Kunsthaus Zürich -Competition Winner

David Chipperfield Architects has won the competition to build an extension to Kunsthaus Zürich.

The jury, presided over by Walter B. Kielholz and moderated by Prof. Carl Fingerhuth, has declared the project submitted by David Chipperfield Architects the winner of the competition to design an extension to the Kunsthaus Zürich.

The Kunsthaus extension's partners – the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, the city of Zurich, and the Stiftung Zürcher Kunsthaus – will present the winning project at a joint press conference to be held on 15 December at 10 a.m. at the Kunsthaus Zürich. Submissions were made anonymously to the international competition, which was organized by the Department of Structural Engineering of the city of Zurich, and provided the jury with a broad spectrum of potential winners to choose from. The winning project, selected by a solid majority of the jury, meets the complex demands of town planners and architects while also offering a functionally persuasive solution. All 20 projects submitted will be available to public view from 16 December 2008 until 11 January 2009 at the Kunsthaus.

The Kunsthaus Zürich aims to realize its vision of a museum for the 21st century with an extension planned to open on Heimplatz by 2015. It is to cost CHF 150 million (without adjustment for inflation or reserves), to be financed equally by the public and private sectors. The project will be among the first elements to be realized in the University District/Central Zürich development plan, of which it is a part. The Kunsthaus extension is a key project on the municipal council of Zürich’s legislative agenda.

See www.kunsthaus.ch for a list of jury members and participating architectural offices, as well as to read documentation of the project’s aims and status. For information on the prize winning architect see www.davidchipperfield.co.uk.

Image Coney -submit your ideas

It's time to hear your ideas for Coney Island. Coney Island was once the most astonishing place on earth – from the minarets and lights of Luna Park to the water chute rides and freakish sideshows of Dreamland. It was a place of extraordinary spectacle, inventiveness and fun. Over the last several decades, Coney Island has declined – but survived. Millions still visit the beach, the boardwalk and its remaining attractions each year. But the area needs revitalization. How can we restore Coney Island to be one of the world’s most exciting and original entertainment and amusement destinations once again?

MAS has launched ImagineConey, a new initiative to develop new ideas for Coney Island's future. The goal is to see Coney Island restored to its place as one of the world's great entertainment and amusement destinations - the "world's playground." On that day, we brought together a world-class team of designers, engineers, producers and economists at Brooklyn Borough Hall to listen to presentations from key stakeholders (click here to see photographs from the day and here to watch a NY1 broadcast).

The team will return for a two-day "charrette" - an intense design workshop - on November 13 and November 14 and present their initial ideas to the public on November 17.

But first, it's time for architecture and planning professionals and Coney Island fans everywhere to fire up their imaginations and weigh in. We need your ideas for Coney Island's future: for events and activities, for new amusement rides, for the design of new structures and even for interim activities that could happen as early as the summer of 2009.

Here's how to submit your ideas. 1) Visit our new website ImagineConey.com. You can submit ideas as text (less than 150 words) on the website or as graphics which can be emailed to us at imagineconey@mas.org. 2) Attend a workshop next Monday, November 10 (in Coney Island) or next Wednesday, November 12 (at Brooklyn Public Library). For more information about the workshops, click here.

All of the ideas will be displayed online at ImagineConey.com and also at an exhibit that will open in January 2009 here at MAS. The deadline for submission is December 15, and ideas submitted before November 12 will also be considered by the team for potential inclusion in their presentation on November 17.

Shortlist announced: Greyhound Opening site, Norwich

The shortlist is announced for the competition to design a new mixed tenure, affordable housing development on the Greyhound Opening site in Norwich.

The Delivering Affordable Housing Partnership (DAHP) - a partnership of Norwich City Council, Broadland Housing & Orbit Housing Partnership, Circle Anglia Ltd, Flagship Housing Group and Lovell Partnerships Ltd - was astounded by the phenomenal response to the competition. 101 Expressions of Interest were received from architects based in the UK, Eire, Japan and the Netherlands.

The Jury Panel consisted of a former Greyhound Opening resident, together with representatives from the DAHP, the Housing Corporation and Clare Wright (Wright & Wright Architects) acting as the RIBA Architect Adviser. With such a strong field of applicants, Panel members faced an embarrassment of riches and arriving at a shortlist was an extremely difficult task. The Panel selected practices which they felt would be most capable of helping the DAHP to deliver an innovative high quality development, with an appropriate density of accommodation that can be built, will be financially viable within social housing constraints and have the potential to enrich the neighbouring community. The five short-listed practices (in alphabetical order) are as follows:
- Letts Wheeler Architects
- Maccreanor Lavington Architects
- Make Architects
- Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects
- Shedkm Architects

The short-listed practices will be invited to develop design proposals for the 1.2hectare Greyhound Opening site and present them to the Jury Panel at a final interview in late January 2009.

Architectural League - Design Event

UrbanOmnibus.net and the Architectural League of New York are are hosting a design event in New York City November 14-17 in conjunction with Design Corps and Metropolis books. Our competition-like program seeks to demonstrate the possibilities for urban improvement through small, elegant design interventions that are conceived and built all in a weekend. A design brief will be given Friday night at the Urban Center, the home of the Architectural League, to a group of six selected teams, who then will document their design process over the weekend to present at a small event on Monday, November 17.

We hope to attract a diverse array of teams from many disciplines, including architects, designers (graphic, interactive, etc.), programmers, landscape architects, visual artists, musicians and sculptors. If you know anyone who would be interested in participating, please contact us at the the phone number below.

Sarah Snider
Executive Assistant
The Architectural League of New York
457 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022
t. 212.753.1722
f. 212.486.9173
www.archleague.org�

RIBA Competition Housing Exhibition

This exhibition showcases a range of housing projects that have originated through RIBA Competition
Venue: CUBE Gallery, 113 - 115 Portland Street, Manchester
Dates: 17th October to 20th December 2008
A new winter exhibition organised by the RIBA Competitions Office opens in October showing a selection of housing projects that have originated through RIBA competition.
This exciting and varied choice of projects shows the wide range of solutions generated through architectural competitions and will include:

• the six shortlisted entries from the competition to develop 400 Student Residences at the University of Warwick;
• the seven shortlisted entries from the LEX, Walsall Waterfront development
• the winning design for the Lawrenny Sustainable Housing Development in Pembrokeshire;
• the completed building project for the Elmswell 'Clay Fields' Affordable Housing project, which is a ground-breaking 26-home scheme committed to sustainable development;
• the design development for the Bradford House competition as it nears completion; an inspirational modernisation of Victorian housing typologies
• details of the new competition launched on behalf of Urban Splash for 250 market-priced and affordable family homes as part of the North Shore project area in Stockton-on-Tees
• information on the recently launched Nationwide Student Sustainable Housing Competition�

Winner announced: 2008 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture

In his most recent book, published in 2007*, the pioneer of political ecology André Gorz writes of his hope for a forthcoming ecological urban revolution: "It is likely that it will be South Americans or South Africans who – in the abandoned suburbs of European cities – will be the first to recreate the self-production workshops of their home favela or township." His wish is becoming a reality, since it is the South African Carin Smuts who has been awarded the 2008 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture at Villa Savoy in France.

Born in 1960 in Pretoria, Carin Smuts comes from a family of politicians and philosophers (her great-uncle Jan Christiaan Smuts was one of the renewers of holistic thought), who were unflinching in their opposition to apartheid. After early ambitions to be a doctor, Carin chose to study architecture, in the belief that "this career would enable her to make an even greater difference to society".

Since 1989, Carin Smuts has worked in the townships, now free of apartheid but still excluded from the development process going on elsewhere.

Is the architecture she practises sustainable? She says it is, emphasising how: "a sense of economy, an intelligent use of materials, are the very ethics of architecture! But to build in the townships, people must first be able to express a need, formulate a programme, know how to put it into practice. Experience has taught me that this is impossible if people have not regained their own freedom. For me, architecture is simply the means for these people to regain charge of their own lives. Our work is about people."

With extremely small budgets, Carin Smuts builds amenities, housing, services, not only for but with the black communities. They work with her to establish the programme, and then build and manage it themselves. A Carin Smuts project generates more cultural energy than it uses materials. Just as the Bengali Muhammad Yunus invented micro-loans, Carin Smuts has invented sustainable micro-development, an approach that she sums up in a single phrase: "Do local: materials, details, labour."

As the winner of the 2008 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, Carin Smuts has been commissioned to build the second project in the Seine-Aval Architecture Manifesto-Collection: a multipurpose centre which will revitalise the small town of Follainville-Dennemont. The first project, a rural lodge in Chanteloup, has been commissioned from the 2007 winner Hermann Kaufmann and will open in spring 2009.

Result: Transform the Future Competition

TRANSFORM THE FUTURE 2008
Colourful sustainable design for communities
RESULTS
"Textures make sense"
The second year of the Dalsouple 'Transform the Future' design competition attracted entries from every corner of the world. While last year's winner was close to home in the UK, this year the honours went to a remote corner of Argentina. Leonardo Bercovich Sisack and Noelia Canizares Majek, students at the National University of Tucuman, collaborated on a stunning design for the Luis Braille School for visually impaired children. The children helped select the Dalsouple textures and colours that were incorporated into the final design. Textured rubber was used to improve wayfinding, not only on the floors but on walls and corners around the school. Leonardo and Noelia also came up with a series of structured floor and wall games and puzzles, some using Dalsouple's magnetised rubber tiles, to create a lively, interactive learning environment.
The interpretation of sustainability encompassed not only the use of natural materials but also the broader context of improving quality of life for an often marginalised group - the visually impaired. Recognising that human interaction and social inclusion are key facets of the sustainability story, the Luis Braille school project used natural and sustainable materials to enable pupils to move freely within, interact with and learn about their environment. This small project 'contributes to the development of our society by making the built environment more adequate, beautiful and a truthful expression of our goals as human beings."
Highly commended awards were made to the following entries:
1 Charlotte Claridge, London College of Communication: Stormont House School, Hackney
2 Cristina de Saro & Ivonne Caballero, University of Texas: Avance Daycare Centre, San Antonio
3 Sarah Williams, Chelsea College of Art & Design: Holy Trinity School, Marlow*
4 Danielle Strzelecki, The Interior Design School: Pepper Pot
5 Ong Tien Yee, Lim Chee Way, Beh Ssi Cze & Chow Khoon Toong, National University of Malaysia: The UKM Special Education Centre
6 James Griffiths, Leeds Metropolitan University: The Exchange at Edgehill Station
7 Jorg Lunkenheimer & Andreas Reinhardt, University of Applied Sciences, Wuerzburg: Red Rubber Carpet
8 Michael Pfueffer & Peter Brewer, University of Applied Sciences, Wuerzburg: Parasite/Para-site?
*Sarah's design was actually installed during the summer of 2008, transforming a scruffy, bag-filled girls' cloakroom in the school to a clean, attractive locker room in vibrant shades of lilac and purple.
Next year's competition
To reflect the growing importance of sustainability in the design mix, Dalsouple will be running the competition again in 2009 in an expanded form. Entries will be welcome from both students and professional designers, and there will be an opportunity to submit product designs as well as interior projects using DalNaturel natural rubber.
For details visit www.dalsouple.com.�

Sham Spiritual Oasis Architecture Competition

Exhibition opening of "Sham Spiritual Oasis Architecture Competition" in Damascus, plus an on-line exhibition of participants' entries plus jury comments and reasoning of ranking.

Sham Spiritual Oasis is the name of the architecture competition that aimed at developing concepts for a facility of hospitality for travelers and pilgrims through Sham Region (Damascus Area). The Oasis is to serve as a visitor center, a place of spiritual growth and an opportunity to provide initiation to welcoming the other. This Visitor Center is located at the entrance of Wadi Deir Mar Musa Protected Area, near the town of Nebek, Syria.

The competition was launched in March 2008 by COSV (Comitato di Coordinamento delle Organizzazioni per il Servizio Volontario, Milan, Italy), Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi (The Monastery of St. Moses the Abyssinian, Nebek, Syria) and Tanween Arabian Cultural Centre (Prague, Czech Republic). Funds for the project were provided by the European Union as a contribution to the celebration of Damascus as the cultural capital of the Arab world for the year 2008. The competition was open to Euro-Mediterranean architecture and art students. Contributions from professionals from all over the world were also welcomed.
For more information about the competition: www.shamspiritualoasis.org�

Winner announced: University of Warwick Student Residences Competition

Page & Park Architects has won the competition for the design of new residences for 500 students at the University of Warwick. The University's main campus is on the south west edge of the city of Coventry actually straddling the border between City of Coventry and the County of Warwickshire. The new residencies will be on the Coventry side of the campus just a few minutes walk from the University's Library, central social facilities and Warwick Arts Centre.

Page & Park were one of six teams shortlisted to take part in the design phase of the competition and invited to prepare concept design proposals for the first phase of residences, with a target of 500 study bedrooms, within a site close to Rootes Residences.

The other teams taking part in this phase were:-

Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects
David Morley Architects
Richard Murphy Architects
Schmidt Hammer Lessen Architects Ltd
Stanton Williams

The Jury Panel, chaired by Penny Egan, Member of University Council, praised the enthusiasm and commitment of all the competing practices, and the quality and diversity of the design concepts shown in the various proposals.

The Jury were unanimous in selecting Page & Park as the winner and felt that their scheme not only best fit the operational needs of the project but also offered the best relationship between the built development and the high quality landscape context that exists.

International Symposium and Award Ceremony for “best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008”

The contemporary design of private outdoor spaces dares to embark on new, unconventional paths: The international competition best private plots - Die besten Gärten is now in its third year. This year, 71 architects, garden designers, landscape architects and garden owners from 17 countries responded to the invitation to submit their garden projects to the competition. An international expert jury composed of five members has nominated 28 projects, from among which the top three contestants will be chosen during the final jury meeting in Langenlois. The projects nominated for best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008 are published at www.privateplots.at/en/nominations.html.


The award recognizes exemplary achievements in the design of private outdoor spaces and gardens, rating sophisticated design ideas and aesthetic solutions, the innovative use of plants and materials, and the consideration of the ecological context.


The winners of best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008 will be announced on September 27th at 7 p.m. at the award ceremony in the auditorium of Grafenegg Castle in Austria. We look forward to celebrating with you afterwards with a buffet and wine offered in the open-air pavilion “Cloud Tower”, designed by the architects of the next ENTERprise, and located in the castle’s 250-year old park. For guests, a shuttle service from the Loisium Hotel in Langenlois to Grafenegg Castle will be available. Make your reservations at: www.privateplots.at/en/registration.html

As jury members, we have been able to enlist renowned experts from the fields of landscape architecture, architecture and design, who have investigated the topic of planning gardens and outdoor spaces in greatly varied and highly innovative ways. We expect their presentations at the symposium public spots on private plots to provide an exciting and productive impetus for discussion, as well as perspectives on gardens as aesthetic and cultural fields of experimentation – as open, varied and variable spaces.

The international symposium on garden architecture public spots on private plots will take place on September 27th, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Loisium Hotel in Langenlois, Austria.

Jane Amidon (USA) – landscape architecture | Petra Blaisse (Netherlands) – design
Erik Dhont (Belgium) – landscape architecture | Edouard François (France) – architecture

The participation fee for the symposium is EUR 50.00, and registration is required at www.privateplots.at/en/registration.html.

All projects nominated will be published in the bilingual catalogue “best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008 – Internationale Beispiele zur Gartenarchitektur”, which will be presented at the award ceremony. The catalogue can be pre-ordered at: www.privateplots.at/en/catalogue.html

Prototyping the city_international summer school_Torino World Design Capital 2008

Prototyping the City: Design Studio was a workshop organized by the Torino World Design Capital, the Architectural Association, the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation at Columbia University and the Politecnico di Torino within the context of the summer school Designing Connected Places. It took place in Torino, between 14 July and 26 July 2008 and was conceived as an intensive collaborative section between 35 students from all over the world and has been realized with the support of Denaldi Legnami.

The task was to design and construct an installation, used as the Torino information desk of the six workshops of the summer school Designing Connected Places, held both in Torino and in Pollenzo: students were asked to design and construct the information desk by using advanced computational techniques and fabrication processes.

The wooden structure will remain on site until October 12th. and has been placed in the corridor, between "Le Nuove" and the "Officine Grandi Riparazioni delle Strade Ferrate" as this is an area of the city that has been abandoned for a few years and that has reborn as an exhibit pole during these months.

Official Blog: www.protocity.blogspot.com

ARCHIFEST 08: MAN + ENVIRONMENT

October 08

A month-long festival celebrating architecture and the built environment is due to return for a second year after the successful event held for the first time last year.

Look forward to a myriad of exciting events including Exhibitions, Forum, Architours and other Fringe Events at the Archifest. Be inspired by the gallery of the year’s best architectural projects; learn from watching the presentations of a stellar line-up of world-renowned architects; get up-close with some iconic and very interesting buildings on a guide tour. The festival is a public event packed with architectural-related activities and happenings for all to participate in.

The highlight of the festival will be the two-day Archifest 08 Forum: Man+Environment. The Forum brings together a stellar lineup of speakers who will be addressing the challenges of Man and our environment. Featuring a panel of carefully-selected speakers including Fernando Menis (Spain), Jo Noero (South Africa) and Andrew Maynard (Australia), the Forum will have an upbeat, broad and suggestive take on the topic "Man+Environment".

For more information, please visit www.archifest.sg.

Sustainable Communities 2008

Join Paul Hawken, Sim Van der Ryn, Jerry Brown and other green leaders at Sustainable Communities 2008
Sustainable Communities 2008 will bring together leading innovators Sim Van der Ryn, Paul Hawken, Peter Calthorpe, Stewart Brand, Jerry Brown and Peter Schwartz in San Francisco on September 26, 2008 for a rare one-day seminar on the past and future of sustainable communities. With Jacky Grimshaw of the Center for Neighborhood Technology moderating, they will explore the juncture of ecology and urbanism that's more critical than ever.

As energy prices, greenhouse gas emissions, water concerns, and food production issues point to the need to refashion how our communities are built, this seminar is a must for design professionals and citizens alike. The event's host is the Congress for the New Urbanism, a leading national organization promoting walkable, neighborhood-based development as an alternative to sprawl. And at a special luncheon, included with full registration or available by separate ticket, CNU will honor Van der Ryn -- described by the New York Times as "the intrepid pioneer of the eco-frontier" -- with an Athena Award. The award is given to design and development leaders who laid the groundwork for today's re-emergence of urbanism and green community design.

Starting with their collaboration on groundbreaking green policies and designs for the State of California under then-Governor Brown, the incredible group of people featured at Sustainable Communities 2008 introduced and advanced many of the innovations that form the backbone of the green building and sustainability movements. And they helped show that environmentalism must extend beyond conservation of natural lands and resources to encompass a comprehensive vision for human habitats -- sustainable cities and towns. The participants in Sustainable Communities 2008 are the ultimate guides to the transformation our society must make to move forward and prosper.

Visit the event website and register today to take advantage of the early registration discount.

RIBA Competitions Exhibition

Small Projects within the Leisure Sector

Venue: CUBE Gallery, 113 - 115 Portland Street, Manchester
Dates: 2nd August to 6th September 2008

A new summer exhibition organised by the RIBA Competitions Office opens in August showing a selection of small scale projects within the leisure sector that have originated through RIBA competition.

This exciting and varied choice of projects shows the wide range of solutions generated through architectural competitions and will include: Kielder Observatory; Bat House; Blackpool Swivelling Wind Shelter; Cleopatra’s Kiosk, Hardwick Park Visitor Centre, The Pavillion at Priory Park in Reigate, Mersey Observatory, Maidstone Museum plus many more.

The exhibition highlights that architectural competitions can work for any scale of project whether large or small.

International Symposium on Garden Architecture

public spots on private plots

International Symposium on Garden Architecture
September 27th, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Loisium Hotel, Langenlois, Austria
The symposium brings publicity to private outdoor spaces, raising questions such as, what makes a garden a garden? What are the new challenges and opportunities for gardens in a changing living environment? The spotlight is on gardens as places of experimentation, as spaces for the exploratory design and analysis of ecology, architecture, lifestyles, public and private space. The topics discussed include contemporary aesthetic and cultural strategies in garden design and landscape architecture, as well as new developments in the fields of technology, design, science and art.

The speakers at the symposium are internationally renowned landscape architects, designers and architects, and also serve as the expert jury for the competition best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008.

Jury and speakers
Jane Amidon (USA) – landscape architecture
Petra Blaisse (Netherlands) – design
Erik Dhont (Belgium) – landscape architecture
Edouard François (France) – architecture
The jury is joined by landscape architect Jane Bihr-de Salis (Switzerland), the winner of “best private plots 07”.

The participation fee for the symposium is EUR 50.00, and registration is required at www.privateplots.at/en/registration.html, info@privateplots.at.


best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008
Award Ceremony for the International Competition
September 27th, 2008, 7:00 p.m., Langenlois, Austria
The competition focuses on gardens as places of innovation, as spaces for creativity and action, as contemporary links between architecture and landscapes. The jury takes into account the interplay between gardens, buildings and landscapes, the design of boundaries and transitions, the artistic and conceptual quality of the design, and the use of plants and materials. The awards in the international competition for garden architecture recognize outstanding achievements in the design of private outdoor spaces and gardens. The prize money is EUR 15,000.00, and the prize will be awarded after the symposium by Lower Austrian Provincial Councilor Wolfgang Sobotka. Registration is required at www.privateplots.at/en/registration.html. The nominees for best private plots 08 – die besten Gärten 2008 will be published on our website as of July 30th, 2008. The final jury session will take place on September 26th, 2008, in Langenlois.

Catalog and Exhibition
The bilingual catalog Internationale Beispiele zu Gartenarchitektur: best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008, which features essays by Peter Zöch (TOPOS) and contributions by the jury members introducing the outdoor spaces and gardens nominated, will be presented at the award ceremony. The catalogs for 2006 and 2007 can be ordered at www.privateplots.at/en/catalogue.html. The nominated projects will be shown in an exhibition from September to October 2008.

Team and Awarding Authority
The “private plots & public spots” team consists of landscape architect Karin Standler and architect Robert Froschauer, with contributions by cultural theorist Gisela Steinlechner. The awarding authority, the Lower Austrian government agency “Association for Quality of Life” (Verein für Lebensqualität des Landes Niederösterreich), is to thank for enabling us to combine an international expert debate with a competition.

South Street Seaport | Re-envisioning the Urban Edge

July 17 — September 27, 2008
Centre for Architecture, 536 La Guardia Place, New York.
The Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) presents the Third Biennial Ideas Competition, South Street Seaport | Re-envisioning the Urban Edge. This competition encouraged participants to envision new connections, both material and metaphoric, between this richly historic neighborhood and Manhattan’s contemporary urban fabric.
South Street Seaport | Re-envisioning the Urban Edge provided an opportunity, uncommon for students and young professionals in the field of design and architecture, to engage the ongoing evolution of the South Street Seaport. More than 200 participants entered the competition, representing a broad spectrum of domestic and international architects, landscape architects, urban designers, and graphic artists. From over 100 entries, a jury selected four top prizes, five honorable mentions, and additional Jury Selections, all of which are presented in this exhibition.
ENYA partnered with the Seaman's Church Institute (SCI), whose headquarters have been in the neighborhood since 1832. The principal element of the program is a community center for local residents and gallery space to house the SCI’s collection of maritime art and artifacts. In addition, competitors were encouraged to make community-building interventions in open spaces throughout the site in order to preserve the neighborhood’s intriguing history, while re-imagining its future edge condition on the downtown New York waterfront.
Exhibition Opening
Thursday, July 17, 2008, 8:00 — 10:00pm
Awards Ceremony, 6 to 7PM
Panel Discussion, 7 to 8PM (RSVP)
Opening Reception, 8 to 10PM
Additional Related Programming will include a book launch, symposium, and site tour. For more information, please check www.aiany.org/calendar for updated times and dates.
Exhibition organized by the AIA New York Chapter and Center for Architecture Foundation in collaboration with the Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA)
ENYA Co-Chairs:
Megan Chusid, Assoc. AIA
Harry Gaveras, AIA
Exhibition and Competition Developers:
Anne Leonhardt, Assoc. AIA
Heather Mangrum
Joel Melton, Assoc. AIA
Sean Rasmussen, Assoc. AIA
Exhibition Design:
Steven Mosier

South Street Seaport: Re-Envisioning the Urban Edge

Emerging New York Architects (ENYA)
Underwriter: F.J. Sciame Construction

Sponsor: Gensler; Propylaea Architecture; Richter + Ratner

Living Steel Announces Competition: Finalists

Living Steel Announces Finalists for 3rd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing

12 Teams Compete for Extreme Housing in Russia

Brussels, Belgium, 2 June 2008 – Living Steel today divulged the 12 finalist architect teams who will submit concepts for sustainable steel housing in Cherepovets, Russia. Selected from 246 completed submissions from architects in 52 countries expressing interest to compete, the finalist teams are:

• Ben Addy and Tim Murray, Moxon Architects, Ltd., United Kingdom
• Rossana Atena, ATENASTUDIO, and Fabio Cibinel, modostudio, Italy
• Hugh Broughton and Philip Wells, Hugh Broughton Architects, United Kingdom
• Chris Clarke and Joel Kelder, Bligh Voller Nield, Australia
• Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Silva, FGMF Arquitetos, Brazil
• Sandeep Jagadeesh and Vimal Jain, ARCHITECTURE PARADIGM, India
• Daniel Jenkins and David Turrent, ECDA, United Kingdom
• Grigory Kuzhelev and Galina Budnikova, LCA, Russia
• Lua Nitsche and Pedro Nitsche, Nitsche Arquitetos, Brazil
• Pekka Pakkanen and Risto Huttunen, H-L-P Architects, Finland
• Peter Stutchbury and Richard Smith, Stutchbury and Pape, Australia
• Kathy Velikov, RVTR and Paul Raff, RVTR, Canada

The winning team will share a Jury Prize of €50,000 and the opportunity to see their design realised in Cherepovets.

The 3rd International Architecture Competition originally was to include ten teams; however the Selection Committee unanimously decided to increase the number of finalist teams.

“These finalist architects represent a wealth of creative minds in sustainable design that expressed interest in this competition,” said Scott Chubbs, Living Steel Programme Director. “Given the quality of the submissions and the experiences each team has to offer, it was decided to expand the competition by two teams.”

According to the Competition Brief, the finalists are charged with developing three to five housing styles of approximately 120 m2 each based on a single construction technology. The extreme challenge in this competition is to design the homes to be highly energy efficient and to minimise climate change emissions through the life cycle of the buildings, within a USD120,000 (approximately €76,000) construction budget (not including land and kitchen outfitting). The Brief suggests energy consumption of 100 kWh/a per m2—this in Cherepovets, Russia, where temperatures swing from summer highs of +34o C to winter lows of -49 o C. The building site will eventually be the location of a community of up to 500 homes developed by Living Steel member steel company SeverStal for its employees.

The twelve short-listed teams were given the project brief and one month to put together their ideas for efficient, sustainable housing that fits the location specifications. These teams will travel to Helsinki, Finland, where they will present their concepts to the competition's Jury on 26-27 June 2008.

The Jury members represent some of the world's finest architects, known for their passion for great design and their application of sustainable practices in their work. Glenn Murcutt returns to the 3rd International Architecture Competition jury, and is joined by:

• Kimmo Lintula, K2S Architects Ltd., Finland,
• Mark Middleton, Grimshaw Architects, UK
• Patricia Patkau, Patkau Architects, Canada
• Sergey Skuratov, Sergey Skuratov Architects, Russia
• Alexei Venediktov, SeverStal, Russia

In addition to the design competition, a two-day Charrette will follow on 28-29 June in Helsinki where the teams will be joined together in groups and tasked with master planning of the community development. The groups will present their plans to each other and then vote on which group offered the best solution. The winning group will share the €20,000 Architects' Prize.

Each of the twelve competition teams will be awarded a €3,000 honorarium.

The competition event in Helsinki will conclude with an awards dinner on 29 June 2008 and the announcement of the winners of the Jury Prize and Architects' Prize.

“We thank the many teams that entered our competition,” Chubbs said, “It is exciting and encouraging to Living Steel that so many have a desire to take up the challenge for low climate change emissions buildings that conceptualise the home people want and deserve.”


See the Competition Brief and other relevant information at www.livingsteel.org/extremehousing

Lawrenny Sustainable Housing, Pembrokeshire -Shortlist announced

The RIBA Competitions Office and the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW) are pleased to announce the names of the practices short-listed to the competition for a new sustainable housing development in Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire.

The first stage of the competition attracted a phenomenal response with 92 Expressions of Interest from architectural practices throughout the UK and Europe. Lawrenny Enterprises were astounded by the range and variety of practices who applied and the exceptional quality of the submissions.

The Jury Panel consisted of Directors from Lawrenny Enterprises together with Richard Nightingale (Cullum and Nightingale Architects Ltd) acting as the RIBA Adviser. The Panel faced a difficult task in selecting a long-list, but selected those practices who they felt had demonstrated a real empathy for the project and would be best suited to rise to the challenges and opportunities of the rural development site. The eight practices invited to attend an interim interview (in alphabetical order) were:
• Ash Sakula Architects
• Davies Sutton Architecture
• Featherstone Associates
• Inglis Badrashi Loddo Architects
• David Kohn Architects
• Letts Wheeler Architecture and Design Ltd.
• Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects
• Tom Russell Architects.

The interviews gave each practice an opportunity to discuss their possible approach to the project and to explore potential future working relationships with Lawrenny Enterprises. The following practices have been invited to develop design proposals for the development:
• Ash Sakula Architects
• Davies Sutton Architecture
• Letts Wheeler Architecture and Design Ltd.
• Tom Russell Architects

Adrian Lort-Phillips (Managing Director, Lawrenny Enterprises) commented: ‘There is no doubt that we have got four incredibly talented teams lined up for the final stage. I am certain we would never have found them had we not run the RIBA competition. Now we move to the design stage where it's going to get really exciting. We can't wait to see what the teams come up with.’

The four teams will present their design proposals to the Jury Panel at a final assessment to be held in Lawrenny in late July 2008.

Choices for Grahame Park: winners

Choices for Grahame Park announces design team competition winners for regeneration project

Choices for Grahame Park (CfGP) has appointed a design team led by architects Jestico + Whiles for a key phase of its £95m regeneration gateway Phase 1b project.

Key to the ground-breaking development will be a new library, park, community centre and shops for Grahame Park, as well as over 500 new homes. Construction work is due to start in 2010.

Five architect design teams were shortlisted from thirty Europe-wide entrants to prepare design proposals for the three main mixed-use buildings and the new town square.

Residents played a key role in this process. The Grahame Park Residents’ Design Panel assessed the shortlisted teams before they were further assessed by the CfGP Evaluation Team which included Barnet Council and Countryside Properties. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) managed the competition process and provided a specialist architect adviser.

The evaluation panel assessed Jestico + Whiles as “superb leaders for this project” and, together with their team members, Rivington Street Studio and Peter Barber Architects, were considered “brilliant designers” for addressing the challenges and opportunities of Grahame Park’s Phase 1b.

The next steps are for the Jestico + Whiles consortium to join the technical team to begin the process of developing the design proposals. This will involve consulting with the community, working up ideas and liaising with the Council’s Planning and Highways departments.

Anne Dufton, Chief Executive of Choices for Grahame Park, part of Genesis Housing Group, said ‘CfGP is again bringing excellent architects into Colindale. Our expectations and those of the Grahame Park residents have been raised by this enthralling competition process. We had so many great ideas presented to us by some extremely talented teams of architects and are delighted with our choice, the Jestico + Whiles team.’

Heinz Richardson, Director of Jestico + Whiles, said “We are absolutely delighted to have been chosen for this important regeneration project, particularly given the extremely high calibre of the shortlisted teams. We look forward to working together with Choices for Grahame Park, and in particular the residents of Grahame Park, to create a truly inspirational and sustainable place to live, which is above all humane”

Exhibition of RIBA Competition Projects

Venue: CUBE Gallery, 113 - 115 Portland Street, Manchester
Dates: until 17th May 2008

A new spring exhibition organised by the RIBA Competitions Office opens in May showing a selection of recent competition results and a built project, all of which originated through RIBA competition.

This exciting and varied selection of projects has been chosen to show the range of solutions generated through architectural competitions and will include:

• Egremont Castle Performance Structure, Cumbria
The winning design by Decosterd-Cotting Architects with Guscetti-Tournier Engineers from Geneva, Swizterland and the shortlisted schemes.

• Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve, Preston
The winning design by Adam Khan Architects and the shortlisted schemes for the competition to design a new visitor facility for Brockholes.

• Sheffield Parkway Footbridge
The winning design by Tim Norlund, a 23 year old architect from Denmark who had beaten over 100 entries to gain first prize in this competition. Plus the shortlisted entries.

• Avenham Park Pavillion, Preston
This project was won through an invited design competition in February 2005 by Ian McChesney Architects. A series of boards will show the development of the design from the original competition entry through to completion.

The exhibition celebrates some of the most successful projects so far in 2008 and demonstrates how the competitions process can laud emerging practices as well as established ones.

2008 Steedman Fellowship: winner

New York architect Nikole Renee Bouchard has won Washington University's 2008 Steedman Fellowship in Architecture International Design Competition.

The biennial competition — sponsored by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts' College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design — is open to young architects from around the world and carries a $30,000 first place award to support study and research abroad — the largest such award in the United States.
"In-Situ Sensibility." Site plan for an urban agricultural development just north of downtown St. Louis. Image courtesy of Nikole Renee Bouchard.
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Bouchard, who received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University in 2006, was chosen from a field of 197 registrants and 49 submissions representing Australia, Britain, Canada, China, Germany, India, Singapore and the United States. She currently works for Steven Holl Architects in New York.

"The Steedman is one of the oldest and most widely known competitions for young architects in the United States," says Bruce Lindsey, the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration and dean of Architecture. "This year's site was an historic St. Louis district that has come under increasing pressure for redevelopment. The results show a wide range of possibilities for bringing new life to older buildings."

The competition centered on the former St. Louis Cold Storage Company, an abandoned 100,000-square-foot industrial building located along the Mississippi riverfront, just north of downtown and Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch. Architects were charged with creating environmentally sensitive adaptive reuse strategies for the structure, which was built in 1901. Most buildings in the area reflect St. Louis' industrial past, specifically power generation and cold storage for the river and railroad commerce of the early 20th century.

"There is a need for a program that activates the landscape and engages the public — people of all ages, social statuses and interests," notes Bouchard of her winning proposal, titled "In Situ Sensibility: Seeding the Future Growth of St. Louis." She points out that the area "is one of very few in the city which does not currently have a public greenspace."
Approach from train shed. The northern facade of the former St. Louis Cold Storage Company would remain untouched, aside from the re-opening of existing apertures. Image courtesy of Nikole Renee Bouchard.
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Bouchard's design would reinvent the site as a center for urban agriculture. A network of hills, valleys, fields and tributaries would transform the grounds surrounding the Cold Storage Company. The building itself would take cues from the natural topography to "create spaces that are both dark and intimate (like the surrounding landscape's submerged caves) as well as expansive and open (like the region's rolling prairie)."

Historic northern, eastern and western facades would remain untouched, aside from reopening a series of existing apertures, which are currently boarded-up. A large open space flowing from the southern façade would serve as an indoor/outdoor market as well as a venue for summer film screenings and other public functions. Additional components include classrooms and offices; an area for composting; and a green roofscape that would house gardens, collect rainwater and provide spectacular views of St. Louis and the Mississippi River. A nearby abandoned train depot would become a parking facility.

In addition to Bouchard, three entrants received honorable mentions:

Maria Eva Contesti, Seattle. Constesti, a native of Argentina, earned a Professional Degree in architecture from the Universidad Nacional de Rosario in 2003 and a Master of Environmental Planning degree from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 2004. In 2007 she received a Master of Architecture degree from Washington University and also won the Best Degree Project Prize for the class of 2007. She is currently a staff architect with ZGF Architects in Seattle.
Architecture as instrument for enlightenment. A large multifunction hall on the building's southern side could accommodate markets, lectures, exhibitions and film screenings. Image courtesy of Nikole Renee Bouchard.
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John Bruenning, St. Louis. Bruenning earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale B.S in 2001, and a Master of Architecture from Washington University in 2004. He currently works at AAIC, a St. Louis architecture firm.

Sabina Santovetti, Rome. Santovetti received a Master of Architecture degree from Washington University in 2005 and previously earned a Master's in industrial design from the Pratt Institute in New York; a Master's and Doctorate in art history and archeology from the Sorbonne University in Paris; and a degree in literature and philosophy from the University of Rome. She is currently a cofounder of the firm SANTOVETTI + NARDINI: Architecture & Design in Rome.

Winners were selected by blind jury. Lawrence Scarpa, visiting professor of architecture and principal of Pugh + Scarpa in Santa Monica, served as jury chair. Other jurors included Peter Davey, former editor of The Architectural Review in London; architect/urbanist Hashim Sarkis, who has offices in Beirut and Cambridge, Mass.; Nader Tehrani, a partner at Office dA in Boston; Ken Yeang, principal of Hamzah & Yeang Architects in Malaysia; and author/theorist Wilfried Wang, co-founder of Hoidn Wang Architects in Berlin.

Granted since 1925, The Steedman Fellowship is supported by an endowment — given to the Sam Fox School's College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design — in honor of James Harrison Steedman, who received a degree in mechanical engineering from Washington University in 1889. The memorial was established by Steedman's widow, Mrs. Alexander Weddel, and Steedman's brother, George.

For more information about the Steedman Fellowship, visit http://www.steedmancompetition.com.

Shrinkage Worldwide Awards

The Shahneshin Foundation (SF) is pleased to announce that the distinguished jury of the Shrinkage Worldwide Awards after careful review and considered assessment of entries chose the works by Elena Giacomolli (City Empire), David Holt (untitled), Christopher Patten (Picnic), Stephanie White (Vital Fluid), Giovanna Zanghellini (Time is running out), have been selected from a highly-regarded worldwide practices and institutions in the Shrinkage Worldwide Awards this year to design a multi-purpose poster capable of delivering the shrinkage nature. http://www.shahneshinfoundation.org/news/pressroom.html

The entries came from Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Croatia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, and from an array of diverse fields -both academics and practitioners- in arts, architecture, graphic design, industrial design, landscape-architecture, planning, product-design, publicity, robotics, and so-forth.

The Shrinkage Worldwide Awards is jointly promoted by several international institutions including the Architectural Association (AA), American Institute of Architects (AIA NY), Dansk Design Centre (DDC), Design Austria (DA), Design Singapore Council (DSC), the Institute of Landscape Architects of South Africa (ILASA), International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda), and many others Institutional friends.

St Leger Homes Bungalow Design Competition Result

The Crawford Partnership has won the RIBA competition for the design of a suitable and innovative solution for the extension and adaptation of a number of one bedroom bungalows scattered throughout the Doncaster area. 

The existing bungalows are managed by St Leger Homes which is the Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) that manages council housing for Doncaster Metropolitan Borough.  Currently these bungalows offer limited accommodation with the kitchens and bathrooms being particularly small and are increasingly failing to meet the aspirations of customers.  Consequently a competition was launched on behalf of St Leger Homes seeking innovative design proposals to alter and extend these bungalows.

Fourteen practices initially submitted expressions of interest to the competition and four were shortlisted and invited to present their initial design proposals to the jury panel.  The other shortlisted teams were: AIR Architects from London; Bauman Lyons from Leeds and Cottrell and Vermeulen from Hebden Bridge and London.

The Crawford Partnership was judged the winning entry because of the modest scale of the extension; alterations to both sides of the bungalow; a range of green features including the possibility of a sedum roof and an option for car parking if it was required.

Gill Robinson, RIBA Adviser commented: “This scheme provides a simple yet elegant solution to remodelling the one bedroom bungalow, which is flexible and economical to build. I particularly like the ingenious use of a small lightwell to link the extension to the bungalow. Overall a practical and imaginative design.”

Alan Crawford from The Crawford Partnership said: “We are looking forward to working with St Leger Homes.  The essence of our proposal centers on providing a simple, flexible and economic solution to extend each home and is based on a collective of cost effective, sustainable ideas that the practice is currently exploring and implementing on other projects.”

The design will be used in the future for a pilot project when funding becomes available for the work to take place.

New Practices New York 2008

New Practices New York 2008 is the second juried portfolio competition and exhibition in a new biennial tradition sponsored by the New Practices Committee of the AIA New York Chapter. It serves as a platform to recognize and promote new, innovative and emerging architecture firms within New York City that have undertaken unique and commendable strategies - both in the projects they undertake and the practices they have established.

Schedule
2 April -Information Session for Entrants, 6:00pm
8 April -New Practices in the Mix, hosted by Poliform, 6:30pm
16 May -Registrations Due
30 May -Submissions Due, 3:00 pm
4 June -Juror Symposium, 6:00pm
5 September -Exhibition Opening, 7:30pm
15 October -Winners’ Symposium, 6:00pm

Eligibility
The New Practices Showcase has the following eligibility requirements:
New practices are defined as licensed architectural firms that have been founded after January 1, 2002. (Please include a copy of “Certificate of Firm Incorporation” or a signed certification that practice was founded after January 1, 2002).
Selected firms must be located within New York City.
Registration and Submission
All Entrants $100
Late fee for registration $50
Entry fees are non-refundable.
To register, click HERE
When registration and payment are complete the entrant will receive a username, password and instructions.
The submission deadline of May 30, 2008 is for the receipt of the portfolio at the Center for Architecture, not the date of its postmark.
Competition, exhibition, and related programming are organized by the AIA New York Chapter’s New Practices Committee and the Center for Architecture Foundation.
Sponsored by:
Underwriter: Häfele
Lead Sponsors: MG & Company, Poliform, Thornton Tomasetti
Media Sponsor: The Architect’s Newspaper

For more information please contact Jesse Lazar, Program Committee Coordinator, at jlazar@aiany.org.

Prefab Futures: New Agendas for Mass Customization in Architecture

Pratt Institute School of Architecture
Spring 2008 Kullman Center Conference,
Date Thursday, April 3 2008

Location
Higgins Hall Auditorium
Pratt Institute School of Architecture
61 St James Place
Brooklyn, New York

Prefab Futures: New Agendas for Mass Customization in Architecture is the inaugural event for the Kullman Center, a research center residing within the School of Architecture with an emphasis on developing new and innovative approaches to modular construction and industrialized building techniques. The one-day conference will present research and scholarship related to the history of prefabrication, contemporary and emerging techniques and approaches to prefabrication, as well as the social and sustainable potential of prefab and prefab technologies. These three topics are key research areas for the Center, which will function both as an intellectual resource and ideas clearinghouse as well as an important laboratory for industrial construction.

Schedule

8:00 Morning Reception

9:00 Opening Remarks
Avi Telyas CEO Kullman Buildings Corp.

Morning Address
Kent Larson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:45 Prefab Precedents
Moderator: Bill Menking
Colin Davies, London Metropolitan University
Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Art Center

11:15 Prefab Futures Session I
Moderator: Thomas Hanrahan
Wes Jones, Jones Partners
Charlie Lazor, Lazor Office
Rocio Romero, Rocio Romero
Michael Pitt, Design Buro

2:30 Prefab Futures Session II
Moderator: Evan Douglis
John Nastasi, Nastasi Architects / Stevens Institute of Technology
Marcelo Spina, PATTERNS / Sci-Arc
Ada Tolla, Giuseppe Lignano, LOT-ek

4:45 Prefab Futures Session III
Moderator: Philip Parker
Michael Meredith, MOS / Harvard University
Jeremy Edmiston, SYSTEMarchitects / City University of New York
Joseph Tanney, Resolution: 4 Architecture

7:00 Closing Remarks
Barry Bergdoll, The Museum of Modern Art

7:30 Conference Reception. Siegal Gallery

POST-IT City: Occasional Urbanities

Exhibition at the CCCB Barcelona

13 March – 25 May 2008

The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) and the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica (CASM) present the exhibition POST-IT City. Occasional Urbanities. The exhibition forms part of the POST-IT project, directed by Martí Peran, which began in 2005 with a series of seminars and workshops at the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica in Barcelona.

The research project focuses on the temporary uses of public space for commercial, recreational and sexual activities in cities around the world.

More information:
CCCB Press Department
Mònica Muñoz / Irene Ruiz / Lucia Calvo
+ 34 93 306 41 23
premsa'at'cccb.org
www.cccb.org

Mersey Observatory Competition Winner

A 50m high illuminated tower has won the international design competition for the proposed Mersey Observatory on Crosby beach. The design by Duggan Morris Architects emerged as the front-runner in thousands of votes and comments from local people, and was the unanimous choice of the judging panel.

The design by Duggan Morris is unlike anything else in the country and would be one of Merseyside’s most recognisable landmarks. It beat four other short listed proposals by Studio 8 Architects, Farrell & Clark, Ellis Williams and Phos Architects, following an international design competition that attracted over 90 entries from all over the world.

Duggan Morris will now begin to develop the next stage of detailed designs for the project.

Joe Morris, director of Duggan Morris Architects, said: “The setting for the Mersey Observatory is entirely unique both geographically and culturally. The challenge was to create something to complement the extraordinary setting as well as having sufficient gravitas to act as a ‘beacon’ in its own right.”

Unusually, the design calls for two complementary structures: a viewing tower and a separate café and exhibition centre. Duggan Morris calls them the ‘lamp’ and ‘bowl’. The Observatory tower is designed to be illuminated from the inside and contains two viewing platforms giving stunning 360-degree views over Liverpool, Crosby beach and the River Mersey. A lift would carry people to an enclosed, all-weather viewing platform, and further up to an open air viewing platform atop the tower.

The second, lower building contains the support facilities including reception, information point, exhibitions, restaurant, café and toilets, as well as a rooftop viewing ‘amphitheatre’ intended for closer views of the bird sanctuary.

Ian McChesney, RIBA Adviser commented: “The jury took little time in selecting a winner. The competition saw a variety of approaches, but it was the more modest and poetic approach of Duggan Morris - developed in great detail - that prevailed.”

Ian Hamilton Fazey, chair of the Waterloo Residents Association and also a member of the judging panel, said: “Anyone who has had the opportunity to go on to the roof of the existing radar tower knows that there is one single “Wow! factor” that it is impossible to miss.

“It is simply the astonishing delight of emerging into the daylight and suddenly being confronted with an amazing 360-degree panorama of cityscape, waterscape, the mighty Mersey, Liverpool’s hard-working dockland, a nature reserve teeming with birds, the Gormley statues on Crosby beach, and the view across the Wirral and Liverpool Bay to the Clwyd hills, the Great Orme’s head at Llandudno, and Snowdonia.

“The judging panel is convinced that Duggan Morris brings a balance of youth, enthusiasm and professional experience that will give us the best of all worlds – an innovative, 21st-century design with a professional team of all the talents capable of delivering it.”

The panel was impressed by the team assembled by Duggan Morris to deliver the project, which includes experienced consultants with considerable track records, who will advise on engineering design, cost control, ecology and environmental issues. The quantity surveyor for the project recently finished work on the new Liverpool arena and convention centre.

Walter Menzies, chief executive of the Mersey Basin Campaign and chair of the judging panel, said: “The architects immediately grasped the extraordinary tourist and visitor potential of the location and their design would be a spectacular window on the waterfront and gateway to the Liverpool city region.

“We were all impressed by the professionalism and commitment of Duggan Morris and the sheer verve with which they conveyed their enthusiasm for the project. The judges were unanimous in their decision that the Duggan Morris entry should be the winner.”

“But now the real work begins. The architects must develop their preliminary designs to a much more detailed level, and crucially the team behind the project must put together the funding package that will make the Mersey Observatory a reality.”

The project is led by the Mersey Basin Campaign and backed by a strong partnership that includes the Northwest Regional Development Agency, Mersey Waterfront and Peel Holdings.

People can find out more by visiting www.merseyobservatory.com

AIA New York Design Awards 2008

The AIA New York Chapter's annual Design Awards Program recognizes excellence in architectural design by New York City architects and in New York City projects. The program's purpose is to increase awareness of outstanding architecture and to honor the architects, clients, and consultants who work together to improve the built environment.
Judged by this year’s panel of eminent jurors, the award recipients were selected out of a record crop of 400 submissions.
AIA New York Chapter Design Awards Jury– by Category
Interiors:
Pamela Babey
BAMO, Inc.
San Francisco
Donna V. Robertson, FAIA
Illinois Institute of Technology, College of Architecture, Chicago
L. Paul Zajfen, AIA, RIBA
Los Angeles
Architecture:
David Adjaye, RIBA
London
William P. Bruder, AIA
Will Bruder + Partners, Phoenix
Ada Karmi-Melamede
Ada Karmi-Melamede Architects
Tel Aviv
Projects:
Terry Dwan, 1920 Riva
Milano
Karen McEvoy, AIA
Bucholz McEvoy Architects
Dublin
Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi
Instituto Nazionale d'Architecttura
Roma
AIA Chapter 2008 Design Awards – Winners by Category
Architecture Honor Award Winner:
Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Project: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Location: Kansas City, MO
Architecture Merit Award Winners:
Architect: Andrew Berman Architect
Project: Private Library and Writing Studio
Location: Long Island, New York
Architect: Thomas Phifer and Partners
Project: Salt Point House
Location: Salt Point, New York
Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects L.L.P.
Project: Skirkanich Hall
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Architect: FXFowle Architects, P.C.
Project: The New York Times Building
Location: New York, New York
Forrest City Ratner Companies & The New York Times Company
Architect: Polshek Partnership Architects
Project: Yale University Art Gallery, Kahn Building Renovation
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Interior Architecture Honor Award Winners:
Architect: De-Spec Inc. / Vista Engineering
Project: Banchet Flowers
Location: New York, NY
Architect: Architecture Research Office
Project: Susan P. and Richard A. Friedman Study Center
Location: Providence, RI
Architect: Joel Sanders Architect
Project: Yale University Art Gallery Media Lounge
Location: New Haven, CT
Interior Architecture Merit Award Winners:
Architect: WORK Architecture Company
Project: Anthropologie Store
Location: Dos Lagos, California
Architect: Bentel & Bentel Architects
Project: CRAFTSTEAK NY
Location: New York, New York
Architect: STUDIOS architecture
Project: IAC Headquarters
Location: New York, New York
Architect: Stephan Jaklitsch Architects
Project: Marc Jacobs Paris
Location: Paris, France
Architect: Workshop For Architecture
Project: Maritime Intelligence Group Office
Location: Washington, DC
Architect: Christoff:Finio architecture
Project: Museum as Hub at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
Location: New York, New York
Architect: Shelton, Mindel & Associates
Project: North Sea Poolhouse
Location: Southampton, New York
Project Honor Award Winners:
Architect: OBRA Architects
Project: BEATFUSE!
Location: Long Island City, New York
Architect: David Yum Architects
Project: ELV Winery
Location: Santa Barbara County, California
Architect: Rogers Marvel / West 8 / Diller Scofido + Renfro/
Quennell Rothschild/ SMWM
Project: Governors Island Park and Public Open Space
Location: Governors Island, New York, New York
Architect: Toshiko Mori Architect
Project: The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems
Location: Syracuse, New York
Architect: Cook+Fox Architects
Project: Waterfront Tower
Location: New York, New York
Architect: Leeser Architecture
Project: World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum
Location: Republic of Sakha-Yakutia (Yakutsk), Siberia
Project Merit Award Winners:
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Project: Al Rajhi Bank Headquarters
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Architect: Zakrzewski + Hyde Architects
Project: Hudson Square RISE
Location: New York, New York
Architect: WRT/ Marpillero Pollak Architects
Project: Queens Plaza Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project
Location: Queens, New York
Architect: Himma Architecture
Project: Ridge House and Master Plan
Location: Aodi, Taiwan
Architect: Joel Sanders Architect with Haeahn Architecture
Project: Seongbukdong Residences
Location: Seoul, Korea
Architect: Leven Betts Architects
Project: Stockholm Public Library Addition
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Architect: AC Hocek Architecture/ OffSite
Project: The Tristes Tropiques Houses
Location: Nicaragua
Architect: GRO Architects
Project: Best Pedestrian Route
Location: New York, New York
The Design Awards program includes the juried competition, a Design Awards Luncheon, Symposium, related lectures by category winners, and an Exhibition at the Center for Architecture.
Judged by this year’s panel of eminent jurors, the award recipients were selected out of a record crop of 400 submissions.
For the first time this year, AIA New York Chapter has established here in New York, an additional set of awards to recognize excellence and innovation in the specialized design fields of Educational Facility Design, Sustainable Design and Urban Design, collectively known as “The Building Type Awards.”
Co-sponsored by the Boston Society of Architects, the Building Type Awards recognize exemplary work done by both established and new practitioners from New York City and Massachusetts, regardless of project size, budget, or style. Separate teams of field experts will judge the contest, and winners will be announced in March.
Winning projects from both the Design Awards and the Building Type Awards will be recognized at the Design Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, April 30th.
All work will be exhibited at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place. The Design Awards Exhibition runs from Thursday, May 1st through July 2008.
Sponsored by:
Benefactors:
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP; Syska & Hennessy Inc.
Patron:
HDR, HOK, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, PC; Richter & Ratner
Lead Sponsors:
Arup; Gensler; KI; Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.; Mancini Duffy; RMJM Hillier ; Thornton-Tomasetti
Sponsors:
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Atkinson Koven Feinberg; Cosentini Associates; Flack+Kurtz; FXFOWLE Architects; JCJ Architecture; MechoShade Systems, Inc.; New York University; Pei Cobb Freed & Partners; Peter Marino Architect; Ricci Greene Associates; Swanke Hayden Connell Architects; Toshiko Mori Architect; Turner Construction Company; Weidlinger Associates, Inc.

Shortlist Announced: JCB Competition Uttoxeter

A shortlist has been chosen in the competition to select a team to develop a masterplan for the redevelopment of JCB’s Heavy Products site in Uttoxeter. Six design teams were selected from 47 applicants and will now go through to the design stage of the competition.

They are :

• Bauman Lyons Architects, with ARUP, Witraz (Copenhagen), and Latz & Partner Landscape Architects (Munich)
• DEGW with Camlin Lonsdale, Peter Brett Associates, Hoare Lea, Arup Planning, Buro 4, Gardiner & Theobald
• Glenn Howells Architects with Buro Happold, DBK Group and Colvin & Moggridge Landscape Architects
• Letts Wheeler Architects with Whitelaw Turkington, Martin Stockley Associates
• McDowell & Benedetti with Alan Baxter Associates, Whitelaw Turkington, Max Fordham Consulting & Dickon Robinson
• Robert Adam Architects with Gillespies Landscape Architects, WSP, ESD

JCB is intending to relocate its Heavy Products facility to a new site which has presented the opportunity to redevelop the town centre site and contribute to the wider renaissance of Uttoxeter, where the Bamford family has links stretching back almost 200 years.

JCB Chairman, Sir Anthony Bamford, has already stated that he wants the redevelopment to leave a legacy to the town. Speaking about the competition, Sir Anthony said: “I have no doubt that this competition will result in a scheme of outstanding quality. Most importantly, it must be a scheme that will enhance the centre of Uttoxeter for the benefit of everyone living in the town”.

The teams will present their initial design concepts to the judging panel on 8th May.

Herzog & de Meuron: Exhibition on new Parrish Art Museum

Studio as Muse:
Herzog & de Meuron's Design for the New Parrish Art Museum

The Urban Center
457 Madison Avenue, New York City

Opening Reception
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
7:00–9:00 p.m.

The exhibition will be on view from March 12 - May 2, 2008.

Herzog & de Meuron’s design for the new Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York will link together individual pavilions to create an innovative spatial experience that tells the story of art on the East End of Long Island. This exhibition presents more than one hundred thirty study models, material samples, and videos exploring the design development of the new building, expected to open in 2010. For more information, click here.

Installation by Herzog & de Meuron.

Studio as Muse: Herzog & de Meuron’s Design for the New Parrish Art Museum was first presented at the Parrish Art Museum. The presentation at the Architectural League is made possible, in part, by the generous support of Ian Schrager Company.

League programs are also made possible with support of the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Image: Exterior Rendering of The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY. View from Montauk Highway. © Herzog & de Meuron, 2007.

Shortlist: Concept Designer for the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street Station

The shortlist was announced by the RIBA for the selection of a Visionary Concept Designer to develop the overarching building vision for the redevelopment of Birmingham’s New Street Station and surrounding area.

The New Street Gateway partnership, which involves Network Rail; Birmingham City Council; Advantage West Midlands and Centro (West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive), was delighted by the response to the first stage of the competition. Forty-seven Expressions of Interest were received from designers in the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States of America.

The six short-listed teams (in alphabetical order) are as follows:
- CRAB Studio
- Foreign Office Architects
- IDOM UK Ltd
- LAB architecture studio
- UNStudio
- Rafael Vinoly Architects

The Jury Panel consisted of representatives from the partner organisations together with Christophe Egret (Studio Egret West) acting as the RIBA Architect Adviser. The Panel selected designers which they felt would have the vision to create something special, resulting in a rejuvenated New Street Station that will raise Birmingham’s profile, act as a gateway for passengers to the City and a catalyst to the ongoing regeneration and economic development of the region. Furthermore, the Panel needed to be confident in each short-listed team’s ability to generate an inspirational design, with a legible external presence.

Commenting on the shortlist, Clive Dutton (Director of Planning & Development, Birmingham City Council) said: ‘The station is the beating heart of the city. Its design must be breath-taking and lift the spirit. Any one of these architects is capable of creating something mind-blowing. What an unbelievably exciting prospect.’

The six short-listed teams will present their vision for a regenerated New Street Station to the Jury Panel at final interview in mid-April 2008. The winner will aim to produce an exceptional and functional design that will portray the dynamic, international character of modern day Birmingham.

Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum: Winner Announced

The RIBA has announced the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum Competition has been won by by Berman Guedes Stretton, an Oxford-based firm of architects.

The competition judges were unanimous that Berman Guedes Stretton’s submission was a worthy winner. They considered that the design “possessed clarity of vision and an uncomplicated consistency which gave it a simple elegance and logic”. They praised the design’s eco-friendly aspects, including use of reclaimed and self-finished materials, ground source heat pumps and natural ventilation. They also felt that the development would enhance the surrounding area, by creating a link through to Cheltenham’s oldest building, medieval St Mary’s Church.

The new development will transform Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum by greatly increasing its exhibition and display space and other facilities. Notable features include a large temporary exhibition gallery, additional space for collections (including accessible storage space which will benefit both the public and researchers), and, for the first time, dedicated space for the Art Gallery & Museum’s extensive education, outreach, life-long learning and arts development work. The design also includes improved and fully-accessible visitor facilities, including lifts, shop and café.

The competition judges were informed in their short-listing and judging by a consultation process involving a range of organisations and hundreds of visitors and residents who gave their views on comment sheets and at a series of road-shows throughout Cheltenham.

Councillor Diggory Seacome, Cheltenham Borough Council Cabinet Member for Arts & Culture, said: “The winning design will enable the Art Gallery & Museum to move into the 21st century in terms of its facilities. The arts and culture are important to Cheltenham and are valued and appreciated both by its residents and by those who visit the town at all times of the year. The Design Competition has given everyone the opportunity to examine all the possibilities and we look forward to progressing to the next stages of this important project with a design which has been so well-received.”

Jane Lillystone, Museum & Arts Manager, said: “We are delighted that so many people have shown such an interest in the design competition and in the future of Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. The development will not happen overnight, but we are greatly encouraged by the support we have received so far, including by organisations such as the Friends. We are very grateful to the Royal Institute of British Architects and to the judges for their time and expertise, which has taken us this far.”

Congress for the New Urbanism XVI

This year's Congress for the New Urbanism will address today's top community--building challenges -- from overcoming anti-urban codes to curbing greenhouse gas emissions – all of which demand truly cooperative action. CNU's annual Congress brings the essential pieces of place making and sustainability for anyone who is interested in architecture, planning, transportation design, or development.

CNU XVI: New Urbanism and the Booming Metropolis will be held in Austin from April 3-6, 2008. The program is nearly set and is full of experts and expertise from urbanisms cutting edge — where the best in walkable neighborhood-based development meets big challenges from the turmoil in the housing market and global climate change to the rapid growth of mega-regions like Central Texas.

See leading thinkers and practitioners such as Pulitzer-Prize winning author Robert Caro, innovative former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros, plus Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Ellen Dunham-Jones, Doug Farr, Christopher Leinberger, Emily Talen, Robert Fishman and many more.

Learn more about the program and register at http://cnuxvi.org.

Giles Worsley Travel Fellowship

Giles Worsley, the distinguished architectural historian and critic, died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 44. He was an enthusiastic visitor to Italy and a great believer in the importance of Italian architecture of all periods in understanding the development of Western architecture. He was concerned that architecture schools do not give adequate emphasis to the teaching of architectural history and that architectural historians should be encouraged to experience the reality of influential Italian buildings.

Each year, the Fellowship will be awarded to an architect or architectural historian, who will spend three months (October to December) at the British School at Rome, studying an architectural topic of their choice. Travel, accommodation and board and a monthly stipend of £700 will be provided. Each Fellow will be required to deliver a public presentation on their return.

Applications are invited for the 2008 Fellowship. Applicants must have British nationality or have been living and studying in Britain for at least the last three years. They must have completed or be registered for a post graduate qualification. Please apply by February 29th 2008 to:

The Giles Worsley Travel Fellowship
British School at Rome
c/o The British Academy
10 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AH

http://www.bsr.ac.uk/

enclosing a curriculum vita, a statement of 500-700 words indicating the subject of your proposal and your suitability for the Fellowship, and statements of support from two referees.

Applications will be considered by a panel consisting of an RIBA representative, a British School representative and one other, appointed by Giles's family. Their decision will be announced at the end of April 2008.�

Renewable Energy in the Urban Environment

Berlin Monday 19 May – Friday 23 May 2008
Renewable Energy in the Urban Environment, a seminar organised by the German Solar Energy Society and Green Dragon Energy, takes place in Berlin, a city in the forefront of renewable energy technology.
Photovoltaics
Solar thermal for heating & cooling
Passive solar buildings
Heat pumps
Bio-energy
Wind energy
Visits to working systems
Solar boat tour

Includes visits to a range of top-quality renewable energy systems and buildings with passive solar features. The seminar will provide an information-rich introduction to renewable energy technology and its application in the urban and suburban environment. It is an ideal opportunity for business people wishing to get involved in this rapidly growing industry, for building engineers and architects and those working in the public and non-profit sectors to get an overview of renewable energy and see some of the best technology. No previous knowledge of renewable energy technologies is assumed.

THE VENUE The Energy Forum, situated on the banks of Spree, is one of Berlin's many low energy /passive solar buildings. It also has a PV system and a heat pump.

See www.greendragonenergy.co.uk/courses.htm for registration

FOOD & ACCOMMODATION A buffet lunch will be served each day during the seminar. Berlin has an excellent selection of reasonably priced hotels. Participants will be provided with contact details.

FEES The seminar costs €1,200 A deposit of € 400 needs to be paid on registering for the course. The seminar is aimed at an international audience and will be in English. The Energy Forum, seminar venue

Berkebile to speak at Fredericton Festival of Architecture

More than 400 architects are expected to gather in Fredericton June 25-28, 2008 and just one of the reasons will be keynote speaker Bob Berkebile, FAIA, a leading authority in sustainable design and founding chair of the American Institute of Architects’ Committee on the Environment.

“Bob was a pioneer in sustainable design and continues to be at the forefront of our profession by continuously leading with new ideas. We are particularly pleased as he was instrumental in forming the US Green Building Council. This effort was greatly admired by the RAIC and in fact emulated as we decided to incubate the Canada Green Building Council, which has since grown and continues to expand across Canada,” said Kiyoshi Matsuzaki, FRAIC, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) President. “This is personally a treat because Bob has become a guru to my partner in architectural practice and my wife, Eva and I. I hope many architects take the time to come to Fredericton to hear Bob and join us for the Architects’ Association of New Brunswick - RAIC Conference and Festival of Architecture.”

In announcing the keynote, Gaye Kaplan, MRAIC, AANB President and co-chair of the festival said, “I am delighted that Mr. Berkebile will be our keynote speaker and I look forward to hearing him speak on his view of architecture as part of a living system called earth, where neighbourhoods need to respond to their environment just as a living system does by embracing our climate, solar exposure, earth, water and landscape.”

Berkebile is a Principal with BNIM Architects and highly regarded by fellow professionals for creating beautiful environments that are restorative and pedagogical. He has conducted numerous sustainable design charrettes and workshops for the White House, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, to name just a few.

Together RAIC and AANB will be hosting the annual national Conference and Festival of Architecture June 25-28, 2008 themed Steering the Current.

The Architects’ Association of New Brunswick is a corporate self-regulating body, established in 1933, for the purpose of advancing and maintaining the standards of architecture in New Brunswick, for governing and regulating those offering architectural services and for the safeguarding of members of the general public and the profession.

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada is a voluntary national association established in 1907 as the voice for architecture and its practice in Canada. Representing almost 3,700 architects, the RAIC provides the national framework for the development and recognition of architectural excellence.

www.aanb.org/raic-web.htm