Submission: December 23, 2020
Registration: December 20, 2020
Language: English
Location: Detroit, USA
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open
YAC – Young Architects Competitions – and Manni Group launch DETROIT WATERFRONT DISTRICT, a competition of ideas aiming to shape a new skyline for the city of Detroit by designing its future leisure and entertainment core. Continue reading
Submission: October 15, 2020
Registration: October 10, 2020
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open
There are times when we stumble upon an abandoned object which inflicts a profound sense of nostalgia. The mere part of their abandonment, like a lonely of a drift, draws our attention. Merely because each object has a story to tell and gives us a glimpse of a life once lived. There is perhaps a greater sense of emotional value attached to the objects of abandonment and there is a growing impulse to reclassify these forgotten objects as a place that is valuable to the individual. Continue reading
Submission: September 25, 2020
Registration: September 24, 2020
Language: English
Location: London, England
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open
Privatisation of public land is a growing phenomenon in cities such as London. More and more communal spaces are being sold to public bodies or developers, resulting in them becoming the primary makers of modern cities. This transformation has been giving rise to privately owned public spaces (POPS), a term to describe spaces open to the public, formed from deals between the city and the developer in return for zoning concessions. The areas around King’s Cross current development is one of the 50 POPSs in Central London. Continue reading
Submission: July 20, 2020
Registration: July 10, 2020
Language: English
Location: Sundarbans, India
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open
The Tropical Cyclones are critical natural hazards, the Indian subcontinent faced time and again, especially the coastal Bay of Bengal in India and Bangladesh as well as some parts of Sri Lanka. The rise in sea levels due to global warming poses another threat. Among Indian states, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal are the worst affected, historically. The recent Super Cyclone, ‘Amphan’, in May 2020 was one of the most powerful storms that inflicted widespread damage in West Bengal and Odisha in India along with Khulna and Barishal divisions of Bangladesh. Continue reading
