Competition extends the global search
for more efficient housing
Brussels— Living Steel, a worldwide program
to stimulate innovation in the design and construction of housing,
announced its second International Architecture Competition focused
on the development of sustainable housing. Architects from around
the world are invited to accept the challenge of developing new
urban housing by expressing their interest to participate in the
competition.
With a total prize fund of €300,000, the
competition is one of the largest architectural design initiatives
in the world. Competition finalists will be invited to design new
concepts for residential buildings in Brazil, China and the United
Kingdom. The winning submission for each location will receive a
€50,000 prize and a contract to complete their designs. The
remaining short listed finalists will each receive a €10,000
honorarium.
Earlier this year, two architecture firms were
successful in the first Living Steel competition to construct housing
designs in very different parts of the world. UK based firm, Piercy
Conner Architects and Designers, and Dutch company, architectenbureau
cepezed, are now working in Kolkata, India and Warsaw, Poland.
The Living Steel International Architecture Competition
meets the criteria of the International Union of Architects and
complies with architectural competition standards adopted by UNESCO.
Architects may submit their expressions of interest
through the Living Steel website until January 12, 2007. Architectural
firms of all sizes, scope and geographic locations are encouraged
to apply. Further competition details are available on the Living
Steel website at www.livingsteel.org. |
