# List of architectural design competitions

This is a list of notable architectural design competitions worldwide.

## Major architecture competitions by country
### Australia

* Flinders Street station, Melbourne – Fawcett and Ashworth, 1899 (17 entries)
* Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne – Phillip Hudson and James Wardrop, 1923 (83 entries; open to Australian and British architects only)
* Shrine of Remembrance, Brisbane – Buchanan and Cowper, 1928
* ANZAC War Memorial, Sydney – Charles Bruce Dellit, 1929 (117 entries)
* Opera House, Sydney – Jørn Utzon, 1955 (233 entries)
* Parliament House, Canberra – Romaldo Giurgola, 1978 (329 entries)
* Federation Square, Melbourne – Lab Architecture Studio, 1997 (177 entries)
* Flinders Street station renewal, Melbourne – Hassell + Herzog & de Meuron, 2013 (118 entries)

### Austria

* Vienna Ring Road – Ludwig Förster – Friedrich August von Stache – Eduard van der Nüll and August Sicard von Sicardsburg, 1858 (85 international participants)
* Vienna State Opera – August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, 1860
* Karlskirche, Vienna – Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, 1713
* Votivkirche, Vienna – Heinrich Ferstel, 1854 (75 international participants)
* Austrian Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1903
* City Hall, Innsbruck – Dominique Perrault, 1994

### Brazil

* City of Brasília – Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa, 1957 (47 final submissions). The goal was to build a new capital in 1000 days.

### Canada

Between 1960 and 2000, close to 150 competitions had been held in Canada.
* City Hall, Toronto – Viljo Revell, 1956 (500 entries)
* University of Manitoba – Visionary (re)Generation, Winnipeg – Janet Roseberg & Studio Inc. with Cibinel Architects Ltd. and Landmark Planning & Design Inc., 2013 (45 international participants)

### China

* Beijing National Stadium – Herzog & de Meuron, 2001 (13 final submissions).
* China Central Television Headquarters – Office for Metropolitan Architecture, 2002 (10 submissions)
* Beijing National Aquatics Center – PTW Architects and Arup, 2003 (10 proposals)

### Denmark

* Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen – Schmidt Hammer Lassen, 1993 (179 entries)
* Geo Centre Møns Klint, Møn Island – PLH Architects, 2002 (292 entries)

### Egypt

* Bibliotheca Alexandrina – Snøhetta, 1998 (523 entries)

### Finland

Over the past 130 years, almost 2,000 architectural competitions have been held in Finland.
* Central railway station, Helsinki – Eliel Saarinen, 1904 (21 entries)
* Viipuri Library – Alvar Aalto, 1927
* Paimio Sanatorium – Alvar Aalto, 1929
* Säynätsalo Town Hall – Alvar Aalto, 1949
* Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki – Steven Holl, 1992 (516 entries)
* Guggenheim Helsinki Plan – 2014 (1,715 entries)

### France

* Opera Garnier, Paris – Charles Garnier, 1861 (171 participants)
* Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris – Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, 1971 (681 entries)
* Arab World Institute, Paris – Jean Nouvel, 1981
* Parc de la Villette, Paris – Bernard Tschumi, 1982 (471 entries)
* La Grande Arche de la Défense, Paris – Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, 1982 (420 entries)
* Cité de la Musique, Paris – Christian de Portzamparc, 1983
* Opéra Bastille, Paris – Carlos Ott, 1983 (750 entries)
* Carré d'Art, Nîmes – Norman Foster, 1984 (12 invited architects)
* Opéra National de Lyon, Lyon – Jean Nouvel, 1986

### Germany

* Reichstag, Berlin, 1872 and 1882 (189 entries by German architects)
* Central Station, Hamburg – Heinrich Reinhardt, 1900
* House for an Art Lover, Darmstadt, 1901
* Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin – Hans Scharoun, 1956–57 (14 invited architects)
* Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart – James Stirling, 1977
* International Building Exhibition, Berlin – various architects for several projects, 1980–1987
* Messeturm, Frankfurt am Main – Helmut Jahn, 1985
* Jewish Museum, Berlin Daniel Libeskind, 1989
* Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt am Main – Norman Foster, 1991
* Reichstag building, Berlin – Norman Foster, 1992
* Central Station, Berlin – Gerkan, Marg and Partners, 1992
* Olympic velodrome and swimming pool, Berlin – Dominique Perrault, 1992
* Felix Nussbaum Museum, Osnabrück – Daniel Libeskind, 1995
* French Embassy, Berlin – Christian de Portzamparc, 1997 (7 invited architects)
* Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg – Zaha Hadid, 2000
* BMW Welt, Munich – COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, 2001
* BMW Werk, Leipzig – Zaha Hadid, 2002

### Ireland

* U2 Tower, Dublin, 2002 (not yet built)

### Italy

* Termini railway station, Rome, 1947

### Japan

* Memorial Cathedral for World Peace, Hiroshima, 1947 (177 designs, no winner)
* Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima – Kenzo Tange, 1949
* New National Theatre, Tokyo – Takahiro Yanagisawa, 1984
* Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Tokyo – Kenzo Tange, 1985–1986
* Kansai International Airport – Renzo Piano, 1988
* Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo – Rafael Viñoly, 1987 (395 entries)

### Lithuania

* Vilnius Guggenheim Hermitage Museum – Zaha Hadid – scheduled for completion in 2011

### Luxembourg

* Philharmonie Luxembourg – Christian de Portzamparc, 1997

### Mexico

* Guggenheim Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco – Enrique Norten/TEN Arquitectos

### Netherlands

* Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam – Pierre Cuypers, 1863 and 1875
* Beurs, Amsterdam – Hendrik Petrus Berlage, 1884
* Peace Palace, The Hague – Louis M. Cordonnier, 1905
* Amsterdam City Hall – Wilhelm Holzbauer, Cees Dam, B. Bijvoet and G.H.M. Holt, 1967 (804 entries)
* The Hague City Hall – Richard Meier, 1986–1989
* Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam – Jo Coenen, 1988 (6 submissions)

### New Caledonia

* Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa – Renzo Piano, 1991

### Norway

* Oslo Central Station, Oslo – John Engh

### Russia

* Palace of Soviets, Moscow – Boris Iofan, 1931–1933, 160 architectural design entries (never built)
* Commisariat for Heavy Industry, Moscow, 1934

### Spain

* Igualada Cemetery, Barcelona – Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós

### Sweden

* City Hall, Stockholm, 1907

### Switzerland

* Palace of Nations, Geneva, 1926, Henri Paul Nénot & Julien Flegenheimer; Carlo Broggi; Camille Lefèvre; Giuseppe Vago (377 entries)

### United Kingdom

* Crystal Palace, London – Joseph Paxton
* Houses of Parliament, London – Charles Barry, 1836 (98 proposals)
* Royal Courts of Justice, London – George Edmund Street, 1868 (11 competing architects)
* Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow – John William Simpson and E J Milner Allen, 1891 (19 competing architects)
* Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool – Giles Gilbert Scott, 1902 (5 prequalified architects)
* McLeod Centre, Iona for the Iona Community – Feilden Clegg Bradley
* Manchester Art Gallery – Hopkins Architects, 1994 (132 entries)
* Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh – Enric Miralles, 1998 (5 prequalified architects)
* National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff – Richard Rogers, 1998 (55 entries)

### United States

* White House, Washington DC – James Hoban, 1792 (9 entries)
* 33 Liberty Street, New York – York and Sawyer, 1919
* Tribune Tower, Chicago – John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood, 1922 (260 entries)
* Boston City Hall, Boston – Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles, 1962 (national, 256 entries)
* McCormick Tribune Campus Center, Chicago – Rem Koolhaas, 1998
* New York World Trade Center
** 2002 World Trade Center Master Design Contest – Daniel Libeskind (concept)
*** World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition – Michael Arad and Peter Walker
* Visual and Performing Arts Library, Brooklyn, NY – Enrique Norten / TEN Arquitectos