From 11 to 5: Navy Pier Competition Shorter Shortlist announced

Back in late October we announced that the Chicago Navy Pier competition shortlist had been shortened from 52 to 11 and now the list is even shorter with it now down to 5 firms to enter the next stage of the competition to produce a design for review and announcement of a winner.

So the final 5 . . . → Read More: From 11 to 5: Navy Pier Competition Shorter Shortlist announced

Turenscape wins World’s Best Landscape Project at World Architecture Festival Awards 2011

A Mother Recovered – The Sanlihe Greenway, China, designed by Turenscape, has won the ‘World’s Best Landscape Project’ award at the prestigious World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards 2011.

The presentation of the WAF Awards are taking place during the largest global celebration of architecture – the World Architecture Festival, which is being held at the Centre Convencions . . . → Read More: Turenscape wins World’s Best Landscape Project at World Architecture Festival Awards 2011

Goes to 11: Pierscape at Navy Pier shortlist announced

Back in September the Phase 1 shortlist for Pierscape at Navy Pier was announced with 52 teams making the shortlist and requested to submit more information about their teams approach and organisation. Recently, the shortlist for Phase 2 was announced with many of teams comprising of several different design and technical disciplines. The shortlist includes teams . . . → Read More: Goes to 11: Pierscape at Navy Pier shortlist announced

Rio 2016 announces golf course design competition


The Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016™ announces the launch of an international contest to select a golf course design for the Rio 2016™ Olympic venue. The call for proposals is available from the Rio 2016™ website, www.rio2016.com.

To take part in the contest companies will be required to evidence golf course design experience, compliance with RIO2016™ international rules and to furnish proof of the qualifications necessary to develop the project. Consortiums of firms will be accepted. If the awarded participant is an individual international firm, it will be required to have an office legally established in Rio de Janeiro.
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Urban SOS Student Competition Finalists announced

AECOM has named the finalists in its annual Urban SOS student competition. Three student teams will fly to London to present a master jury at the New London Architecture(NLA) Gallery on November 10, 2011 and compete for $15,000 prize money.

This year’s competition centers on issues related to urban water challenges and drew a range of entries from around the . . . → Read More: Urban SOS Student Competition Finalists announced

10th Annual Urban Land Institute/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition

The ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, now in its tenth year, is an urban design and development challenge for graduate students. The Hines Competition challenges multidisciplinary student teams to devise a comprehensive development program for a real, large-scale site. Student teams comprising at least three disciplines have two weeks to develop solutions that include . . . → Read More: 10th Annual Urban Land Institute/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition

re:CONNECT open competition challenges the public and design community

re:CONNECT challenges the public and design community to give shape to the future of these two specific areas and scales of the city, while also providing a platform for less confined thinking through a ‘wildcard’ category. Here are the three categories in more detail:

1. Connecting the Core (“THE BIG SCALE”) – this component of the competition seeks . . . → Read More: re:CONNECT open competition challenges the public and design community

2011 ASLA Professional Awards Announced

Recently the 2011 ASLA Awards were announced with winners coming from across the world but more from the USA than in recent years. The Award of Excellence was won by ZGF Architects, Portland for the Portland Mall Revitalization. The mall has a long history and over the last 35 years and the revitalization has renewed the . . . → Read More: 2011 ASLA Professional Awards Announced

UN launches competition to design memorial to victims of slavery

The committee tasked with building a permanent memorial at the United Nations to honour the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade today launched a global competition for the design of the structure to remind the world that millions of Africans were violently removed from their homelands, abused and robbed of their dignity.

The UN Educational, . . . → Read More: UN launches competition to design memorial to victims of slavery

St. Petersburg Pier Design Competition narrowed down to 3 | BIG, West 8 & Michael Maltzan Architecture

 

A five-member public jury narrowed the list of teams to design the new structure from nine to a final three.  The three finalists picked by the selection panel include: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), lead designer Bjarke Ingels of New York; Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc., lead designer Michael Maltzan of Los Angeles; and West 8 with Allied . . . → Read More: St. Petersburg Pier Design Competition narrowed down to 3 | BIG, West 8 & Michael Maltzan Architecture