Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Competition is an inherent mechanism of life in general, a part the evolutionary process of nature, and plays a role in almost all fields of culture. Few disciplines or professions have embraced the competition as vigorously as architecture. There is a widespread belief…

The competition-winning design of the main stadium for the 17th Asian games in Incheon, in South Korea, illustrates a new level of sustainable design in stadia in Asia. The stadium will hold 70,000 people for the main event in 2014 and will reduce down to a single sided grandstand for…

Finalists have been announced for the re Growth pod competition. An international ideas competition for the design for a new family house for the residents of Kinglake who have lost their homes in the Bushfire.  This competition is open to architects and designers not just…

Via Building Design: Gough asks students to boycott contest that ‘propogates paranoia’ The organisers of a student competition to design out terrorism have been accused of contributing to a “culture of fear”. The Public Spaces, Safer Places: Designing in Counter Terrorism contest…

It began with a competition. The New York City Department of Transportation and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, along with Google, wanted to encourage cycling as a convenient method of transportation. After a study revealed that lack of access to secure bike parking was the main deterrent,…

Published to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of the competition’s results at Storefront, White House Redux - The Book contains a compendium of documentation related to the competition and an overview of the results. It includes texts by Joseph Grima…

[C]Space - DRL10 will be auctioned off by internationally renowned auction house Phillips de Prury & Company in London on September 25, 2008.  More information on Bustler Events. [C]space is the winning entry in the ‘AADRLTen’ Pavilion competition.…

The Google SketchUp and Dwell.com Design Your Dwelling contest just announced the grand prize winner: Out of almost 150 impressive entries, North Carolina-based Drew Wilgus has emerged the victor. Wilgus’ considered design stood out for its sustainable elements, integration into the local landscape, keen material use, and striking aesthetic.

AUGUST, 2008, Chicago, Illinois—The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd., announce sixty-six (66) new distinguished buildings selected this year in the Museum’s prestigious “American Architecture Awards®” program for 2008. Established over 10…

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE DESIGN OF THE KAPTOL, ZAGREB (CROATIA) RESULTS In March 2008, the CITY OF ZAGREB launched a public, single stage, open, international ideas competition for the design of the Kaptol in Zagreb (Croatia) and invited all architects, urban planners or landscape architects to take part…