Competing Globally in Architecture Competitions 1st Edition

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Design competitions are a core mechanism of the architectural world. They offer architects unique opportunities to pitch for work, and the careers of many name architects have been made by winning an important competition - Richard Rogers, Renzo Piano, Dominique Perrault and Jean Nouvel to name but a few.This is the definitive book on architecture competitions from over the last decade, and will be an essential guide to any architect or student who is considering preparing a submission.The first in a distinctive new Architecture in Practice series from Wiley-AcademyA definitive book on key competitions it will be a touchstone for individual architects and officesIt illustrates winning case studies from many of the major international competitions of the past decadeIt provides essential strategic material on entering competitions: from which ones to enter to the way rules for competitions differ internationally and from region to regionIt provides a unique overview of recent trends: in terms of digital presentation, but also preoccupations with issues such as sustainabilityAbout the AuthorG Stanley Collyer, PhD, editor of Competitions magazine, was a founding member of The Competition Project, Inc., a non-profit making organisation which functions as a clearing house for information on design competitions in the US and abroad. Besides serving on competition juries and acting as a consultant to competition sponsors, he has participated on panels and written on the subject of affordable housing. A member of an AIA Task Force on design competitions in the 1990s, he recently wrote the competition brief and was a juror for a cultural/convention centre for the city of Resistencia, Argentina, in collaboration with Florida International University.