Project competitions
Ecoffices Lima 2013 invites entrants to design a green, LEED-compliant project for an 11-story, 450-person office building in the Miraflores area of Lima, Peru. The jury is the architect Peter Cook.
dead-line: March 27, 2013
open to: architects and interdisciplinary teams
registration fee: $200
awards: main prize - $250 000 and implementation, 4 finalists will receive $1000
A competition is being held in London for the design of the summer Peace Pavilion, which is supposed to be built on the territory of London's Museum Gardens park. The participants of the competition were faced with a difficult task: to express in language the architectural idea of a peaceful future on earth. A specific point of the earth - Sudan, where fragile peaceful relations between the peoples of North and South Sudan were recently established, was also proposed for consideration. The organizers hope that the rich history of the country (where, for example, there are twice as many pyramids as in Egypt), will become the starting point for the creative imagination of the contestants.
According to the terms of the competition, the pavilion should not be higher than 4 m, and its total area should not exceed 20 sq. m. The pavilion will be used as a place for recreation and communication of mainly creative people. The start of implementation of the winning project is scheduled for April 1, 2013, and all construction work is planned to be completed by mid-May.
dead-line: 08 March 2013
open to: architects, students and architectural teams of up to 4 people.
registration fee: before February 27 - $250; from 28 February to 8 March - $300.
rewards: implementation with a construction budget $10000, for the three finalists - publications
The organizers of the international competition held within the framework of the Art-Ovrag 2013. Garden City festival propose to design a Balancing Pavilion for the city of Vyksa. The pavilion, where it is planned to hold exhibitions of contemporary art and master classes all year round, should be transformable, collapsible, devoid of foundations, put on point supports - and adapted for placement in different parts of the city. The pavilion area should not exceed 30 sq. m, and its cost is 20,000 euros. Thirty best projects will be shown at exhibitions in Vyksa, and the winner's project will be implemented this summer.
dead-line: registrations - 22 March 2013, project submission - March 30, 2013
open to: architects, artists, designers, engineers, groups and students
registration fee: not
awards: 1st prize - 60,000 rubles and project implementation
The Guslitsa estate near Moscow some time ago became a platform for the concentration and development of various types of contemporary art: experimental theater, cinema, painting, music and dance. For participants in the open international
a competition for a renovation project for her guest house, which recently suffered from a fire, is proposed to accommodate 300 people in three buildings and to propose a solution to restore the part of the house that survived the fire.
dead-line: March 31, 2013
open to: architects and designers
registration fee: not
awards: project implementation and a guest room in the estate for permanent use
In Yaroslavl, the competition "Gourmandization of the environment" is being held: both conceptual, that is, devoid of any typological restrictions, and practical, aimed at further implementation. In the first, theoretical part, the organizers suggest, inspired not by anything, but by tasty and healthy food, to “cook” tasty architecture, avoiding direct quotations. Concept design will be judged in three nominations: Best in Light Architecture (Appetizers), Best Basic Architecture (Hot) and Best Dessert in Architecture.
In the practical part, it is proposed to develop a glazed veranda of the Buffet restaurant, as well as to think about the architecture of individual pavilions for 6-8 people. It is important that the design of the veranda and the conceptual reflections on architecture and food are intertwined.
dead-line: April 10, 2013
open to: architects, architecture students and teams
registration fee: not
awards: 1st place - implementation of a project with a budget €10 000
Urbanism and territorial development
The organizers of the competition in Salt Lake City invite participants to develop concepts for the development of two city blocks - 69th and 70th. Both quarters are located practically in the center of the city, in a place of concentration of cultural and historical objects such as theaters, museums of contemporary art, art centers, ballet theater, etc. The business life of the city revolves around the quarters, which reveals a huge potential for their business development. At the same time, today the SixtyNine Seventy area does not meet the requirements of a modern and dynamically developing city. The task of the contestants is to propose ideas for the revitalization of city quarters, their active inclusion in the fabric of the city.
dead-line: registrations - 23 March 2013, submitting projects - April 20, 2013
open to: architects, designers, urban planners and multidisciplinary teams
registration fee: $85
awards: two winners - each $40 000, the winner of the audience vote is $40 000
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conducts
international competition "Without Borders". The competition is aimed at solving by means of architecture the acute issue for the ASEAN participating countries of the border territories, which have been in desolation for many years. The regions stretching along the borders are in dire need of new impulses for development that can lead to the formation of a common and evenly prosperous space "without borders". How and by what means to achieve this - the contestants are invited to think about it. The emphasis should be on addressing cultural, social and environmental issues. At the same time, the choice of the design site remains with the competitors, but it must necessarily be the territory between two or more countries of the Association.
dead-line: March 30, 2013
open to: urban planners, architects, designers, artists and students
registration fee: not
awards: 1st place - $3000, 2nd place - $1500, 3rd place - $800
Small architectural forms
Within the framework of the project “Lively city. Basmanny "competition" Proforma "is being held. Participants are invited to find easy-to-implement, convenient and rational solutions, applying them to various typologies of urban furniture, elements of street lighting, landscaping, all kinds of decorative fences and places of rest. The works of the participants will be evaluated by Bart Goldhoorn, Sergey Kuznetsov, Totan Kuzembaev, Grigory Revzin and others. According to the organizers of the competition, the projects of the participants may be included in the official Moscow Catalog of Small Architectural Forms (IAF Catalog).
dead-line: 22 March 2013
open to: architects, designers, artists and creative teams
registration fee: not
awards: 1st place - 100,000 rubles, 2nd and 3rd places - 50,000 rubles
Winery contests
CSA "Winzavod" continues to accept works for the competition
“Deurbanization. Organization of open space in the urban environment”. Participants are encouraged to conduct in-depth research and propose a new vision that can revolutionize the usual perception of public spaces in major cities.
In a separate nomination, a design project competition for the Moscow region city of Kashira is presented: here it is proposed to design a new Center for Youth and Cultural Leisure "Art Studio", a multifunctional transforming space for holding seminars, symposia, musical and theatrical performances, exhibitions or film festivals. The winner's project will be implemented in the city park of culture and recreation on the basis of the former summer cinema. Therefore, one of the requirements for the project is to preserve the historical, recognizable features of the existing building, which does not exclude the use of modern materials and technologies.
dead-line: March 24, 2013
open to: young professionals in the field of environmental and urban design
registration fee: not
awards: implementation of the winner's project
For students only
The student competition "Gardens of Tomorrow" was announced in the UK, within the framework of the International Federation of Housing and Urban Development Congress 2013. Students will work on the concept of creating a green and green environment, independently choosing a site for design and a theme - from an eco-village project to an abstract garden city. The competition is held in two stages.
dead-line: April 8, 2013
open to: students of architects, urban planners, designers, sociologists, geographers, etc.
registration fee: not
awards: 1st prize - €1000, 2nd prize - €750, 3rd prize - €500, for the finalists - a trip to the International Congress
Also in the UK, the annual international D&AD Student Awards invites students from all over the world who are ready to apply for the title of "Student of the Year". An extremely wide range of professional categories, from graphic design to photography, and the myriad of existing nominations offer students the chance to express themselves and enter the professional arena.
dead-line: registrations - 20 March 2013, submitting projects - March 27, 2013
open to: students
registration fee: £ 20
awards: £ 2,000
An overview of diploma and study projects completed by students of architecture universities will be offered as part of the student award in the field of architecture and design: output award. The organizers plan to extract the best student work from classrooms and show them around the world.
dead-line: 15 March 2013
open to: students in architecture, design, photography or multimedia
registration fee: €30
awards: main prize - €3000
Contests
In the section of contests for which the upcoming spring is rich, there are presented the "Golden Section" (accepting works until March 15) and "Archnovation", where you must register before March 13. Those who planned to take part in the Chelyabinsk competition "Art-Police" should hurry up - registration and submission of projects ends on March 1. Design contests, including the Interior of Opportunities competition and The Core77 Design Awards, will also accept works by designers and architects until mid-March.
