International Student Tall Building Design Competition and an Opportunity $ 6000

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is pleased to announce its 7th International Student Tall Building Design Competition. The goal of the competition is to shed new light on the meaning and value of tall buildings in modern society.

Participants are free to site their projects anywhere in the world, and carefully consider it (which must be a “real” site, in an existing urban location) as the site context should inherently have significant influence over the project’s design. Participants are also free to determine the size, height, function, accommodation and responsibilities of the building. The intention is these freedoms on site and program will maximize the diversity and creativity of the responses. Some of the multi-layered elements that participants should take into consideration may include: local climate, urban grain, neighboring buildings, city requirements, community requirements, social sustainability, environmental sustainability, efficiency of materials, space, and usage, aesthetics, proportions, local, social, and cultural conditions, materiality, new technologies, structure, innovative, program/functionality, adaptability, transit/mobility, infrastructure, etc.

Eligibility criteria:

[1] The competition is open to all students who are registered at a University level. For recently graduated students: you must have been a registered student during the Fall 2017 term, i.e., August–December 2017 or later.

[2] Entries to the CTBUH competition must be original works by the students and can not have been submitted to any previous design competition. Students may work under the guidance of a faculty adviser if they so choose.

[3] The official language of the competition is English.

[4] Participation in this competition is anonymous. You will be issued a registration number which will serve as the only means of identification during the entire judging process.

[5] Contact between participants and members of the jury is prohibited.

[6] Five “Finalists” will be selected to present their schemes at the CTBUH 2018 Conference. Participation in the Conference and presentation to the jury are required as a condition of being awarded “Finalist” status and receiving the award. Finalist teams that do not attend will be ineligible for prizes.

The five finalists will be awarded as the following:

First Place: $6,000; $3,000 cash + stipend to attend CTBUH 2018 Conference (up to $3,000 value)

Second Place: $5,000; $2,000 cash + stipend to attend CTBUH 2018 Conference (up to $3,000 value)

Third Place: $4,000; $1,000 cash + stipend to attend CTBUH 2018 Conference (up to US$3,000 value)

Fourth and fifth Place: $3,000; stipend to attend CTBUH 2018 Conference (up to US$3,000 value*)

Selection process

A select number of entries will be recognized as Honorable Mentions and awarded with a certificate separate to the conference, a poster exhibition of the five “Finalists” and a selected number of “Semi-finalist” entries will be exhibited during the CTBUH 2018 Conference, and a stipend will be provided to send one representative from each of the five “Finalist” teams to the CTBUH 2018 Conference to present their project to the jury in order to determine the 1st through 5th place awards. The stipend includes complimentary Conference registration (value US$1,000) + travel/accommodation costs (up to US$2,000). Please note that the registration stipend is for Day 2 & 3 Core Conference in Dubai ONLY. Finalists may register for the remainder of the conference including the Day 4 Off-site Programs and Day 5 & 6 Regional City Programs in Abu Dhabi with any remaining funds in their travel stipend or their own funding.

About CTBUH:

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is an international not-for-profit organization supported by architecture, engineering, planning, development and construction professionals, designed to facilitate exchanges among those involved in all aspects of the planning, design, construction and operation of tall buildings, the Council’s mission is to disseminate multi-disciplinary information on tall buildings and sustainable urban environments, to maximize the international interaction of professionals involved in creating the built environment, and to make the latest knowledge available to professionals in a useful form.