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A New Attraction for an Old Airfield: Moscow's New National Center for...
A New Attraction for an Old AirfieldMoscow's New National Center for Contemporary Artsby Stanley Collyer Winning entry by Heneghan PengContrary to previous autocratic regimes in Russia, the current...
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Realizing a Major Museum Project in Record Time: Finland’s Serlachius Museum...
Realizing a Major Museum Project in Record TimeFinland’s Serlachius Museum CompetitionAll photos courtesy of the Serlachius Museum When the political will and money are there, even a winning...
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DawnTown Competition: Landmark Miami
DawnTown Competition: Landmark Miami Imagining a design competition for a Miami landmark raises a common question: “Aren’t Miami and Miami Beach actually one big city?” Since both municipalities have...
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Zaryadye Park Competition & Interview
The Zaryadye Park Competitionand an Interview with Ken Smithby Stanley CollyerWinning project by Diller Scofidio + RenfroCould one imagine a more ideal site for a major urban park? In most cases the...
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Mark Robbins Interview: Port of Kinmen Competition
Mark Robbins Interview – Port of Kinmen Competitionwith Stanley CollyerPhoto by Lily Kesselman COMPETITIONS: I’m not certain how familiar you were with previous competitions in Taiwan; but this one had...
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The Old and the New: Glasgow’s Schools of Art
The Old and the NewGlasgow’s Schools of Artphoto by Iwan Baan, courtesy Steven Holl Architectsby Brian CarterThe competition, organized and administered by Malcolm Reading Consultants under the...
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Surfer's Paradise Goes Cultural: The Gold Coast Competition
Surfer's Paradise Goes CulturalThe Gold Coast Cultural Precinct Competitionby Stanley CollyerWinning entry by ARM ArchitectureAre a Surfer’s Paradise and a significant emphasis on culture mutually...
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ADD-ON '13
ADD-ON '13Affordable Housing for Cape Codby William MorganWinning entry by CxMxD The goal of the Add-on '13 competition was to "seek design proposals for a freestanding, affordable, accessory dwelling...
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Interview with Steve Wiesenthal, University of Chicago Campus Architect
Interview with Steve Wiesenthal, University of Chicago Campus Architectwith Stanley CollyerFinalists clockwise from top left: Studio Gang, Perkins and Will, Hopkins Architects, BIGÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ...
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University of Chicago North Campus Student Residence
University of Chicago North Campus Student ResidenceWinning entry by Studio Gang with Mortensen Construction—Image courtesy Studio Gang ©University of ChicagoLike many American universities in the late...
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Adaptive Reuse of a Hospital Site: The Royal Adelaide Hospital Competition
Adaptive Reuse of a Hospital SiteThe Royal Adelaide Hospital CompetitionWinning entry by SLASH + Phillips with Pilkington ArchitectsAs a building type, hospitals have an unfortunate propensity toward...
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A Challenging Site for Calgary’s New Library: Snøhetta Tops Four Firms in...
A Challenging Site for Calgary’s New LibrarySnøhetta Tops Four Firms in Invited CompetitionWinning design by Snøhetta (image courtesy Calgary Public Library) The site of Calgary’s new public library...
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Science and Fiction Museum, Washington, DC
Science and Fiction Museum, Washington, DCBy Stanley Collyer1st Place entry by Emily Yen (image copyright Emily Yen)The recently completed Science and Fiction Museum competition in Washington, DC is...
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Vienna School of Economics
An Academic Cluster Pointing to the FutureThe Vienna School of Economics Campus PlanBy Stanley CollyerSchool of Economics by Zaha Hadid (all photos by Stanley Collyer)At the turn of the 21st Century,...
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Northwestern University's Medical Research Center Competition
From Icon to FunctionalityNorthwestern University's Medical Research Center Competitionby Dan MadrygaThe finalists (from left to right): Perkins+Will, Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill, Goettsch...
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The Earth as an Affordable Housing Alternative: Ghana’s Mud House Design...
The Earth as an Affordable Housing AlternativeGhana’s Mud House Design Competition1st Place entry by M.A.M.O.T.HFor years, the earth has long been the basic construction material for houses in rural...
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Interview: Bernard Tschumi On Competitions
Bernard Tschumi On CompetitionsInterview with Stanley CollyerFIU School of Architecture, Miami, FL, 1999-2003 (© Peter Mauss)COMPETITIONS: You grew up in an architectural environment; so was this...
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A Conversation with an Icon: Steven Holl Wins the Mumbai City Museum Competition
A Conversation with an IconSteven Holl Wins the Mumbai City Museum CompetitionWinning entry by Steven HollThe decision to stage an international competition for a “North Wing extension” to the Mumbai...
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Return of a Favorite Son to the Windy City? - CAC’s Barack Obama Library...
Return of a Favorite Son to the Windy City?CAC’s Barack Obama Library CompetitionWinning entry by Zhu Wenyi, Fu Junsheng, and Liang Yiang (all images courtesy of the CAC)During the 2008 presidential...
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Mesa City Center Design Competition
Mesa's Answer to Urban SprawlThe Major Redesign of a City Centerby Stanley CollyerWinning Entry - Image courtesy Colwell Shelor Designing a city plaza as a “people place” is no small challenge. One...
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