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eVolo Magazine is pleased to invite students, architects, engineers, and designers from around the globe to take part in the 2011 Skyscraper Competition.

The annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition is a forum for the discussion, development, and promotion of innovative concepts for vertical density. It examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city.

The exponential increase of the world’s population and its unprecedented shift from rural to urban areas has prompted hundreds of new developments without adequate urban planning and poor architectural design. The aim of this competition is to redefine what we understand as a skyscraper and initiate a new architectural discourse of economic, environmental, intellectual, and perceptual responsibility that could ultimately modify our cities and improve our way of life. 

The use of new materials, technologies, aesthetics, and novel spatial organizations, along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution are some of the multi-layered elements that the participants should take into consideration. This is also an investigation on the public and private space and the role of the individual and the collective in the creation of a dynamic and adaptive vertical community.

There are no restrictions in regards to site, program or size. The objective is to provide maximum freedom to the participants to engage the project without constraints in the most creative way. What is a skyscraper in the 21st century? What are the historical, contextual, social, urban, and environmental responsibilities of these mega-structures?

Registration

Students, architects, engineers, and designers are invited to participate in the competition. We encourage you to have multidisciplinary teams.

    * Participants must register by January 11, 2011.
    * Early Registration:  US $65 until November 16, 2010                    
    * Late Registration: US $85 from November 17, 2010 to  January 11, 2011
    * One registration = One project.
    * Participants may submit various projects, but must register each entry.
    * There is no limit as to the number of participants per team. Individual entries are accepted.
    * After your registration has been approved eVolo will send the registration number which will be necessary for submission boards.

Schedule

    * July 19, 2010 – Competition announcement, registration begins, acceptance of questions
    * November 8, 2010 – Deadline for submitting questions
    * November 16, 2010 – Early registration deadline
    * November 30, 2010 – Answers to questions posted on website
    * January 11, 2011 – Late registration deadline
    * January 18, 2011 – Project submission deadline
    * February 28, 2011 – Winners’ announcement

Awards

    * 1st place – US $5000
    * 2nd place – US $2000
    * 3rd place – US $1000