Architecture Competitions and the Production of Culture, Quality and Knowledge
Subtitle: An International Inquiry
Publisher: Potential Architecture Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Montreal, QC, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780992131708
Table of contents: label: A World of Potentialities: Competitions as Producers of Culture, Quality and Knowledge
title: Jean-Pierre Chupin + Carmela Cucuzzella + Bechara Helal (Canada)
pagenum: 8; label: SECTION 1. ORGANIZING DEMOCRACY
pagenum: 24; label: 1.1. We Have Never Been 'Swiss': Some Reflections on Helvetic Competition Culture
title: Joris Van Wezemael + Jan M. Silberberger (Switzerland)
pagenum: 26; label: 1.2. The Finger and the Moon: Belgian Competitions in Their Representational Context
title: David Vanderburgh + Carlo Menon (Belgium + United Kingdom)
pagenum: 36; label: 1.3. The President's Choice: An Eventful History of the 1982 Tête Défense Competition
title: Loïse Lenne (France)
pagenum: 54; label: 1.4. A Universal Space of Ageing: Demographic Changes, Eldercare, and Competitions in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
title: Jonas E Andersson (Sweden)
pagenum: 74; label: 1.5. Greek Concerns and Global Regulations: Four Competitions for the New Acropolis Museum (1976-2000)
title: Sofia Paisiou (Switzerland)
pagenum: 92; label: 1.6. Should Competitions Always Be International? Political Reasons in a Multipolar World (1988-2012)
title: Jean-Pierre Chupin (Canada)
pagenum: 110; label: SECTION 2. COMPETING BY ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
title: Index of Cited Competitions (1866-2014)
pagenum: 132; label: SECTION 3. JUDGING ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY
pagenum: 142; label: 3.1. Judging in a World of Expertise: When the Sum of the Parts is Less than the Whole
title: Carmela Cucuzzella (Canada)
pagenum: 144; label: 3.2. Judging Architectural Quality: Judgment Criteria and Competition Juries
title: Camille Crossman (Canada)
pagenum: 162; label: 3.3. Quality and Iconicity: A Study on Swiss Housing Competitions (1997-2010)
title: Antigoni Katsakou (United Kingdom)
pagenum: 176; label: 3.4. The Honourable Mention: A Fictitious Discussion
title: Jan M. Silberberger (Switzerland)
pagenum: 186; label: 3.5. Competitions as Generators: From the Redevelopment of Les Halles to a Theoretical Critique of “Compositional” Urbanism
title: Françoise Fromonot (France)
pagenum: 194; label: 3.6. Design Combat: American Competitions and Decision-Making
title: Susanna Sirefman (USA)
pagenum: 216; label: SECTION 4. ARCHIVING ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE
pagenum: 230; label: 4.1. Competitions as Laboratories: On the So-Called ‘Experimental’ Nature of Architecture Competitions
title: Bechara Helal (Canada)
pagenum: 232; label: 4.2. The Canadian Competitions Catalogue: Digital Libraries of Projects as Collective Legacy
title: Jean-Pierre Chupin (Canada)
pagenum: 254; label: 4.3. Capturing Competition Data: Involving Stakeholders in a Swiss Competition Database
title: Ignaz Strebel + Jan M. Silberberger + Denis Raschpichler (Switzerland)
pagenum: 272; label: 4.4. Design Competitions in Brazil: Building a [Digital] Culture for Architectural Quality
title: Fabiano Sobreira (Brazil)
pagenum: 284; label: SECTION 5. PUBLISHING ARCHITECTURAL IDEAS
pagenum: 296; label: 5.1. wettbewerbe aktuell: Competitions as Impetus for German Building Culture
title: Thomas Hoffmann-Kuhnt (Germany)
pagenum: 298; label: 5.2. competitions.org: Competing Globally in the Information Age
title: G. Stanley Collyer (USA)
pagenum: 310; label: 5.3. d’architectures: Regional Identity and Cultural Diversity in the Wonderful World of Starchitects
title: Emmanuel Caille (France)
pagenum: 332; label: 5.4. Competitive Process: Leveraging Design Competitions for Effective Urban Development
title: Ian Chodikoff (Canada)
pagenum: 348; label: 5.5. NAJA and EUROPAN: Advantages and Constraints of Two French Trademarks
title: Jean-Louis Violeau (France)
pagenum: 362; label: Final Cut: A Remarkable Cross-Section of Architectural Tendencies
title: Georges Adamczyk (Canada)
pagenum: 378; label: Author Biographies
pagenum: 394; label: Acknowledgments and Credits
pagenum: 402