Building Culture: procurement of UK arts construction

Building Culture: procurement of UK arts construction

Building Culture Describes from inception, the commissioning culture and practice of UK arts buildings, over 204 A4 pages with 185 illustrations and addendices. Is a uniquely comprehensive exposure that offers case studies, research, reference, guidance, analysis of Covid impacts, and recommendations for communities, arts professionals, commissioners, clients, architects, project teams […]

Breaking boundaries: Competition Culture in Europe 2017-2020

Breaking boundaries: Competition Culture in Europe 2017-2020

The publication Competition Culture in Europe 2017-2020 that was published today shows a large number of activities, research and education projects on the subject of architecture competition culture in Europe, carried out as part of a four year project initiated by Architectuur Lokaal. Twenty European countries were involved in the […]

The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions

The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions

The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions, recently published by Leeds Beckett University, builds a bridge between theory (competitions as a policy instrument) and practice (competitions as an aid to innovation in the built environment), on the basis of which conclusions are drawn about political, legal and social […]

Competition Culture in Europe: Voices

Competition Culture in Europe: Voices

Competition Culture in Europe: Voices is a publication from Project Compass on architectural competitions, with a series of essays by 17 distinguished architects, competition organisers, scholars and commentators in 22 chapters, covering 11 countries. The case studies, project data, discussions and interpretive glossary, that together include reflections on historic, contemporary […]