Editor's top pick
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 10.05.12
Israel’s ZeZeZe gallery, Knole House and Dunoon Burgh Hall. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Latest Competitions
72 hour architecture challenge launched in Stuttgart
[Applications should be received by 26 May] A competition has been launched challenging design teams to complete an installation in just three days in Stuttgart
Middlesex University designframework up for grabs
[Expressions of interest must be returned by 14 June] Middlesex University is looking for architects to provide it with consultancy services over the next five years
Design team sought for Elgin's Grant Lodge
[Tenders must be returned by 19 June] Moray Council is looking for a design team to work on the £2.9 million restoration of Grant Lodge (pictured) in Elgin’s Cooper Park, which is to become part of a new heritage trail
Call for submissions: RIBA London launches Architecture Open 2012
[Registration should be completed by 21 June] RIBA London is calling for submissions to its annual Architecture Open exhibition in the autumn
Gates foundation seeks sanitation proposals for India
[Entries should be received by 20 May] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched a design contest to improve sanitation in India’s slums
ORMS launches smartphone photo contest
[Entries must be received by 20 May] ORMS has launched a competition seeking to capture the hidden side of Clerkenwell with images taken from smartphones
Ecological materials contest launched
[Registration must be completed by 31 July] The Regional Council of Picardie and the Free State of Thuringia have jointly launched an international competition to develop the use of renewable and ecological materials
National Museums Scotland seeks Chambers Street masterplanner
[Requests to participate to be received by 4 June] National Museums Scotland is looking to appoint a design team to support its phase three masterplan in Chambers Street, Edinburgh
Dunoon Burgh Hall conversion, Scotland
[PQQs must be returned by 14 May] The Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust is looking to appoint a design team to progress the 1874 Grade B-listed hall’s conversion to an arts venue.
National Trust seeks architect for Knole House studios
[Expressions of interest should be received by 22 May] The National Trust is on the hunt for an architect to convert a medieval barn as part of its ‘Inspired by Knole’ project in Kent
Israeli exhibition design contest launched
[Early registration should be completed by 13 May] Israel’s ZeZeZe Architecture Gallery in Tel Aviv (pictured) has launched a contest to design an architectural exhibition to open in October
Cameroon anti-Malaria retrofit housing contest opens
[Registration must be completed by 20 June] Architecture charity Archive has launched an international contest to retrofit 24 housing units in Cameroon to help reduce the transmission of Malaria
Lancaster University tenders design services framework
[Requests to participate must be made by 17 May] Lancaster University is seeking architects’ consultancy services for its new design service framework
Wilmotte Foundation launches Venice students contest
[Registration must be completed by 15 May] The Wilmotte Foundation has opened a student ideas contest to re-invent Venice’s water-borne housing
Open-City launches children-focused contest
[Ideas must be submitted by 14 May] Architecture charity Open-City has launched ‘Open up’, a contest looking for activities to engage children with architecture
Dance company call for touring performance space
[Submissions should be received by 31 May] The Retina Dance Company based in Nottingham is on the hunt for architects and set designers to create a structure for their new touring production, Corporalis.
RIBA ICE McAslan Student Bursary to launch in May
[Scheme opens to entries on 2 May] Students and recent graduates will be invited to apply for a £7,500 bursary provided by John McAslan + Partners
Architect needed for Manchester office redevelopment
[Expressions of interest to be received 8 May] The West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities Pension Fund is on the hunt for architects to design a 23,000m² office development in Manchester
Morley College begins search for extension architect
[Expressions of interest should be received 11 May] London’s Morley College is in need of an experienced practice to work on the phased extension, remodelling and refurbishment of its base in Waterloo
Floornature launches Venice Biennale contest
[Registration must be completed by 30 June] Architecture and design portal Floornature has launched an international contest for young architects who graduated after the turn of the millennium
Last chance to enter...
Brits bid for piece of West Kowloon bonanza
A number of UK practices have registered their interest in the first major building to come out of a huge and controversial masterplan in Hong Kong
Landscape and public realm
Winner in St Peter's Square contest revealed
A team led by German landscape stars Latz + Partner has won the international competition to redesign St Peter’s Square in Manchester
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Recent wins
Long & Kentish takes student residence job
Long & Kentish has won the invited contest to design a 50-room student residency for Green Templeton College in Oxford
PCKO scoops Peabody housing contest
PCKO Architects has won the Peabody housing trust’s competition to design 150 new homes in Newham, east London
Foster wins museum contest in Narbonne
Number one AJ100 practice Foster + Partners has won an international competition to design a new museum for Roman artefacts in Narbonne
Revealed: Hackney City Farm’s pick of the shop crop
Hackney City Farm in London has announced the winner of its competition to design a new shop and information point
BDP wins Shanghai business district job
BDP has won an international competition to design a new business district in Shanghai, China
Emerging trio submits plans for Brentford Lock West
Karakusevic Carson, Riches Hawley Mikhail and Duggan Morris have submitted details plans for the first phase of the trio’s competition-winning designs for Brentford Lock West
Coombs+Jones wins Eisteddfod pavilion contest
Cardiff’s Coombs+Jones has won the contest to design a £20,000 pavilion at Wales’s annual festival of culture – the National Eisteddfod
Roz Barr narrowly misses out on Norwegian contest
Up-and-coming firm Roz Barr Architects has come third in one of the biggest architecture competitions in Norway’s history
Exclusive: Newcomer scoops Cronton Colliery contest
Unknown practice Michael Lee Architects has won the international contest to design a new visitor centre at Cronton Colliery
Scott Brownrigg wins bioscience jackpot
Scott Brownrigg has won the competition to design the new headquarters for the Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI) in Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Wigglesworth wins Emerson College contest
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has won the invited competition to masterplan the redevelopment of Emerson College in East Sussex
Zaha beaten in Bauhaus Museum contest
Zaha Hadid Architects has missed out on a winning place in an open competition for a New Bauhaus Museum in Weimer, Germany
Sergison Bates wins Belgian care home contest
Sergison Bates Architects has won an open competition, run by the Flemish authorities, to design a €18 million care home in Kruishoutem, Belgium
Student competitions
Cameroon anti-Malaria retrofit housing contest opens
[Registration must be completed by 20 June] Architecture charity Archive has launched an international contest to retrofit 24 housing units in Cameroon to help reduce the transmission of Malaria
Wilmotte Foundation launches Venice students contest
[Registration must be completed by 15 May] The Wilmotte Foundation has opened a student ideas contest to re-invent Venice’s water-borne housing
Competition opens for World Stage Design 2013
[Submissions must be received by 1 March 2013] The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is seeking temporary theatre proposals to be built in Cardiff as part of the World Stage Design 2013 festival in Cardiff
Student contest launched for temporary Milan housing
[Registration must be completed by 4 June] Students have been invited to propose temporary housing ideas for Italy’s Politecnico di Milano technical university
