Building Design: in praise of architectural competitions

Two articles have appeared in Building Design recently praising the idea of architectural competitions, with particular reference to CABE's Europan 9 competition.

Competitions raise standards

Louisa Hutton of Sauerbruch Hutton in Berlin won letter of the week with the story of how her thriving business was founded in 1991 on the strength of a single competition win. Read the full story to hear her views on the importance on competitions.

On competitions

Nick Johnson of Urban Splash (and past Europan juror) blogs about the value of competitions in general while praising CABE's own Europan 8 competition. Read his full blog entry to find out about his views on the value of these competitions.