The Competition Grid

Name: The Competition Grid
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SKU: 9781859467107
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Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions

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The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions offers a thorough examination of architectural competitions as instruments of public policy and civic engagement in shaping the built environment. Contributions from UK and international practitioners, academics, developers, and journalists provide expert perspectives on the current political, legal, and social dimensions of architectural competitions. The book features dynamic discussions blending theory with practical experience to illuminate competition processes worldwide.
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This book is ideal for architects, urban planners, policy makers, academics, and anyone interested in the intersection of design practice and public policy within the context of architecture competitions.

The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions is a comprehensive review of architectural competitions. Each section features international research overviews as well as lively discussions with experts that draw on first-hand experience of competition process.

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The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions is a comprehensive review of architectural competitions, exploring them as a tool for public policy planning, as well as an effective device that a variety of civic advocates can use to experiment with the formation of the built environment.

UK and international practitioners, academics, developers and members of the press combine to reflect on contemporary competition practices and draw conclusions on the latest political, legal and social aspects. Each section features lively discussions with experts that draw on first-hand experience of competition processes, providing the book with a unique blend of theory and practice.

Written by a range of leading practitioners, experts and actors involved in architecture competitions
Insight into both British and international competition practices
The first book on architectural competitions to provide a bridge between theory and practice
Interdisciplinary approach that reviews operational framework, design trends and experimentation

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781859467107

Publisher: RIBA Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 March 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: RIBA Publishing

Contributors:

Edited by Maria Theodorou
Edited by Antigoni Katsakou

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Maria Theodorou is a Senior Lecturer and coordinator of History & Theory of Architecture at the Leeds School of Architecture, as well as Director and founding member of the Independent School of Architecture for All (SARCHA). Her research is well-known internationally and she has been an invited speaker at events in the US (Princeton), UK (AA, Bartlett, ESALA), Switzerland, Prague, and Greece. .

Antigoni Katsakou PhD is a London-based architect and author. She has taught in the UK, Switzerland and Greece, presented her work worldwide and been awarded with several funding grants. She has published in several languages on architectural competitions, including the co-authored Concevoir des logements. Concours en Suisse 2000-2005 [Designing Apartments; Competitions in Switzerland 2000-2005].