List of architectural design competitions
This is a list of notable architectural design competitions worldwide.
Major architecture competitions by country
Australia
- Flinders Street Station, Melbourne - Fawcett and Ashworth, 1899 (17 entries)
- Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne - Phillip Hudson and James Wardrop, 1923 (83 entries; open to Australian and British architects only)
- Shrine of Remembrance, Brisbane - Buchanan and Cowper, 1928
- ANZAC War Memorial, Sydney - Charles Bruce Dellit, 1929 (117 entries)
- Opera House, Sydney - Jørn Utzon, 1955 (233 entries)
- Parliament House, Canberra - Romaldo Giurgola, 1978 (329 entries)
- Federation Square, Melbourne - Lab Architecture Studio, 1997 (177 entries)
- Flinders Street Station renewal, Melbourne - Hassell + Herzog & de Meuron, 2013 (118 entries)[1]
Austria
- Vienna Ring Road - Ludwig Förster - Friedrich August von Stache - Eduard van der Nüll and August Sicard von Sicardsburg, 1858 (85 international participants)
- Vienna State Opera - August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, 1860
- Karlskirche, Vienna - Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, 1713
- Votivkirche, Vienna - Heinrich Ferstel, 1854 (75 international participants)
- Austrian Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1903
- City Hall, Innsbruck - Dominique Perrault, 1994
Brazil
- City of Brasília - Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa, 1957 (47 final submissions). The goal was to build a new capital in 1000 days.
Canada
Between 1960 and 2000, close to 150 competitions had been held in Canada.
- City Hall, Toronto - Viljo Revell, 1956 (500 entries)
- University of Manitoba - Visionary (re)Generation, Winnipeg - Janet Roseberg & Studio Inc. with Cibinel Architects Ltd. and Landmark Planning & Design Inc., 2013 (45 international participants)
China
- Beijing National Stadium - Herzog & de Meuron, 2001 (13 final submissions).
- China Central Television Headquarters - Office for Metropolitan Architecture, 2002 (10 submissions)[2]
- Beijing National Aquatics Center - PTW Architects and Arup, 2003 (10 proposals)
Denmark
- Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen - Schmidt Hammer Lassen, 1993 (179 entries)
- Geo Centre Møns Klint, Møn Island - PLH Architects, 2002 (292 entries)
Egypt
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Snøhetta, 1998 (523 entries)
Finland
Over the past 130 years, almost 2,000 architectural competitions have been held in Finland.[3]
- Central railway station, Helsinki - Eliel Saarinen, 1904 (21 entries)
- Viipuri Library - Alvar Aalto, 1927
- Paimio Sanatorium - Alvar Aalto, 1929
- Säynätsalo Town Hall - Alvar Aalto, 1949
- Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki - Steven Holl, 1992 (516 entries)
- Guggenheim Helsinki Plan – 2014 (1,715 entries)[4]
France
- Opera Garnier, Paris - Charles Garnier, 1861 (171 participants)
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, 1971 (681 entries)
- Arab World Institute, Paris - Jean Nouvel, 1981
- Parc de la Villette, Paris - Bernard Tschumi, 1982 (471 entries)
- La Grande Arche de la Défense, Paris - Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, 1982 (420 entries)
- Cité de la Musique, Paris - Christian de Portzamparc, 1983
- Opéra Bastille, Paris - Carlos Ott, 1983 (750 entries)
- Carré d'Art, Nîmes - Norman Foster, 1984 (12 invited architects)
- Opéra National de Lyon, Lyon - Jean Nouvel, 1986
Germany
- Reichstag, Berlin, 1872 and 1882 (189 entries by German architects)
- Central Station, Hamburg - Heinrich Reinhardt, 1900
- House for an Art Lover, Darmstadt, 1901
- Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin - Hans Scharoun, 1956-57 (14 invited architects)
- Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart - James Stirling, 1977
- International Building Exhibition, Berlin - various architects for several projects, 1980-1987
- Messeturm, Frankfurt am Main - Helmut Jahn, 1985
- Jewish Museum, Berlin Daniel Libeskind, 1989
- Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt am Main - Norman Foster, 1991
- Reichstag building, Berlin - Norman Foster, 1992
- Central Station, Berlin - Gerkan, Marg and Partners, 1992
- Olympic velodrome and swimming pool, Berin - Dominique Perrault, 1992
- Felix Nussbaum Museum, Osnabrück - Daniel Libeskind, 1995
- French Embassy, Berlin - Christian de Portzamparc, 1997 (7 invited architects)
- Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg - Zaha Hadid, 2000
- BMW Welt, Munich - COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, 2001[5]
- BMW Werk, Leipzig - Zaha Hadid, 2002[6]
Ireland
- U2 Tower, Dublin, 2002 (not yet built)
Italy
- Termini railway station, Rome, 1947
Japan
- Memorial Cathedral for World Peace, Hiroshima, 1947 (177 designs, no winner)
- Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima - Kenzo Tange, 1949
- New National Theatre, Tokyo - Takahiro Yanagisawa, 1984
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Tokyo - Kenzo Tange, 1985-1986
- Kansai International Airport - Renzo Piano, 1988
- Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo - Rafael Viñoly, 1987 (395 entries)
Lithuania
- Vilnius Guggenheim Hermitage Museum - Zaha Hadid - scheduled for completion in 2011
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - Pierre Cuypers, 1863 and 1875[7]
- Beurs, Amsterdam - Hendrik Petrus Berlage, 1884
- Peace Palace, Den Haag - Louis M. Cordonnier, 1905
- Amsterdam City Hall - Wilhelm Holzbauer, Cees Dam, B. Bijvoet and G.H.M. Holt, 1967 (804 entries)
- City Hall, Den Haag - Richard Meier, 1986-1989
- Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam - Jo Coenen, 1988 (6 submissions)
New Caledonia
- Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa - Renzo Piano, 1991
Norway
Russia
- Palace of Soviets, Moscow - Boris Iofan, 1931–1933, 160 architectural design entries (never built)
- Commisariat for Heavy Industry, Moscow, 1934
Spain
Sweden
- City Hall, Stockholm, 1907
Switzerland
- Palace of Nations, Geneva, 1926, Henri Paul Nénot & Julien Flegenheimer; Carlo Broggi; Camille Lefèvre; Giuseppe Vago (377 entries)
United Kingdom
- Crystal Palace, London - Joseph Paxton
- Houses of Parliament, London - Charles Barry, 1836 (98 proposals)
- Royal Courts of Justice, London - George Edmund Street, 1868 (11 competing architects)
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow - John William Simpson and E J Milner Allen, 1891 (19 competing architects)
- Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool - Giles Gilbert Scott, 1902 (5 prequalified architects)
- McLeod Centre, Iona for the Iona Community - Feilden Clegg Bradley
- Manchester Art Gallery - Hopkins Architects, 1994 (132 entries)
- Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh - Enric Miralles, 1998 (5 prequalified architects)
- National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff - Richard Rogers, 1998 (55 entries)
United States
- White House, Washington DC - James Hoban, 1792 (9 entries)
- 33 Liberty Street, New York - York and Sawyer, 1919
- Tribune Tower, Chicago - John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood, 1922 (260 entries)
- Boston City Hall, Boston - Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles, 1962 (national, 256 entries)
- McCormick Tribune Campus Center, Chicago - Rem Koolhaas, 1998
- New York World Trade Center
- 2002 World Trade Center Master Design Contest - Daniel Libeskind (concept)
- Visual and Performing Arts Library, Brooklyn, NY - Enrique Norten / TEN Arquitectos
References
- ^ Major Projects Victoria, retrieved 24 August 2013
- ^ designbuild-network, retrieved 18 May 2012
- ^ 130 Years of Finnish architectural competitions, retrieved 2009-09-23
- ^ Janelle Zara: "Six Finalist Designs Unveiled for Guggenheim Helsinki" in Architectural Record, 23 April 2015
- ^ BMW Welt Architectural Competition, retrieved 12 October 2015
- ^ Architectural competition for the Central Building of the BMW Leipzig factory, retrieved 12 October 2015
- ^ The Saatchi Gallery, retrieved 6 October 2010
Sources
- De Jong, Cees and Mattie, Erik: Architectural Competitions 1792-1949, Taschen, 1997, ISBN 3-8228-8599-1
- De Jong, Cees and Mattie, Erik: Architectural Competitions 1950-Today, Taschen, 1997, ISBN 3-8228-8900-8