The second annualArchitizer A+ Awardsare open and expect submissions from designers and designer around the world .
With three primary categories , act Architecture , Spaces , and Products , the competition boasts a Brobdingnagian list of jurywoman — more than 200 architects , critics , writers , designers , curators , educators , and more ( including myself , in full disclosure)—and take to strain an interview of nearly 80 million people through its various spiritualist partners ( such as Gizmodo ) .
Thespecific categoriesinclude a bewildering raiment of choice for submitting architectural task , the only consistent criterion of which is that the projects must have been completed — that is , work up — in the last three years .
The most interesting aspect of the rivalry is probably the “ Plus ” part of the awards , where various abstract themes are tally on to a cardinal category for emphasis . Architecture + Sound is one , for example , but there is also Architecture + Preservation , Architecture + Mobility , Architecture + Technology , + Fabrication , + Aging , + Engineering , + Light .
And that ’s just computer architecture ; the “ Plus ” system is repeated all over again with Products , introducing a few new tags in the cognitive process ( + Health Care , + Bath , + Kitchen … ) .
There are a few opportunities , as well , for submit bookman work , albeit only amply constructed projects . deplorably , these do n’t appear to have reduced fees associated with them ( which is too bad , because , at$195 for other entry and $ 245 for regular entrysubmissions , the competition is not cheap ) .
Some of last twelvemonth ’s winners , photograph of which appear in this station , go the gamut fromJulien De Smedt‘sHollmenkollen Ski Jumpin Norway ; the widely distributed and architecturally divers constellation of rest halt and route - side structures of the so - calledNational Tourist Routes(also in Norway ) ; Holland’sKaap Skil Maritime Museumby Mecanoo ; and theDolomitenblickhouse in Sesto , Italy , by Plasma Studio , among many others .
The early deadline is not that far away : submissions are due November 1 , 2013 . The awards themselves are set to be announced next Spring , with an awards gala held duringNYCxDesign . continue tuned to Gizmodo over the next few months for other update and announcements as the awards draw near .
But , more importantly , what should come through ? Arammed - earth hotelin Utah ? A coiling and inter - dimensionalsports hall of fame ? Luxury apartments inBuenos Aires ? Anart museumoutside New York City?Temporary dormitoriesfor a refugee aesculapian clinic in Thailand?Four Freedoms Park ? Thiswastewater discourse plantin the raft outside Barcelona ? L.A.’sExpo Line ? What are the unmarked or worthwhile project — from museum to oil rigs to theLondon Array — that belong to in the long leaning of competitors ?
TheLondon Array ; epitome viaGigaOm .
Who coulda been a contender ?
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