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ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

FGC participants are challenged to envision the airport terminal building for the year 2100.

Register: JUL/01/2020, Submit: JUL/31/2020, Eligibility: Graduate and undergraduate students of architecture and engineering, recent graduates architects and engineers (the last four years); individually, teams up to 3 members, Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Place: 10,000 USD + airfare, lodging, and entrance fee for an architectural event (value up to 5,000 USD), 2nd Place: 3,000 USD, 3rd Place: 2,000 USD, People’s Choice Award (2 entries): 1,000 USD each

Despite a multitude of technological advances including video conferencing and drones, the proliferation of airports worldwide continues to be spurred on by global commerce and an unrelenting demand for travel. While the airport terminal-conceived a century ago-is a relatively new architectural typology, it has since its inception held equal importance with quintessential civic buildings: city halls, courthouses, libraries, museums, and theaters. Yet, airports are uniquely complex and they are more than just high volume transportation hubs.

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Design a space for modular medical clinic with basic facility for first aid treatments and small medical issues.

Register: JUN/25/2020, Submit: JUN/25/2020, Eligibility: Anyone, designers, students; individually, teams up to 3 members, Fee: Indian participants: individually 330 INR (Indian rupee), teams 750 INR; foreign participants: individually 7 USD, teams 17 USD (MAR/19 – APR/29/2020); Indian participants: individually 400 INR, teams 850 INR; foreign participants: individually 8 USD, teams 18 USD (APR/30 – JUN/25/2020), Awards: 1st Runner 290 QAR (Qatari riyal) (around 80 USD), 2nd Runner 190 QAR (around 50 USD), 5 Honorable Mentions

Many of the emerging trends in healthcare design come partly in response to exciting and healthy developments in the industry. Healthcare has long had an institutional feeling, but designers are pushing in the other direction. The beauty and comfort are viewed as just as important to a patient’s well-being as a sterile environment. Community is another aspect that is becoming important in healthcare settings, especially in senior living centers.

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Architects vision for the new Central Business District (CBD) of Thessaloniki, Greece… sponsor & organizer Alumil.

Register: MAY/25/2020, Submit: OCT/15/2020, Eligibility: Registered architects; natural persons, legal entities, partnerships of individuals; multidisciplinary teams lead by architects, Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Prize: 20,000 EUR, 2nd Prize: 15,000 EUR, 3rd Prize: 10,000 EUR, 4th Prize: 7,000 EUR, 5th Prize: 5,000 EUR, 6th Prize: 3,000 EUR, 4 Honorable Mentions

Thessaloniki is a historic city that has developed through the ages. It is located along the coast of Thermaikos Gulf whose west coast, including the port of the city, used to be a manufacturing zone. It is now uniquely located to spearhead the development of the city and its regeneration into a vibrant regional and international pole. Thessaloniki’s west waterfront area, where the city harbor is located, is today an underused urban area. It weakens the city’s image, livability, and productivity. Several past initiatives to facilitate the change towards urban growth and productivity have not been successful. So, the challenge remains. 

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

You capture a single photograph that tells a compelling story about architecture and its inhabitants.

Register: MAY/01/2020, Submit: MAY/01/2020, Eligibility: Anyone, students, non-students, Fee: Students 35 USD, non-students 50 USD (MAR/03 – MAR/20/2020); students 45 USD, non-students 65 USD (MAR/21 – APR/17/2020); students 55 USD, non-students 75 USD (APR/18 – MAY/01/2020), Awards: 2 Winners (student and non-student): 2,500 USD each; Long exposure filter kit (432 USD value); 20′ x 30′ MetalPrint (180 EUR value); 8″ Smart display (85 USD value); Featured e-book entry; Exclusive interview

With the birth of the smartphone, millions of people around the world gained access to incredibly advanced cameras, opening up the world of architectural photography to the global public. But while anyone can snap a photo, it takes more to create a truly compelling image. What kind of photograph captures the essence of a place? What can it tell us about the people that live, work and play within it? Can a photograph tell us a larger story about the cultural context of a home, city or country? 

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

The International VELUX Award is a competition for students of architecture that runs every second year. 

Register: APR/15/2020, Submit: JUN/15/2020, Eligibility: Registered architecture students 2019/20, who must be backed by a teacher from a school of architecture; individually, (multidisciplinary) teams (including engineering, design, landscaping), Fee: Free, Awards: Total prizes money: up to 30,000 EUR;  2 Grand Prizes (2 categories): 5,000 EUR each (4,000 EUR student, 1,000 EUR teacher); 10 Regional Prizes (5 regions by 2 categories): 1,250 EUR each (1,000 EUR student, 250 EUR teacher); special prizes

Daylight in architecture is an ever-relevant topic. Daylight has been used for centuries as the primary source of light for the interior and architects have always been interested in and fascinated by daylight; yet daylighting can be a difficult discipline to approach, understand and master. Daylighting describes the controlled use of natural light in and around buildings. It is the practice of placing windows, or other transparent media and reflective surfaces, so that natural light provides effective internal illumination during the day.

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Architects: Paz Gersh Architects
Photographs: Neve Tzedek, Amit Geron

The House is set in one of the historically preserved neighborhoods’ of Tel Aviv. The M-house design concept was planning a modern urban villa which combines local vernacular with modern architecture. The program has given described a vacation home for a European family which hosts relatives and friends all year long. The house had to accommodate the various function and still keeping a “cozy atmosphere” for the inhabitants. M house is a typical row house with two facades one facing north and the other facing south. The exterior garden is located on southern elevation; it was planned as an extension of the interior space of the living room. The northern elevation was designed as a patio that acts as outdoor foyer between the house and the street. Furthermore, the patio functions as a translucent “light well” which attracts reflected northern sunlight during the day.

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron
Photographs: Iwan Baan, Bahaa Ghoussainy, Trevor Patt

The city of Beirut lies in the heart of the developing Middle East. Having always been a cosmopolitan city, it is a focal point of the region as a cultural and geographical link between Europe and the Middle East. The history of Beirut could hardly be more diverse; remains of Phoenician, Roman, Mamluk, Ottoman and Colonial rule have shaped the city and its buildings. The design of Beirut Terraces was quite literally influenced by the layers of the city’s rich and tumultuous history. It is a history now also marked by inescapable traces of an eventful present. For generations to come, the people of Beirut will remember the assassination in 2005 of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, when a car bomb detonated in front of St. Georges Hotel. The resultant devastation is still visible as a daily reminder. Despite a scarred history, there is a clear vision to rehabilitate the area, with a master plan well under way that aims to rebuild and revitalize this part of Beirut.

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Quarteira, Portugal
Architects: Corpo Atelier
Photographs: Ricardo Oliveira Alves

Empty plots of similar shapes and sizes are aligned along a golf course, setting a frame for new urbanization of detached houses. Nothing was built. Due to the degree of uncertainty regarding future constructions, the house becomes introverted. Two white walls (almost) completely withdraw any direct contact from future neighbors, setting clear boundaries. Between them, an architectural inner landscape of cubic shapes, each arranging a single function, provides a sense of security and protection while carefully framing the distant landscape. Only a horizontal volume, containing the swimming pool, contradicts this logic projecting itself to the South, emerging from the walls to offer a possibility of volunteered exposure, for a brief moment, before returning to the house.

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: El Paso, Texas, United States
Architects: Hazelbaker Rush
Photographs: Casey Dunn

The Franklin Mountains extend into the north end of El Paso like a peninsula of rocky wilderness into the urban landscape of the city, rising 2500 feet above the Rio Grande river valley. The home site is set in the foothills of the Franklins 800 feet above the city perched just above a small canyon with unobstructed views of downtown El Paso and Juarez to the south. As the raw and rugged native landscape comes down the slope and meets the masses of the house the land starts to feel more controlled and cultivated. The steep site becomes a series of terraces that catch and slows the flow of water and the flow of life here. This mountain side oasis becomes enriched with native succulents and cacti, colorful grasses and aromatic herbs. A sustainable ecosystem on a small scale for a family that has turned a “hard” site into their sanctuary on the hillside. 

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

Architects: Design Unit Sdn Bhd 

Photographs: Lin Ho Photography 

The steeply sloping site for this 7000 sf house, orientated approximately east-west, falls by 11.5 m from the road to the rear with rainforest views to the east of this 7000 sf house. The house is designed to ‘float’ over the site – touching it lightly, and allowing the natural slope to remain, heightening our awareness to & informing us about the natural site contours. Consisting 2 independent structures – a 2 storey living & bedroom block constructed of exposed structural steel supported on a ‘forest’ of irregular spaced columns that enhance the feeling of ‘floating’. This steel structure is cantilevered over a lower independent structure housing an art gallery & cinema and is constructed of off-form concrete and includes a green roof garden and swimming pool.