Architecture Competition for Sustainable Design

2nd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Design announces finalists.

Living Steel releases list of the 18 short-listed firms who have been selected to submit final designs for housing in Brazil, China and the United Kingdom for the 2nd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing.

Six firms have been short-listed for each of three locations (for a total of 18 candidates) as follows:.

Brazil Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados a, Brazil.

Brasil Arquitetura, Brazil.

Collins And Turner Architects, Australia.

Dubosc And Landowski, France.

Perkins + Will, USA.

Sebastian Irarrazaval Architects, Chile.

China Anderson Anderson, USA.

Atenastudio+cityfoerster, Italy And The Netherlands.

China Southwest Architectural Design And Research Institute (CSWADI), China.

David Knafo Tagit Klimor, Architects And Town Planners, Israel.

nArchitects, USA.

IAUS School Of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China.

Cartwright Pickard Architects, UK.

Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects LLP, UK.

Hideto Horike And Urtopia, Japan.

Icesa S.A., Costa Rica.

Mei Architecten En Stedenbouwers BV, The Netherlands.

Roccatelier Associati, Italy.

These short-listed firms are charged with the development of innovative approaches to sustainable building design that use steel solutions to address the economic, environmental and social aspirations of a growing world population.

One winner will be selected for each location, and the winning design will be developed for construction.

The 2nd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing is a International Union of Architects (UIA)-approved competition.

Jurors.

"There is an undisputed shortage of housing that is fit for purpose for a population that is growing at the rate of a small city each day," said Scott Chubbs, Living Steel programme director.

"The Living Steel International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing presents a challenge to the world's architects to design effective and efficient housing for Brazil, China and the UK, using what we believe is the most effective material for meeting this critical need.

The implementation of best practices and innovation in design and construction with steel are sought to demonstrate the value steel offers in meeting society's housing needs.

Competitors are encouraged to work with local partners in developing their solutions.

The Call for Expressions of Interest for the 2nd International Architecture Competition generated tremendous interest among the world's leading architects.

Over 1100 entrants from 88 countries entered the competition launched last October on World Architecture Day.

From these, 18 firms were selected for the short-list to submit detailed designs.

The entries were short listed based on criteria that included creativity and innovation, evidence of built designs, sustainability, suitability for the relevant climate/market, and suitability of building type.

Also considered was the willingness to work with local partners and developers in the respective countries and evidence of steel construction experience.

The competition's iury met in Sao Paulo, Brazil where the short-list designs were evaluated.

One winner for each location will be announced globally on the Living Steel website on 17 September 2007.

The internationally acclaimed jury, approved by the UIA, includes Glenn Murcutt, Charles Correa, James Berry, Andrew Ogorzalek, Cui Kai, Roberto Loeb and Jaime Lerner with Nicholas de Monchaux serving as an alternate juror.

With a total prize fund of euro300,000, the competition is one of the largest architectural design initiatives in the world.

The winning submission for each location will receive a euro50,000 prize and a contract to complete their designs for construction of a demonstration building in the target location.

The remaining fifteen short -listed finalists will each receive a euro10,000 honorarium.

The 1st International Competition of Sustainable Housing, launched in 2005, invited architects to design sustainable environment-friendly housing in Kolkata, India, and Warsaw, Poland.

The winning architect for Kolkata, Piercy Conner Architects and Designers (United Kingdom), and for Warsaw, architenbureau cepezed (Netherlands), were chosen from the 259 Expressions of Interest received from architects in 38 countries.

Construction in India and Poland is currently under planning and preparation.

Further competition details, news on demonstration buildings as construction commences, as well as case studies and other information on steel building practices are available.

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