There is only one week left to enter your competition entries from 2009! Submit them as soon as possible.
Today we look at the ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award, one that many people have entered into Competition Competition 2010.
The requirement for this competition was to design a tall emblem structure in a centrally-located park in Dubai.
In addition, the design required:
The same structure should serve to promote tourism and other recreational, scientific and cultural activities.
Its architectural conception must endeavour to create spaces suitable for achieving these aims under optimal ambient and functional conditions.
It should have a unique state of the art design suited to Dubai’s socio-cultural reality and urban contexts.
Read the whole competition brief here.
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One of the competitions that we have seen the most entries for is the Designing in Teheran competition, organized by clothing retailer United Colors of Benetton.
According to the competition’s website, the objective was to design two multi-story buildings in the Iranian capital of Teheran [Tehran].
Did you participate in this competition and not win? Be sure to enter it into Competition Competition 2010. Have a second chance at having your hard work rewarded. Entries are due in less than two weeks! February 15th is the last date.
As you can see, the entries so far have been extremely varied. Check them out and click through to follow the projects you like best. The project in Competition Competition 2010 that has the most followers will receive a People’s Choice Prize.
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Here is a first look at some of the entries for Competition Competition 2010.
As the number of applicants continues to grow, we have been able to find multiple entries for the same competition. It has been really cool seeing the different designs people have come up with.
Today is a look at some who have entered their design for the House of Arts and Culture in Beirut, Lebanon.
According to the competition site, the building ‘will be accessible and highly visible. Its architecture and the dynamism and vitality of its program and events would turn it into a magnet for the Lebanese and the Arabs. It will project Beirut in the art community and become a leading place of the Arab World.’
Did you compete in this competition as well? Submit it to Competition Competition 2010!
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January is so over. Time flies when you have a bevy of architecture news to keep you busy.
DESIGN OBSERVER:
Meredith Davis has written a compelling article about who owns the rights to student work - the student or the institution in which is was created. Let us know what you think in the comments.
NEW YORK TIMES:
Nicolai Ourossoff has a nice piece on documentary filmmakers Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine, best known for Koolhaas-umentary ‘Koolhaas Houselife.’ They have since gone on make films about Frank Gehry’s Bilbao museum and Richard Meier’s Jubilee Church. If you are in New York, launch partner Storefront for Art and Architecture is screening the films at their Nolita gallery space through February 27th. read more
Warm up with a week’s worth of architecture links to keep you busy through your weekend charettes.
There was good news, bad news, and fun news in this last full week of the first month of the first year of the new decade.
Also be sure to check out the increasing number of entries for our Competition Competition 2010 – you only have 2 weeks to submit your amazing and unrewarded competition entries from 2009. Go for the gold!
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The last time I went to the Statue of Liberty was in 2nd grade. It was fun, I guess.
I was in no rush to go back.
Yesterday I took a cold ferry ride out there with Marc Tsurumaki from LTL Architects with our studio from Columbia GSAPP. I have to admit, the copper lady really blew me away. It’s not that she is so big or so beautiful, it’s more how she is put together, the intricacy of her construction and the sheer craziness of her standing there bolted into 27,000 tons of concrete and granite.
Seeing her up close, basically looking up her robe, revealed something shockingly beautiful in a construction that I have seen thousands of time. read more
Welcome to Seoul, center of design in this new decade.
Starting this month, Seoul is the 2010 World Design Capital and ranked third of the list of the top places to visit in 2010 according to the New York Times.
One of the highlights this year is the the third annual Seoul Design Fair held from September 17 to October 7 – an Asian response to Milano and New York. Seoul is committing to a year-round program of Design, viewable through a new website here.
Even if you can’t make it to Seoul during the Design Fair, the following 10 architectural pleasures should be enough to convince you that a trip to Seoul is worthwhile anytime if year. This booming nation doesn’t shy away from adventurous architectural forms.
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Like a beacon of hope on a cold winter’s day, the announcement last week that SO-IL was the winner of the annual Young Architects Program competition to design the courtyard space at P.S.1, in Queens, came as a sign that, eventually, it would once again be warm in New York.
Not only does the design remind us of warm summer days soaking up good beats, good art and good beer, but it also confirms that architecture can be fun, and low-cost to boot!
SO-IL uploaded the project on Architizer today. Check it out!
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SIX amazing kid-friendly projects on Architizer! See how today’s architects transform everyday objects into kidscapes that delight the young and old alike! read more
Part 2: Connecting your Facebook network to your work on Architizer
At some point in the last few years, it seemed like EVERYONE was on Facebook – even Aunt Esther! While it might be a nuisance with regard to hiding pictures of yourself doing tequila shots over a forgotten lost weekend, it is an excellent opportunity to your friend network know about your recent work.
Posting your projects from Architizer to Facebook could not be simpler. Just follow these steps and you can let the whole world – even Aunt Esther! – know the recent developments in your practice. read more
