Australian Institute of Architects

English. The professional association has a guide entitled « Competitions Guidelines » available for download in PDF format under the « community » category. This document is introductory, easily consultable, which includes recommendations about the process, types of competitions, the client’s, competitor’s and the professional consultant’s roles, compensation, the professional association’s involvement and functions it can provide, the importance of the « Design Brief », suggested conditions for a competition and supporting documentation, the jury, the prizes, etc.

Architecture Canada

French and English. the institute’s site includes a section on architecture competitions. Sub-sections include the RAIC’s and provincial association’s roles, the objectives and benifits of architecture competitions, competiton categories, types, prizes, budget, etc.

Finnish Association of Architects

Finnish. The professional association’s site offers a section on competitions (kilpailut kilpailusäännöt), which has documents about the association’s laws for competitions (SAFA kilpailusäännöt 2008), the principles surrounding the competition for public commission (Rakennusalan kilpailuperiaatteet 2006), the judgement and quality assurance criteria (Oikeusturva-ja laatukriteerit 2004) and the recommendations of the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE Recomendation for Design Contests 2007).

Manitoba Association of Architects

English. The professional associaton’s site offers a section on different methods of selecting an architect for a project including direct selection, design competitions, of quality based selection. This section is intended for clients and sponsors.

Danish Association of Architects

Danish. The professional associaton’s site offers a section on competitions. Several sub-sections describe the function of the Danish Architects’ Association (Rules) and provide information about the jury (Fagdommere), particularly in regard to the qualities of a good juror (In god fagdomme) and selection criteria (Udvælgelseskriterier). In the « Rules » sub-section, the « konkurrenceformer » link proposes and defines several types or forms of competitions.

Union internationale des architectes

French and English. The site offers a section on competitions that proposes the reasons for holding an international competition (Pourquoi un concours international?). The « ressources et documents UIA » section announces the « Guide UIA des concours internationaux », which can be obtained in French or in English when requested from the General Secretariat of the UIA.

The Lyceum Fellowship

English. Established in 1985, these ideas competitions encourage new talent by creating a vehicle for the circulation of creative ideas between different American schools of architecture. On the Lyceum Fellowship website, you can see images of the winning projects in recent years.

Les albums des jeunes architectes & des paysagiste (AJAP)

French. Policy implemented by the Ministry of Culture and Communication of France, section architecture and heritage department to: help young talented architects to access the order; expand the choice of master craftspeople by introducing new architects; to put young architecture in a context different from that of the eighties; promote talents, ideas and know-how, highlight the quality of projects; create an emulation among young architects. Applicants must be French or have a diploma recognized by the French State and be under 35 years of age (see regulations). On this site, you can consult the projects, biographies and curriculums of the winning teams in previous competitions.

Centre Canadien d’Architecture

French and English. The inter-university charrettes of the Canadian Center for Architecture, which are reserved for students and interns, are part of « events and educational programs ». This site includes, among others, the archives of the projects presented on the occasion of each annual charrette since 1996.