Competition Grid
Experimenting With and Within 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 the competition process.

Architecture Competitions between Experience and Experiment. Part 1: The Rules of The Game The Evolution of the UK Competition System. On Competition Rhetoric and Contemporary Trends. International Competitions after World War II (1948-1975) and the International Union of Architects (UIA). Discussions – Part 1; Competition Practices in the UK and the Role of the RIBA (Paul Crosby). RIBA-USA: A Different Take on Competitions. Part 2: Experimenting Within Architectural Competitions Architecture Competitions Made in Denmark. Experimentation within Swedish Competitions. Managerial Practices in Dutch Competitions and Impact on Architects. Discussion – Part 2; Professionals Winning over the Competitions’ System. Part 3: Experimenting with Architectural Competitions E-procurement Delivering Better Design Competitions. BIM, A Discussion in Norwegian Competitions. New Proposals for the Representation and Assessment of Competition Proposals. Discussion – Part 3; Experimentation in Context. Part 4: Re-Visiting Architectural Competitions' Structures and Forms Competitive Strain Syndrome. Designing the High Line: Defining the High Line through Design Competitions. Strategien Für Kreuzberg – Relocating the Urban Regeneration Debates into the Neighbourhood. Discussions – Part 4; Community before Competitions. Competitions and Educational Structures. Competitions and Genders – A Feminist Approach (HI-VIS Feminist Design Collective on Reproductive Labour and Competitions). Afterword

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].