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New Cultural Center of Meudon-la-Forêt / Serero Architects
Jul 1st
Courtesy of Serero Architects First Prize-winner of the competition for the new cultural center of Meudon-la-Forêt, Serero Architects has designed a building wrapped by an organic concrete shell. The project will be presented at the mediatheque of Meudon until July 10th, 2010. More images and architect’s description after the break.
Santa & Cole Landscape Architecture Competition
Jul 1st
Santa & Cole, the Spanish Association of Landscape Architects and the European Biennial of Landscape Architecture announce the first Santa & Cole Landscape Architecture Competition, a Europe-wide competition of ideas intended to promote and reward good professional landscape architecture work in Spain, as a new culture which modifies and enriches the surroundings. Held biennially within the framework of the European Biennial of Landscape Architecture, each competition will consider a different sphere of action.
This first competition will reward the landscape architecture intervention in the Valle de Sant Pere, within the Belloch property, situated in the municipality of La Roca del Vallés, Barcelona.
2010 Washington UNBUILT Awards
Jul 1st
The 2010 Washington UNBUILT Awards Program recognizes excellence in projects that to date remain unbuilt – theoretical, academic, and other unbuilt projects. Projects entered will be displayed and judged as part of the DesignDC conference in August 2010. This competition is conducted by the Washington Chapter/AIA and is conducted independently of other awards programs sponsored by the National American Institute of Architects and other AIA components.
This program is open to all registered architects, landscape architects, planners, interior designers, associate architects, and students in the Washington Metropolitan area. Unbuilt architectural design projects of any type are eligible. There are not geographical, or other restrictions on the location of projects entered that ultimately may be built.
SUBMISSION CATEGORIES:
Unbuilt Theoretical
Unbuilt Commissioned
Digital submissions must be registered online at http://www.aiadc.com and received at the offices of the Washington Chapter/AIA between April 15 and June 30, 2010.
Competition Details:
http://www.aiadc.com/06-3 More >
Sea Change 2030+
Jul 1st
The competition is seeking ideas to deal with sea level rise from 2030 and into the future. Put simply it is an international ideas competition which aims to positively engage in thinking about the future of Sydney Harbour framed by our changing climate. Sydney is a creative, global, and waterfront city that is in a unique position to tackle climate change and see the benefits of being and an ‘early adapter’ and world leader in climate-friendly thinking.
One Prize: International Design Competition for Creating Productive Green Space in Cities
Jul 1st
One Prize is an Annual Design and Science Award to Promote Green Design in Cities.
This year we announce
Mowing to Growing: Reinventing the American Lawn
A Design Competition for Creating Productive Green Space in Cities
Organized by Terreform 1 http://www.oneprize.org
Seeking architects, urban designers, planners, engineers, scientists, artists, students and individuals of all backgrounds:
How can we break the American love affair with the suburban lawn?
Can green houses be incorporated in skyscrapers?
What are the urban design strategies for food production in cities?
Can food grow on rooftops, parking lots, building facades?
What is required to remove foreclosure signs on lawns and convert them to gardens?
The proposals can be for a real or speculative project, for one or more real sites, and located either in the U.S. or applicable to U.S. sites. Further, the proposals need not be generated exclusively for this competition, provided that they address the intent of the competition.
PRIZE:
PROFESSIONALS The winner will receive the More >
Integrated Habitat Design Competition
Jul 1st
INTEGRATED HABITAT DESIGN COMPETITION (IHDC)
Integrated habitat design inspires development that maintains the health of the natural systems that we all depend on. The IHDC competition emphasises that working with nature, adapting to climate change and enhancing biodiversity is integral to the design of our urban, suburban and rural built developments. For example, a bee should never be further than 20 metres from a food source within the site and a hedgehog should be able to cross the scheme in safety.
This competition is open to individuals and teams. Submissions can be for any built environment design project (new build, retrofit) in an urban, suburban or rural location, of any size, anywhere in the UK, but must take into account each of the 6 Design Criteria – Ecosystem Services, Nature, Water, Energy & Low-carbon, Livability, Economics.
Winners will be selected by judges from the worlds of ecology, architecture, engineering, landscaping and climate change adaptation. The overall winner will be the design that best integrates nature and the built environment with innovation, imagination and practicality, and will be awarded £2,000. All finalists will More >
Comment> Museum Stomping Grounds
Jul 1st
Charles Birnbaum believes there is no reason our cultural landmarks cannot also protect our historic landscapes
A101 Block City Masterplan Competition / Call for portfolios
Jun 30th
A101 Block City Masshtab Development Company is announcing a competition for the design of the masterplan for A101 Block City: an area of 127 ha with over 1 million sqm of housing in the A101 project. The A101 project is a new town of around 150.000 people and 13 million sq m of housing located south of Moscow. The Masterplan competition has two stages: the first stage is an open selection procedure for architects and urban designers based on portfolios, the second one an invited competition among four selected participants.
Edmonton City Centre Airport Lands – The Master Plan
Jun 30th
Edmonton City Council has mandated that the lands now occupied by the Edmonton City Centre Airport be transformed into a world‐class sustainable community. The City of Edmonton seeks talented and creative minds to prepare a master plan for this strategic property in the core of the City.
The revitalization of approximately 217 hectares of land in the heart of Edmonton represents an opportunity for Edmonton to place itself at the forefront of global cities that are seeking to establish the highest standards for sustainability to foster a living, working, and learning environment of unparalleled environmental and social quality.
The mission is to undertake a master planning exercise that will guide the long term development of a new community for families, parks and open space, places of work, cultural and educational institutions, and other amenities connected with a new Light Rail Transit (LRT) line to downtown. The mission is to provide Edmontonians with a range of lifestyle choices that embody a sustainable live style through the incorporation of design features, land uses, building practices, materials and assemblies, and technologies that will minimize the ecological More >
M.H. de Young Museum / Herzog & de Meuron
Jun 30th
© Iwan Baan The M.H. de Young Memorial Museum by Herzog & de Meuron is a remarkable revival of a building that no longer exists. The original museum, which opened in 1895, was an outgrowth of a fair modeled on the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition the previous year known as the California Midwinter Internation Exposition of 1894
