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Competitions: Editor's Pick, 23.05.13

A ‘new Scotland Yard’, Political Sciences faculty building at LSE and the remodelling of the Van Alen Institute in New York. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions

Thurrock Council looking for design team to convert Magistrates Court

[Expressions of interest are due 17 June] Thurrock Council is on the hunt for a consultant team to design and manage the refurbishment of Grays Magistrates Court

Nominate the UK's 'Best Modern Church'

[Submissions should be made by 31 July] National Churches Trust are asking for nominations of Churches and chapels built in the last 60 years to form UK’s ‘top 10 best churches’

Kansas City Union Station ideas contest launched

[Submissions to be received by 30 June] The American Institute of Architects in Kansas City is accepting submissions in an ideas contest to redevelop Kansas City’s Union Station

Submissions sought to create ‘Shanghai Window’ displays

[Expressions of interest due 13 June] Architects are now being invited by RIBA to take part in the 2014 ‘Shanghai Windows Project’ during Shanghai Fashion Week

Van Alen Institute on the hunt for architect to re-design its New York HQ

[Responses and portfolios are due 13 June] The New York-based Van Alen Institute is now accepting registrations from architects to re-design the ground and lower floors of their premises as a venue for work and public spaces

Adam Khan Architects' shortlisted scheme

Adam Khan shortlisted in Danish contest

London practice shortlisted to remodel housing as part of Scandinavian competition series to find revamp solutions to common building types

The London School of Economic's Aldwych campus in London. Image by Umezo KAMATA

Contest opens to design LSE social sciences centre

RIBA has launched a contest to design a social sciences faculty for the London School of Economics and Political Sciences

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Bye bye New Scotland Yard: contest launched for new Met Police HQ

The RIBA has launched an international competition to design the new headquarters for the Metropolitan Police Service on London’s Victoria Embankment

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British Council seeks proposals from architects for Venice 2014

Ideas on the retrospective theme of ‘fundamentals’ are sought to exhibit at next year’s Rem Koolhaas-curated global architecture summit

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AJ Exclusive: Shiro Studio wins Great Fen contest

Judges wowed by design proposals demonstrating ‘great intelligence, flair, flexibility and sensitivity’ in RIBA’s most popular competition of past year

Helsinki design week exhibits

Floornature opens contest for students and emerging architects

[All submissions to be received by 30 June] Floornature has launched a second international contest for students, emerging young architects and architectural photographers

Architect needed to revamp the Ghajn Tuffieha Roman Baths in Malta

An architect and construction team are sought to ‘enhance’ the Ghajn Tuffieha Roman Baths Heritage Park in Mgarr, Malta

Applications open for £5,000 Aedas Stephen Williams Scholarship

[Applications should be returned by 10 June] The winner of this year’s Aedas Stephen Williams Scholarship will receive £5,000 towards their Part Two tuition fees

Milton Keynes Gallery

Architect sought for Milton Keynes gallery extension

[Expressions of interest due 4 June] The Milton Keynes Theatre and Gallery Company is on the hunt for services to design a BREEAM excellent extension

Part of the Ashworth Laboratories complex University of Edinburgh

Design team for sought for Ashworth Building refurbishment at Edinburgh Uni

A design team is sought to refurbish the first, second and third floors of the University’s Ashworth 2 building on the Kings Buildings Campus

Winner: Wilkinson Eyre's winning proposal for the Barangaroo hotel tower in Sydney, Australia

Wilkinson Eyre wins race for Barangaroo hotel tower

Wilkinson Eyre has beaten Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and KPF to land the high-profile project to design a AUS $1 billion ‘resort’ tower in Sydney, Australia

The Hartley Library University of Southampton

Southampton tenders university-wide capital works contract

[Interest should be received by 22 May] The University of Southampton is accepting expressions of interest from architecture, interior design and space planning firms for a university-wide capital works contract

National Museum of Flight

Aircraft hangars restoration job tendered for Scotland's flight museum

[Tenders to be received by 6 June] National Museums of Scotland is seeking an architect to restore two aircraft hangars at the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian

Pen and pad

ADAM Architecture launches student travel scholarship

[Entries must be received by 24 May] Students and recent graduates have been invited to compete for a £1,500 travel scholarship supported by ADAM Architecture

Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth 1 College

Architects sought for Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College framework

[Expressions of interest due by 14 May] The Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College in Leicester is seeking architects for a framework covering new builds, refurbishments and extensions on its 13,900m² campus

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Schmidt hammer lassen reveals competition-winning Greenland prison

Schmidt Hammer Lassen wins contest to design Greenland prison

[FIRST LOOK] Denmark and London-based practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen has released these images of its competition-winning design for a prison in Nuuk, Greenland

Zaha Hadid Riyadh

Zaha’s contest-winning Saudi metro station designs revealed

Zaha Hadid Architects has beaten Henning Larsen and HOK to bag the new metro station for the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh

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AJ Exclusive: Shiro Studio wins Great Fen contest

Judges wowed by design proposals demonstrating ‘great intelligence, flair, flexibility and sensitivity’ in RIBA’s most popular competition of past year

Winner: Wilkinson Eyre's winning proposal for the Barangaroo hotel tower in Sydney, Australia

Wilkinson Eyre wins race for Barangaroo hotel tower

Wilkinson Eyre has beaten Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and KPF to land the high-profile project to design a AUS $1 billion ‘resort’ tower in Sydney, Australia

The competition winning Nalanda University masterplan by Vastu Shilpa Consultants

Allies and Morrison pipped to post in Indian university contest

[In pictures] Ahmedabad-based architects Vastu Shilpa Consultants has seen off competition from Allies and Morrison and Snøhetta to win the competition to masterplan the historic Nalanda University

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' Göta Ark redevelopment scheme in Stockholm

LDS reveals Stockholm offices makeover

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has revealed the first images of its competition-winning scheme to overhaul an iconic office block in Stockholm

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