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| Living Steel looks for more efficient housing solutions Living Steel, a worldwide programme to stimulate innovation in the design and construction of housing, announced its second International Architecture Competition focused on the development of sustainable housing. With a total prize fund of €300,000, the competition is one of the largest architectural design initiatives in the world. Competition finalists will be invited to design new concepts for residential buildings in Brazil, China and the United Kingdom. The winning submission for each location will receive a €50,000 prize and a contract to complete their designs. The remaining short listed finalists will each receive a €10,000 honorarium. Earlier this year, two architecture firms were successful in the first Living Steel competition to construct housing designs in very different parts of the world. UK based firm, Piercy Conner Architects and Designers, and Dutch company, architectenbureau cepezed, are now working in Kolkata, India and Warsaw, Poland, respectively. Architects may submit their expressions of interest through the Living Steel website until 12 January 2007. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |