Editor's top pick
Competitions: Editor's Pick 11.03.10
Reclad Guy’s and St Thomas’ and design a new home for the National Media Museum - the inside track on this week’s most promising competitions
Latest Competitions
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Sustainable homes design contest, Carryduff, Northern Ireland
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The National Media Museum, London
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RIBA Competition : £21m re-cladding scheme for Guy’s & St Thomas
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British High Commission, Abuja Nigeria: RIBA Stage D to completion
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'Linking the Lands': Severn crossing competition
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Football-training ground and centre of excellence
Landscape and public realm
One Vision Housing framework, Liverpool. Lot 7: Landscape architecture
One Vision is looking for landscape architects for its consultant framework
London Borough of Hounslow - Two primary schools
This commission is a one stop appointment to procure Architectural Practices to design and project manage two new 3 form entry primary schools
University College Birmingham campus relocation project
University College Birmingham is looking for an architect to work on its campus relocation project.
Centre for Vision and Vascular Science: Queen’s University in Belfast
Queen’s University in Belfast is looking for an architect for its proposed Centre for Vision and Vascular Science.
Framework: South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive are seeking to appoint a framework for architectural sevrices to its local rail network
Cultural and civic
The National Media Museum, London
The National Media Museum is seeking an architectural and engineering team to undertake the design and construction of its London Galleries Project that consists of a suite of facilities created for a range of cultural programming, which will open in September 2012.
Aoibhneas children’s centre architectural competition
The RIAI (Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland) is administering a competition for the design of a children’s centre on the existing site of Aoibhneas Women and Children’s Refuge in Coolock, Dublin
Aoibhneas Women and Children's Refuge, RIAI competition
The RIAI (Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland) is administering a competition on behalf of the competition promoters, Aoibhneas Women and Children’s Refuge
Museum of the Second World War, Gdansk
In Gdansk, Poland, the Museum of the Second World War is running a competition to design the ‘architectural concept’ for the museum building.
Notodden cultural centre, Norway
Notodden prides itself on being Norway’s blues capital. It’s launched a design contest for premises for a rallying point for blues and other activities in the town that ‘shall sizzle with activity in all corners and at all hours’
Lead Designer, Blackpool Central Library Redevelopment project
Provision of Lead Designer and Design Team, Blackpool Central Library Redevelopment project
Stevenage open innovation BioScience Park: Phase 1
Architectural services taking work on Stevanage’s Open Innovation BioScience Park from masterplan to RIBA stage D
Infrastructure
'Linking the Lands': Severn crossing competition
RIBA South West, the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW) and the Institution of Civil Engineers in the South West have teamed up for an ideas competition and exhibition highlighting the potential of a third crossing of the Severn
Contest launched for green ‘fortress’ to block Heathrow expansion
Greenpeace has launched a competition to design an eco-friendly ‘fortress’ on a plot of land earmarked for Heathrow Airport’s controversial third runway
Student competitions
'Linking the Lands': Severn crossing competition
RIBA South West, the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW) and the Institution of Civil Engineers in the South West have teamed up for an ideas competition and exhibition highlighting the potential of a third crossing of the Severn
National Eisteddfod of Wales Architecture Scholarship
The aim of the bursary of £1,500 is to promote architecture and design in Wales. The scholarship is awarded to the most promising candidate to enable him or her to further his or her understanding of creative architecture
Recent wins
Council conditions force kiosk contest architects to quit
The winners of the Bexhill-on-Sea windshelter and kiosk competition have walked away from the prize project, blaming the client for imposing ‘potentially punitive conditions’ on their appointment.
Hoskins scoops 'super sensitive' Edinburgh hotel scheme
Gareth Hoskins has won the competition to redevelop one of Edinburgh’s most sensitive landmarks, the historic Royal High School on Calton Hill
AJ exclusive: RCKa scoops Preston Guild housing design contest
RCKarchitects has won the RIBA-organised competition to design new social housing in Preston city centre
