliated with the Pan-American Observatory

- Registry in 1 site location until 20 February 2012: 70 Euros.
- Registry in 1 site location from 21 February until 02 April 2012: 85 Euros.
- Registry in 2 or more site locations: 40 Euros (per new site).
- Other languages apart from Spanish.

The texts will be written in any of these three official languages, Portuguese, English or Spanish.

The full contents of the Competition's administrative and technical Rules and Regulations, as well as each site location's Rules and Regulations can be viewed at concurso.oppta.org

More information? Competition website is: https://sites.google.com/site/modernhousecompetition

Housing and Values

The housing market crash and current architectural market should give us pause. We need to rethink housing by reexamining our values. Over time homes have gotten larger even as the average household size has fallen. Architects have had less and less influence on the designs. Most new home are only design for a 30 year lifespan. The result has been over-sized homes of low quality that are viewed as commodities rather than part of our neighborhood fabric. Homes express our values, and in retrospect it is obvious that we prioritized poorly. So what do we mean by "Housing Values"? Economic value is an important component in expanding the architectural housing market. But we also think community, the environment, design and construction quality, lifestyle needs, and more are all important criteria.

Nestiv Values Architects and Design

Nestiv wants to provide opportunities for young architects having a hard time finding work, newly formed firms looking to establish a reputation, and for established firms who are struggling in this economy. As we grow, we will be looking for ways to promote the value of good design to the public, including donating 5% of profits towards groups that brings good design to low income and disadvantaged communities. Competition To enter submit your housing designs to Nestiv. They can be new or old designs, so long as you own the rights to the design. Plans must be complete enough for builders to finish construction. While Nestiv won't be judging the plans, we do have minimal design standards for plans to be accepted. Learn more about submitting designs here.

Details

We are currently only operating in the United States, so all plans must meet Unites States building standards. You must either be licensed in the United States (any state), or have graduated with at least a Bachelor's of Architecture. Any entries made March 31st will automatically be entered. The judging panel will be made up of potential customers. There will be prizes given to the judges' top picks, regionally and nationally. There will also be honorable mentions for the best locally influenced, and best sustainable design in each region. The national winner will receive $1200, each of 9 regional winners will receive $150, for a total pot of $2550. All or a portion of this money will be raised through a Kickstarter campaign.

http://nestiv.com/content/nestivs-housing-values-competition

Within the field of architecture, exploration involving parametric modeling and digital fabrication – what we will call computational fabrication – is both wide and varied. There is no standard of how the technology is developed or no singular focus on how it will impact the design process or the construction of buildings. And yet there is growing evidence the application is quickly evolving in a variety of unique directions. From novel geometries and innovative structures to improved material and environmental performance it is clear there is a focused agenda towards a more rigorous implementation of the digital toolset.

The impetus for this development is coming simultaneously from three positions that collectively provide a critical nexus in the field of computational fabrication: First, the professional demands for buildings to have greater performance capacity, stylistic coherence, and economic efficiency; second the academic realm where experimentation, research, and theory, continue to push technological exploration forward; and third, industry where innovative development is both an economic imperative and a generative vehicle for technical application and testing. From each of these positions, applied research is gaining traction as a critical and vital part of connecting the design process into a deeper knowledge base of information that is raising the intelligence and thus efficacy of architectural design. Whether following traditional models of research or pioneering new forms of hybridized working models between these three categories, those working within this field are now able to activate a broader and more fully coordinated spectrum of information about the design decision making process.

We seek research proposals that actively connect academia, the profession and the fabrication industry. As a center of gravity the proposals must illustrate work of designers who are forming an integrated relationship between disciplines in the area they practice and build. As this is a “design to fabricate” competition, TEX-FAB will match our network of fabricators and consultants with the projects that best manifest research through computational fabrication and apply it toward more intelligent integers of materiality and construction. Through a panel of experts we propose to identify projects that warrant a higher degree of realization and exhibit them to foster a discussion that engages an audience in our region and beyond. From this selection a final project will be selected and optimized with a team of experts for the purpose of full-scale production.

APPLIED is a two-stage international design competition established to foster the deeper developments within the field of computational fabrication. We are soliciting design proposals that further existing research, by enabling prototyping at a larger scale or full scale, and proposals to jumpstart new research and design concepts

CRITERIA

You are encouraged to submit your design proposal in either of two categories: Continuing Research or Speculative Proposals.

Continuing Research is a category that seeks to enable a more specific and regimented design research project already underway. Encompassing all works that are at a significant stage within their development that warrant a substantial shift in the scale and or material usage to further the research. This includes any and all previously funded work at any stage of development.

Speculative Proposals is a broad based category with the intent to kickstart a design research project. It is an open category and freely interpretable. New ideas, or concepts are welcome and present the entrant an opportunity to further develop their ‘flash of genius’. Furniture, structures, products or any other project qualifies for this category with or without a specific site. No previously funded research work may be submitted.

WINNERS + MENTIONS

APPLIED is a two-stage competition. In the first stage a total of 4 selections that will be awarded a 1000 USD stipend to further develop their project in a scale model (2 selections from the Continuing Research category and 2 from Speculative Proposals category). For the second stage, the models with revised boards will be juried in Dallas, Texas August 2012 (a shipping fee stipend of 250 USD will be provided) with the announcement of a winner made public in August 20.

The final winning entry will be built, exhibited in Dallas/ Ft. Worth, Texas for the 4th annual TEX-FAB event and subsequently given to the Winner. The design and fabrication of the piece will be commissioned by TEX-FAB with the support of our competition sponsors. No additional design fee will be paid, however a 1,500 USD stipend will be awarded for travel to Dallas/ Ft. Worth to partake in the installation of their work, present the design on the day of the opening. Approximate value of winning proposal in materials, fabrication and labor is set at 10,000 USD.

Honorable mentions will be awarded at the discretion of the Jury. All mentions will be exhibited at the APPLIED exhibition in San Antonio, Texas in April 2012 and the following year in Arlington, Texas February 2013.

REGISTRATION FEE

Continuing Research 100 USD per design proposal Speculative Proposal 100 USD per design proposal

REGISTER - http://tex-fab.net/category/compete-applied/

Architecture for Humanity is hosting the 2011 Open Architecture Challenge – [un]restricted access – a design competition that will re-envision the future of decommissioned military space. This is an open invite to the global design and construction community to identify retired military installations in their own backyard, to collaborate with local stakeholders, and to reclaim these spaces for social, economic, and environmental good.

Learn More and Register

• Competition Requirements
• Competition Resources

The Challenge

The Open Architecture Challenge reaches beyond traditional bounds of architecture by challenging designers and architects to partner with community groups and to develop together innovative solutions that improve the built environment.

The 2011 Open Architecture Challenge invites architects, designers and creatives around the world to re-design retired military sites. This competition asks designers to partner with communities surrounding these former places of conflict to transform hostile, and oftentimes painful, locations into sites where groups can create civic change.

How Many Decommissioned Sites are There?

Good question. Help us build a global count of decommissioned military sites. Click here to add a site to the map. They can be any kind from any place.

The only rule is: It must be an abandoned, closed or decommissioning military site.

We are asking you to work on a site near you but it you can't find one, you can choose one of the following:

Site 1: Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, Guantánamo Bay (Cuba)* Gitmo Here
Site 2: NSA "East Bank", New Orleans, LA (USA)
Site 3: Johnston Atoll, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
Site 4: Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Tustin, CA (USA)
Site 5: Flak Towers, Vienna (Austria)

*Currently not decommissioned yet scheduled for closure.

Schedule

*Dates subject to change. All registered teams will be notified, and promotional documents and media channels will be updated to appropriately reflect updates.

Why This Challenge

Every other year, Architecture for Humanity's Open Architecture Challenge brings international attention to issues in the built environment affecting the health, prosperity and well being of under-served communities. The Open Architecture Challenge will focus on helping communities reclaim abandoned, closed and decommissioned military sites.

Few places on earth are void of defense infrastructure. Military bases have been identified in more than 100 countries and territories worldwide. Even Antarctica is home to at least three military installations. Built in the service of public protection, when these spaces become inactive and no longer serve their intended use, how can they be re-enlisted for civilian purposes?

This year marks a milestone: In the United States alone more than 235 military sites are scheduled for closure or realignment. The U.S. military is under orders to downsize 5% of its entire infrastructure on or before September 15, 2011 in accordance with the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) ruling. The ruling will force the relocation of more than 125,000 military personnel and their families.

Base closures have a huge adverse affect on the surrounding community. In addition to complex environmental remediation, civilians must address the consequences of unemployment and disinvestment. According to the final report submitted to the President of the United States, BRAC estimates that 12 million square feet of leased space will be vacated resulting in the loss of an estimated 18,000 civilian jobs in this round of closures alone. Interestingly, many of these same sites are for sale.

Decommissioned military sites have tremendous potential if impediments to access can be overcome. This open, international competition will invite designers to identify an inactive military installation in or near their community and develop a design concept and plan for it’s remediation and re-use.

Three designs will place and one design will be awarded the prestigious Founders Award. All of the entries will be available for download on the Open Architecture Network, an online community developed by Architecture for Humanity to provide open source access to design solutions. By sharing design solutions—including CAD files—freely, we aim to give communities around the world the ideas and tools they need to make decisions where it matters most—locally.

'Take Your Base' and Sponsorship Opportunities

We're continuing our recruitment of individuals and organizations who are ready to accept the mission of sponsoring the complex yet rewarding task of successfully transforming previously conflicted sites into civic spaces. If you are ready to enlist your financial resources in service of this greater good, please give us a call at 415.963.3511 or send us an email to challenge_at_architectureforhumanty.org

About the Open Architecture Challenge

The Challenge is hosted once every two years on the Open Architecture Network, an open-source community developed by Architecture for Humanity. Design teams from all over the world compete to design and build the winning scheme. Support from sponsors and implementing partners funds the construction of selected designs. All of the designs are shared freely via the Open Architecture Network and made available for future use.

Past Challenges

2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom of the Future

2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge: Digital Inclusion

About Architecture for Humanity

Architecture for Humanity is a charitable organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and brings design services to communities in need.

For more information, please visit: http://architectureforhumanity.org

Logo by Habi Girgis, winner of the [un]restricted access Identity RFP

[un]restricted access Identity RFP

The final poster must be able to be printed out a size of A1, however we will accept smaller sizes (A3/A4) for the purposes of review and voting.

The poster must also feature the eCAADe logo, which is available to download [here].

Click [here] to download the call for posters.

Timetable

Entry from 01/12/2011 to – 12/03/2012

Judging from 13/03/2012 to 30/03/2012

Announcement of the winners on 02/04/2012

All around the world people visit and admire humanity’s oldest architectural achievements- those which came at a cost but which have remained significant, have weathered and decayed gracefully, and have defied the march of time. And it’s not just the iconic buildings of ancient civilizations, but the hidden gems in every city which add richness and history to our everyday lives.

The best sustainable humanitarian projects are those which can equip communities to become self sufficient, continuing to reach out to people for generations. Temporary pavilions and installations can be an amazing chance for emerging architects to gain a name for themselves, but we are asking you to think of the generations to come by designing a building which will not become obsolete, but will stand through the ages ahead.

THE CHALLENGE

We are asking you to design a building with an extremely long lifespan. The design must meet some special social need in its setting- in keeping with our interest in humanitarian architecture and design. You may want to consider how materials decay and erode over time and how this is managed or even encouraged, and how your design will remain useful and significant in centuries and perhaps millennia to come. What story will your design tell to future generations?

ENTRY FORMAT

This is a concept competition - we are asking for just ONE image (A3 sized) which explains your idea, with minimal written explanation.

ENTRY FEE & PRIZE

The entry fee is £4 Part of the entry (£1.50) goes into the prize fund, with a further part (£1.50) goes towards Save the Children’s East Africa Appeal.

For the full brief and details, visit our website- http://tesseractcompetitions.com/current/

As seen in other host-cities, large scale events can lead to disposable buildings and post-event dead zones in the urban environment. How can Mayo Island capitalize on the existing success of the James River Park System trails, adjacency to Richmond’s urban centers, and the revenue and attendance from the 2015 Road World Championship races to create an accessible, recreational, and sustainable, space for Richmond and its visitors? 

Entrants are asked to propose economically, culturally and environmentally responsible tourism and recreation-based solutions for Mayo Island that critically examine the lasting impact of the 2015 Road World Championships and the role Mayo Island plays in Richmond’s past, present and future. Solutions can include both Mayo Island and the 14th Street Bridge.

http://jrgbc.org/events/green-spaces-competition/

The Competition

The Garden, now in its third stage of development, is in need of a storage shed.   Erecting a simple structure in what has already proved to be an innovative venture would be less than adequate and would not reflect the garden’s mandate noted above.  The committee leading the garden’s development is seeking entrants to propose design ideas for a shed that is not only function, but is also an object-lesson, educating those using and visiting the site about various gardening, watering, and sustainability techniques.  This “Learning Garden Shed”, like the garden, must be accessible making it available to people of all abilities.  Lastly, design proposals for the Learning Shed are encouraged to make use of both recycled materials and locally-found materials.  Creativity is absolutely encouraged.

Additional information can be found at either:  www.ward1garden.com or www.ward1garden.com/wordpress.

The Prix Ars Electronica, the Ars Electronica Festival, the Ars Electronica Center – Museum of the Future and the Ars Electronica Futurelab are the four divisions that comprise the Ars Electronica Linz GmbH, whose specific orientation and long-term continuity make it a unique platform for digital art and media culture.

The competition is organized by the Ars Electronica Linz GmbH and ORF’s Upper Austria Regional Studio in collaboration with the OK Center for Contemporary Art and the Brucknerhaus Linz, and the prizes are awarded during the Ars Electronica Festival each year. The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important awards for creativity and pioneering spirit in the field of digital media.

The event calls for entries in seven categories, including a youth competition. And since internationally renowned artists from over 70 countries also participate in the Prix Ars Electronica, it has established itself as a barometer for trends in contemporary media art.

With 48,939 entries since 1987 and prize money in 2011 totalling 117,500 Euros, the competition offers the largest cash purse for cyberarts worldwide. Each year, six Golden Nicas, twelve Awards of Distinction and approximately 70 Honorary Mentions as well as a grant for the category [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant are presented to participants.

Since media art is such a highly dynamic field, criteria for the categories have to be constantly modified and adjusted to societal and technological developments, and so updated to meet new demands.

The Prix Ars Electronica calls for entries and awards prizes in the following categories:

• Computer Animation / Film / VFX
• Interactive Art
• Digital Musics & Sound Art
• Hybrid Art
• Digital Communities
• u19–Create Your World
• [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant

The call for the Prix Ars Electronica goes out every year in December,  submissions are accepted up into March. International juries select the winners for each category in April.

Prix Ars Electronica

• Design a Cultural Center for La Semilla de los Ingenios (Mexico)
• Building: 13 x 13 sq. meters
• 100 sq. meters in surrounding landscape space
• Mathematically natural, in organic form (i.e. sea shells)
• Powered by PV, wind and passive solar

Prize : Parcel of undeveloped land near the eco village of La Semilla de los Ingenios' river (valued at $10,000 USD) and the opportunity to build your own ecological dream home on the steppes of Pacific Mexico!

La Semilla de los Ingenios is a 7 year old development located 20 minutes from La Manzanilla, Mexico and within the Los Ingenios community. An international airport is a hour away and close to the ocean shores, a thriving eco village is ready for the progression of construction to start within the next year.

Access to a sleepy, yet growing fishing town, La Semilla de los Ingenios combined with local sustainability allows for great minds from around the globe to come together for the purpose of the fusion of art, science, architecture and beyond.

Additional requirements for structure: Should be circular, ecological, contain a basement and a first floor, based on a stone foundation, houses living quarters (3 singles or 2 couples) and a main space for cultural events (20 person max occupancy) and uses other natural resources for the majority of the remainder of the structure. Must be economical and use local labor and materials. Things like solar panels can be from outside of Mexico.

The Cultural Center: The space will primarily used to showcase art (music performances, art showings), science (paper presentations, research meetings), and tech innovation (investor meetings, small conferences) while offering a place where a “meeting of the minds” can take place. It’s important that there be a space in the cultural center that facilitates light hardware and computers that integrate with a small sound system.

Landscape: The outside landscape of the site of the cultural center, should not detract from the lower gardens, housing, and other eco buildings that are found in the steppes of the mountain that La Semilla de Los Ingenios rests on – it is up to the competing architect to decide how to use this outside space.

Submit a sketch, finished design, or reach a preorder goal and win cash and prizes along the way. Dollar amounts and other incentives could increase as we hunt down co-sponsors. The competition is broken down into 3 tiers, so more people can win—or someone could take it all. Plus, all submissions will be posted on ideacious and could get produced. So grab your pencils and get to work.

Tier 1 begins as most ideas do, with a napkin sketch. Be sure to see the brief for details, but in short, come up with an awesome product that retails for $99 or more and send us a short description and a sketch. Any submissions sent before February 1st will be entered in a draw to win ideacious swag, including Penny Hockey Sets, Foreword shelves, Magpins, 4 Cities Coasters, and more.

http://www.ideacious.com/freeform

The Proposal is simple:
Make the most provocative image possible using the above photo of Le Corbusier.
Right click it.
Save it to your desktop.
Give us your best collage!

Submission Requirements:
This competition is open to all.
Please email your submissions to the Reality Cues Librarian in JPEG or GIF formats along with a title and your name, which will be posted along with the image.

Submissions due by: February 29 2012
Winners will be announced: March 15 2012

First Prize: Life-size cardboard cut out of Nude Le Corbusier
Second Prize: 10" Lil' Nude Le Corbusier
Third Prize: Pocket-size Nude Le Corbusier

All entries will be posted right here on Reality Cues!

Jury:

• Ana Miljacki & Lee Moreau of Project_
• Daniel Arsham & Alex Mustonen of Snarkitecture
• Christopher Barley & Troy Thierren of Th—ey
• Shelly & Leo Johnson of GraffitiLab

The prestige of the ASLA awards program relies on the high-caliber juries that are convened each year to review submissions.  Members of the professional awards jury are:

• David Yocca, FASLA, Jury Chair, Conservation Design Forum, Elmhurst, IL
• Robert Campbell, FAIA, The Boston Globe
• Mark Hough, ASLA, Duke University, Durham, NC
• Ilze Jones, FASLA, Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects, Ltd, Seattle
• Elizabeth Meyer, FASLA, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
• Laurie Olin, FASLA, OLIN, Philadelphia
• Pamela Palmer, ASLA, ARTECHO, Venice, CA
• Christine Ten Eyck, FASLA, Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Phoenix
• Alex Washburn, AIA, Chief Urban Designer, New York City Department of City Planning
• William H. Tishler, FASLA, representing the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will join the jury for selection of The Landmark Award.

Members of the student awards jury convening in June 2011 includes:

• Mario Nievera, ASLA, Jury Chair, Mario Nievera Design, Palm Beach, FL, and New York City
• Thomas Balsley, FASLA, Thomas Balsley Associates, New York City
• Gary A. Brown, FASLA, University of Wisconsin—Madison
• James Burnett, FASLA, The Office of James Burnett, Houston
• Shane Coen, ASLA, Coen+Partners, Minneapolis
• Diane Dale, FASLA, William McDonough + Partners, Charlottesville, VA
• M. Elen Deming, ASLA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• John King, Hon. ASLA, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco
• Karen Phillips, FASLA, New York City Planning Commission

The ASLA awards program features six categories: General Design; Residential Design; Analysis and Planning; Research, co-sponsored by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture; Communications; and The Landmark Award, co-sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The student awards program also features the Student Community Service Award and Student Collaboration categories. 

Entry forms and payment must be received by:

• Friday, February 25, 2011, for Professional Awards
• Friday, May 6, 2011, for Student Awards

Submission binders must be received by:

• Friday, March 11, 2011, for Professional Awards
• Friday, May 20, 2011, for Student Awards

In need of inspiration? View the ASLA 2010 Professional and Student award-winning projects.

http://dirt.asla.org/2010/12/01/asla-2011-professional-and-student-awards-call-for-entries/

The contamination of our atmosphere is a problem that affects all countries of the world, without exception, and specially the big cities, due to the high concentration of combustion vehicles that are found in relatively small areas. Brazil is without doubt one the major emerging countries of the beginning of this century, and it is here to stay! Brazil wants to make things right this time and has developed a very ambitious development plan that will allow the country to keep growing at an incredible fast pace, but also in a way that is sustainable and ecofriendly. The transformation of Rio has already begun and the city is getting ready to receive millions of visitors that will come to follow the greatest sporting events in the world

THE SITE

The site chosen to develop this Project is located in a privileged spot of Ipanema, one of the most representative and vanguard neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro. It is famous for its beaches and seaside promenade, and also for being one the most progressive, open minded areas of the city. Ipanema is the place to be, and General Osorio being such a strategic point inside the neighborhood, the STC will be placed here aiming to become a hub for the activity that is already happening in the area, also adding the layer of the new electric infrastructure.

PROPOSAL

STCenters proposes a strong bet for electric cars inside this plan, making them into one of the standard mediums of transportation, as opposed to the luxurious objects that they are usually seen as, and educating the people in terms of sustainability. In order for this to become a successful initiative there is a huge infrastructure that needs to be build first. This is a net of charging points for these vehicles around the metropolitan area of Rio, that will guarantee the effectiveness of electric cars a way of daily transportation. This new infrastructure will need a centralized operations center, from where the whole net of charging points will be controlled and managed. This operations center will be the project that this stcRIO competition will focus on. The overall objective of this initiative is not only to renew the fleet of the city but something much more ambitious; to achieve the total integration of the charging network with the current, and soon to be inaugurated, public transport lines. This will help the people of Rio to move from one part of the city to another quickly, safely and in a much more efficient way than they do today, making use of not one, but the various transport options and combinations that will be at their disposal.

http://en.stcenters.com

• Cornelia Oberlander OC, FASLA, FCSLA, LMBCSLA, Landscape Architect
• Meg Calkins, LEED AP, ASLA, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Ball State University
• Matthew Urbanski, Principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Landscape Architects, P.C.
• Joseph S. R. Volpe, Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Projects of all types, either theoretical or real, and executed in any medium, are welcome. The jury will select work for presentation in public fora, an on-line installation, podcasts, and in an exhibition in June 2012. Winners will receive a cash prize of $1,000. A catalogue of winning work will be published by the Architectural League and Princeton Architectural Press.

The Architectural League Prize is an annual competition, series of lectures, and exhibition organized by the Architectural League and its Young Architects + Designers Committee. The Prize (formerly known as the Young Architects Forum) was established to recognize specific works of high quality and to encourage the exchange of ideas among young people who might otherwise not have a forum.

Competition Deadline: February 15, 2012

For more information, visit: http://archleague.org/2012/02/call-for-entries-no-precedent/

This scholarship is meant to support young talents in Design and Architecture and to present works from students to a broader design and architectural audience. Every year more than 1.000 students from more than 40 different countries submit their best projects to the competition. All works which have been submitted to the :output Award will be published on the open :output platform.

The Grand Prix together with about 80 selected works will not only be published in the :output year- book but also in the :output hall of fame on the portfolio-platform open:output.org

The jury for the 2012 award will be presented by the :output foundation in January 2012.

:output is a non-profit organisation in Amsterdam. The goal of the foundation is to support young talents and provide a platform for the exchange of ideas on design education and the design profession. We organize the :output Award, publish the yearbook :output with the best works of students around the world. and organize the biannual design conference “What matters” in cooperation with OTIS college of design.

contact: www.output-award.org

Competition participants will design a Habitat house that is appropriate for their locale (East, South, Midwest, West). In doing so, the designers will face the stated criteria for a Habitat house: Simple, Decent, and Affordable.

The Sustainable Home Competition offers architecture students the opportunity to design a modularly constructed three bedroom, one and half bath home that does not exceed 1,070 square feet and $100,000 in material cost.

The competition will have 2 primary areas of focus:

• The inclusion of passive solar energy design techniques that can be affordably implemented. Whenever possible, these passive solutions should be adaptable depending on the home’s orientation.
• The inclusion of flexible interior layouts, exterior elevations, and modular construction components that allow for limited homeowner customization while maintaining the home’s affordability. (Consider different family dynamics and regional design characteristics)

In addition, the home must meet accessibility and universal design requirements and comply with “Design to meet Energy Star” standards (at minimum). Homes should be designed for optimal functionality in the student’s local climate zone.

Top prizes (first prize to each region and a Vinyl Award) will be awarded, in addition to a selected number of honorable mentions, at the discretion of the jury. A total of $15,550 will be distributed to winning entries.

Competition Website

It is designed for pedestrians and cyclists, rather than vehicular traffic. Footbridges complement the landscape and can be used decoratively to visually link two distinct areas or to signal a transaction.
Footbridges can be both functional and beautiful works of art and sculpture in there own right as seen in some of the most visited countries around world.

Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands and has a population of approximately 1.5 million. It has been called the “Venice of the North” for its more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges.
The 17th-century canals located in the heart of the city of Amsterdam were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in July 2010.

AIM OF THIS COMPETITION
The aim of this International competition is to design an Iconic Pedestrian Bridge in the Heart of Amsterdam. The architecture of this new structure should reflect contemporary design tendencies.

The proposal must not only attend to the specific function but the design should also take into consideration the urban insertion and impact geared towards creating a new architectural symbol for an European capital city.
This competition hopes to achieve the following:

• Encourage and reward design excellence between architecture and engineering.
• Research, respond to and highlight the unique aspects of designing an original footbridge.
• To generate the discussion of ideas regarding the functionality of bridges in relation with art and sculpture.
• Encourage the employment of sustainable design in all aspects of the proposal.

COMPETITION STRUCTURE
This is a single stage Competition with the aim of identifing the most appropriate proposal, which best satisfies the general and specific objectives of the contest.

Competition Website

With this in mind:

What are the limits of urgency and agency?
Where is the relationship between speed and production?
How do rapid changes in topography, geography, and movement produce new territories for architecture?
When can architecture extend the potentials of the boiling point to make lasting change?

What was yesterday unimaginable is now perfectly plausible in the call to action embedded in disruption.

Please submit abstracts, scholarly papers, photographs, drawings, prints, media projects and other such philosophical explorations to curator@platjournal.com by February 14, 2012 for consideration. (See www.platjournal.com for guidelines.)

“An Appreciation of John Stewardson, Architect.”
By Warren P. Laird, Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1891-1932.

ANNOUNCEMENT: POST GRADUATE CANDIDATES

The Managing Committee of the John Stewardson Memorial Scholarship in Architecture announces the competition for a $10,000 traveling scholarship. The Committee will issue a design program and select a Jury of Award. The winner will pursue the study of architecture in a foreign country[s] as approved by the Committee and is required to begin within one year of the award. If the winner is not able to begin travel within one year of the award, the Managing Committee will award the prize to the designated runner-up. He or she shall report experiences by one letter each month and by a summary report, presentation, and “evidence of scholarship” to be given prior to the awards dinner the following year.

SCHEDULE:

Registration: By 3:00 pm on or before: Monday, February 13, 2012
Competition Brief Issued at 9:00 am on: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Competition Entry due by 1:00 pm on: Friday, February 24, 2012
Dates and times correspond to Eastern Standard Time

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for participation each candidate shall meet one of the following criteria:

1. Expect to graduate from professional studies at an accredited collegiate school of architecture in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania leading to a degree in architecture the year of participation;
2. Be an alumnus of one of the accredited colligate schools of architecture in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who has graduated with a B.Arch within the past three (3) years and who is currently enrolled in an M. Arch program at an accredited colligate school of architecture within the United States leading to a second professional degree the year of participation;
3. Be an alumnus of one of the accredited collegiate schools of architecture in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who has graduated with either a B.Arch or M.Arch within the past three (3) years and is actively working at an architecture firm and pursuing their IDP requirements;
4. Or be a intern working for an architect established and licensed within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who is registered with and actively pursuing their IDP requirements and has graduated with either a B.Arch or M.Arch from an accredited architecture program within the past three (3) years.

Those who have won the Scholarship are not eligible to compete again.

REGISTRATION:

Complete registration forms (including entry fee and supporting documentation) shall be submitted by the candidate to the Managing Secretary on or before Monday, February 13, 2012. Registration forms shall include all required information and shall bear the seal of a licensed Notary Public. Incomplete registrations will not be accepted (or returned) and requests for refunds will not be considered.

ENTRY FEE:

The entry fee of $125.00 is due with the registration form. Checks or money orders should be made out to the “Stewardson Competition”.

COMPETITION:

Approved candidates shall undertake the solution of a design program during a stipulated ten-day period as outlined in the schedule. Candidates shall not receive any help whatsoever from teachers, students, employers, colleagues, or any other persons. Programs will be issued at 9:00 am on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 via email; Submissions are due no later than 1:00 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012. Entries arriving after 1:00 pm will not be eligible for consideration – there will be no exceptions.

AWARD JURY:

The jury will be made up of prominent academicians, architects and critics. The Jury of Award will be held on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.

JUDGMENT:

The Jury will choose one project, which ranks best in its judgment and will designate an alternate to fill a possible vacancy. The Managing Committee may withhold award of the scholarship if it deems no candidates to be satisfactory. Other stipulations of award may also apply.

TO REGISTER:

To request a registration form, please contact John Hubert at: jhubert@studio-jha.com

Thank you for your ideas and suggestions to create a more sustainable future. 

http://www.crowdbrite.com/storms/sort/472/LifeEdited_Apartment_#2_Challenge

Nowadays Architects and representatives of world cultural trends see color as a key element in design activities. Designing through the use of color and experiencing buildings through their chromatic characteristics, enhances the soul of modern architecture. Just as Fritz Schumacher used to say: “the global aesthetic economy of a building should concentrate on color from the very first stages of design”, only following this advise it is possible to fully understand the role of the chromatic element in the life of an architectural fabric and in its interpretation.

Photography, a tool capable of capturing such a strong relationship, is the mean that best frames the peculiarity of an architectural work in relation to color.

The proposed photographs will have to define color as a theme and not as object of an argument. Moreover they will have to consider color as the focus, not accessory, element of the cultural debate on Architecture.

AWR Competitions

Spontaneous Interventions will frame an archive of compelling, actionable strategies, ranging from urban farms to guerilla bike lanes, temporary architecture to poster campaigns, urban navigation apps to crowdsourced city planning. These efforts cut across boundaries, addressing architecture, landscape, infrastructure, and the digital universe, and run the gamut from symbolic to practical, physical to virtual, whimsical to serious. But they share an optimistic willingness to venture outside conventional practice and to deploy fresh tactics to make cities more sustainable, accessible, and inclusive.

The Venice Architecture Biennale is the most prestigious architecture event in the world. Now in its 13th edition, the Venice Architecture Biennale was formally established in 1980 and is held every other year (alternating with the Venice Art Biennale, which was first held in 1895). For the 12^th edition, held in 2010, 53 countries participated in the Biennale, which was attended by 170,000 visitors.

The 13th edition will be held from August 29 to November 25, 2012 (press preview August 27–28). On December 27, 2011, British architect David Chipperfield was appointed the director of the Biennale, and he outlined the theme Common Ground at a meeting of commissioners held in Venice on January 17. Representatives from 41 countries attended the meeting.

Open Call for Projects

In the open spirit of the theme, we are inviting protagonists to submit projects for consideration for inclusion in Spontaneous Interventions. Below is a set of criteria for the types of projects we are looking for.

1. project was initiated by the architect/artist/planner/landscape architect/hacker/activist/citizen (in other words, no one asked for it), OR was initiated by an alternative client, for example, a non-profit or a community group
2. project is publicly accessible and serves the common good
3. project improves a problematic condition (solves a problem by making a place more accessible, inclusive, sustainable, beautiful, etc.)
4. project is located in an urban context or tackles urban issues in the United States
5. project is participatory in nature, or open access, and serves an underserved or overlooked constituency
6. project is realized, deployed, in action or use (not theoretical)
7. project may be a physical intervention in an urban context, or an information, communication or digital project that improves people’s comprehension, navigation and access to a city.

We are looking for project that not only meet the above criteria, but also are distinguished by characteristics such as charm, wit, material invention, creative financing, community engagement, effectiveness, and beauty. If your project satisfies several or most of these criteria, please send a short (1 to 2 paragraph) description as well as a few images to clh@ifud.org or venice@ifud.org.

SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT BY FEBRUARY 6 IN ORDER TO BE REVIEWED IN OUR NEXT CURATORS’ MEETING.

http://spontaneousinterventions.com/

The Piero N. Patri Fellowship in Urban Design is a hands-on position for a current graduate student or 2010/2011 graduate in urban design, architecture, landscape architecture or a related field. The fellowship provides the opportunity to gain firsthand experience working in the urban design and planning field on a project that will have a positive impact on the city of San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Projects are intended to provide career-related work experiences that will challenge graduate-level students, contribute to San Francisco, contribute to SPUR's mission and reflect the values of Piero N. Patri. SPUR will cooperate with the fellow in obtaining academic credit, if his or her institution allows. The selected fellow will be based in the San Francisco office of AECOM Design + Planning, where desk space, computer resources and professional mentorship will be provided.

For more information, please visit the link below:

http://www.spur.org/communityplanning/patri/callforapplicants