3 March

• Leading Edge Student Design Competition. Deadline: 26 March 2010
  The Leading Edge Student Design Competition seeks to support and enhance the study of sustainable and energy-efficient building practices in Architectural Education. We invite students and instructors of Architecture and Design to use the competition as a framework to explore the use of new materials and strategies for building and the integration of aesthetics and technology for high-performing, cutting edge architecture. This year the competition focuses on the coastal city of Long Beach, California. Students entering Challenge 1 will design a zero-net energy Workforce Training Center; students entering Challenge 2 will design a zero-net energy Student Residence. A zero-net energy building generates enough on-site renewable energy to equal or exceed the amount of energy needed to operate the building.
  More information: http://www.leadingedgecompetition.org/

• Designing the Absent Competition. Deadline: 20 April 2010
  Designing absence aims to create an international brainstorm generated by an absence, and invites entrants to design a new tower for the Cathedral of Antwerp. ‘By playing with the idea of the absence, we generate a focus.’ Keeping this in mind, every participant comes up with an idea for the unfinished tower. The competition can be seen as an international brainstorm, which means everybody can join. The result doesn’t need to be functional, it can be an inflatable tower or a high tech amusement park attraction. Your entry can be a 3d render, a paper model, a collage, a black marker drawing or anything else you think fits your concept the best. On the website you can find a picture of the Cathedral with the missing tower. Your tower must be placed on this picture, the way how is completely free. Together with the picture of the Cathedral completed with your ‘new tower’, you should write a short explanation about your concept and submit it on the ‘Submit Entry’ page.
  More information: http://designingabsence.com/

• (in French) Exposition - Lauréats du Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2007-2008-2009
  Du 12 mai au 5 septembre 2010. Paris (France)
  La crise énergétique et écologique concerne chacun d’entre nous. Le Global Award for Sustainable Architecture a été créé en 2007 pour stimuler le débat mondial sur l’architecture. Ce prix récompense chaque année cinq architectes qui ont construit une démarche innovante, attentive à de nouveaux rapports entre l’homme, la ville et les ressources. Les 15 premiers lauréats* du Global Award viennent de tous les continents. Ils sont réunis par une architecture à l’avant-garde du monde durable, sur ses quatre piliers : social, économique, écologique et culturel. Ils ont répondu avec enthousiasme à l’initiative de ce prix pour défendre une éthique de l’architecture.
  More information in French: http://www.citechaillot.fr/exposition/expositions_temporaires.php?id=137

2 March

• JOB OFFERS - PHD opportunity at London Metropolitan University
  Opportunities have arisen for research leading to a PhD linked to an EU project creating a cultural tourism product around the intangible cultural heritage of several districts within the Indian state of West Bengal. The project is being conducted jointly by the Kalkota based NGO Banglanatak.com and the Culture, Tourism and Development group of London Metropolitan Business School, and will cover a fee waiver equivalent to 4 years’ part-time registration at the home and EU students rate, plus all field work expenses for up to two extended pieces of fieldwork in India during 2010 and 2011. Deadline for receiving applications is 1st April 2010. For further information, please contact: Jonathan Karkut: j.karkut@londonmet.ac.uk and Julie Scott: j.scott@londonmet.ac.uk
  More information: http://www.banglanatak.com/

• AWARDS - Changing lives through sustainability: 2009-10 UNEP Sasakawa Prize Co-Laureates announced
  The 2009-10 UNEP Sasakawa Prize co-laureates are bringing “green” stoves and clean lighting to remote communities in Latin America, East Africa and India. This year’s winners are Nuru Design, a company bringing rechargeable lights to villages in Rwanda, Kenya and India; and Trees, Water and People (TWP), an organization that collaborates with local NGOs to distribute fuel-efficient cook stoves to communities in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Haiti.
  More information: http://hqweb.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?
  DocumentID=612&ArticleID=6473&l=en

• (in French) Prix Georges Kohn - Institut Océanographique
  Le prix Georges Kohn, attribué pour la première fois en 1932, est décerné sous forme d’une subvention, récemment revalorisée afin de désormais permettre la participation d’un jeune chercheur à un colloque ou à un congrès international. Ce prix est attribué tous les 2 ans et alternativement sur proposition de l’une des chaires de l’Institut Océanographique. Depuis 2008 ce prix est de 1000 euros. Georges Kohn, Conseiller privé de S.A.S. le Prince Albert Ier, fut membre du premier Conseil d’Administration de la Fondation de 1906, jusqu’à sa mort en 1930. Par testament, Georges Kohn a légué à l’Institut océanographique une somme de 100.000 francs dont le revenu devait servir à fonder le « Prix Georges Kohn »
  More information in French: http://www.oceano.org/io/spip.php?article398

• ArchDaily Building of the Year 2009 Awards: Final update - Winners
  At ArchDaily we strongly believe in our readers. You have helped us to expand the debate in the site, sharing your thoughts around the buildings we feature every day. When we decided to award the best buildings featured during 2009, we could´t think of a better way to do this, than to handle this important duty to you. You narrowed down the list from almost a thousand buildings to 5 per category. Said that, today we are happy to announce the winner of each category:
  • Cultural: BTEK - Technology Interpretation Center. Architects: ACXT. Location: Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
  • Educational: Yapi Kredi Bank Academy. Architect: TEGET. Location: Istanbul, Turkey
  • Houses: House of Ruins (Drupas). Architect: NRJA. Location: Saka, Latvia
  • Housing: Mountain Dwellings. Architect: BIG with JDS. Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Interiors: Bastard Store. Architects: studiometrico. Location: Milan, Italy
  • Institutional: Huanacu Warehouse & Office. Architects: tFPS. Location: Santiago, Chile
  • Offices: Manitoba Hydro. Architects: KPMB Architects. Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Public Facilities: National Tourist Route Trollstigen. Architects: RRA. Location: Romsdalen – Geiranger Fjord, Norway
  • Refurbishment: 55 Blair Road. Architects: Ong & Ong. Location: 55 Blair Road, Singapore
  • Religious: Farewell Chapel. Architect: OFIS arhitekti. Location: Krasnja, Slovenia
  • Sports: Zamet Centre. Architect: 3LHD. Location: B. Vidas Street, Zamet, Rijeka, Croatia
  • Hotels & Restaurants: Tha Yas Hotel. Architect: Asymptote. Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Museums & Libraries: Safe Haven Library. Architects: TYIN Tegnestue. Location: Ban Tha Song Yang, Thailand

  More information: http://www.archdaily.com/tag/building-of-the-year/

1 March

• Alpine Convention awarded at the Orobie Film Festival 2010. Bergamo (Italy)
  Saturday 13th of February 2010, at the International Gran Gala of the Orobie Film Festival – an International Mountain Film Festival dedicated to mountain documentaries and fictions - which was held in Bergamo (I) from 6th to 13th of February 2010, the Alpine Convention has been awarded the Mountain Italy Prix "for its efforts in reaching an important objective, the promotion of the common heritage of the Alps and its preservation for future generations, through transnational cooperation among the Alpine Countries, the territorial administrations and local authorities involving the scientific community, the private sector and civil society", as is written in the document of the Organizing Committee of the Festival.
  More information: http://www.alpconv.org/NR/rdonlyres/044865A1-2E8E-4050-A5A1-9EC11EDFED85/0/Prix_Orobie_2010_en.pdf

26 February

• (in Italian) COMPETITION - Concorso video “Memorie migranti” Perugia (Italy) 23 April 2010. Deadline: 27 February 2010
  Il Museo Regionale dell’Emigrazione “Pietro Conti”, in collaborazione con l’Istituto per la Storia dell’Umbria Contemporanea, bandisce un Concorso per la migliore testimonianza video sul tema dell’emigrazione italiana all’estero. Lo scopo dell’iniziativa è quello di favorire il recupero e la sensibilizzazione della memoria storica dell’emigrazione italiana nel mondo dalla ?ne dell’Ottocento ai nostri giorni, nonché favorire un’attività di ricerca e di studio sugli aspetti storici, sociali ed economici legati all’esodo. I video dovranno essere diretti ad illustrare il fenomeno migratorio attraverso storie individuali e/o familiari e/o comunitarie, considerando la possibilità di muoversi all’interno di un tema variegato e ricco di sfaccettature (i motivi della partenza, il viaggio, i lavori, l’emigrazione femminile, le comunità italiane all’estero, l’integrazione, gli scontri e gli incontri culturali, il ritorno, ed altro) e che abbraccia un periodo di circa cento anni.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2009/11/30/27-02-10-concorso-video-memorie-migranti/

• (in Italian) COMPETITION - “Il Bello dell’Architettura” concorso fotografico dedicato a Lisangela Gaggino. 19-24 April 2010. Deadline: 15 March 2010
  L’Ordine degli Architetti, Pianificatori, Paesaggisti e Conservatori di Imperia (www.architettiimperia.it), in collaborazione con il Comune di Diano Castello (IM), bandisce un concorso fotografico per il conferimento di un premio annuale, in memoria di Lisangela Gaggino, architetto. Finalità del concorso è il riconoscimento, attraverso la rappresentazione fotografica, della sensibilità dell’Architetto, nel cogliere i vari aspetti della millenaria opera di trasformazione del “territorio costruito” del ponente ligure.
  La partecipazione al concorso é gratuita e aperta a tutti gli studenti delle Facoltà di Architettura italiane. Ogni autore può inviare al massimo 3 fotografie inedite, a colori e/o in bianco e nero, montate su cartoncino nero, di formato unico trenta x quaranta (30 cm. x 40 cm.), in busta chiusa. Ad ogni immagine dovrà essere associata (sul retro della stessa) una didascalia (massimo 200 battute) con indicazione del luogo e della data dello scatto, ed una sintesi delle motivazioni e/o dei contenuti estetici dello scatto, con i dati dell’autore (nome, cognome, indirizzo, recapito telefonico, indirizzo di posta elettronica, iscrizione universitaria).
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2009/12/15/15-03-10-il-bello-dell%E2%80%99architettura-concorso-fotografico-dedicato-a-lisangela-gaggino/

• (in Italian) COMPETITION - Concorso per la realizzazione del logo del Manifesto turistico-culturale di Villasimius - Sardinia (Italy) Deadline: 15 March 2010
  Il Comune di Villasimius (CA) lancia un concorso per la realizzazione del logo delle attività di cultura e spettacolo e il Manifesto annuale turistico-culturale. Il concorso si articola nelle due sezioni “Logo cultura e spettacolo” e “Manifesto turistico-culturale”. Ciascun autore potrà partecipare con una sola opera per ogni sezione. Il Concorso per idee per la realizzazione del logo delle attività di cultura e spettacolo organizzate dal Comune di Villasimius ha come tema il richiamo in maniera libera, testuale, metaforica, evocativa o simbolica del territorio di Villasimius e delle attività di cultura e di spettacolo organizzate dal Comune. Il Concorso per idee per la realizzazione del manifesto annuale turistico-culturale ha come tema il richiamo in maniera esplicita o evocativa del territorio di Villasimius, della sua caratteristica qualità ambientale e della sua vocazione di ospitalità turistica avanzata. Il logo vincente sarà utilizzato dal Comune senza limiti temporali. Il manifesto vincente sarà utilizzato dal Comune nel corso del 2010.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2010/02/15/15-03-10-concorso-per-la-realizzazione-del-logo-del-manifesto-turistico-culturale-di-villasimius/

• (in Italian) COMPETITION - “Biodiversità metropolitana”: concorso fotografico per il Parco Agricolo Sud di Milano - Milan (Italy) Deadline: 20 May 2010
  Catturare con uno scatto fotografico uno scorcio di natura all’interno del Parco Agricolo Sud Milano, andando al lavoro, passeggiando una domenica per rogge e cascine, o dietro casa. E’ l’invito che la LIPU (Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli), in collaborazione con la Ricoh Italia rivolge a tutti (dilettanti e professionisti) con il nuovo concorso fotografico nell’ambito del progetto “Biodiversità, la chiave per il futuro dell’area metropolitana”.
  Il concorso, a partecipazione gratuita, ha come tema la natura del Parco Agricolo Sud Milano: ambienti, paesaggi o particolari legati alla natura o alla biodiversità anche in contesti urbani e agricoli. I soggetti ritratti, che devono pervenire alla sede LIPU entro il 20 maggio 2010, devono essere ambientati in uno dei 61 comuni compresi nel Parco.
  Al concorso fotografico possono partecipare adulti e ragazzi, in due categorie distinte. Per ognuna delle categorie saranno premiate tre opere: il primo premio è rappresentato da una fotocamera digitale Ricoh R10 cui si aggiungeranno altri premi.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2009/12/16/20-05-10-%E2%80%9Cbiodiversita-metropolitana%E2%80%9D-concorso-fotografico-per-il-parco-agricolo-sud-di-milano/

• (in Italian) COMPETITION - Concorso “Architetture sostenibili – qualità formale e innovazione tecnica dell’architettura”. Deadline: 21 May 2010
  L’Ordine degli Architetti, Pianificatori, Paesaggisti e Conservatori della Provincia di Monza e della Brianza, in collaborazione con la Consulta Regionale Lombarda, indice, nell’ambito dell’Osservatorio dell’Architettura Sostenibile, il Concorso dal titolo: “ARCHITETTURE SOSTENIBILI: qualità formale e innovazione tecnica dell’architettura”. La partecipazione è aperta a tutti gli architetti della Regione Lombardia e a tutti gli architetti che abbiano realizzato edifici nel territorio lombardo. Oggetto del concorso saranno opere realizzate e ultimate che, in aderenza ai criteri e alle caratteristiche di sostenibilità, saranno premiate per la qualità formale del segno architettonico. I lavori che perverranno attraverso il concorso daranno vita all’Osservatorio dell’Architettura Sostenibile che si trasformerà in un “archivio” in costante evoluzione, come strumento di verifi ca della qualità architettonica espressa sul territorio, come spunto di rifl essione sulla sostenibilità e sulle nuove possibilità espressive off erte dall’architettura sostenibile.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2010/02/09/31-05-10-concorso-architetture-sostenibili-qualita-formale-e-innovazione-tecnica-dell%E2%80%99architettura/

• (in Italian) COMPETITIONS - Concorso fotografico per la valorizzazione e promozione del Parco dei Monti Simbruini (Italia) 31 Luglio 2010
  Il Parco Naturale Regionale dei Monti Simbruini promuove ed organizza, un concorso fotografico volto a valorizzare e promuovere il territorio del Parco in generale: ambienti naturali, acqua, grotte e geositi, la flora, la fauna, paesaggi... La scheda di partecipazione e le immagini dovranno essere presentate entro e non oltre il 31/07/2010, tramite consegna presso l'ufficio protocollo dell'Ente. Ci saranno due premiazioni una delle quali riservata alle scuole".
  More information: http://www.parks.it/parco.monti.simbruini/pdf/Concorso.foto09.pdf

• COMPETITION - International Student Competition - A fresh look at 20th Century Architectural Heritage. 5-26 April 2010. Deadline to register: 26 March 2010
  Digital surveying and representation based on Panoramic Imaging and Image-Based-Modeling.
  The International Union of Architects announces the launch of an international competition that will invite architecture students from around the world to create imagemodels of examples of significant architectural creativity realised during the 20th century. This competition is an opportunity for the architects of tomorrow to enrich the web index http://www.archi.fr/UIA with their own expression of an architectural realisation from the last century, using today's design tools. The image models to be designed for this competition need to be based on digital photographs created using Autodesk® ImageModeler® and Autodesk® Stitcher® Unlimited software. This software will be made available by Autodesk® to the competitors for use free of charge for the duration of the competition. All phases of the competition will be conducted on-line. Students are free to choose the structure they wish to represent, from a major landmark to an unknown building, with the condition that it was built between 1901 and 2000.
  More information: http://www.3d20th.archi.fr/

• GRANTS - Ramsar SGF call for applications for the 2010 cycle. Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2010
  The Ramsar Small Grants Fund (SGF) was established in 1990 as a mechanism to assist developing countries and those with economies in transition in implementing the Convention and to support the conservation and wise use of wetland resources. Funds may also be used to provide emergency management assistance for Ramsar sites under threat and to provide ‘preparatory assistance’ to allow non-Contracting Parties to progress toward accession. From 1991 to 2008 the Fund has provided a total of 7.5 million Swiss Francs to 227 projects from 108 countries, making available up to 40,000 Swiss francs (presently about € 27,300) per project. Projects may be proposed and implemented by any agency, NGO or individual, with the endorsement of the Ramsar authority in the country. The deadline for applications for the next round is 30 June 2010, but the deadline for sending draft proposals to receive advice from the Secretariat's Regional Teams is 30 April 2010.
  More information: http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-activities-grants-rsgf-ramsar-sgf/main/ramsar/1-63-68-159%5E21043_4000_0__

• FELLOWSHIPS - Kress Institutional Fellowships in the History of European Art. Deadline: 30 November
  Four $22,500-per-year Kress Institutional Fellowships in the History of European Art for a two-year research appointment in association with one of the following foreign institutes:
  • Ankara American Research Institute in Turkey
  • Cairo American Research Center in Egypt
  • Florence Kunsthistorisches Institut/Institute for Art History
  • Jerusalem Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology
    W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research
  • Leiden Kunsthistorisch Instituut der Rijksuniversiteit/Art Historical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit
  • London Courtauld Institute of Art
    Warburg Institute
  • Munich Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte /Central Institute for Art History
  • Nicosia Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute
  • Paris American University in Paris
    Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA)/National Institute for the History of Art
  • Rome Bibliotheca Hertziana
  • Zurich Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft/ Swiss Institute for Art Research

  Advanced training in European art history requires direct exposure to the object of study, prolonged access to key information resources such as libraries and photographic archives, the development of professional relationships with colleagues, and immersion in European cultures. These related needs are often best satisfied by prolonged engagement with a European art research center. Kress Fellowships in Art History at Foreign Institutions are intended to provide promising young professionals with the opportunity to experience this kind of engagement.
  More information: http://www.kressfoundation.org/fellowships/default.aspx?id=42

23 February

• JOB OFFERS - University of South Florida, School of Global Sustainability Search for Founding Director
  The University of South Florida invites nominations or applications for the position of founding Director of the USF School of Global Sustainability. This is a full-time, 12-month tenured Full Professor position with benefits. USF’s newly established School of Global Sustainability was created in response to overwhelming student and faculty interest, and is central to the University’s Strategic Plan. Candidates should have an outstanding international reputation and recognition for interdisciplinary research and scholarly activities in sustainability. The Director position description can be found below in addition to executive summaries on the School of Global Sustainability and the Master of Arts. The application deadline is February 3rd, 2010 though applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.
  More information: http://environmentalgovernance.org/featured/2010/02/university-of-south-florida-school-of-global-sustainability-search-for-founding-director/