Archive for February, 2008
Extreme Housing 3rd International Architecture Competition
The Design Challenge
The 3rd International Architecture Competition presents architects with the task of creating energy efficient, single-family, detached housing that minimises climate change emissions and can withstand temperature extremes, yet is affordable to build and to buy. The winning architects will use the exceptional qualities of steel to construct their design in Cherepovet, Russian […]
White House Redux - architectural competition
The White House.
Home of the world’s most powerful individual. Universally recognized symbol of political authority. One of America’s greatest tourist attractions. Nerve-center of the world’s most complex communications system. The ultimate architectural embodiment of power. What if, instead of in 1792, that competition were to be held today? What would a White House designed in […]
Reinventing Grand Army Plaza - architectural competition
Grand Army Plaza is New York City’s greatest unrealized asset. Home to powerful architecture, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch, the elegant Bailey Fountain, the entrance to Frederick Law Olmsted’s greatest park, and a major transit hub, the sum of these parts is today emphatically less than the whole. Currently an underdeveloped public amenity, the redesign […]
Flip a strip - architectural competition
Overview
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art [SMoCA], Arizona, is organizing a design competition and public exhibition, Flip a Strip. This innovative project hopes to foster creative, yet pragmatic new visions for the renovation of the small-scale strip shopping plazas that line the streets of this metropolitan area—and virtually every suburban zone in the country. […]
