Architectural design competition

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An architectural design competition is a special type of competition in which an organization or government body that plans to build a new (often public) building asks for architects to enter differing designs for the building. The winning design is usually chosen by a panel of non-competing architects and government and local representatives.

Student design competitions are also held.

This method generally results in much more interesting buildings, as compared to what would be designed by a government-appointed draftsperson or similar.

Contents 1 Buildings designed by competition 1.1 Australia 1.2 Austria 1.3 France 1.4 Russia 1.5 United Kingdom 1.6 United States

[edit] Buildings designed by competition

[edit] Australia

• Flinders Street Station, Melbourne - J. W. Fawcett and H. P. C. Ashworth
• The city of Canberra - Walter Burley Griffin
• The Sydney Opera House, Sydney - Jørn Utzon
• Federation Square, Melbourne - Donald Bates and Peter Davidson of Lab architecture studio

[edit] Austria

• Karlskirche, Vienna - Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

[edit] France

• Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris - Dominique Perrault

[edit] Russia

• Palace of Soviets, Moscow - Boris Iofan (unbuilt)

[edit] United Kingdom

• Crystal Palace, London - Joseph Paxton
• Houses of Parliament, London - Charles Barry

[edit] United States

• Tribune Tower, Chicago - Raymond Hood
• Seattle Central Library, Seattle - Rem Koolhaas